By Alana Anderson
Ozzy reunited with Black Sabbath for his final show on Saturday at their Back To The Beginning concert (Picture: UNPIXS / Getty)
Sharon Osbourne has candidly spoken out after her husband Ozzy took to the stage in his final performance alongside Black Sabbath.
The rocker, 76, appeared overwhelmed with emotion while performing at Villa Park in Birmingham for the Back to the Beginning show, joining his bandmates Tommy Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward on stage.
Sharon, who has been her husband’s manager for over 40 years, has now declared that she’s finally ‘done’ after a lifetime in the music business.
Speaking about Ozzy’s final performance after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease back in 2003, TV presenter Sharon, 71, insisted there’s ‘no way on God’s green earth’ that there will be another show for the band,
She told Billboard: ‘I’ve been doing this since I was 15, and I’m done. We just want to live our life and do what we want to do and not have to follow an itinerary anymore.’
Sharon went on to reveal that the farewell concert was her idea.
Ozzy and Black Sabbath went out with a bang at their final gig, in front of 40,000 fans (Picture: BACK TO THE BEGINNING CONCERT/UNPIXS)
Black Sabbath and a string of support acts took to the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)
‘He kept saying, ‘It’s my one regret,’ and ‘I want a chance to really say thank you,’ she explained.
‘And this is what we thought would be the best way to do it. It’s a celebration of Ozzy and Sabbath and the music.’
Despite the career confession, Sharon, who has daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40, as well as son Jack, 39, with Ozzy, insisted that she still loves her husband.
She told the Mirror: ‘Even if you don’t like his music you can’t not like Ozzy – he just draws you in.
‘We have been together for over 50 years. I have stuck by him because I love him. It is simple. I understand him and why he does the things he does.’
While Ozzy remained sitting down during the concert, he commanded the audience by clapping and waving his arms around, pulling his wide-eyed expressions he’s famous for.
Sharon candidly spoke out after her husband’s final performance (Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS)
Ozzy appeared emotional on stage as he thanked fans (Picture: BACK TO THE BEGINNING CONCERT/UNPIXS)
‘Are you ready? Let the madness begin!’, he greeted fans with.
‘It’s so good to be on this stage. You have no idea,’ Ozzy added.
He proceeded to thank the crowd ‘from the bottom of [his] heart’, telling them after singing Suicide Solution: ‘You have no idea how I feel.’
As his brief solo set came to a close, Ozzy’s name was chanted wildly by the crowd, confetti blasting into the air.
Before leaving the stage, Ozzy said: ‘It’s the last song ever.
‘Your support has enabled us to live an amazing lifestyle…thank you from the bottom of our hearts.’
Plenty of music legends were in attendance to witness history being made, including Queen’s Sir Brian May, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and Rolling Stones icon Ronnie Wood.
Also in the audience was Ozzy’s daughter Kelly, who wrote on her Instagram Story: ‘On our way back to the beginning!’ She later posted a photo alongside musician Yungblud.
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