Black Sabbath’s singer Ozzy Osbourne would welcome the opportunity to perform a final song with founding drummer Bill Ward. Although Ward was part of Black Sabbath’s reunion in November 2011, he withdrew from the swansong The End Tour and reunion, citing contractual disagreements. Tommy Clufetos stepped in and became the drummer for the two tours. Ozzy recently spoke with Billy Morrison on The Madhouse Chronicles. During the interview, the frontman watched footage of Black Sabbath’s final show on February 4, 2017, at Birmingham’s Genting Arena. “Yeah, but I was sad that Bill wasn’t there. I mean Tommy Clufetos, my drummer, did a great job. But he ain’t Bill Ward,” said Ozzy.
The Prince of Darkness shared that he would be satisfied if he were to have the chance to complete his career with one final Bill Ward-led performance. “No. Because it wasn’t Black Sabbath that finished it. It’s unfinished. If they wanted to do one more gig with Bill, I would jump at the chance. Do you know what would be cool? If we went to a club or somewhere unannounced and we just got up and did it. We started up in a club,” he said.
Earlier this year, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy’s wife and manager, revealed that they were planning two farewell shows for Ozzy before the singer fully retired from performing live. The closings would be at the Villa Park football stadium in his hometown of Birmingham. Ozzy had previously announced his retirement from touring in February 2020, which included the cancelation of his European and UK tour dates. Ozzy altered his stance in March, saying that he hoped to return to the stage at some point. In November, Ozzy acknowledged that his underlying health problems, such as Parkinson’s disease and recovery from multiple surgeries, might not allow him to perform again. In January, he stated on The Osbournes Podcast that he was in a “slow recovery” period, following a series of surgeries stemming from a 2019 fall that dislodged many metal rods put into his body following his 2003 quad bike accident
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