Ozzy Osbourne to return home to the UK in March
Sharon Osbourne has revealed to Planet Rock
Last updated 12th Feb 2025
Sharon Osbourne has told Planet Rock that Ozzy Osbourne will return home to the UK in March, four months ahead of Black Sabbath’s final Back to the Beginning concert.
Way back in August 2022, Ozzy Osbourne told The Observer that he and Sharon are permanently moving back to the UK after more than two decades in Los Angeles as "everything's f---ing ridiculous (in America).”
The big move has been stalled due to Ozzy’s series of health setbacks, and in January Sharon said The Prince of Darkness was “still desperate” to return home.
Speaking to Planet Rock’s Loz Guest about Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s star-studded Back to the Beginning concert on 5th July, Sharon confirmed that Ozzy is coming home very soon.
Commenting on whether Ozzy is over here at the moment, Sharon said: “No, he’s coming over in March. His brothers (in Black Sabbath), he’s excited to be here with them.”
Asked if they’re still permanently moving back to the UK, Sharon replied: “Yeah, we are.”
Sharon also said that, testament to Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s legendary status, the bands on the line-up jumped at the chance to be involved.
“(Black Sabbath) are the pioneers of this genre of music, and they have been around so long, and their body of work is so important, that’s it (the bands on the line-up said) ‘yeah, sure, we’ll be there!’,” Sharon told us.
“When you call Metallica and you tell them what you’re trying to do and they say, ‘we’re there mate. No problem.’”
Sharon went on to say that Bill Ward was also emphatic in his response when asked to reunite with Sabbath: “Ozzy just called Bill and said, ‘we’re planning on doing this, would you be a part of it?’ And he just said ‘yeah, I’ll be there.’ He said ‘I’ll be there whatever. If I can play, I’m playing. No matter what I’ll be on that stage!’”
According to Sharon, the performance will also be extra-special for Ozzy as he’s never actually been inside Villa Park just a stone’s throw away from his childhood home.
“Ozzy used to watch cars outside the match because he couldn’t afford to come in to see a game,” she explained to Loz.
“This (concert) will be the first time Ozzy’s ever been inside Aston Villa. Seriously. He’s never been inside because he couldn’t afford a ticket. So, he would watch cars outside for a shilling and that’s as close as he ever got.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Loz asked Tony Iommi if Sabbath have had any discussions about the setlist.
“I’ve had some texts off Ozzy about some of the songs,” Tony replied. “There’s so many songs he came up with that we wouldn’t be able to do all them! We haven’t picked exactly which (songs) yet, but I think we more or less know.”
Watch Planet Rock’s full 14-minute chat with Tony Iommi and Sharon Osbourne here:
Planet Rock’s Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning special is also repeated tonight (12th February) at 9pm.
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