Ozzy Osbourne has expressed his need to collaborate with Paul McCartney, saying he’d be “honoured” to take action. This remark got here throughout a current episode of his SiriusXM present, Ozzy Speaks, when co-host Billy Morrison requested him about potential duet companions. Osbourne’s rapid response was “Paul McCartney”, which is not shocking provided that The Beatles have been a “huge” affect on Black Sabbath. As Osbourne himself famous in a 2020 NME cowl function, “I used to be an avid, fucking freaked-out Beatles fan”.
Though Osbourne is eager to work with McCartney, he additionally expressed some hesitation, saying “I’d be honoured however I couldn’t…”. This is perhaps attributable to a earlier try to collaborate with McCartney, the place Osbourne tried to get McCartney to play bass on a Black Sabbath tune, however McCartney declined, saying “he couldn’t enhance on the bassline that was there”. Osbourne recalled responding, “Are you kidding? You could possibly piss on the file and I’d make it my life”.
Wanting forward, Black Sabbath is about to play their closing present on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, dubbed ‘Again To The Starting’. The live performance will function the unique lineup, together with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Invoice Ward, performing collectively for the primary time in twenty years. The occasion will even embody performances by different notable bands, akin to Instrument, Metallica, and Smashing Pumpkins.
Osbourne has been coping with well being points, together with Parkinson’s illness, and hasn’t performed a full gig since 2018. In consequence, he is stated he’ll solely be “doing little bits and items” with Sabbath on the closing gig, noting “I’m doing what I can, the place I really feel snug”. Regardless of these challenges, Osbourne is dedicated to giving it his all, saying “I am giving 120 per cent” as he prepares for the present. He is been working with a coach to assist him get again to performing, and as he stated, “If my God needs me to do the present, I will do it”.
Sharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi have additionally shared their ideas on the upcoming gig, with Sharon noting that “you’ll be able to’t say goodbye” to Black Sabbath’s legacy. As she put it, “Have a look at what they depart – it is an enormous, nice physique of labor that they’ve left for the world. So long as you have acquired that, it is by no means goodbye. It is there for eternity”.
