OZZY OSBOURNE Cancels European & UK Tour, Says His Touring Days Are Over

Feb. 19, 2004 — The Osbourne family has had a difficult year; after experiencing amazing success and high television ratings, they had to deal with illness, drug addiction, and finally a near-death experience.

The renowned family had a sit-down interview with Diane Sawyer to discuss 2003, which came to a close with Ozzy’s almost deadly all-terrain vehicle bike accident, leaving the celebrity with severe injuries and an eight-day coma.

The renowned singer, his kids, and his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, open up about the secret health fight he went through after a fall and a Parkinson’s diagnosis last February in an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts for “Good Morning America.”

“It’s been terribly challenging for us all,” Osbourne told Roberts. “I did my last show New Year’s Eve at The Forum. Then I had a bad fall. I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves.” Says Osbourne.

Osbourne disclosed that he had Parkinson’s disease, a neurological condition with no known cure that generally advances slowly in affected individuals. This further complicated the situation.

Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath, made headlines on February 19, 1982, for yet another daring stunt. Osbourne had bitten off the skull of a live bat at a concert two months before to the event and spit it into the audience.

He was now being prosecuted for urinating intoxicatedly on what he believed to be an ancient wall. In reality, it was the Alamo Plaza in Texas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

At the moment, he had been intoxicated. He stumbled towards one of San Antonio’s most historically and culturally significant structures while wearing his girlfriend’s green dress, and used his todger to relieve himself. Years later, after thinking back on the offence, Ozzy said;

“I was legless with a bottle of Courvoisier in my hand at nine o’clock in the morning, and I wanted to take a pee. So I find this old wall, and I had this green evening dress on, and I’m standing there having a leak.”

Soon after, a policeman showed there and handcuffed him. The musician was detained at the Bexar County Adult Detention Facility before being freed when his $40 bond was paid by performance organisers.