Ozzy Osborne shares update on touring plans just one month after retiring

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If I can ever get back to where I can tour again, fine,” Osbourne clarified to Billy Morrisonon his Ozzy’s Boneyard SiriusXM show. If the doctor said to me today, ‘Oh, you can tour.’ It would take another six months to get it together, you know? I gotta get out there.” Originally announcing the news of his retirement on 1 February, Osbourne called it “one of the hardest” things he’s had to tell fans. However, after three operations, stem cell treatments, endless physical therapy sessions, and most recently groundbreaking Cybernics Treatment, my body is still physically weak.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Ozzy Osbourne He continued: “I am honestly humbled by the way you’ve all patiently held onto your tickets for all this time, but in all good conscience, I have now come to the realisation that I’m not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn’t deal with the travel required.” While speaking on the SiriusXM show on Monday, the singer said that he had been frustrated by the press’s reaction to his retirement.