We never expected it to happen. Speaking with Metal Hammer ahead of releasing his 13th solo album, Patient Number 9, Ozzy told us he was desperate to get back onstage. Due to the pandemic, along with surgery in June to remove two metal plates that had been screwed into his spine following a bathroom fall in January 2019, his last live appearance had been in December 2018.
“My wife and family mean the world to me,” he told us. “I’ve been home for the