Ozzy Osbourne performs onstage at the 10th annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert at Club Nokia on May 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne has announced his retirement with a farewell world tour.
The trek will begin in 2018 and will take the Black Sabbath singer around the world for concerts through 2020. “People keep asking me when I’m retiring,” Osbourne said in a statement. “This will be my final world tour, but I can’t say I won’t do some shows here and there.”
Osbourne has been a solo artist as well as a member of Black Sabbath for decades. The band bid farewell to fans with their own The End tour, which concluded earlier this year. Osbourne’s tour will kick off on May 5 in Mexico before traveling to Chile, Argentina and Brazil. In June, the rocker will head to Russia before doing a month-long European leg of the journey. The North American leg will come after that, and dates will be announced next year.
For the tour, Osbourne’s backing band will feature Zakk Wylde on guitar, Blasko on bass, Tommy Clufetos on drums, and Adam Wakeman on the keyboard.
The tour dates have been set, but not the locations just yet.
May 5 – Mexico @ TBA
May 8 – Santiago, Chile @ TBA
May 11 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ TBA
May 13 – São Paulo, Brazil @ TBA
May 16 – Curitiba, Brazil @ TBA
May 18 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil @ TBA
May 20 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ TBA
June 1 – Moscow, Russia @ Olympiisky
June 3 – St. Petersburg, Russia @ Ice Palace (Ledovi Dvorets)
June 6 – Finland @ TBA
June 8 – Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival
June 10 – Donington, UK @ Download Festival
June 13 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Airport Letnany
June 15 – Paris, France @ Download Festival
June 17 – Italy @ TBA
June 20 – Halden, Norway @ Tons of Rock Festival
June 22 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell Festival
June 24 – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting
June 26 – Krakow, Poland @ Impact Festival
June 28 – Oberhausen, Germany @ König-Pilsnet Arena
June 30 – Madrid, Spain @ Download Festival
July 2 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Meo Arena
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