Ozzy Osbourne cancels opening UK No More Tours dates due to illness
Ozzy Osbourne has postponed a series of shows on his final tour that is due to come to Birmingham next week.
The Birmingham rock legend has cancelled shows in Dublin, Nottingham, Manchester and Newcastle. Ozzy is due to bring his No More Dates tour to Arena Birmingham on February 9.
The news comes four days after the 70-year-old Black Sabbath star burst a blood vessel in his eye.
The first announcement was made on promoters MCD website, in a statement saying: "Ozzy Osbourne's upcoming 3Arena date this Wednesday 30 January is postponed due to illness.
"Details for the rescheduled date will be announced within the next 48 hours on www.mcd.ie and www.ticketmaster.ie. All tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled date."
Support act and fellow Midlands rockers Judas Priest confirmed the news, in a post on Facebook saying: "It is with great regret we have to announce that the first four UK shows on the Ozzy Osbourne/Judas Priest tour have been postponed due to Ozzy having a very bad case of flu - therefore Dublin, Nottingham, Manchester and Newcastle will be rescheduled at a later date - details to follow once finalised.
"We are very sorry that this has happened and to disappoint so many fans - we wish Ozzy well and look forward to the Glasgow, Birmingham and London shows together - and to the rescheduled ones in the future."
In October, Ozzy was forced to cancel the final dates of the US leg of his final tour. He diagnosed with a Staph infection, causing his thumb to balloon in size.
