The prince of darkness seems to be encountering some dark times of his own it seems. According to the popular music site Loudwire, singer and artist Ozzy Osbourne has officially had to cancel his 2020 North America tour due to health concerns which were getting out of hand over the past year specifically.
“I’m so thankful that everyone has been patient because I’ve had a [censored] year,” Osbourne stated, continuing that “Unfortunately, I won’t be able to get to Switzerland for treatment until April and the treatment takes six-eight weeks. I don’t want to start a tour and then cancel shows at the last minute, as it’s just not fair to the fans. I’d rather they get a refund now and when I do the North American tour down the road, everyone who bought a ticket for these shows will be the first ones in line to purchase tickets at that time.”
The cancelled tour dates include:
- May 27, 2020 – Atlanta, Ga. at the State Farm Arena
- May 29, 2020 – Sunrise, Fla. at the BB&T Center
- May 31, 2020 – Tampa, Fla. at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
- June 2, 2020 – Charlotte, N.C. at the PNC Music Pavilion
- June 4, 2020 – Cincinnati, Ohio at the Riverbend Music Center
- June 6, 2020 – Hershey, Pa. at the Hershey Park Stadium
- June 11, 2020 – Pittsburgh, Pa. at the KeyBank Pavilion
- June 13, 2020 – Bangor, Maine at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
- June 16, 2020 – Montreal, Quebec at the Bell Centre
- June 18, 2020 – Hamilton, Ontario at the First Ontario Centre
- June 20, 2020 – Uncasville, Ct. at the Mohegan Sun Arena
- June 22, 2020 – New York, N.Y. at the Madison Square Garden Arena
- June 24, 2020 – St Louis, Mo. at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
- June 26, 2020 – Kansas City, Mo. at the Sprint Center
- June 28, 2020 – Des Moines, Iowa at the Wells Fargo Arena
- July 1, 2020 – Milwaukee, Wis. at the Amer. Family Ins. Amp–Summerfest
- July 3, 2020 – St Paul, Minn. at the Xcel Energy Center
- July 7, 2020 – Edmonton, Alberta at the Rogers Place
- July 9, 2020 – Vancouver, British Columbia at the Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
- July 11, 2020 – Tacoma, Wash. at the Tacoma Dome
- July 15, 2020 – Portland, Ore. at the Moda Center
- July 17, 2020 – Sacramento, Calif. at the Golden 1 Center
- July 23, 2020 – Phoenix, Ariz. at the Ak-Chin Pavilion
- July 25, 2020 – San Francisco, Calif. at the Shoreline Amphitheatre
- July 27, 2020 – Los Angeles, Calif. at the Hollywood Bowl
- July 29, 2020 – San Diego, Calif. at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 31, 2020 – Las Vegas, Calif. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
From alcohol abuse to a long history with drugs, Osbourne has had plenty of near death encounters over the years, the closest coming in 2019 due to complications from a 2003 quad accident. After that procedure, Osbourne developed a bad case of bronchitis and pneumonia as a result of further flu related complications.
