Mere weeks before he was due to headline Download Festival in Australia, Ozzy Osbourne has had to cancel all of his upcoming shows on doctor’s orders as he recovers from pneumonia.
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The cancellation of the shows in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan come off the back off having to postpone the entire UK and European leg of his, somewhat ironic, NO MORE TOURS 2 tour.
Sharon Osbourne has put out a statement on Ozzy’s behalf, saying that his doctor has firmly advised him to rest for several weeks after a bout of pneumonia put him in hospital.
Ozzy recently developed pneumonia and has spent some time in hospital. Thankfully he is now through the worst part, his doctors have advised that he stay at home to recuperate for a full six weeks with no travel.
Considering he was billed to headline Download Festival in Sydney on March 9 and Melbourne on March 11, the festival’s team have accepted that it’s much too late to replace the Prince of Darkness. Instead, Slayer – who are playing their last ever shows – will step up to be the main headliner and Warrnambool‘s finest Airborne have joined onto the tour at the last minute.
To compensate for the Black Sabbath frontman’s late scratching, the festival is also offering punters a merch voucher for the event so they can console themselves with a nice new shirt or something of that ilk from 24Hundred, or diehard Ozzy Osbourne fans who no longer want to head along to the festival can opt for a refund through Ticketmaster‘s customer service team over HERE.
As it stands, Download Festival will still be happening, with the revised lineup, including Airborne. Grab your tickets from the Download Festival site over HERE.
SLAYER (Final World Tour)
JUDAS PRIEST (Only Aus Shows)
ALICE IN CHAINS
GHOST
RISE AGAINST (Only Aus Shows)
THE AMITY AFFLICTION (Only Aus Shows)
SUM 41(Only Aus Shows)
ANTHRAX
PENNYWISE (Only Aus Shows)
HALESTORM (Only Aus Shows)
BEHEMOTH
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
AIRBOURNE
I PREVAIL (Only Aus Shows)
THY ART IS MURDER
POLARIS
TWELVE FOOT NINJA
CONVERGE
FRENZAL RHOMB
LUCA BRASI
CODE ORANGE
FEVER 333
WAR ON WOMEN
SLAVES
ALIEN WEAPONRY
NEW YEARS DAY(Only Aus Shows)
HIGH TENSION
JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED
AVERSIONS CROWN
OUTRIGHT
RUINS
DEVILSKIN
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
VOYAGER
THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT
& UNEARTHED WINNER (TBA)
