{"id":103318,"date":"2023-08-09T13:46:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=103318"},"modified":"2023-08-09T13:46:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:46:41","slug":"ozzy-osbourne-planning-comeback-in-iron-man-suit-that-would-allow-him-to-tour-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=103318","title":{"rendered":"OZZY OSBOURNE &#8211; Planning Comeback In &#8220;IRON MAN&#8221; Suit That Would Allow Him To Tour Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The legendary 74-year-old <strong>BLACK SABBATH <\/strong>singer made the \u2018painful\u2019 decision to withdraw from Power Trip festival in California this year to avoid giving a \u2018half-assed\u2019 live performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Fans will recall Ozzy was slated to perform at Power Trip festival in California in October, alongside Metallica, Guns N\u2019 Roses, AC\/DC, Tool and Iron Maiden. But Osbourne\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OzzyOsbourne\/status\/1678454659261034498\">released a statement<\/a>\u00a0saying he\u2019d made the \u201cpainful\u201d decision to bow out. Nobody including Ozzy himself wants to see the music legend sitting in a chair on the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cMy original plan was to return to the stage in the summer of 2024, and when the offer to do this show came in, I optimistically moved forward. Unfortunately, my body is telling me that I\u2019m just not ready yet and I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Marvel&#8217;s <strong>IRON MAN<\/strong> aka <strong>Tony Stark<\/strong>\u2014with an estimated net worth of 12.4 billion dollars\u2014has more resources and knowledge than Ozzy, sure, but how far off is the real possibility of the <strong>Prince of Darkness<\/strong> making a return to touring with the advancement of exoskeleton technology?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u2018I\u2019m just not ready yet\u2019: Ozzy Osbourne cancels first show in nearly five years due to health<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As the story goes, military engineers like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>\u00a0have started to create rudimentary versions of Iron Man\u2019s suit called exoskeletons. Lockheed Martin joined forces with the US military to test out a lower body armor-less exoskeleton called the ONYX that helps troops walk farther by reducing the loads on their backs. Can this same technology bring back the real-life IRON MAN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Word coming out of Ozzy&#8217;s camp is that the Heavy Metal icon is hellbent on making his return to the stage by any means necessary in 2024 and is in top secret discussion right now to potentially be fitted with a custom<strong> IRON MAN <\/strong>exoskeleton that would allow him to bypass the fragility of his own broken-down skeleton after spinal surgery and other attempts at alternative therapy to get his body stronger for performing live concerts failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-930x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103327\" width=\"372\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-930x1024.jpg 930w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-600x660.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-1396x1536.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-1861x2048.jpg 1861w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02-1170x1288.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ozzy-and-sharon-march-2022-02.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photodesk@splashnews.com World Rights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A fall at home in 2019 complicated matters by\u00a0dislodging metal rods surgically implanted in Ozzy&#8217;s body after the ATV accident, resulting in 15 screws being placed in his back. Ozzy next went under the knife for a vitally important procedure, but from the looks and sounds of things that was not enough to repair the metal icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Osbourne\u2019s tour, dubbed <strong>No More Tours II<\/strong>, was first announced in 2017 but postponed a number of times, due to both his ill health and Covid.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/feb\/01\/ozzy-osbourne-to-retire-from-touring-due-to-declining-health\">But in February,\u00a0<\/a>Osbourne said he&#8217;s staring down being forced to retire from touring as he had \u201ccome to the realization that I\u2019m not physically capable \u2026 as I know I couldn\u2019t deal with the travel required\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An industry source close to the situation said: &#8220;Ozzy is not a quitter, and he is at the top of his game right now, after Patient Number 9 album won the Grammy and scored two #1 radio hits last year &#8211; the first time he achieved this feat in his storied career. If anyone can make it back after such a horrendous hand being dealt to them in life it is Ozzy. Don&#8217;t count him out just yet and say a prayer or two for him. Everyone is rooting for the Prince of Darkness to beat the odds.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ozzystatement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ozzystatement.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103324\" width=\"501\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ozzystatement.jpg 512w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ozzystatement-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For more details on 2023 Power Trip Fest go<a href=\"https:\/\/therockrevival.com\/rock-news\/power-trip-2023-full-lineup-details-announced\/\"> HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary 74-year-old BLACK SABBATH singer made the \u2018painful\u2019 decision to withdraw from Power Trip&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103318"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103335,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103318\/revisions\/103335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}