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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Just Love To See The Kids'

November 6, 2007

Ryan Woodard of RapidCityJournal.com reports: Ozzy Osbourne is certainly still going strong this fall, as he hits the road for a 40-city North American tour with fellow heavy-metal rocker Rob Zombie. One of those 40 stops will be at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center on Nov. 6.

The tour is a change of pace for Osbourne, who has been out of the limelight somewhat in recent years because of his wife's bout with colon cancer. His family's widely popular MTV reality show "The Osbournes" ended about two years ago and Osbourne has been laying low.

"That's why you haven't seen too much of me on the TV. … I thought I was going to be a widow(er). I'd never known anyone that had recovered from cancer," he said.

So for the past few years, Osbourne's public appearances have been limited mostly to his yearly Ozzfest tour, a heavy-metal festival that he holds each summer.

But now that his wife is better, Osbourne is back with a vengeance, coming out with his new album "Black Rain" and embarking on this fall's massive tour.

Osbourne hadn't put out any new studio material or done any arena tours for six years until he decided to do both this year.

"All that horrible stuff happened, and now I feel that I need to make some music," he said.

Osbourne has tried giving up his rock ‘n' roll lifestyle — to no avail.

"You know, I've tried retirement. ... One thing I really miss is doing arenas," he said.

He enjoys arena tours for the simple fact of putting smiles on the faces of audience members.

"I just love to see the kids. I love to — it's sort of a challenge for me," Osbourne said.

Read the entire article at RapidCityJournal.com.

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