Earlier this year, Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon told the Mirror that they were leaving Los Angeles and returning to the United Kingdom due to rising taxes. “We are leaving L.A.,” Ozzy said. “We are a bit sad. But the tax is getting too much. I am sad because I really, really like staying and living there.” He added: “If they do the taxes better, then I may come back. I do not know. I am taking my recording studio with me. I am going to build a barn there and make my own studio at Welders. I will still be making music and my band will come over.”
Ozzy and Sharon recently revealed to the Observer that the decision is also about more than just taxes. When asked why they’re moving back to the U.K., Sharon said the move does not have to do with Ozzy’s recent surgery to realign pins in his neck and back. “I knew people would think that,” she said. “It’s not. It’s just time. America has changed so drastically. It isn’t the United States of America at all. Nothing’s united about it. It’s a very weird place to live right now.”
Ozzy added: “Everything’s f*cking ridiculous there. I’m fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert… It’s f*cking crazy. And I don’t want to die in America. I don’t want to be buried in fucking Forest Lawn. I’m English. I want to be back. But saying that, if my wife said we’ve got to go and live in Timbuktu, I’ll go. But, no, it’s just time for me to come home.”
Earlier this summer, Ozzy revealed the details for his forthcoming album, “Patient Number 9,” which comes out Sept. 9. The album’s title track and video, which includes Jeff Beck, was also released. A second song, “Degradation Rules,” which features a guest spot from legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, was also released recently. “It was really great working with Tony,” Osbourne told SiriusXM. “He’s the riff master. No one can touch him in that respect. I only wish we had these songs for Black ’Sabbath’s ’13’ album.”
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