Ozzy Osbourne is the most recent to cancel appearances on the SXSW convention and competition, following firms like Twitter, TikTok, Fb, Neflix and Apple, as a result of concern over the coronavirus. He was scheduled to attend the Austin convention, which runs March 13 to 22, to assist the world premiere screening of A&E’s forthcoming “Biography: The 9 Lives of Ozzy Osbourne,” a two-hour particular set to air this summer time.
In a press release launched on March 5, a consultant for the 71-year-old rocker stated: “Following latest cancellations by main firms, artists, document firms and studios as a result of of the continued risk of the coronavirus, Ozzy Osbourne has likewise determined to cancel his upcoming look at SXSW.”
In February, it was introduced that Osbourne was cancelling his 2020 North American “No Extra Excursions 2” tour “to permit him to proceed to recuperate from numerous well being points he has confronted over the previous yr.”
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Among the many extra susceptible to the COVID-19 virus are the aged and people with preexisting well being points — situations which each apply to Osbourne, who has been identified with Parkinson’s.
Epic Information launched Osbourne’s first album in 10 years, “Atypical Man,” final month. Selection‘s evaluation described it as “a very good — even at instances nice — album” that offers the listener “the sense that the Blizzard of Ouncesis just not crawling into hell quietly.”
“Biography: The 9 Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” options interviews with spouse Sharon Osbourne, kids Kelly and Jack Osbourne in addition to pals and fellow musicians together with Rick Rubin, Ice-T, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Jonathan Davis, Publish Malone and extra.
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