The tour was a re-scheduled one from last year, where Ozzy had to pull out of due to illness. Ozzy said ’I am deeply disappointed, but it’s out of my control. Right now I need to concentrate on my recovery and unfortunately this is something I cannot rush." Ozzy is recovering at home on his estate, and said he was looking forward to performing again "when the doctors tell me I am fit and ready."

His wife Sharon said that Ozzy’s injuries were so severe, that he doesn’t have a collarbone any more and has a rod in place instead.

Ozzy missed eldest sons wedding - Jan 04
Ozzy is still recovering from his quad bike accident, so he missed his son Louis’ wedding to actress Louise Lennon.

Louis and Dublin born Louise got married in Ireland, and are spending their honeymoon in Cape Town on safari. Although Ozzy and wife Sharon could not attend the event, Ozzy was in touch by phone beforehand. Ahead of his wedding Louis said about his father ’whether he attended the wedding or not paled into insignificance after the horrific injuries he sustained."

Ozzy is now out of intensive care but is in recovery. He was recently named ’Rock Personality of the Year’ by music fans, beating Juston Hawkins from The Darkness into second place.

Ozzy’s slow but steady progress - 15/12/03
Ozzy is still on a ventilator following his quad bike crash, although doctors hope to wean him off it soon.

He is said to be making ’slow but steady’progress after the accident last week. Ozzy has been in intenisive care at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough. The medical director, Dr Dick Jack (yes, really) said "With each day he becomes less dependent on the ventilator. It is still too early to take him off entirely. Otherwise he is well, with no complications.’ It is though the family will be at his side over Christmas, but Ozzy will miss his eldest son Louis’ wedding on New Years Day.

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Ozzy in hospital - 09/12/03
Ozzy Osbourne has broken eight ribs, his collarbone and a vertebra in his neck, after being injured in a quad bike accident.

Ozzy was at his Buckinghamshire estate, in Chalfont St Giles when the accident happened. He was rushed to hospital, where he spent a night in intensive care after having emergency surgery. This was to restore the blood flow to a blood vessel damaged in the accident.

The doctor operating on Ozzy said that the fractured vertebra was now ’entirely stable’ and that the blood supply to his left hand and arm had been restored.

Ozzy’s pills - 08/12/03
The Ozzy we saw stumbling around on The Osbournes had more to do with the pills he was on at the time, rather than a legacy of his drug taking days.

Ozzy said he was taking up to 42 tablets a day during the making of The Osbournes. He said ’"I was wiped out on pills. I couldn’t talk. I couldn’t walk. I could barely stand up. I was lumbering about like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.’

He said he turned to the pills to try and cope with the renewed fame the TV show had brought about. Then when Sharon was ill, he turned to yet more pills, and the result was what we saw on the show. However, Ozzy has since fired his docter, and is doing much better without the pills.

I’m Cured! - 24/10/03
Ozzy Osbourne has lost the shakes after successfully having treatment in America.