Will Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a prune? He and his pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath plan their 30th and “final” tour in 2016, the group announced Thursday via YouTube and their website.

Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
“It’s the Beginning of THE END.” the group said. “It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The heaviest rock sound ever heard.In that moment Heavy Metal was born, created by a young band from Birmingham, England barely out of their teens.

“Now it ENDS, the final tour by the greatest Metal Band of all time, BLACK SABBATH. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible BLACK SABBATH story.

The tour begins Jan. 20, 2016, and “when this tour concludes, it will truly be THE END.”

The band will play Feb. 11 at The Forum in Inglewood after a January opening in — where else? — Omaha, Nebraska.

BTW, Osbourne and Geezer Butler are 66 and Tony Iommi 67.

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