Everyone’s favourite bumbling grandpa, Ozzy Osbourne, has managed to find his glasses and slippers and has been sent in to the studio to make a new album. Clearly Sharon wants him out of the house and hasn’t convinced him to take up golf. The album was to be entitled Soul Sucka but he’s ditched that idea.

“When we put that on the Internet none of my fan base liked the title,” Osbourne  told Rolling Stone. “They were like, ‘I can’t imagine me walking around the fucking house with the words ‘Soul Sucka’ on my T-shirt.’ So I was like, ‘Fuck it. I’ve got to come up with something else!’ ” The album, currently lacking a title, is due out in July, the same month Osbourne reckons Ozzfest will return after a year’s break. “After Ozzfest I’m doing the most extensive tour of my life,” he croaked. “It’ll be something like, 3,025 dates.”

Expect to see news of rock star tantrums involving throwing walking frames sometime in the next year.

Check out Ozzy’ interview at the Golden Gods Awards in 09

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