Bassist Geezer Butler described in his new biography “The Void” an ultimately comical incident that, after all, cost many people a lot of nerves. Bandmates feared that their lead singer was dead or at least kidnapped, and pissed-off fans started making a good fuss when the Prince of Darkness, aka, failed to appear on stage in Nashville. And he really wanted to quickly and effectively deal with a cold during the tour “Never Say Die!” in 1978 – Black Sabbath were playing with Van Halen at the time.
Ozzy Osbourne disappeared before the concert and they were afraid that someone had kidnapped him
Butler describes: “Ozzy had a bad cold, so the doctor gave him Night Nurse [kompleksowy lek na przeziębienie, który pomaga na katar, kaszel, dreszcze, bóle mięśni i bóle głowy. Do tego pomaga zasnąć – przyp. red.]. Instead of taking a few spoonfuls, he drank the whole bottle.”
“By the time we arrived at the hotel, he was already asleep. When we arrived at the venue, we thought Ozzy had arrived early. But there was no sign of him anywhere,” recalls Butler. He admits that the worst scenarios came to everyone’s minds then. “Probably 20 people called his room, but there was no response. The hotel manager said he was looking, but Ozzy wasn’t there,” we read.
The concert took place without Osbourne, and enraged fans trashed the venue. “We ended up reporting him missing to the police. We thought maybe someone had kidnapped him. We thought he might even be dead. The cops searched Nashville and couldn’t find Ozzy anywhere. They even printed posters with his picture and ‘Did you see THIS MAN?’ and took them to different bars,” the bass player relates.
Unexpectedly, the Prince of Darkness appeared after 24 hours, safe and sound. “The next day we were getting on the bus when Ozzy rolled out of the hotel full of energy and optimism and asked us: – What time is the concert?” – recalls the musician. As it turns out, Ozzy Osbourne drank far too much of the medicine, got off the bus right there, and entered the first room he could find. There he fell on the bed and literally lost consciousness for several hours. In this way, they obtained eye-witness evidence that if a person gets a good night’s sleep, it is easier for him to fight the disease.
Source: Gazeta
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