Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announced on Monday that he was not going to make his planned appearance at Power Trip in October, citing ongoing concerns about his health.

Osbourne, 74, announced in 2020 after an accident that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease nearly two decades earlier in 2003. Since then, he has faced a number of other health-related issues and has most recently been seen walking with a cane for stability.

“As painful as this is, I’ve had to make the decision to bow out of performing on Power Trip in October,” Osbourne wrote on social media. “My original plan was to return to the stage in the summer of 2024, and when the offer to do this show came in, I optimistically moved forward.”

As painful as this is, I’ve had to make the decision to bow out of performing on Power Trip in October.
 
My original plan was to return to the stage in the summer of 2024, & when the offer to do this show came in, I optimistically moved forward.
 
Unfortunately, my body is… pic.twitter.com/gHWEE8VuI6

— Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) July 10, 2023

“Unfortunately, my body is telling me that I’m just not ready yet and I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed,” the rocker continued. “The band that will be replacing me on Power Trip will be announced shortly. They are personal friends of mine and I can promise that you will not be disappointed.”

“Above all, I want to thank my fans, my band, and my crew for their unconditional loyalty and continual support. I love you all and I will see you soon. God Bless, Ozzy,” he concluded.

Power Trip is a music festival that was announced earlier this year and will take place in Indio, California. In addition to Osbourne, the original lineup includes AC/DC, Guns’n’Roses, Metallica, Tool, and Iron Maiden.

Osbourne had planned to return to the stage despite his decision — announced in February of this year – to retire from touring as concerns about his health have continued to grow.

This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share with my loyal fans… pic.twitter.com/aXGw3fjImo

— Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) February 1, 2023

“In all good conscience, I have now come to the realization that I’m not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn’t deal with the travel required, Osbourne explained at the time. “Never would I have imagined my touring days would end this way. My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.”

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry claimed during an interview on Monday that the problem with the war in Ukraine was that it was contributing to the release of greenhouse gases that are causing climate change.

Kerry made the remarks while President Joe Biden headed to the Windsor Castle in the U.K. to “take part in a ceremony for King Charles III and host a forum focusing on clean energy strategies,” the Washington Examiner reported.

Kerry declared on MSNBC while in England, “Lots of parts of the world are exacerbating the problem right now.”

“But when you have bombs going off, and you have damage to septic tanks or to power centers, etc., you have an enormous release of greenhouse gas, of methane, you know, all of the family of greenhouse gases,” he continued. “And the result is it’s adding to the problem.”

“I’m not, you know, believe me, that’s ehhhh, the fight in Ukraine is a fight that we have to make, that the world has to make,” he said. “The values at stake are enormously important to all of us. So I’m not suggesting by any fashion, that, that this is not a fight we shouldn’t be involved in. But I am saying that there are ancillary impacts as a result of it.”

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.@JohnKerry argues problem w/ the war in Ukraine is not the hundreds of thousands of lives lost but the impact on "climate change"; "when you have bombs going off & you have damage to septic tanks or power centers, etc., you have an enormous release of greenhouse gas & methane" pic.twitter.com/jQf62woXAu

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 10, 2023

Kerry was widely mocked online over his remarks.

“John Kerry seems to think that the worst thing about the Russia-Ukraine war is the release of greenhouse gases,” attorney Will Chamberlain wrote. “I disagree. I think it’s the death and destruction.”

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley tweeted, “John Kerry tells us the problem with the war in Ukraine is the increase in greenhouse gases? You can’t make this stuff up. The end of the Biden (Harris) administration can’t come fast enough.”

“The problem with the war in Ukraine, says decrepit con man John Kerry, is that bombs are damaging septic tanks and exacerbating the made-up climate crisis,” radio host Gerry Callahan tweeted. “Wait till he hears about all the dead women and children.”