Ozzy Osbourne Already Plots the “Ordinary Man” Follow-up

Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath in 2016
Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath in 2016. Photo by Hell Gate Media/REX/Shutterstock (5760206c)

It’s been barely a week since Ozzy Osbourne dropped his latest album Ordinary Man, but he’s already plotting its follow-up. The Prince of Darkness recently revealed he’s using his break from touring to work on some new material.

The former Black Sabbath singer discussed his plans for the future in a recent Reddit AMA session and said he’s using the hardships that he faced in the last few months as inspiration for new music.

“I am making another album because while I can’t tour, I can make music. What I learned from Ordinary Man, it got the juices flowing again. People say they write the best songs when they’re unhappy, and I was unhappy last year,” Osbourne told his fans.

Ordinary Man is Osbourne’s first solo album in ten years, and the critics have described it as one of his very best. Osbourne was planning to promote new material during another North American leg of his No More Tours II series of concerts but decided to put the tour on hold until fall to focus on his health.