OZZY Osbourne prepared for his final ever gig in a brand new ‘rehab wing’ – which is as big as his luxury country mansion and even includes a boating lake, wellness space and art studio.
But money won’t be an object for Ozzy, 76, as we can reveal that his personal firm made £5,000 per day in its last financial year.
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The rocker played at Villa Park on Saturday and has needed to be in the shape of his life after being hit with Parkinson’s Disease.
Three years ago, Ozzy and wife Sharon were given the green light by the council to transform their historic Buckinghamshire home to include a new adjoining mega-extension solely for the Black Sabbath frontman.
Now The Sun can reveal that the rehab wing is as huge as the historic Grade II-listed home.
According to plans, it includes a ‘health and welfare exercise studio’, ‘art studio room’, ‘pool house orangery’ complete with spa, a wet room and a changing area.
There’s also a terraced area overlooking the vast garden and a new lake that’s been built with pictures appearing to show that there are small boats on it.
The upstairs area of the new wing also includes an attic space and kitchenette and the current gym has been extended.
To make sure that Ozzy could get fit in privacy, they included a 2.4m high fence to keep out prying eyes and an upgrade on the previous CCTV monitoring their grounds.
There’s more visitor parking spaces as well, presumably for any professionals and medics looking after Ozzy.
Bat and bird boxes have been built around the property and the lake will provide an area for new wildlife and aquatic creatures.
New accounts for Ozzy’s main firm Monowise Ltd reveals that money wouldn’t be a problem to fund such an expensive project.
Ozzy took out a £6.35M director’s loan from the firm last year, which shows that the firm is now worth £5.97M.
It paid £445k in corporation tax in its last financial year, which means at a 25 per cent tax rate, the firm made around £1.8 million, that’s £4,876 profit a day.
Ozzy and his Black Sabbath band mates took to the stage for the final time over the weekend.
Ozzy arrived on stage at Villa Park in Birmingham dressed in his trademark black, sitting on a bat throne for the historic gig.
The Sun was there to witness the final show-stopping spectacular.
Called Back To The Beginning, it is frontman and rock veteran Ozzy’s last time performing on stage amid his worsening diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
The crowd were delighted to see the iconic rocker back on stage and kept chanting his name.
The gig was touted as “the greatest heavy metal show ever” and Ozzy played a short five-song set reuniting with his bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward.
Back To The Beginning also featured a mega line-up of fellow rock stars, performing their own sets and as a super-group, and all the profits made will be going to charity.
The money will be shared equally between Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice.
Metallica and Slayer were on the line-up for main sets as they celebrated Ozzy’s remarkable legacy.
Pantera, Gojira, Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon also played at the show.
It is the first time in 20 years that the original Black Sabbath line-up have performed together.
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