Cliff Notes – Ozzy Osbourne is selling his DNA so fans can clone him when he’s gone
- Ozzy Osbourne is selling his DNA through a collaboration with Liquid Death, offering 10 re-sealed cans of iced tea he has consumed for £335 each.
- The initiative coincides with his final performance in Birmingham, where he will reunite with Black Sabbath bandmates for the first time in 20 years, amid concerns about his health.
- Proceeds from the concert will benefit Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice, highlighting Osbourne’s commitment to charitable causes despite his health struggles.
Ozzy Osbourne is selling his DNA ‘so fans can clone him’ when he’s gone
Ozzy Osbourne is selling his own DNA. Yep. (Picture: YouTube / Liquid Death)
In a bizarre move ahead of his final gig, Ozzy Osbourne is selling his DNA to lucky fans for the small sum of $450 (£335).
The Black Sabbath legend, who will return to Birmingham next month for his final ever show, has teamed up with drinks company Liquid Death for a limited edition deal.
There are 10 cans of iced tea – which the Paranoid hitmaker has already consumed – up for grabs.
The empty cans were re-sealed after Ozzy, 76, finished the drink, which hold his DNA inside.
Liquid Death’s PR team said: ‘Once technology and federal law permit, fans can use this DNA to try to clone Ozzy in the future and enjoy him for hundreds of years to come.’
Ozzy seems very pro-cloning as he quipped: ‘Clone me, you b****rds.’
The Black Sabbath star has bottled his saliva and people are buying it for hundreds (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
This isn’t The Prince of Darkness’ first collab with the brand as he previously starred in an ad for Liquid Death’s Death Dust electrolyte drink mix.
He joked in the clip: ‘Whatever you do, don’t try freebasing it and never ever inject it. And don’t even think about boofing it, you little perverts.’
It seems Ozzy’s sense of humour hasn’t wavered amid his recent health struggles, which will perhaps see him chair-bound when he takes to the stage at Villa Park on July 5.
Back to the Beginning will see Ozzy give a short solo performance before reuniting with Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time in 20 years.
However, fans – and even Black Sabbath’s Tony – have expressed concern for Ozzy’s health on the night.
The singer is taking to the stage for the final time in Birmingham in July (Picture: Chris Walter/WireImage)
There are concerns about Ozzy’s health leading up to the big moment (Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
Speaking to Music Week three weeks ahead of the show, Tony admitted: ‘This would be a big, monumental thing if it all comes good. The worrying thing for me is the unknown.
‘We don’t know what’s going to happen. Normally, when we’d tour, we’d rehearse and run through the thing for a while, and it’s just us. But with this event there are so many other moving parts.
‘You’re used to Ozzy running around, but he certainly won’t be doing that for this show. I don’t know if he’s going to be standing or sitting on a throne or what.’
Last month, chatting on Ozzy Speaks, The Osbournes star revealed his blood pressure was being taken 15 times a day.
Ozzy explained: ‘I have got this trainer guy who helps people get back to normal. It’s hard going, but he’s convinced that he can pull it off for me. I’m giving it everything I’ve got.
‘It’s endurance. The first thing that goes when you’re laid up is your stamina.
‘I am having my blood pressure taken 15 times a day.. I’ve got this f***ing device on my finger. It’s a monitor to say how my heart rate is.’
The worrying updates come after Ozzy revealed he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2020, and two years later he paused touring following extensive spinal surgery in 2023.
Ozzy crashed a quad bike at his Buckinghamshire home in 2003, which required surgery and metal rods to be installed in his body.
A fall in 2019 displaced metal rods inserted into his back from the crash, which he said caused more complications than Parkinson’s itself.
The one-off charity concert will feature performances from the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Mastodon, and many more.
Proceeds will raise money for Cure Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice.