OZZY OSBOURNE Says Booze, Not Politics, Prevented Israeli Gigs
September 27, 2010, 14 years ago
Ian Deitch from The Associated Press is reporting:
OZZY OSBOURNE said that alcohol, not politics, has stopped him from playing in Israel until now.
Osbourne is in Israel this week as part of this year's international Ozzfest tour, along with SOULFLY and KORN. Tuesday's performance will be his first ever in the Holy Land.
Asked why he hadn't played in Israel before, the heavy metal rocker, known for decades of decadence and substance abuse, told reporters in Tel Aviv on Sunday: "I guess I was drunk for so many years."
He said politics had nothing to do with it. "I try to stay away from politics. They don't understand me and I don't understand them," he said, sitting next to his wife Sharon.
Pro-Palestinian activists in Europe and the US have urged artists to boycott Israel to protest the country's policies toward the Palestinians.
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