Tommy Clufetos, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, and Tony Iommi in 2016.Photo:Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Black Sabbath is reuniting for the last time — and for a good cause.
This July 5,Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward will join together once more for a concert in Birmingham, the English city in which the band formed in 1968. This will mark their first concert together in 20 years.
“It’s my time to go back to the beginning … time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Osbourne, 76,said in a statement. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham for ever.”
Ozzy Osborne in 2022.Eddie Keogh/Getty
Eddie Keogh/Getty
Joining Black Sabbath for the benefit show areMetallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon. MusiciansGuns N’ Roses’ Slash,Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst,Wolfgang Van Halenand Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello will also be joining together for the show as a super-band.
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“He’s doing great. He’s doing really great,” his wifeSharontold BBC News. “He’s so excited about this, about being with the guys again and all his friends. It’s exciting for everyone.”
Osbourne previously mused about the idea of aBlack Sabbath reunion. Speaking withRolling Stonein September 2020, he said getting the band back together is “not for me.” “It’s done,” he added.
“The only thing I do regret is not doing the last farewell show in Birmingham with [drummer] Bill Ward. I felt really bad about that,” he reflected. “It would have been so nice. I don’t know what the circumstances behind it were, but it would have been nice. I’ve talked to him a few times…”
Osbourne continued, “but I don’t have any of the slightest interest in [doing another gig]. Maybe Tony’s getting bored now.”
Ozzy Osbourne in Cleveland in October 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
“I can’t relax. I’ve always gotta be doing something.”
source: people.com
