This past week, during rehearsals for the Black Sabbath tour of Europe, Bill Ward started experiencing pain in his chest. He was taken to the hospital, and it was discovered he had had a mild heart attack. Currently, he is resting, and is doing well. Bill has been told to not fly for 6 weeks, […]
BILL WARD INTERVIEWED ABOUT RECENT REUNION SHOWS
Bill Ward was interviewed yesterday by Mike Stark about his involvement (Bill’s, not Mike’s ) at the recent Black Sabbath reunion gigs. It’s a great interview, and is a full 30 minutes long! If you’d like to hear it, click here. Make sure to visit Mike’s page for more information.
BILL WARD IN ENGLAND REHEARSING WITH SABBATH
Tony, Ozzy, Geezer and Bill have been practicing this week for the two reunion shows in December. Everything is coming together extremely well. Tony and Geezer have been writing together, with a view to maybe producing a couple of ‘new’ Black Sabbath songs which could be played at the Birmingham gigs. Both shows at the […]
BILL WARD INTERVIEW (IN REAL AUDIO) ON UPCOMING "AUDITION" AND POSSIBLE REUNION
The original Black Sabbath drummer, Bill Ward, leaves for England this week to "audition" for two upcoming shows to be held in England in December. If Bill passes his "try out" these shows will be the first shows with the original Sabbath lineup since ’92 and will likely be recorded for a live cd and […]
BILL WARD SOLO RELEASES UPDATE
I received an E-Mail from Mark Jones (Bill Ward’s Production Manager) regarding info on not just one, but *THREE* Bill Ward Solo releases in 1997. Here is the Press Release: BILL WARD / MUNGUS SHINE ENTERTAINMENT At 5 p.m. Pacific time, on Thursday the 30th of January, 97, Mungus Shine Entertainment (owned by Bill Ward), […]
BILL WARD SOLO UPDATE
Today I received an E-Mail from Mark Jones, who is Bill Ward’s production manager. It contains lots of cool news for Bill Ward fans. Here is his E-Mail. Date sent: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:23:13 -0500 From: GoDrum@aol.com To: apogee@metronet.com Subject: Bill Ward Joe, Sorry that it’s been so long. We have been locked away […]
More on Tony Martin & Iommi Solo
Tony Martin Not Out!: That’s right. Tony Martin is still “in” Black Sabbath. Pete Scott, the guy who runs the fan club spoke with Iommi recently, and he Iommi stated that he is definitely not “out”. Nothing’s been decided yet as to what is happening with Sabbath once Iommi’s solo project is done, but as […]
Various Solo Project Updates
There are several small updates I have to post today. Iommi Solo album update: Work progresses on the solo album. A three track demo now exists, and is being used to secure a record deal. The lineup on the solo album will be: Tony Iommi (guitars), Glenn Hughes (vocals and bass), Dave Holland (drums), & […]
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