Bill Responds. Again.

The latest volley in the great Black Sabbath pissing match of 2012 has been lobbed out there.  Bill Ward has issued a new statement in response to Geezer’s “Heavy Heart” respone before the Birmingham gig yesterday.   Here’s the text in full:

Geezer Thanks the Fans

Geezer just posted this short update on his website.  Here it is:

Geezer Butler’s “Heavy Heart”

This morning, a mere hours before the O2 gig, Geezer Butler posted something on his own site entitled “Heavy Heart“.  It’s his thoughts on Black Sabbath, the O2 gig, Bill Ward, Tommy Clufetos, & charity concerts.   You don’t want to read me talking about it, I’ll get straight to the statement:

Geezer Speaks on Birmingham Gig

Geezer Butler posted a short update on his website about the Birmingham gig tomorrow.  Here’s what he had to say.

Black Sabbath Responds to Ward – Sorta

Black Sabbath issued a non-response late on Thursday night to Bill Ward’s statement from the other day.   It reads: We have decided not to make any detailed comment on Bill’s latest statement. There are two sides to every story. We have been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after Tony’s treatments and we […]

Lyric of the Day

Given the events of earlier today, this old set of lyrics seems suddenly appporiate.  They come from the track “Swinging the Chain” from the Never Say Die! album.  Which, ironically, was sung by Bill Ward. Yes we’re sad and sorry Really sorry that it happened that way Yes we’re sad and sorry We cannot go […]

Bill Ward is out of 2012 Live Shows

Bill Ward just issued a lengthy statement on his situation with Black Sabbath.   The short of it is that he’s not playing the three announced live dates.  No mention was made about the new album, but if he’s not playing any of the live dates, I can’t imagine he’s working with them on the […]

Iommi Interview Wins Award

As some of you might remember, last November, Tony Iommi released his autobiography, “Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath”, and this site dispatched our intrepid reporter Damian to the sleepy little hamlet of Ridgewood, New Jersey to cover the signing.  Damian produced a three and a half minute video which had […]

May 19 Warmup Gig in Birmingham

An additional live show has been announced this morning. Black Sabbath will play what’s being called “A Warmup Gig” on May 19th in Birmingham, England at the O2 Academy.  The warmup being for the Download Festival in early June.   They’re playing the O2 Academy.  At this time, there’s no word as to whether there […]

The Southern Cross Band Info

In about two and a half weeks, it will be the two year anniversary of the death of Ronnie James Dio.  Ronnie’s life has touched numerous musicians and fans.  A lot of people continue to mourn the loss of Ronnie.   Some of his final band members toured under the moniker of “Dio Disciples” late […]