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
November 10, 1997 by
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 […]
TONY IOMMI IN LA WITH HIS NEW PICKUP!
October 20, 1997 by
I was sent a piece of email by Scott Johnson of Gibson. It’s in regards to a recent Tony Iommi appearance in Los Angeles to promote his new pickups. Here’s Scott’s email, along with the two pictures he sent me of Iommi appearing at this event! As Tony Iommi has been in the U.S. working […]
OFFICIAL TONY MARTIN PAGE NOW ONLINE!
October 20, 1997 by
Daniela P has put a web page online about Tony Martin, with Tony’s cooperation, so it could more or less be called the "Official Tony Martin Web Page". You can get to it http://user.tninet.se/~cxq849j/TonyH.html.
MODIFICATION TO THIS PAGE
October 20, 1997 by
As you can see, I’ve revamped the look of this page a bit. I’ve not been happy with the way it looked for some time, but finally got around to making it look a bit better. :) I’ve also added a byline to the date entries. I’ve written most of them here, but Pete Scott […]
TONY, OZZY, GEEZER AND BILL – REUNION SHOWS ANNOUNCED
September 28, 1997 by
After the success of the recent Ozzfest tour, the original Black Sabbath will play two full-length shows at the NEC in Birmingham on December 4th and 5th. Bill Ward wasn’t involved in Ozzfest, but if all goes well he will be playing these two shows in Birmingham. Tony Iommi enjoyed Ozzfest immensely: "It was really […]
BEYOND OZZFEST
August 29, 1997 by
OzzFest is over, everyone has gone back home. Will they do it again? Only time will tell. In other news, Tony Iommi has gone back to work on his solo album, and Ozzy has his Greatest Hits album due out before the end of the year with "rare material" on it. Whatever that means, who […]
OZZFEST 97 TOUR DATES ARE CONFIRMED
August 27, 1997 by
The OzzFest 97 tour dates are confirmed. If you want to see what they are, go to the Tourdates Page.
MORE "REUNION" INFO
March 24, 1997 by
I’m not quite sure what to make of this, but it would appear that the Iommi/Butler/Osbourne who will be reuniting as Black Sabbath for Ozzy’s OzzFest did not even ask Bill Ward to be a part of it. My source for this is Bill’s himself. If you want to hear what Bill had to say […]
"REUNION" 97!
March 18, 1997 by
This past week, based mainly on something Howard Stern said on his morning radio show, it would appear that Black Sabbath may reuinite and play some shows at Ozzy Osbourne’s "OzzFest 97". If you want to hear a Real Audio 3 file of what Howard Stern said, click here. That said, the rumours say that […]
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