Well, it looks like Sabbath is gearing up for more touring in 2005. Aside from my story the other day, there was a second festival mentioned, as well as a tour of the US and Europe (link). It appears that Sabbath will be touring both Europe and the United States this summer. Whether this is […]

Overnight I got about 20-25 emails telling me about a news story on Blabbermouth saying Black Sabbath is “confirmed” to play Denmark’s Roskilde festival on June 30 to July 3 of this year. Additionally, there was a second article speculating that Sabbath also might play the UK Download festival. Whenever I get news like this […]

Yup, this morning when I checked my email, I got quite a surprise. About 20 or 30 people who had attended the Philadelphia Ozzfest gig wrote me to say that Ozzy did not sing with Black Sabbath. Rob Halford of Judas Priest handled the vocal duties for this gig. This wasn’t the first time Rob […]

I’ve specifically avoided talking about this issue because I do not want to turn my site and my newsletter into a political fiasco, however, I wanted to say this. From concert reports I’ve read, and an email I got from someone associated with the tour who wants to remain anonymous (I have no idea who […]

This morning on Blabbermouth, a story was posted about 73 people being busted for drugs and underage drinking. Here’s a quote from the article.. Central Ohio’s WBNS TV is reporting that police went undercover Tuesday night (July 20) at Ozzfest in Columbus, OH to bust people with drugs and teens with alcohol. The annual traveling […]

Saturday night was the first gig on Sabbath’s current trek, which is Ozzfest 2004. And because of that, a few concert reviews have started coming in. You can visit the Ozzfest 2004 page for a listing of all the dates, with reviews where they exist. However, I’ll post this here, as I’ve gotten asked this […]

Tonight I was poking around looking to see if I could find any information out about who is playing keyboards for Black Sabbath on the Ozzfest 2004 tour. There’s been no official statement about this on the Ozzfest site, and my queries about whether Geoff is involved were given a polite “no comment”. OK, so […]

The picture to the right is what’s on the official Ozzfest site when you look up band information on Black Sabbath. It includes Bill Ward. Previously, the same picture was there, but with Bill Ward cropped out. The obvious meaning of this change is that the situation has been worked out with Bill Ward. After […]

Earlier today, the news broke that Black Sabbath was to headline Ozzfest 2004, with a lineup of Ozzy Osbourne/Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler/Mike Bordin – without Bill Ward on drums. Here is a statement from Bill Ward about Ozzfest 2004. “Dear Sabbath People, This morning I received the very sad news that Mike Bordin is to play […]

This morning came some news that a lot of us were waiting for. The Reuters news service is running the following story about Black Sabbath playing Ozzfest… LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath will reunite for the first time since 2001 for Ozzfest, which begins July 10 in Hartford, Conn., a […]