In February of this year, Osbourne canceled his oft-delayed tour explaining, "Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way" in a statement. READ MORE: The Greatest Ozzy Osbourne Stories Ever ToldĪs for Osbourne, his health issues have been well documented. In 2021, Ward stated in an interview that he felt he didn't have the "chops" to play live with Black Sabbath anymore, but later in the year expressed his interest in doing at least one more album with the band.Įarlier this year, bassist Geezer Butler revealed that he and Ozzy Osbourne no longer talk, but that's more due to their wives and he insists they haven't "fallen out." "He's got a big heart and was always there for me," Butler said of Osbourne. Iommi also performed on Osbourne's Patient Number 9 album, appearing on the song " Degradation Rules" as well as the deeper cut "No Escape From Now." In 2022, Osbourne made a surprise guest appearance along with guitarist Tony Iommi performing at the Commonwealth Games in their respective hometown of Birmingham, England. While a full-fledged reunion hasn't taken place since the show, Bill Ward turned up with Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler at a Grammy Salute to Music Legends event in 2019 honoring the band with a Lifetime Achievement award. That trek saw drummer Bill Ward fall out prior to hitting the road over a contractual disagreement, while Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012, leading the band to schedule the tour around his treatments. If you're gonna do anything, it's gotta be good or not bother." Black Sabbath Touring Finale And What's Happened Sinceīlack Sabbath officially disbanded on Maafter playing the final performance of their farewell tour. If something goes wrong or somebody can't make it and we have to cancel… 'Cause I don't know everybody's health I don't know how Bill's feeling these days. And I don't want our reputation to go downhill all of a sudden. "To do a full show, you've gotta make sure everybody's in good shape because people are gonna remember you by that show. Iommi told Trunk he's not opposed to doing one-off Black Sabbath performances, but notes that it would have to be done under the right circumstances. And I'm not saying it would have been, but it could have been difficult." I don't wanna just go and slap something together. But, yeah, that's the way it is."įurther adding some context as to why it didn't move any further, the guitarist explained, "If you're gonna go out, I want to do a good show. But it didn't get much further than me, really. But he's still fighting there."Īs far as how far the discussions went, Iommi says they were "sort of" asked, adding, "We hadn't approached the others as far as doing it. He's had to go through such a lot of hard stuff lately. And he's really trying to pull to get himself back. I hope he can do it and that it'll be really good. So I wasn't that comfortable with it."īut the guitarist then laughingly added, "But I didn't know Ozzy would be doing it on his own. ![]() I've gotta think of Ozzy, if he's gonna be all right to do a show and whatever. I've gotta think of the people in the band as well. But in my mind, it's very difficult to sort of say yes. He's in hospital and out of hospital, and he's really been fighting it he really wants to get out there. But I didn't, at that point… It's hard, because Ozzy's been going through a lot of stuff lately. ![]() While speaking with Trunk, Iommi revealed that there had been some talk of Black Sabbath playing, telling the host (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), "Yes, there was.
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