It also seems that the 2013 reunion album and the subsequent tour are not enough for them as Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne have recently reunited for a track on the vocalist’s forthcoming solo album. Who knows? After all, the others (including bassist Geezer Butler) did bury whatever hatchets they had to bury. As far as I’m concerned, the book’s never closed with Sabbath! I’m writing like a demon, I’m living life.” I’m very open-minded about doing something like that. I can lay track at my studio in Los Angeles. Black Sabbaths touring drummer Tommy Clufetos explains why his drums were not used on the bands 2013 final album, Grudge. I haven’t spoken to the guys about it, but I have talked to a couple of people in management about the possibility of making a recording, which I can do safely, even with Covid around. The way I play the drums, it’s becoming tougher as I get older. Nothing live necessarily, because I’m looking at what I can realistically do. “ My biggest contention has been ‘let’s make another album’. They’re my brothers and I love them.”īoth Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi have expressed interest in one more Sabbath reunion, which would be to take place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Ward doesn’t say ‘No’, but at his age and in his physical condition he’s more enthusiastic about working with his ‘brothers’ in the recording studio. Black Sabbath Drummer Has No Idea Why He Was Hired Instead Of Bill Ward By Andrew Magnotta AndrewMagnotta Touring Black Sabbath drummer Tommy Clufetos, who performed with the band on its 'The End' farewell tour, says he doesn't fully understand why he got co-founding drummer Bill Ward 's job. I’ve been working with Tony since 1964 when I was 16 years old. So we wanted to bring another drummer just in case Bill ended up saying I cant do it for. A lot of things have crossed between us and there’s new boundaries that I’ve had to build, but I don’t think any less of them. I dont think he quite realizes how hard it would have been on him. The tour includes stops throughout the UK-Nottingham, Dublin, Manchester, Newcastle, London (O2 Arena), Glasgow and OZZY’s Birmingham hometown-before heading to Europe for gigs in Germany, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy and Switzerland.In a recent interview for The Metro, former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward contemplates the idea of making a studio album with his friends and former bandmates. Prior to the North American tour, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter will kick off a six-week European trek in OZZY’s native UK on January 31 before wrapping March 16 in Zurich, Switzerland. The concert-part of the itinerary of his recently announced new dates for his “NO MORE TOURS 2”-will come near the end of OZZY’s 2020 North American shows, which kick off May 27 in Atlanta and conclude July 31 in Las Vegas. OZZY just announced that his postponed Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl show will now take place Monday, July 27, 2020. The singer made the announcement on his Instagram page with an update on the tour happenings which you can see below. The prince of darkness is playing the Hollywood Bowl on July 27, 2020. Ozzy’s final tour of North America is kicking off May 27 in Atlanta and concludes July 31 in Las Vegas. "Maybe one day there’ll be one last gig, I don’t know."Įven though we may not see Sabbath in the flesh ever again, Osbourne recently announced his upcoming return to the stage after canceling multiple dates due to his aforementioned health concerns. "Those final gigs in Birmingham were bittersweet because you think of how far we came, and how much we did, and it would have been good to have shared that together.ĭespite the empty feeling of the tour, Osbourne did leave the door cracked for a possible final reunion. "Tommy did great, but the four of us started this, and it should have been the four of us ending it," he says. While Osbourne did give props to his touring drummer Tommy Clufetos, who filled in for Black Sabbath's farewell run, he felt that finishing with the classic lineup would have have been more fitting. We didn’t have the fucking time to hang around, we had to get going, but I’m sorry it didn’t work out with Bill." "People put that down to me, but it wasn’t me, honestly. "I didn’t like the fact that Bill Ward wasn’t there, for a start," Osbourne says. The band's original drummer, Bill Ward, was left off the bill. Osbourne revealed his distaste with the tour in a recent interview with Kerrang!, saying it just wasn't the same without the band's full original lineup.
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