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Ozzy Osbourne hints at future tour: “If I have to go up there and die on the first song, I’ll still be back the next day”
By Sam Roche published
The Prince of Darkness also mentions a possible solo album with his former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi

The 30 greatest rock guitar albums of 1972
By Greg Prato published
In '72, Alice Cooper and Bowie grew ever more theatrical while the riffs of Iommi, Blackmore and co got bigger. 50 years on, we celebrate the best from a banner year for rock

The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...

Tony Iommi explains why Geezer Butler didn’t join him and Ozzy at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Black Sabbath guitarist also reveals his reunion with Ozzy Osbourne was a last-minute deal that they had to keep secret

Tony Iommi to perform at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
By Matt Owen published
The Black Sabbath legend will share the roster with new wave icons Duran Duran for the show, which takes place in their home city of Birmingham, England – the birthplace of heavy metal

Ernie Ball Music Man model played by Eddie Van Halen during a spontaneous Black Sabbath studio session hits the auction block
By Matt Owen published
The axe had been borrowed from a music shop in England after Van Halen bumped into Sabbath’s Tony Iommi

Tony Iommi’s long-serving guitar tech, Mike Clement, is in an induced coma
By Jonathan Horsley published
Clement, who has been the Black Sabbath guitarist’s right-hand man for over three decades, took a “serious tumble” at work

Watch Robb Flynn cover Black Sabbath onstage with a tribute band
By Matt Parker published
The Machine Head man joined Back Stabbath at their show at Elbo Room Jack London in Oakland, CA
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