Tony Iommi has spoken about the possibility of one last Black Sabbath show in response to Ozzy Osbourne’s recent statement. The singer said he’d be keen to play a final gig with the band featuring drummer Bill Ward despite dropping out of a planned reunion in 2012. Iommi acknowledged that everyone would believe the reunion was motivated by money, but he concluded that a one-off show would be a “nice thing to actually do”. He did concede though that he didn’t want to commit to any prolonged tours as he recognized his own limitations due to his age.
At the beginning of the year, Osbourne’s manager and wife Sharon revealed that he was planning on two more shows before fully retiring from performing. However, in February of 2020, the Prince of Darkness announced his retirement from touring and cancelled European and UK tour dates due to ongoing health concerns. Later in the year, he stated that he may “accept the fact” that he’d never perform again due to his ongoing health issues including Parkinson’s disease, after a rebuttal from him last November about the subject.
Finally, Iommi has found the time to collaborate with Serj Tankian from System of a Down for a charity project for the Armenia Fund’s Artsakh Refugee Initiative. The two rockers’ previous collaboration serves as the foundation for a new composition called “Deconstruction”. All of the funds raised by the single goes towards helping Armenian refugees as the country finds itself in a time of crisis.
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