Bill Ward is not part of the Black Sabbath reunion, but Ozzy Osbourne reiterated that there’s still a chance things could work out because the relationship during the disagreement never turned bitter.
Jack Osbourne, son of Black Sabbath and solo career legend Ozzy Osbourne, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The 26-year-old Osbourne, who only weeks ago became a father for the first time, has vowed to fight the disease: “‘Adapt and overcome’ is my new motto.”
June 15, 2012 Black Sabbath - sans Bill Ward - reunited at the Download Festival last Sunday for show number two of their reunion tour.
Tommy Clufetos stood in for the absent Bill Ward, who continues to sit out the group’s planned reunion due to a contractual dispute.
June 11, 2012 Due to Tony Iommi's recent cancer diagnosis, the Black Sabbath reunion tour has been reduced to three dates (until further notice).
Show number two went down Sunday night when Sabbath headlined the Download Festival in Donington Park. Iommi seems unfazed by his cancer treatment regimen, and Ozzy was...well...Ozzy.
June 6, 2012 As you're probably aware, the Black Sabbath reunion tour was scaled back to three shows - following the news that Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was battling cancer.
Everyone’s excited about Black Sabbath playing a handful of shows this summer, but in recent months the members of the legendary metal outfit have been holed up writing material for their highly anticipated new album.
May 30, 2012 What do you get when you mix Howard Stern, Sharon Osbourne, and a midg...uh, Little Ozzy????
A recipe for hilarity, that's what!!!! SHHHHHAAAAAAARRRROOONNNN!!!!
Black Sabbath have released a brief statement in response to Bill Ward’s lengthy statement from earlier in the week. In his lengthy screed, the band’s original drummer declaring that his “final effort” to reach an agreement that would enable him to join the band’s upcoming reunion shows had failed.
The unfortunate turn of events in the Black Sabbath camp, including Tony Iommi‘s cancer diagnosis and Bill Ward‘s contract issues, limited the newly reunited Black Sabbath to only a couple of 2012 shows instead of a world tour. However, one more show has been added to Sabbath’s schedule, which will be their first official reunion performance.
If you want to shred like Zakk Wylde, well, keep practicing! However, if you want to look like Zakk Wylde while you play guitar, now you can. Gibson recently revealed their Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom Vertigo.
Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads influenced many axe-men before his tragic death 30 years ago — one of them being Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello. The mad-scientist of hard rock guitar explains how Rhoads gave him the courage to find his own unique sound.
Zakk Wylde was roasted last night (Jan. 20) at the first-ever Guitar World Roast and guess what? He survived, if a little singed. But was there ever any doubt that the guitarist would take it like a man? He was subjected to barbs and punishment for two hours in Anaheim, Calif., as a variety of musicians, metalheads and comedians took shots at him. He may have been burnt to a crisp, but he still managed to hurl his own jokes at those who roasted him.
