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  • Ex-Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Cancels Day of Errors Tour

    Ex-Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was forced to cancel a tour with his new band, Day of Errors, after being hospitalized with heart problems.

  • Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler talk 'The End of the End'

    “For years, people would go, ‘Hey, man, are you happy about the resurgence of heavy metal?’ But it’s never gone away! The audience, it goes from like, 70 to 15,” rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, sitting beside his Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler, tells Yahoo Music. The Dick Carruthers-directed film will screen at 1,500 cinemas worldwide for one night only, this Thursday, Sept. 28, followed by a DVD/Blu-ray release on Oct. 27 via Eagle Rock Entertainment. In the “End of the Beginning,” the opening track on 13, Black Sabbath’s 2013 album and their first since 1995’s Forbidden, Osbourne menacingly sang, “Is this the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?” We obviously now have an answer to that musical question.

  • Black Sabbath Document Final Concert With 'The End of the End' Film

    Black Sabbath document their final tour with upcoming film 'The End of the End,' set for a one-night-only theatrical screening.

  • Tony Iommi Opens up About Health, Will Undergo Throat Surgery

    Tony Iommi, who announced in August that his cancer is in remission, has revealed that he'll soon undergo surgery to remove a lump from his throat.

  • Hear Black Sabbath's Live 'Iron Man' With Alternate Lyrics From 1970

    Listen to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" with alternate lyrics, as recorded in 1970 before the album 'Paranoid' came out. It features on a new box set.

  • Rare Black Sabbath Items From Earliest Days Go to Auction

    A treasure trove of Black Sabbath memorabilia that dates back to the late Sixties, when they were known as Earth, is going to auction.

  • Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne & Geezer Butler Discuss 'The End'

    “For years, people would go, ‘Hey man, are you happy about the resurgence of heavy metal?’ But it’s never gone away! The audience, it goes from like, 70 to 15,” rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, sitting beside his Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler, tells Yahoo Music. In the “End of the Beginning,” the opening track on 13, the Black Sabbath’s 2013 effort and first Black Sabbath album since 1995’s Forbidden, Osbourne menacingly sang, “Is this the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?” We now have an answer to that musical question. Sabbath singer Osbourne, 67, and bassist/lyricist Butler, 66, are holed up in Osbourne’s office, in the back of his Beverly Hills estate, to discuss the final tour and the band’s legacy.

  • Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne & Geezer Butler Remember Lemmy & Bowie

    Yahoo Music had the pleasure of sitting down with Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler  to discuss their forthcoming final “The End” tour, which kicks of Jan. 20 – and during our interview (which will be posted next week), we offered Osbourne condolences on the passing of his longtime friend, Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, who died Dec. 28 from cancer. Ozzy and Lemmy had a long history together.

  • Ozzy Osbourne to Formally Apologize for Urinating on the Alamo Over 30 Years Ago

    Ozzy Osbourne reportedly will apologize for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph in 1982. (Getty) Ozzy Osbourne's off-the-wall exploits are the stuff of rock legend – but the singer himself apparently feels at least a little guilty. Ozzy Osbourne Sings in the Rain With Slash, Tom Morello & Geezer Butler at Voodoo Fest Osbourne famously urinated on the Alamo Cenotaph (a tall monument adjacent to the fort) while on tour in 1982, and was banned from San Antonio “for life” (although he has returned since) as a result. Today, he’ll return to film a History Channel special with his son, according to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, and make a public apology.