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OZZY AND FRIENDS - BLACK SABBATH
Black Sabbath´s reunion tour will now take place under the name ´Ozzy and Friends
Osbourne will play with Iommi and Geezer Butler, although not Bill Ward, at June´s Download festival. While five gigs were cancelled, 14 more, including performances at Norway´s Bergen Calling and Italy´s Gods of Metal festival, are now billed to Ozzy and Friends. The singer´s friends will allegedly include musicians such as Butler, Zakk Wylde and Slash.
Iommi, who was recently diagnosed with early-stage lymphoma, is making ”excellent progress”, according to the Black Sabbath website, ”and is looking forward to getting back out on the road”. He, Butler and Osbourne are still working on a new Black Sabbath album – their first in 33 years – but show no sign of reaching out to Ward, the group´s original drummer. Despite his initial involvement in the reunion, Ward withdrew earlier this month, complaining of an ”disrespectful” contract.
”I have not declined to participate in the Sabbath album and tour,” Ward wrote on Friday. ”At the earliest opportunity, I am prepared to go to the UK and record, and later tour with the band ... I remain hopeful for a ´signable´ contract and a positive outcome.”
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