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One Week Until Lollapalooza

Just one week until Black Sabbath’s show at Lollapalooza. It’s their only U.S. gig in 2012. In the meantime, enjoy the power of the band’s performance of “Paranoid” from their O2 Academy Birmingham charity show from May

Back to the wizardy of Ozzy - The Times

"Black Sabbath return in glory", "Impressively raw and muscular"

Sabbath show the metal monsters how it's done - The Guardian

"A sharp and compelling set", "As the baleful Paranoid brought Download to a close, it appeared that the original metal monsters are still the best"

And so the final band of the weekend... Black Sabbath - Kerrang!

"Sabbath sowed the seeds of all we hold dear. And they're still better than everything that came after"

Tony Iommi Comments on Saturday's Show

I was extremely nervous beforehand about playing a long set, not knowing whether I'd be able to last. It turned out to be no problem whatsoever because Ozzy, Geezer and Tommy were nailing everything, no chance to feel tired!

Thank You Birmingham

Thank you, thank you, thank you Birmingham. Best fans ever- you brought out the best in us. It was a privilege playing for you tonight. Tony was a hero- you were the best medicine he has had. Proud to be a Brummie.

Ozzy was at his demonic best, commanding both audience and band , like only he can, and Tommy did a fantastic job.

Cheers,
Geezer

The Reviews Are In From Saturday's Show

Rolling Stone
last night, Black Sabbath was a band with all the answers.
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Kerrang!
Tonight, heavy metal came home.
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Black Sabbath/Bill Ward Photo Statement

At the request of Bill Ward, through his attorney, so as to not give the public the wrong impression about his involvement in the current Black Sabbath lineup, we have temporarily removed Bill Ward's images from the main pages of the blacksabbath.com official website. In accordance with Bill Ward's attorney's request, we are doing so for the duration of the forthcoming shows. - BLACK SABBATH

Black Sabbath Members Comment on Bill Ward

We have decided not to make any detailed comment on Bill's latest statement. There are two sides to every story. We have been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after Tony's treatments and we have engaged a substitute drummer for the forthcoming shows. See you at Download.

An Update from Geezer Butler - Heavy Heart

I feel sad to see the Sabbath reunion becoming a bit of a soap opera on the internet. It has been a very tough year for us as a band, having announced our reunion plans, only for Tony to be diagnosed with lymphoma, leaving us no choice but to postpone the proposed Sabbath tour, and then for Bill to go public on his site about an un-signable contract.