News Cancer Bats announce 2024 UK tour as their Bat Sabbath alter-egosBat Sabbath are hitting the road next January and February, following the recent release of their Masters Of Duality EP…
Reviews “A compelling, immersive experience”: Our verdict on Black Sabbath – The BalletBlack Sabbath and ballet? Could it work?! We headed to Sadler’s Wells in London to find out, as the blueprint of heavy metal comes face-to-face with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in a stunning celebration of an enduring, wondrous legacy…
News Black Sabbath to re-release Ozzy-era ’70s albums on picture disc vinylBlack Sabbath’s classic first eight albums will be released together via Hand Of Doom, a lovely new limited-edition picture disc box set…
News Sharon Osbourne is working on an Ozzy memorabilia museum in BirminghamSharon says it will cover Ozzy Osbourne’s entire career, from pre-Black Sabbath to now…
Features In pictures: The opening night of Black Sabbath – The Ballet in BirminghamBlack Sabbath – The Ballet made its world premiere in Birmingham (where else?) over the weekend, with Sharon Osbourne in attendance and Tony Iommi even shredding onstage…
Features “Helping the audience take a risk is what Supersonic Festival is all about”Every year, Birmingham’s Supersonic puts together the most eclectic and unconventional festival bill in Britain. As it prepares to celebrate 20 years, organiser Lisa Meyer talks us through two decades of musical madness, and helping to put the city’s musical legacy on the map…
News Ozzy gets Birmingham’s Commonwealth Bull named after him“I’m absolutely blown away – Birmingham forever!”
News Listen to T-Pain’s impressive, soulful cover of Black Sabbath’s War PigsT-Pain has shared his new covers album On Top Of The Covers, featuring a rendition of Black Sabbath classic War Pigs.
News T-Pain to release covers album of songs by Black Sabbath, Journey and moreT-Pain is set to tackle Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ and more on his On Top Of The Covers album, due out next month.
News There’s an official Black Sabbath ballet premiering in BirminghamFeaturing reworked classic singles, Black Sabbath – The Ballet will make its world premiere in Birmingham this September…
News See Ozzy opening WWE Survivor Series WarGames with War PigsWatch Ozzy Osbourne open Saturday night’s WWE Survivor Series WarGames by miming along to Black Sabbath’s classic War Pigs.
Features Tony Iommi: “Ronnie James Dio gave us a new lease of life, and it also gave us a challenge”As Black Sabbath reissue their Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules albums, Tony Iommi looks back at the life of the band in the ’80s, the drama of Ronnie James Dio’s voice and lyrics, and what it was like to record in John Lennon’s house…
Reviews Film review: DIO: Dreamers Never DieMetal's greatest voice gets a deserved salute in this lovingly-made document of the life and music of Ronnie James Dio...
News Watch: YUNGBLUD performs Black Sabbath, Kanye and The 1975 medley in the Live LoungeSee YUNGBLUD hit the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to perform a surprising medley of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, Kanye West’s POWER and The 1975’s Part Of The Band.
News Foo Fighters and Paramount to stream Taylor Hawkins tribute show live from WembleyParamount are set to livestream Foo Fighters’ huge Taylor Hawkins tribute show from London’s Wembley Stadium on September 3. Plus, even more acts have been added – from Lars Ulrich to Travis Barker to Brian Johnson.
News Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi close Commonwealth Games with Sabbath reunionBlack Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi reunited onstage in Birmingham to jam Iron Man and Paranoid for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.