Source: Blabbermouth.net

Fan-filmed video footage of BLACK SABBATH‘s entire May 7 performance at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia can be seen below.

The band’s setlist was as follows:

01. War Pigs
02. Into The Void
03. Under The Sun
04. Snowblind
05. Black Sabbath
06. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
07. N.I.B.
08. Fairies Wear Boots
09. Symptom Of The Universe (instrumental)
10. Drum Solo
11. Iron Man
12. God Is Dead?
13. Dirty Women
14. Children Of The Grave

Encore:

15. Paranoid

According to The Pulse Of Radio, BLACK SABBATH frontman Ozzy Osbourne has provided perhaps his most candid comments yet on original drummer Bill Ward‘s decision to back out of the band’s reunion album and tour. In a new interview with Mojo magazine, Ozzy explained, “I guess it’s to do with finances or something. But there was also another side to it. When Bill came along, we all had to ask, ‘Can he do an hour-and-a-half, two-hour gig? Can he cope?’ My suggestion was that we run through a set and see how he got on because he was so out of condition and the drummer is the most demanding job in the whole band. We looked at Bill, and he couldn’t remember what the fuck we were doing.”

Ozzy added that it “would have been cool” for the band to tour with a back-up drummer or just have Ward play a portion of the set, but that Ward “didn’t come clean and say, ‘I can’t cut this gig.’”

Ozzy continued, “I get where he’s coming from, though. His pride was hurt and I get it. I really do get it. The guy will always be a dear, dear friend and a brother to me . . . I’m not gonna give Bill a hatchet job, but at the same time we haven’t got the patience to deal with it.”

Ward was on board for the reunion when it was first announced in November 2011, but backed out soon after, claiming that he was given contractual terms that were not fair.

SABBATH has used Ozzy‘s regular touring drummer Tommy Clufetos since then for live work. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE‘s Brad Wilk laid down the drum tracks on the band’s upcoming album, “13″, due out June 11.

SABBATH finished the Australian leg of its world tour earlier in the month and played Japan’s first-ever Ozzfest on May 12. A North American trek begins on July 25 in the Woodlands, Texas.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

The members of BLACK SABBATH say that there’s still a chance for founding drummer Bill Ward to return to the band. Ward has so far sat out the legendary metal act’s reunion — not participating in the recording of a new album or live shows — due to his dissatisfaction with the contract he was offered. But singer Ozzy Osbourne told The Times. “There was no row, there was no argument. The door ain’t closed. Whether we work something out up the road, I don’t know.”

Added guitarist Tony Iommi, “It’s not a personal thing. If he phoned us up tomorrow, which he hasn’t, but if he did…”

Osbourne previously told NME about Ward‘s contractual dispute with SABBATH‘s management, “As far as I know his requests were very unreasonable. Nothing would have been better [than] if he would have been [willing to play with us]. I don’t know. I don’t deal with the business.” Iommi added, “We’ve tried everything with Bill at the moment, and it’s just not happening. Our legal people are dealing with his legal people. It’s all nonsense. We haven’t actually heard from Bill, any of this stuff. It’s all been through his lawyers.”

Ward has said that he’s ready to travel and rejoin the band if and when a contract is offered that is to his liking.

Ward was present with the rest of the group when they announced a new album — the original lineup’s first since 1978 — and world tour at a press conference last November, but went on strike shortly after that.

In the meantime, Iommi was diagnosed with cancer, forcing SABBATH to drastically curtail its touring plans and move the recording of the new CD to London, so that Iommi could remain close to his doctors.

The drum parts on the record are reportedly being played by Tommy Clufetos, who also played an intimate hometown gig in Birmingham, England with SABBATH in May and appeared with the group when it headlined the U.K.’s Download festival in June.

Barring a last-minute breakthrough with Ward, Clufetos will be behind the kit in August when the band appears at Lollapalooza in Chicago.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

 
The reunited BLACK SABBATH – guitarist Tony Iommi, singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler – look ahead to their headline performance at Download 2012, and discuss how they’re looking to the future, including a new album, in the wake of guitarist Tony Iommi’s successful treatment for cancer.

The trio also discuss the status of original drummer Bill Ward. Ozzy says “the door is still open. His requests were unreasonable. Nothing would’ve been better than to have him play.”

Check out the NME video below:

Black Sabbath are currently working on their first studio album in thirty three years and first since 1978′s Never Say Die! with producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, METALLICA).

Speaking to NME in a new video interview, the band discussed the direction of the new material, the influence of Rick Rubin and their recent Download warm-up gig in Birmingham.

Commenting on the progress of the sessions, Osbourne said: “We’ve written about 15 songs so far, whether they’ll get on an album [I don't know]… You just keep on writing. I was trying to [work out]: where would we be now musically if we’d have stayed together?

He added: “Next year – 2013 – is a good clue of what we’ll call the album.”

Meanwhile, bassist Geezer Butler revealed how Rubin had approached the writing sessions with the band, explaining: “He sat us down, put the first album on and said ‘listen to this’, imagine it’s 1969, you’ve just done that, what would you do next?”

For more and to view the video visit NME.

Black Sabbath’s Iommi, Osbourne and Butler and OZZY OSBOURNE drummer Tommy Clufetos ( replacing original skinsman Bill Ward), made their hometown return to the O2 Academy in Birmingham on May 19th. The band are now gearing up for UK’s Download Festival on June 10th and the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago which runs from August 3rd-5th.

The Birmingham show is streaming in its entirety below:

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