Edna Gundersen of USA Today recently sat down with original BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi, vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, and bassist Geezer Butler to discuss their first album of original music together since 1978, titled 13, and their tour to support it.
Osbourne, 64, chimes in. “It takes a while to switch off being Ozzy. I’ve been on my own for 35 years and it took me three or four gigs to become un-Ozzy and be a member of Black Sabbath again. Now it’s one unit. It’s great, a different feeling entirely. It’s the chemistry of these guys around me that makes it happen. The shoe fits.”
“I thought we’d have to keep Ozzy on track, but he was there all the time,” Iommi says. “He’s been really good.” Osbourne explains, “For the first time, I felt people were listening to me.” Read more at this location.
Sabbath has just premiered the video for ‘God Is Dead?’. Check out the haunting clip directed by Peter Joseph below:
The long wait ends on Tuesday (June 11) when three members of the original BLACK SABBATH, minus drummer Bill Ward, release “13”, their first studio album together in 35 years. Singer Ozzy Osbourne told The Pulse Of Radio that he feels his first SABBATH album since 1978’s “Never Say Die!” is a perfect bookend to the band’s career, whether it’s the last thing they ever do or not. “I never felt that ‘Never Say Die!’ was the finished album of the SABBATH run,” he said. “And, for whatever reason, if we don’t do another studio album, I think this one will round it off. I mean, this is where I would have liked to have been at the end of SABBATH, my days with SABBATH. But you know, life has a funny way of twisting things around, and if we do do another album, it’d be great, but if we don’t, this will be a nice way to round it up. The only sad thing is that Bill never played on it.”
Is it possible that SABBATH will do just one album after all this time? Bassist Geezer Butler told Billboard that he was glad that he, Ozzy and guitarist Tony Iommi “were able to come together and do one final album,” although he added, “Well, I guess you should never say never. It could be, though. We’ll see how this album goes, see what happens.”
Ozzy said in the same interview, “Let’s put it this way, it’s taken us 35 years to do this one. So if there’s gonna be (another) album there’s gonna be an album but I don’t want to say if there’s going to be a follow-up. I wouldn’t mind doing another SABBATH album with them, though.”
Brad Wilk of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE played drums on the new disc with Ward sitting it out due to a contract dispute. Ozzy‘s solo drummer Tommy Clufetos is behind the kit for live work.
Although “God Is Dead?” is the first song that most fans have heard so far from the disc, Butler said SABBATH will play “three or four” new ones on its upcoming North American tour, which begins on July 25 in The Woodlands, Texas.
BLACK SABBATH has issued the following update via the Official Facebook Page:
We regret to inform you that, due to logistical reasons, the Black Sabbath show scheduled in Milan on Dec 5, 2013 will not happen. Tickets will be refunded until Jul 31, 2013 thorugh all the Ticketone stores. All the other european shows remain confirmed.
Check out below the remaining shows:
August
14 – Air Canada Center – Toronto, ON
November
20 – Hartwall Arena – Helsinki, Finland
22 – Friends Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
24 – Telenor Arena – Oslo, Norway
26 – Forum – Denmark, Copenhagen
28 – Ziggo Dome – Holland, Amsterdam
30 – Westfalenhalle – Dortmund, Germany
December
2 – Bercy – Paris, France 5 – Fiera Arena – Milan, Italy CANCELED
7 – 02 Arena – Prague, Czech Republic
10 – 02 Arena – London, UK
12 – Odyssey Arena – Belfast, Ireland
14 – Arena – Sheffield, UK
16 – Hydro – Glasgow, UK
18 – Arena – Manchester, UK
20 – LG Arena – Birmingham, UK
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In a new video interview with NME TV, BLACK SABBATH legends Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler talk about getting back in the studio with Ozzy and swapping a £75,000 cocaine bill for a serious tea habit.
BLACK SABBATH’s much-anticipated 13 album is out this week and the entire album is now available as a free stream via iTunes.
Fans who pre-order either the standard or the deluxe edition, with three additional tracks , will immediately receive a download of the album’s first single ‘God Is Dead?’
Produced by seven-time Grammy-Award winner Rick Rubin (SLAYER, DANZIG, AUDIOSLAVE), 13 features the talents of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Brad Wilk (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE). 13 will be released June 11th on Vertigo (worldwide) and Vertigo/Republic in The US. The tracklisting is as follows:
‘End Of The Beginning’ (8:07)
‘God Is Dead?’ (8:54)
‘Loner’ (5:06)
‘Zeitgeist’ (4:28)
‘Age Of Reason’ (7:02)
‘Live Forever’ (4:49)
‘Damaged Soul’ (7:43)
‘Dear Father’ (7:06)
The deluxe version includes a second disc of exclusive bonus tracks:
‘Methademic’ (6:00)
‘Peace Of Mind’ (3:43)
‘Pariah’ (5:35)
Confirmed dates on BLACK SABBATH‘s North American tour (with Ozzy‘s drummer Tommy Clufetos behind the kit) are as follows:
July
25 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston, Texas
27 – Frank Erwin Center – Austin, Texas
29 – Florida State Fairgrounds – Tampa, Florida
31 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, Florida
August
2 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, Florida
4 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, New Jersey
6 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, New Jersey
8 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, Connecticut
10 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12 – Comcast Center – Boston, Massachusetts
14 – Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Ontario
16 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, Illinois
18 – Klipsch Music Center Noblesville – Fishers, Indiana
22 – Rogers Arena – Vancouver, British Columbia
24 – Gorge Amphitheatre – Seattle, Washington
26 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – San Francisco, California
28 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine, California
30 – US Airways Center – Phoenix, Arizona
September
1 – MGM Grand Garden Arena – Las Vegas, Nevada
3 – Memorial Coliseum – Los Angeles, California
Rock legends BLACK SABBATH will mark the release of their new album, “13”, with a special live event the day of the album’s release (Tuesday, June 11). All three members — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler — will participate in the Black Sabbath Town Hall via Google+ Hangout streamed live on YouTube and Google+ and broadcast live on Ozzy’s Boneyard on SiriusXM at 7:00 p.m. ET. Ozzy and Geezer will appear from the live event at Angel Orensanz Foundation For Contemporary Art, with Tony Iommi beaming in from Birmingham, England, while “13” drummer Brad Wilk (of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) and Ozzy‘s son Jack Osbourne (who directed the clips to launch the album) will join live face-to-face via Google+ Hangout from Los Angeles. The event will be hosted by comedian Jim Norton (a host on Ozzy’s Boneyard and a co-host on “The Opie & Anthony Show” on SiriusXM).
Viewers around the world will join the celebration via www.youtube.com/officialsabbath. The event will also air live on Ozzy Osbourne‘s SiriusXM channel Ozzy’s Boneyard, via satellite on channel 38, and through the SiriusXM Internet radio app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at SiriusXM.com.
“13” is the first BLACK SABBATH record in 35 years to feature Ozzy, Tony and Geezer all playing together. This marks BLACK SABBATH‘s return to Vertigo, their original label, and the group’s first studio album together since 1978’s “Never Say Die!”
Details of the album’s deluxe edition surfaced on April 19, with the band revealing that the eight-song effort will be accompanied by three bonus tracks called “Methademic”, “Peace Of Mind” and “Pariah”.
Several versions of “13” are available for pre-order, including a standard CD, a double CD that includes a second disc of exclusive bonus audio, a heavyweight vinyl album in a gatefold sleeve and a “Super Deluxe Box Set” containing the double CD, the vinyl album, an exclusive DVD documentary on the band’s reunion, 13 photographic prints and hand-written lyrics.
The drum tracks on the album were laid down by Wilk following original drummer Bill Ward‘s decision to bow out of the reunion.
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