TONY IOMMI: 2008 BLACK SABBATH Tour Not Set 'In Stone' Yet

August 30, 2007

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: There's plenty of talk about a BLACK SABBATH reunion for 2008. It's just not coming from the band members themselves. Guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard.com that even though "everybody's been talking to me" about the much-reported regrouping, "there's nothing in stone at all. It's very loose, so we'll see what happens."

Sharon Osbourne, original frontman Ozzy Osbourne's wife and manager, indicated earlier this year that SABBATH would be working together in 2008, and recently confirmed that "we're definitely talking to the guys." She hopes to further the discussions while Ozzy is on the road this fall on his post-Ozzfest tour with ROB ZOMBIE and as Iommi and bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler finish up their HEAVEN AND HELL tour with Ronnie James Dio.

Iommi says he'd like to see any SABBATH reunion involve some new music; the group's original lineup hasn't released a full set of fresh material since 1978's "Never Say Die!", though it did include a couple of new tracks on the 1998 live album "Reunion".

"I've been going on for a few years now saying I think we should've done an album a long time ago," Iommi explains. "It would be nice to do one, but, again, it's having the time to do it. I haven't written an album with Ozzy for a long time, so we'll have to see how long that'll take, and what it involves."

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