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Osbourne, who will be 73 by the time Birmingham 2022 is due to start, was backed up by the group's guitarist Tony Iommi. "Yeah, that would be fantastic," lead singer Osbourne told the Birmingham Mail when he was asked whether he would be interested in taking part at Birmingham 2022. The group, founded in the Birmingham suburb of Aston and are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music, officially ended their 49-year relationship with a concert in the Midlands city in February last year.īut the prospect of playing in the biggest international event in the city's history has led to them having a rethink. The drum tracks on the album were laid down by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE sticksman Brad Wilk following original drummer Bill Ward's decision to bow out of the reunion.Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that legendary English rock band Black Sabbath would be prepared to reform if they were asked to play the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in their home city Birmingham.
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!" The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on June 11 via Vertigo/ Universal Republic. "13" is likely to sell between 120,000 and 130,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. This is the British metal legends' first Australian Top Ten album since "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" back in 1974. "13" has entered the official Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA) chart at position No. was nearly 43 years ago - in October 1970 - with the band's second LP, "Paranoid". The last time SABBATH topped the chart in the U.K. 2 entry, "BE" by Liam Gallagher's BEADY EYE.
The CD sold 13,000 copies more than the No. "We are alive and it is a lot more more fun being sober and enjoying your fellow workers that you are working with." I don't do that or smoke cigarettes anymore. "I don't get up and the first thing I say is that I will have a shot of brandy. It is good to be back sober and clean a hiccup now and again along the way. "We've all come out the other side, the other end. "I kind of missed the '90s, you know? I must have been in a cocaine haze, because I can't remember the '90s at all. "I don't know about the rest of the guys, I certainly had a good go at trying to kill myself with the alcohol and booze for all the years. "The best thing is that we are still fucking all alive to be in a band," Ozzy said (see video below). Reuters spoke to BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler about "13", the first BLACK SABBATH record in 35 years to feature Ozzy, Geezer and guitarist Tony Iommi all playing together.