Tony Iommi, the riff master has expressed his desire to work again with other Black Sabbath members.
In a new interview on The Mercury News Tony was asked:
The final Sabbath tour was called The End, seemingly leaving no wiggle room on whether the band would ever regroup after those 2016-17 tour dates. Yet, rock stars are famous for changing their minds. So, any chance you, Geezer, Ozzy, and Bill – or maybe Tommy Clufetos filling in again on drums – will decide to mount another Sabbath tour?
Here’s the response from Tony:
“I wouldn’t think so. But it’s a strange thing with Sabbath – how many times we thought we were with Ozzy, then we had Dio, then back to Ozzy, then Dio again, and then Ian Gillan and Tony Martin and Dio and back to Tony Martin. It’s gone backwards and forwards at different stages. So, you just never know. I think it’s highly unlikely that we’d get back onstage again. It certainly wouldn’t be touring. We’d only do so many shows, if anything. I would like to play with the guys again. But I can’t see that happening.
“The reason we stopped touring in the first place was basically my fault because I had to be careful of my health. When you book a tour – and it’s always an 18-month tour – it doesn’t sound a lot when you talk about it at first. But when you get out there, and you are touring, it’s bloody hard work. And it wasn’t particularly good for my health, because of the blood cancer. So, I said, “Look, you know, this should the last tour, I think.” But I really do miss it. I really miss playing onstage. I miss seeing the audience.”
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Do selected dates not a full tour… Or do like an OzzFest type of thing… Ozzy ain’t ever gonna quit he’s gonna keep making music as long as he’s breathing no matter how many times he says farewell thats just who he is… It’d be nice to see a new legitimate Black Sabbath album… 70 is the new 50 and I know these guys got their health issues but they’re all still here and the only one who ain’t talking yet about making new Sabbath is Geezer so 3 of 4 are on the same page…. But we don’t want it if it ain’t the original 4 guys so get everyone on the same page make it contractually right by everybody and do this…