{"id":26517,"date":"2012-02-17T18:52:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T23:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=26517"},"modified":"2012-02-17T19:10:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:10:17","slug":"black-sabbath-reunion-tour-called-off-announce-special-ozzy-friends-gigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=26517","title":{"rendered":"BLACK SABBATH &#8211; Reunion Tour Called Off, Announce Special &#8220;Ozzy &#038; Friends&#8221; Gigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i189.photobucket.com\/albums\/z89\/themetalden2007\/blacksabbath.jpg\" alt=\"TMD\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/tmdcom.jpg\" alt=\"TMD\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAre you ready for the most disappointing news of 2012? The big BLACK SABBATH reunion tour is now called off. Due to the obvious contract dispute going on between Bill Ward and the band, along with the fact that lead guitarist Tony Iommi is still doing ongoing treatment for lymphoma, Sabbath is forced to pull out of all of scheduled festival appearances<em> with the exception<\/em> of Download Festival in Donnington, UK. Turns out Ozzy will now be instead performing a special &#8220;Ozzy &#038; Friends&#8221; set. The show will feature special appearances from guest musicians including Geezer Butler, who will join the Ozzman for a special Sabbath set in support of Iommi, and former OZZY guitarist Zakk Wylde will rejoin Ozzy for the shows as well. Ex-GNR great Slash will be at select events, as well as other special guests.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nStill no word on who is going to play drums for the one Sabbath reunion date. If it&#8217;s not Bill Ward, who will it be?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHere are the dates:<\/p>\n<p>    <strong>BLACK SABBATH 2012:<\/strong><br \/>\n    Jun. 10 \u2013 Donnington, UK @ Download Festival<\/p>\n<p>    OZZY &#038; FRIENDS<br \/>\n    May 23 \u2013 Helsinki, Finland \u2013 Hartwall Arena<br \/>\n    May 25 \u2013 Stockholm, Sweden \u2013 Stadium<br \/>\n    May 27 \u2013 Jelling, Denmark \u2013 Jelling Festival<br \/>\n    May 29 \u2013 Bergen, Norway \u2013 Bergen Calling Festival<br \/>\n    May 31 \u2013 Oslo, Norway \u2013 Spektrum<br \/>\n    Jun. 02 \u2013 Malmo, Sweden \u2013 Malmo Stadium<br \/>\n    Jun. 04 \u2013 Dortmund, Germany \u2013 Westfalenhalle<br \/>\n    Jun. 06 \u2013 Prague, Czech Republic \u2013 O2 Arena<br \/>\n    Jun. 15 \u2013 Vitoria, Spain \u2013 Azkena Rock Festival<br \/>\n    Jun. 17 \u2013 Clisson, France \u2013 Hellfest<br \/>\n    Jun. 22 \u2013 Dessel, Belgium \u2013 Graspop Metal Meeting<br \/>\n    Jun. 24 \u2013 Milan, Italy \u2013 Gods of Metal Festival<br \/>\n    Jun. 26 \u2013 Vienna, Austria \u2013 Stadthalle<br \/>\n    Jun. 28 \u2013 Belgrade, Serbia \u2013 USCE Park<br \/>\n    Jul. 01 \u2013 Athens, Greece \u2013 Rockwave Festival \u2013 Terra <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksabbath.com\/\">http:\/\/www.blacksabbath.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for the most disappointing news of 2012? The big BLACK SABBATH reunion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}