Image: Black Sabbath - Official Press Photo [Universal Music]
Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward recently took to X/Twitter to announce his willingness to play one last concert with Black Sabbath. Find his exact statement here:
On September 4, 2005, Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and Ward played their last full-length Black Sabbath concert at an Ozzfest at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. Their last live performance together was later that year at the UK Music Hall Of Fame induction ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London, where the metal pioneers played only one song, "Paranoid".
Twelve years later, in 2017, Black Sabbath ended their decades-long career with an 81-date world tour called "The End Tour". Bill Ward's place was taken by drummer Tommy Clufetos after a bitter fallout between Ward and Osbourne. The tour concluded with a final show in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England.
Since then, the members of Black Sabbath can't give interviews without being asked about a possible last show with the original lineup.
Now, drummer Bill Ward has joined the discussion, announcing his willingness for such an event on X/Twitter:
Hey ya,
— Bill Ward (@billwarddrums) July 25, 2024
Bill Ward checking in regarding all the updates on a possible Sabbath show in England.
I’m in for playing some of everyone’s old favorites. Loved playing them then, I’d love to play them one last time.
I’m not going to talk about my health publicly except to say,…
The other members have also expressed their willingness for a final concert together multiple times in the past. Whether Ward's statement will finally lead to such an event remains to be seen.
