Black Sabbath are nearing the end of their touring career, which will wrap up in February with two performances in their Birmingham, UK hometown at the Genting Arena. The band’s final US show (tonight, November 12th, at AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX) wraps up nearly a year of headlining performances.

On the occasion of the show in San Antonio on Saturday bassist Geezer Butler answered some questions for Austin Chronicle. An excerpt follows:

Austin Chronicle: When I listen to the great heavy acts of the 60s/70s/80s and beyond - Sabbath, Priest, UFO, Thin Lizzy - I’m struck by how almost pop they are compared to what’s termed metal today. Did you see the writing on the wall as far as this evolution? Will any contemporary extreme act ever write songs that can be turned into a lullabies album as the Rockabye Baby! series did with Black Sabbath?

Geezer Butler: “I’m sure there will always be bands that can be interpreted in different ways. As far as the evolution of metal goes, we took our influences one or two steps heavier and that’s what bands that have been influenced by us have done.”

Read more at AustinChronicle.com.

Following the show tonight in Texas, Black Sabbath will head to Mexico and then South America where they'll wrap up their 2016 dates before performing the last shows of their career, back where it all started in England. The last leg of The End tour will start with a January 17th show in Cologne, Germany before the band returns to the UK. Those shows launch January 20th, 2017 at the 3 Arena in Dublin before hitting arenas in Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and London (with two nights at The O2), culminating with two performances in Birmingham.

When this tour concludes, it will truly be The End, The End of one of most legendary bands in rock 'n roll history... Black Sabbath.

Tour dates:

November
12 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
16 - Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol
19 - Santiago, Chile - Estadio Nacional
24 - Cordoba, Argentina - Orfeo
26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Velez
30 - Curitiba, Brazil - Pedreira Paulo Leminski

December
2 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Apoteose
4 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Estadio Morumbi

January
17 - Cologne, Germany - Laxness Arena
20 - Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena
22 - Manchester, UK - Arena
24 - Glasgow, UK - The SSE Hydro
26 - Leeds, UK - First Direct Arena
29 - London, UK - The O2
31 - London, UK - The O2

February
2 - Birmingham, UK - Genting Arena
4 - Birmingham, UK - Genting Arena