Home Of Metal is going global, with a major international touring exhibition to celebrate the musical influence of Black Sabbath, reports Birmingham Mail.

The show was first staged at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2011, showing how heavy metal was born in the city and then took over the world. And now it’s coming back, bigger and better than ever, in a three-year project which will see it touring to other countries before returning to Birmingham. Arts Council England is investing £450,000 in Digbeth-based arts organization Capsule’s plans.

The new Home Of Metal show will be centred around Black Sabbath’s fans around the world. The funding will help bring together fans with artists and academics to tell their stories and explore the cultural legacy of the band.

The programme will launch in February 2017 in Birmingham on the final date of Black Sabbath’s last world tour. The organizers will be using social media to connect with fans, in countries as far afield as Brazil, India and Malaysia.

Read the full story at BirminghamMail.co.uk.

Remaining Black Sabbath tour dates:

November
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