Black Sabbath’s The End tour will conclude in Birmingham, England in February 2017. In a new interview with azcentral.com, frontman Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler discuss their decision to call it a day, and reflect on the band’s lengthy career.

Ozzy himself has no intention to retire from the business. “I’m not going to stop entirely,” he says. “I’m not going to sit with my slippers on and going, ‘I’m retired.’  We’re just going to go in different directions.”

This is just the end of Sabbath, which he feels has run its course. “Black Sabbath, it’s been up and down,” he says. “And it’s good that we’ve come back together at the end, more or less, to finish on a high note. It’s a good way to do it.”

Black Sabbath has been “through the mill” he says, “over the years.”

Read the full interview at azcentral.com.

Black Sabbath tour dates are as follows:

September
17 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
19 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl
21 - Phoenix, AZ - AK-Chin Pavilion
24 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheater - Ozzfest Meets Knotfest

November
8 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
10 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
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