Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi has spoken out about what to expect from Black Sabbath's final ever tour - when will it hit the UK and have they patched up with drummer Bill Ward?

Speaking to Gigwise at the Q Awards, Iommi revealed that there was still very little chance of a full reunion with the sticksman.

"It was good, it was really nice to see Bill. We do stay in contact," Iommi tells Giwise. "It was a nice warm feeling."

When quizzed on the chances of the band settling their differences to perform again with Ward on their final tour, he replied: "No, to be honest - I don't know if that's going to happen. But who knows? You never know."

And could we see them at Download or Glastonbury in the UK next year? "We will be doing the UK, we can't not do the UK," he replied, remaining fairly tight-lipped.

As for one final album before they call it a day, Iommi said that "it could happen”. "We've got some tracks that we recorded before with Rick Rubin in LA," he says. "When we did our last album we made 16 tracks, but we only put eight on the album so there are tracks there that could possibly show their face at some point."

Check out the video interview with Gigwise, streaming below:

Organizers of the 2016 edition of Graspop Metal Meeting have announced that Black Sabbath will be making their final stand in Belgium on Friday, June 17th for an exclusive Benelux show. Tickets are on sale now.

When Black Sabbath announced their retirement in early 2015, the farewell tour initially included dates in North America, Australia and New Zealand. With their appearance at GMM2016 now confirmed, the band’s European fans can rest easy.

For more details visit Graspop.be.

It's the beginning of The End. It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The heaviest rock sound ever heard. In that moment heavy metal was born, created by a young band from Birmingham, England barely out of their teens.
 
Now it ends, the final tour by the greatest metal band of all time, Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible Black Sabbath story. A video announcement can be found below.

 
Black Sabbath’s farewell tour, The End, begins on January 20th, 2016 and it promises to surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever. When this tour concludes, it will truly be The End, The End of one of the most legendary bands in rock 'n roll history... Black Sabbath.

 Details on Tickets,VIP packages and more for the North American shows can be found at Livenation.com.