OZZY OSBOURNE On Rejoining BLACK SABBATH - "It Takes A While To Switch Off Being Ozzy"
June 10, 2013, 11 years ago
Edna Gundersen of USA Today recently sat down with original BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi, vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, and bassist Geezer Butler to discuss their first album of original music together since 1978, titled 13, and their tour to support it.
Osbourne, 64, chimes in. "It takes a while to switch off being Ozzy. I've been on my own for 35 years and it took me three or four gigs to become un-Ozzy and be a member of Black Sabbath again. Now it's one unit. It's great, a different feeling entirely. It's the chemistry of these guys around me that makes it happen. The shoe fits."
"I thought we'd have to keep Ozzy on track, but he was there all the time," Iommi says. "He's been really good." Osbourne explains, "For the first time, I felt people were listening to me." Read more at this location.
13 was produced by seven-time Grammy-Award winner Rick Rubin (SLAYER, DANZIG, AUDIOSLAVE) and will be released June 11th; the tracklisting is as follows:
'End Of The Beginning' (8:07)
'God Is Dead?' (8:54)
'Loner' (5:06)
'Zeitgeist' (4:28)
'Age Of Reason' (7:02)
'Live Forever' (4:49)
'Damaged Soul' (7:43)
'Dear Father' (7:06)
The deluxe version includes a second disc of exclusive bonus tracks:
'Methademic' (6:00)
'Peace Of Mind' (3:43)
'Pariah' (5:35)
Sabbath has just premiered the video for 'God Is Dead?'. Check out the haunting clip directed by Peter Joseph below:
Confirmed dates on Black Sabbath's North American tour (with Ozzy's drummer Tommy Clufetos behind the kit) are as follows:
July
25 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, Texas27 - Frank Erwin Center - Austin, Texas
29 - Florida State Fairgrounds - Tampa, Florida
31 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
August
2 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida4 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey
6 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey
8 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, Connecticut
10 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12 - Comcast Center - Boston, Massachusetts
14 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, Ontario
16 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Tinley Park, Illinois
18 - Klipsch Music Center Noblesville - Fishers, Indiana
22 - Rogers Arena - Vancouver, British Columbia
24 - Gorge Amphitheatre - Seattle, Washington
26 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - San Francisco, California
28 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, California
30 - US Airways Center - Phoenix, Arizona
September
1 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, Nevada3 - Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, California
