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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been battling cancer while recording the band's new CD and now touring. He thought he would go through treatment and be done with it. He found out like most others fighting lymphoma, that the fight is never over.

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Tony Iommi was "shocked" that Bill Ward opted out of the Black Sabbath reunion album and tour.

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Black Sabbath has issued another three-minute featurette, titled "The Sabbath Sound," containing footage of the recording sessions for the band's new album, 13.

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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi said in a new interview with the Birmingham Mail that singer Ozzy Osbourne was responsible for getting Iommi to deal with his cancer.

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With a new tour and album just around the corner, there are some very busy days ahead for the guys in Black Sabbath. But until then, there's time for reflection, and during a recent interview with 'Birmingham Mail,' guitarist Tony Iommi opened up about the band's new music, as well as the cancer diagnosis that nearly sidelined him just as it was all coming together.

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Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler surprised a crowd of fans and journalists by showing up unannounced at the end of a listening party for their new album 13 in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (April 10th).

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Armenian rockers Dorians will take the Tony Iommi-penned 'Lonely Planet' to the Eurovision Song Contest in May. The song's music video -- along with videos for the other 38 entries -- has been made available to fans of the band, of Black Sabbath and the international song contest, now in its 58th year.

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The unexpected death of Ten Years After's Alvin Lee left many of his peers offering tributes, condolences, and memories -- including Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, who recently spoke about the way Lee helped Sabbath get a leg up during its early years.

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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has written a song for Armenia to enter into Eurovision, the long-running pop music contest.

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Few bands would turn down having Tony Iommi backing them up, and soon more bands will get the chance. The Black Sabbath guitarist has a treasure trove of riffs laying around, unused, in his studio. Queen's Brian May has inspired Iommi to put them to good use.

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