Still no replacement date for the Salt Lake City & Denver shows. They’re to be made up after the Detriot shows in the middle of February. Found out a few things last night.. The postponed dates were due to Ozzy with the flu, and Tony having pulled a muscle in his back (although it was […]
TONY MARTIN NEW PROJECT INFO
January 15, 1999 by
Over the last year or so I’ve been getting many emails about what’s going on with Tony Martin. Well, I have some info I can pass on. His new project is an album with the Italian guitarist, Dario Mollo. The name of the album/project is "The Cage", and it’s due to be released in Italy […]
TWO REUNION TOUR DATES POSTPONED
January 13, 1999 by
I got word this morning that two dates on the Reunion Tour have been postponed. These two dates are the Salt Lake City & Denver shows. My info says that Ozzy & Tony have gotten sick (but no word with what). The dates are to be rescheduled for after the two Detroit shows. Once I […]
OZZY OSBOURNE SOLO ALBUM UPDATE
December 15, 1998 by
I’ve had a couple of msgs come in saying that there’s been some rumours about the new Ozzy studio album due out later in 1999. The working title is "I Did it All Because of You". Song titles are.. "I Did It All Because Of You", "Rasputtin", "In The Living", "Mothers Crying", "Red Morph", "Kaleidoscoptical […]
OZZY’S 50
December 3, 1998 by
Not much else you can say other than this. Today is Ozzy’s birthday. Tony & Bill are already 50. Geezer is 49. He turns 50 next July 17th. Tony will be 51 on Feb 19th. Since it’s Ozzy’s birthday, I’ll put this little tidbit online. It’s a 207k Zip file which contains a 22 second […]
REUNION TOUR REHEARSALS TO BEGIN
December 3, 1998 by
On Sun December 6th, Bill Ward will be flying to England to begin rehearsals for the Reunion tour. The rehearsals are in England, and the tour itself starts on December 31st in Phoenix Arizona. I’ve been told there are no plans for more dates after the listed ones, there’s no "secret second leg", no plans […]
RAY GILLEN
December 3, 1998 by
Today is the 5th anniversary of the death of Ray Gillen. Ray was a vocalist in Black Sabbath for a little over a year from 1986-1987. He sang the majority of the dates on the Seventh Star Tour, and recorded the 1987 album "The Eternal Idol", but left before it was finished (Tony Martin was […]
BLACK SABBATH NOT IN HALL OF FAME AGAIN
November 10, 1998 by
Much to no one’s surprise (I’m sure), Black Sabbath was not inducted with this year’s inductees into the Hall of Fame. The list of people who were are: Bruce Springsteen, Bill Joel, Paul McCartney, Del Shannon, Curtis Mayfield, Dusty Springfield, & The Staples Singers (who the hell are they?) There’s a news story about this […]
MONDAY MASS WITH BLACK SABBATH!
October 29, 1998 by
In support of the newly released album Reunion, Ozzy Osborne and original members of Black Sabbath Bill Ward and Geezer Butler (Tony Iommi won’t be there due to a prior committment.) are coming to Vancouver to enjoy an evening with their fans, take some pictures, and speak to the masses as 99.3 The Fox broadcasts […]
DAVID LETTERMAN DATE CONFUSION
October 27, 1998 by
In the Mailing List issue I sent out today, I had a remark about the David Letterman appearance. The newsletter email that got sent out from Sony Records today with the tour dates mentions this, but they list the appearance as Thursday the 28th. I didn’t bother to pay that much attention to the date, […]
