Geezer Butler has “given up talking about the end of Sabbath”: “Every time I think it’s over, things like this show come along”
Black Sabbath’s final reunion show may be set in stone, but Geezer Butler isn’t ready to rule anything out just yet.
After countless shows, lineup changes, a farewell tour dubbed The End, and more “final” moments than most bands have riffs, Black Sabbath are gearing to bow out – supposedly for real this time.
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The heavy metal pioneers will reunite on 5 July at Villa Park in Birmingham for what’s being billed as their last-ever performance. The one-day extravaganza, headlined by Sabbath, and preceded by Ozzy Osbourne’s own mini set, is supported by heavy hitters like Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and more.
All four original members – Ozzy, Butler, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward – have spoken publicly about the occasion, though not all are equally convinced it’s the end.
Iommi, for one, is done. “I won’t be doing it again,” he tells MOJO. “This will be the final show. I mean, can you imagine us trying to tour? No, this will be it.”
Ward, meanwhile, chuckles when prompted on Osbourne’s repeated promises to call it quits. “He says a lot of stuff,” the drummer reasons. “But the gist of it was, ‘I’m gonna do one last time.’”
Then there’s Geezer Butler, who shares in the same interview that he’s “given up talking about the end of Sabbath.”
“Every time I think or say it’s over, things like this show come along,” he says. “Someone will probably have our DNA and resurrect us in the distant future… Who knows?”
In Ozzy’s case, that may not be entirely hypothetical. The frontman recently partnered with canned water company Liquid Death on a limited run of iced tea cans supposedly infused with his actual DNA.
At 76 and amid significant health challenges – including Parkinson’s and spinal injuries – Osbourne has kept his role at the upcoming show modest. The Prince of Darkness previously revealed that he’s “not planning on doing a set”, even though he has been working out in preparation for the big night.
To be fair, Sabbath have ‘ended’ before. Their last farewell tour wrapped in 2017, also with a final performance in their hometown of Birmingham. But here they are again, plugging back in for one more glorious send-off. And as Butler reminds us, with Sabbath, you never really know.
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