ContactMusic — Ozzy Osbourne once soaked a room in sharks blood while on tour with Black Sabbath The singers former bandmate Tony Iommi admits at the height of the bands hellraising days Ozzy decided to go crazy with a dead shark because the group werent excite... more info

ContactMusic — The members of Black Sabbath once turned down the chance to become the first group to have its hits featured exclusively in a stage musical - because they thought the idea was too weird Years before Queens We Will Rock You and Mamma Mia hit the stage... more info

Gigwise — At LA press conference next week... more info

411 Mania — With the original band members... more info

NME — The original line-up have called a press conference in Los Angeles more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — It seems Black Sabbath are set to rise from the grave once again. more info

Metal Injection — Black Sabbath posted a teaser image on their Facebook page earlier today, teasing 11/11/11, which is next Friday. What could the band be announcing? Could it be a new album? Could it be a tour with Motorhead and Judas Priest? Or is it going to be so... more info

Metal Injection — Ok, this may be the last thing I post about the potential Black Sabbath reunion for a while. Why? Because this cocktease is just getting to be a bit much. I want to see Sabbath but I'm tired of the run-around. Just book it already! Anyway, in do... more info

Pop Candy — I read a lot of non-fiction, but paging through Tony Iommi's new memoir, Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath (Da ... more info

Guardian Music — Washington DC was fertile ground for hardcore punk in the 1980s, with Dischord records its main outlet. Craig Finn celebrates the still-vital Faith/Void split LPIn the early 1980s, while Ronald Reagan was perched in the White House, Washington DC was... more info