ContactMusic — Download Festival is now in its tenth year and to celebrate the milestone the festival has announced that they are adding a further fourteen acts to the line-up Joining the headliners Metallica Black Sabbath and Prodigy will be Steel Panther Slash fe... more info

Guardian Music — Drummer says he will not continue with comeback album and tour unless he receives a 'signable' contractBill Ward has threatened to pull out of the Black Sabbath reunion. In an open letter on his website, the drummer said he will not continue with the... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Ward released a public statement on Thursday saying that the proposed agreement would cause him to lose his “rights, dignity and respectability as a rock musician.” more info

Gigwise — Drummer refuses offer.... more info

Chorus.fm — Drummer Bill Ward may not participate in *Black Sabbath* (http://blacksabbath.com/)'s upcoming reunion tour and album, as he is unhappy with the contract. At this time, I would love nothing more than to be able to proceed with the Black Sabbath album... more info

ContactMusic — Drummer Bill Ward has threatened to quit the Black Sabbath reunion over contractual issues The original members of the heavy rock supergroup announced plans to record a new album and tour in 2012 at the end of last year 11 - but the get together has ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Things got a little worse for the reunited Black Sabbath who are already struggling with Tony Iommi's ongoing battle with lymphoma. The band, who is reportedly working on new material and are scheduled to begin touring in May, received... more info

Metal Injection — Things are not looking good for this year's Black Sabbath reunion. First, Tony Iommi got stricken with lymphoma, a form of cancer, which he will be battling while writing new material for the first Sabbath album with Ozzy in over 30 years. But, ... more info

Metalsucks — UPDATE, 2:06 pm: Reader Joe Siegler tells me that Ward didn’t “hold out” in ’97 — he was never asked to re-join the band. I apologize for my lapse in knowledge of Sabbath reunion lore. If he really wasn’t asked in 1997, that makes this ... more info

Starpulse — Newly-reunited rockers Black Sabbath have moved their recording sessions from Los Angeles to the British city of Birmingham where they started their career. The musicians began recording material... more info