GibsonTV, the iconic, American-made guitar maker’s first-ever all-original, worldwide online network--features original series from the world’s best storytellers. All GibsonTV original shows are streamed via Gibson.com. GibsonTV has premiered the second episode of the series titled “ICONS”--a longform interview series with some of the most iconic artists, producers and music business pioneers. In this episode, GibsonTV sits down with heavy metal pioneer Tony Iommi to talk abo

NASHVILLE, TN (January 16, 2020) By leveraging its iconic past and leaning into an innovative future, Gibson has set the stage for the next era of shaping sound for present and future generations. The new Gibson celebrates the iconic models of Gibson’s Golden Era while leaning into the future with instruments that nurture new players across generations, genders and genres of music. Gibson is proud to partner with the legendary guitarist of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi to create

Home of Metal’s Black Sabbath 50 Years exhibition has opened its doors at Birmingham Music & Art Gallery and Planet Rock was lucky to attend a preview alongside Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi. Following in the hallowed footsteps of Pink Floyd, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones who have all been the subject of major career-spanning retrospectives in recent years, Home of Metal’s Black Sabbath 50 Years exhibition is being held over the next three months in the band’s home city o

The Recording Academy has revealed the names of the artists who will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. And among the names revealed today are Black Sabbath, who will be honoured at a ceremony in Los Angeles on May 11. The annual award is given to artists who have "made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording.” Sabbath have been named alongside George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Igle

Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi said their farewell at Birmingham's Gentling Arena in February 2017, but noticeably absent was drummer Bill Ward who remained estranged from the group over a contract dispute. However, there might still be one opportunity for the four original members of Black Sabbath to be aligned together in their native Birmingham if an architect gets his way. Motorists may soon be passing over "Black Sabbath Bridge" on Broad Street or sitting on

'Going Through Changes' is a superb photographic journey of Black Sabbath during the halcyon days of the seventies. Throughout a long and sometimes turbulent career, let us not forget that from the release of the debut album in early 1970 through to 'Never Say Die!' in 1978, the classic line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward virtually created the blueprint for heavy rock. With eight albums plus hundreds of concerts across the globe, this was the de

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed that he’s working on new music during a Q&A session prior to the screening of Black Sabbath’s documentary The End Of The End on August 19th at the U.K’s Whitley Bay Film Festival. Check out the video here: Iommi said, "I'm still writing stuff; I've put ideas down on tapes. When all this nice, sunny weather goes and it gets grim, I shall start going in the studio and putting it down. "My engineer, who I had for everything with me

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has once again said that he agrees with singer Ozzy Osbourne that the band should play the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England — the city where the group formed in 1968. Iommi told Planet Rock on the red carpet of the Kerrang! Awards in London last night (Thursday, June 21): "I haven't spoken to Geezer[Butler, SABBATH bassist] about it, but I know Ozzy wants to do it and I'm up for that. I think it's great. We're from Birmingham a