Tony Iommi has responded to 's recent plea for a final show, which would feature original drummer Bill Ward. Earlier this month, Ozzy expressed that he would "jump at the chance" to play a final Black Sabbath show with Bill on the episode of The Madhouse Chronicles. While Bill hasn't responded to the frontman's request, Tony opened up about the potential during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk.
He admitted he would be , saying it "would be nice to do a one-off." The guitarist said that we would not be able to commit to extended tours due to his age, so a one-off farewell performance could be the best option. "I have to look at it realistically at my age.
I can’t go out and do a two-year tour like we were doing before," the said. "And to put something together like the original Sabbath or this or that or the other, you’ve gotta do it a long time because of the cost of everything.” "That’d be a nice thing to actually do, but whether it happens will be another thing," he added.
"But we’ll see. I mean, who knows?" He said that while he thought everybody would think they would be reuniting for money, that "wouldn’t be" the case in this scenario. Ozzy announced his retirement from touring last year, but he has previously expressed regret for not having a proper farewell show for his fans.
His wife Sharon Osbourne also previously shared that there were plans for two farewell shows before the singer fully retires from doing live shows, saying th.