Eric Clapton’s marriage to Pattie Boyd was filled with challenges and heartbreak. Their relationship, perhaps, was doomed from the moment they set eyes on one another, as Boyd was the wife of Eric’s close friend George Harrison.

Their relationship wasn’t smooth sailing even after Boyd left George and married Eric. The guitarist cheated on Pattie numerous times. He even fathered two children with two different women while his wife was seeing doctors and trying her chance with IVF to have her own children.

Eric met his now-wife, McEnery, at an exclusive party in Los Angeles. The two clicked off right away and quickly bonded. They preferred to keep their relationship a secret before going public and tying the knot in 2002 with a private ceremony.

Clapton and Melia have been together ever since, and it seems that Eric finally managed to settle down and enjoy the benefits of marriage. So, let’s learn more about the woman who got Clapton to say, ‘Hey, a healthy marriage isn’t so bad, after all.’

What We Know About Melia McEnery

McEnery was born on February 1, 1976, in Columbia, United States. Little is known about her family, but her mother is of Korean-English descent and her father has Scottish-English ancestry. Melia is not one to share all about herself with the public, so we have not so much information about her.

She was only in her early 20s when she met Clapton in 1999. Clapton was 54 at the time, and he is 31 years older than McEnery. Still, that was no problem for the couple. They got married after dating for almost three years.

The couple then had three daughters named Julie Rose (2001), Ella May (2003), and Sophie Belle (2005).

Melia joins Eric during ceremonies, exclusive parties, and award shows, but she doesn’t like the spotlight as much as her husband. She prefers to keep a low profile and lead a much quieter life with her family. She reportedly engages in philanthropy and charitable work.

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Hollywood is full of musicians who’ve successfully crossed over into acting (Lady Gaga, Will Smith, Ice Cube, etc.); while they’d never win Oscars for their parts, even metal icons such as Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons have proven to be surprisingly competent at it.

Sadly, the same can’t be said for most of their genre colleagues who’ve also appeared on the small or silver screen. To be fair, those roles are usually reserved for really cheap horror, action, and/or crime projects (so expectations for quality are already low). Or, they’re brought on for an exciting but brief cameo (so their acting abilities barely matter).

Obviously, we’re just having a bit of fun here, so please don’t this list too seriously or interpret it as disrespecting anyone’s musical legacy. After all, each and every one of these artists is a bona fide metal legend, but that doesn’t mean they belong in front of the camera.

Nevertheless, there have been some really bad performances by some of our favorite vocalists and instrumentalists. So, why not dig into 10 of the most egregious examples below?

Glenn Danzig – Death Rider in the House of Vampires (2021)

Glenn Danzig is nothing if not stubbornly self-assured. Sometimes, his confidence and persistence lead to great things (early Danzig, Misfits); other times, however, his projects fall flat on their faces (virtually all of his cinematic endeavors). Just look at 2021’s Death Rider in the House of Vampires, an independent horror/Western that Danzig wrote, directed, and appeared in (as bloodthirsty gunslinger Bad Bathory).

The movie is kind of like an extremely underfunded and underdeveloped From Dusk Till Dawn, and Danzig’s sneering badass façade doesn’t help. Granted, even its most established actors – Devon Sawa, Julian Sands, Kim Director, Danny Trejo – are passable at best, yet Danzig’s try-hard sinister coolness comes off as amateurishly stilted and bizarre by comparison. His monotone deliveries, stiff movements, and forced laughter can’t hide his lack of range and comfortability, so it’s essentially impossible to believe anything he does.  

Ozzy Osbourne – Trick or Treat (1986)

There’s a fundamental hipness and likability that permeates nearly everything Ozzy Osbourne does, especially when he’s satirizing himself or the music industry as a whole. Therefore, his timely turn as Rev. Aaron Gilstrom in 1986’s cult classic comedy/horror/musical Trick or Treat is inherently enjoyable because he’s mocking the televangelists who vilified heavy metal during the decade.

Novelty doesn’t always equal quality, though, and Ozzy’s talk show stint – which begins halfway into the runtime – is undeniably awkward. For example, you can tell that he’s struggling to remember and/or recite his lines due to his searching gaze, random pauses, and inability to maintain eye contact with the host. Plus, he’s completely missing a personality. It’s very fun to see him, but you feel as out of place as he does once the scenes get going.

(Also, yes, Gene Simmons gives a better performance as DJ Nuke.)

Henry Rollins – He Never Died (2015)

As one of metal’s most intellectual and intense orators, Henry Rollins’ spoken word presentations, essays, interviews, and the like are usually compelling. Although his gravelly sincerity works fine in those contexts, it doesn’t translate as effectively to his acting.

2015’s He Never Died illustrates that well. Rollins plays Jack, an anti-social and immortal cannibal who gets involved with mobsters, kidnapping, and vengeance. It’s a fun ride, for sure, with Rollins expectedly kicking ass, spilling blood, and taking names. The problem is that he’s simultaneously over-the-top and one-note, screaming and rushing through his rage with the passion of a person who’s desperate not to flub their lines rather than a person who’s convincingly living in the moment.

He’s no less odd when conversing and reacting calmly since he sounds so confused and detached.

Tommy Lee – The Goldbergs (2020)

Like the majority of modern sitcoms, The Goldbergs – no relation to the early 20th century radio/TV show – has numerous strikes against it. One of the biggest is its strained reliance on cameos to be relevant (including Robert Englund, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Hulk Hogan, Martin Starr, and Miranda Cosgrove). That said, Tommy Lee’s spot as (you guessed it) Professor Lee in season seven episode “Preventa Mode” is among his cringiest on-camera choices (which is saying a lot).

True, the idea of him playing against type and mocking rock music as “deafening noise made by morally questionable gentleman” is respectably self-aware. It’s just that he comes across so wooden (and slightly inebriated), and his chemistry and timing in relation to the other actors is so dreadful that they might as well have filmed their parts separately.  

Maynard James Keenan – Bikini Bandits (2002)

In addition to singing and songwriting, Maynard James Keenan frequently brings eccentric antics to his on-stage and video work with Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. Consequently, he’s used to portraying unusual characters and doing the groundwork to become competent in front of the camera. While his scenes in 2009’s Crank: High Voltage, 2011’s Vile, and 2012’s Queens of Country are decent, his time as Satan in 2002’s Bikini Bandits isn’t.

The plot revolves around the titular renegade women making a deal with Keenan to  “go back in time, before the birth of Christ, and defile the Virgin Mary.” Every second of it embraces the era’s love-it-or-hate-it MTV humor, and to his credit, Keenan is no worse than the Bandits themselves. That’s not a compliment, however, because they’re all pedestrian at it, with self-congratulatory edgelord smirking that can’t help but make you cringe.

Unfortunately, Keenan isn’t any better in the 2004 sequel.

Randy Blythe – The Graves (2009)

Randy Blythe seems to love chewing the scenery in horror films, as he’s shown up in features such as 2020’s Bite School 2 and 2016’s Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The Movie. (He also had a regular and respectable recurring role on Paradise City, so there’s that.) It’s his first – and surprisingly sizable – gig in 2009’s The Graves that gets him a nod here, though.

The iconic vocalist – billed as D. Randall Blythe – portrays Deacon Luke, one of many religious psychopaths who torment two sisters after they have the misfortune of travelling to Skull City Mine in Arizona. Aside from intentionally looking ridiculous, his constant throatiness, off-kilter inflections, and relentless scowling lack nuance and plausibility. In trying to be as menacing as possible visually and verbally, Blythe merely embodies a disgruntled emo teenager who thinks they’re dark because they shop at Hot Topic.

We knew this was a bad idea from the jump.

Dee Snider – Strangeland (1998)

Dee Snider undoubtedly deserves respect for penning the script to this 1998 psychological horror film, as well as for sitting in the makeup chair for several hours at a time to become twisted antagonist Carlton Hendricks (a.k.a. Captain Howdy). Although he certainly looks the part of a serial killer who’s obsessed with body modifications and predatory internet practices, the Twisted Sister frontman lacks the authenticity and gradation needed to give the character sufficient depth and malice.

Admittedly, he’s better than at least half of the other people we’re discussing, but that’s not saying much, and it’s clear that at least 90% of his imposingness comes from his physique and inherently off-putting tattoos, piercings, and the like. In other words, his acting is definitely style over substance, which is the opposite of what makes similarly deranged cinematic murders such as Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs), Norman Bates (Psycho), and Pearl (Pearl) utterly terrifying.

Kirk Hammett – Metal Lords (2022)

To put it bluntly, Kirk Hammett deserves a Golden Raspberry Award for gifting us with what’s simultaneously the briefest and feeblest performance on this list. It happens during Netflix’s decent-at-best teen comedy/drama Metal Lords (2002), and the lead guitarist appears alongside legends Scott Ian, Rob Halford, and Tom Morello as part of protagonist Kevin’s conscience.

You see, the high schooler has been flirting with a girl named Kendall, and eventually, they wind up making out in a pool. However, Kevin also has feelings for fellow student Emily, so he manifests the musicians to help him figure out what to do. Presumably, all four of them are phoning in their cameos, yet it’s Hammett’s contributions that are particularly awkward and lightweight. You can practically see him reading off the cue cards as he goes.

Ace Frehley – Remedy (2005)

If nothing else, this mediocre 2005 crime drama (revolving around murder, drugs, misguided accusations, and other clichéd plot points) is marginally elevated by The Sopranos alumni Arthur J. Nascarella, Frank Vincent, and Vincent Pastore. On the other hand, it’s brought down by numerous other folks who have no business pretending to be fictional characters, with Ace Frehley’s Johnny standing out for all the wrong reasons.  

Johnny speaks with main character Will Bentley a handful of times, and he always seems like he’s falling asleep and unsure of where he is. Sure, that could be intentional given the film’s subject matter, but there should still be more complexity to his efforts. (Plus, his decision to constantly speak in flavorless and inaudible mumbles only serves to make him feel bizarrely disconnected from each scene.)

Lemmy Kilmister – Eat the Rich (1987)

Considering that Motörhead contributed six songs to Eat the Rich’s soundtrack (including the title track), it’s little wonder why bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister also showed up as political henchman/conspirator Spider in the movie itself. Actually, it was his first proper acting job outside of music videos, and although the end result wasn’t awful enough to prevent him from being casted in 1990’s Hardware, 1999’s Frezno Smooth, and various Troma Entertainment projects (among other titles), it’s not very commendable, either.

Lemmy’s natural coolness automatically adds some charm to what he’s doing, but it’s not enough to compensate for a virtually lifeless turn that’s amateurish at best and transparently bored and uncomfortable at worst. In fact, it’s as if he’s hiding behind his sunglasses so that there are fewer facial expressions for audiences (and critics) to judge.

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After talking about it for what feels like a while now, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi‘s “Deified” is out for the masses to hear and boy, it sure is a thing that he’s written on guitar. The riff-heavy tune was created in collaboration with perfume company Xerjoff, since the song’s release apparently coincides with the release of his new fragrance of the same name.

Since I can’t really comment on the perfume because the powers that be didn’t deign me worthy enough to get some for free, I guess I have to live with having to talk about the track. And I gotta say, it sure is a thing you can listen to…

I’m gonna be completely honest. It kinda… bored me? Like, Iommi’s awesome and all and damn it if his riffs don’t sound mean at times, but I know he’s done better solo stuff in the past. Just check out his self-titled solo album from 2000 if you don’t believe me. That shit rules.

Still, Iommi’s excited about the perfume and the track, so who am I to get in the way of that. Dude is a legend, after all.

“Here we go again, another collaboration with my dear friend Sergio Momo (Xerjoff) with a new perfume called Deified. I’m really excited about our new perfume and after the success of our last one (Monkey Special) I hope that you’ll like Deified as much as I do. We’ve gone through the same process of trying different samples of perfume over the last year until we came up with this one and I really like it.”

Xerjoff’s founder and CEO Sergio Momo spoke about the track as well, referencing that super fucked up moment in time when metal bands were accused of trying to use subliminal messages to convince their fans to kill themselves. Because that would have made wise financial sense…

“Everything has its own cycle. A riff, a melody, a perfume. In the ’70s, playing a vinyl backwards was a phenomenon that became a popular way to hide subliminal messages. The palindromic nature of a riff and backmasking became the catalyst for the creation of this journey with Tony.”

You can check out the video, complete with animations done by Donato Sansone and Momo, below.

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Issy Knopfler has an aspiring story because she didn’t just rely on her dad’s fame to get where she is today.

Issy’s father is Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler. Her mother, Kitty Aldridge, is a British actress and writer. Issy also has a younger sister named Katya Ruby Rose Knopfler.

Mark Knopfler has been married three times. His first marriage was to Kathy White. He then married Lourdes Salomone in 1983, and they had twin sons in 1987. This marriage ended in 1993. Mark married Kitty Aldridge in Barbados on Valentine’s Day in 1997, and they have two daughters together, including Issy.

Her family is famous, but Issy worked hard to make a name for herself. She didn’t just use her dad’s fame to get roles. She went to acting schools and worked with well-known directors and co-stars. These helped her learn and grow as an actress.

You May Know Her From ‘Before We Die’

Issy is best known for her role in the TV show ‘Before We Die.’ She plays Bianca Mimica in the show. Issy also appeared in short films such as ‘End Point,’ ‘Egerton,’ ‘Two,’ ‘Tully,’ ‘Elm,’ and ‘Richardson.’ All are released between 2019 and 2020. She starred in ‘Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men’ and ‘And Anne.’

Issy Knopfler is also a producer. She is active on social media, and you can reach out to her via her Instagram: @issyknopfler. She currently has over 10,000 followers. She joined Twitter in June 2014 and you can find her under the same name.

Issy’s boyfriend is Charlie Field. He is an actor and writer born on September 20, 1993, in London and raised in Germany. Issy’s net worth is not known at this time. However, Mark Knopfler is estimated to be worth $105 million according to CelebrityNetWorth.

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What’s up metalheads?! My name is Stormi Maya, from the band Cinnamon Babe, and I’m here to answer all your relationship and love questions. After all, metalheads need love too right?

Well, I’m here to make you feel heard. Hopefully through this column, I can guide you through the rough patches and confusing situations that love, sex, and intimacy can bring. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting questions from people of all walks to life to get to the heart of their issues and draw from my own experience to hopefully give the best advice I can.

Of course, a lot of people on the internet are just horny and looking to get nasty in the replies, but if you have a serious question or need advice, email me at LoveBitesMS@gmail.com.

So without delaying things anymore, here’s our very first batch of questions:

“I am a 27 year old virgin, am I too old to still be a virgin?“

Virginity is a personal journey. There is no such thing as being “too old” to lose your virginity. It is up to your comfort. Do not rush this experience for social stigma or peer pressure. More than ever we are living in a hyper sexual society and with our music and media being so sexually fueled, being a virgin makes you feel like an outsider of a really exclusive club. But having sex is a huge decision that so many minimize.

Sex comes with a lot of responsibility like pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and emotional attachments. If you have waited this long, there must be a reason. When the time is right, you will know.

And remember this: 27 is still very young. You have plenty of time to have sexual relations.

“Is it okay that my girlfriend has a girlfriend?“

Well , this is not as simple as a yes or no. If you’re comfortable with your girlfriend having a girlfriend then of course it’s okay. This boils down to consent, relationship boundaries, and whether you’re strictly monogamous or polyamorous.

Now, let’s take it back to day one of your relationship. Was it ever discussed that you would both be open to multiple partners? If not, that’s a red flag. Before introducing something like a new partner, the two of you should’ve had a conversation about boundaries and if you’re comfortable with adding new people in the mix. It’s not fair to add a new partner without the two of you having a conversation beforehand.

Couples practice polyamory all the time. Polyamory, or consensual non-monogamy, is the practice of having multiple intimate relationships, whether sexual or just romantic, with the full knowledge and consent of all parties involved. The key word there is consent — if you did not consent to having an open relationship, then your girlfriend has disrespected your boundaries and this should be addressed.

There is nothing wrong with having multiple relationships, as long as all parties are aware and happy with the arrangement. Polyamory should never be put onto someone against their will. Let’s say hypothetically you’re unhappy with this arrangement and your girlfriend refuses to stop seeing someone else. I feel this is grounds for breaking up and moving on, as you’re seeking different goals — you wanting strict monogamy and they want multiple partners. Monogamous people can date polyamorous people, where the monogamous partner will strictly date one person only but allows their polyamorous partner to date others, but this must be consensual and agreed upon by both partners.

“I’ve been married to my wife for nine years, together a total of 19 years. Her father passed away a few years ago and now she spends two days a week with her mother. I feel very lonely without her, I want my wife by my side, but I don’t want to break her mom’s heart. Should I just suck it up or do you have another idea?”

Let me start off by saying that I am sorry for your loss. My heart aches for your wife. Losing a parent is one of the hardest things to go through.

As for your question, we have to realize that we do not own our partners. They have lives and loved ones outside of us. We cannot be selfish with them and we have to understand that they have obligations and connections with other people in this world. Your wife is being there for her mother in what’s very likely to be a period of darkness and loneliness.

Keep in mind that she’s only gone two days out of the week, so maybe you can use those days to do something for yourself. You could maybe pick up a hobby on those days, work on yourself, hang out with your buddies, read a book… really the possibilities are endless. It’s healthy for spouses to have time apart. You’re an individual person that needs to learn to sometimes be content alone — if you can’t, then that’s probably a bad sign. Your wife already lost one parent, so let her embrace the time she has left with her mother.

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Earlier this week, New Jersey-based deathcore outfit Fit For An Autopsy unveiled their forthcoming new album The Nothing That Is. While that was exciting in a vacuum, we didn’t get an initial hint at new music to really drive up the hype.

That’s since changed, as the band dropped the album’s first new single “Hostage” earlier today. Featuring a slow and heavy approach to things, it’s accompanied by a music video directed by Eric Richter.

Speaking of the single, the band said it’s all about the struggles we all face each day and how they can pile up over time.

“‘Hostage’ is an examination of the human trauma and grief one carries through life. The inability to escape events of the past combined with the feeling of an increasingly dark future can weigh on a person like nothing else. This song is intended to capture that complex and overwhelming emotion and conveys the negative side of a sorrowed existence.”

The Nothing That Is that’s geared for release on October 25 via Nuclear Blast.

In addition to today’s drop of new music, the band has a long list of tour dates already set up. Set to kick off on October 18 in Worcester, Massachusetts and come to a close on November 17 in New Haven, Connecticut, the run of dates will include support by Bodysnatcher, Distant, Sylosis, and Judiciary.

You can find out more about the new album and the tour below.

The Nothing That Is Tracklist:

1. Hostage
2. Spoils Of The Horde
3. Savior Of None / Ashes Of All
4. Weaker Wolves
5. Red Horizon
6. The Nothing That Is
7. Lurch
8. Lower Purpose
9. Lust For The Severed Head
10. The Silver Sun

Upcoming Tour Dates:

10/18 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
10/19 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
10/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
10/22 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
10/23 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
10/24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven)
10/25 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
10/26 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Banyan Live
10/28 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
10/29 – San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center
10/30 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
11/1 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
11/2 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory OC
11/4 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
11/5 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/6 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazón
11/8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
11/9 – Denver, CO @ Summit
11/10 – Wichita, KS @ TempleLive
11/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
11/13 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
11/14 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
11/15 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
11/16 – McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre
11/17 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place

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There’s no other way to put it — Jerry Cantrell is one hell of an artist. From Alice In Chains to his 2021 solo album Brighten, the dude has crafted an entire career creating badass riffs and haunting harmonies. So when started sharing the stark black and white imagery that’s since flooded his social media accounts ahead of today’s release of the new single “Vilified”, I knew we were in for yet another facet of the man’s musical persona. And boy, was I right.

This track is the dark and heavy introduction to his fourth solo effort I Want Blood, which is due to be released on October 18 via Double J Music.

Armed with a sound that feels like it would be more in line with an Alice in Chains release than his previous solo work, “Vilified” feels familiar, yet different. The fact that it has a different feel from the Brighten material, which is exactly what Cantrell said he was going for.

“This record is a serious piece of work. It’s a motherfucker. It’s hard, no doubt, and completely unlike Brighten. And that’s what you want, to end up in a different place. There’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best songwriting and playing, and certainly some of my best singing.”

Though I Want Blood will once again feature backing vocals from Lola Colette and Better Lovers’ vocalist Greg Puciato, it will also feature guest contributions from past collaborators on Cantrell’s past solo records, including Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, and Faith No More’s Mike Bordin.

You can catch Cantrell live starting today, as he opens for Bush. With seven weeks of live dates ahead, there’s a good chance he’ll be hitting a venue near you.

I Want Blood will be available on October 18 via Double J Music, but you can preorder your copy today.

I Want Blood Tracklist

1. Vilified
2. Off The Rails
3. Afterglow
4. I Want Blood
5. Echoes Of Laughter
6. Throw Me A Line
7. Let It Lie
8. Held Your Tongue
9. It Comes

Jerry Cantrell live dates
Opening for Bush

7/26 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater [Tickets]
7/27 – Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest [Tickets]
7/29 – Great Falls, MT – Pacific Steel & Recycling Arena – Montana State Fair [Tickets]
7/31 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre [Tickets]
8/1 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre [Tickets]
8/3 – La Crosse, WI – Copeland Park [Tickets]
8/4 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park [Tickets]
8/6 – Cedar Rapids, IA – McGrath Amphitheatre [Tickets]
8/7 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island [Tickets]
8/9 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium [Tickets]
8/10 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park [Tickets]
8/13 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion [Tickets]
8/14 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center [Tickets]
8/16 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre [Tickets]
8/17 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater [Tickets]
8/19 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage [Tickets]
8/21 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center [Tickets]
8/23 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena [Tickets]
8/24 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion [Tickets]
8/26 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre [Tickets]
8/27 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater [Tickets]
8/29 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place [Tickets]
8/30 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live [Tickets]
9/1 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Par [Tickets]
9/4 – San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum [Tickets]
9/5 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall [Tickets]
9/7 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Casino [Tickets]
9/8 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion [Tickets]
9/11 – Las Vegas, NV – Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood [Tickets]
9/13 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU [Tickets]
9/14 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre [Tickets]
9/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre [Tickets]

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Back in May, the Prince of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne said in an interview that he’s unhappy with how Black Sabbath ended because original drummer Bill Ward wasn’t involved. For the band’s final album, 13, which came out in 2013, Ward wasn’t able to join the reunion for contractual reasons and was replaced by Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk on drums for the album and Osbourne’s drummer Tommy Clufetos on drums for the final tour and eventually the bands’ “final” show in Birmingham in 2017.

Ozzy expressed a desire to do one last show with Ward, and pretty soon after that, guitarist Tommy Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler chimed in to say that they would also be interested in doing one final show with Ward. But, even with three members expressing an interest in a reunion show with Ward, there’s still the fact that these are very old dudes and it remains up in the air if they’re really going to be able to get back up on the stage. But, more importantly, the most important voice in this discussion, Bill Ward himself, hadn’t chimed in. That is, until now.

Yesterday, Ward finally broke his silence, expressing interest in performing one last show with Black Sabbath. In a statement that Ward posted to multiple social media accounts, he wrote:

“Hey ya,

“Bill Ward checking in regarding all the updates on a possible Sabbath show in England.

“I’m in for playing some of everyone’s old favorites. Loved playing them then, I’d love to play them one last time.

“I’m not going to talk about my health publicly except to say, everyday I’m pretty good for 76 years old, I’m active musically every day, and I have a very busy and gratifying life.

“Love you all, all the fucking time. Bill”

So, now it would seem that all four original members of Black Sabbath are on board with doing the final reunion show with Ward. The only question that remains is: are they still capable of doing it?

Remember that Ozzy has pretty much retired from touring. He’s waffled on that, going back and forth between saying he’s done performing and saying he might want to do a few more final shows, but back in March he told Rolling Stone that he can’t even really stand upright. Add to that the fact that, in 2021, Ward admitted that he no longer has “the chops” to “drive a band like that on stage.” So, however much the four members want to do this, it might be beyond their abilities at this point.

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