Black Sabbath - Announce Intimate Birmingham Show

British heavy metallers Black Sabbath have announced they will be playing an intimate Download warm-up/homecoming show to take place in Birmingham this May. The show will be the band's first in Birmingham for thirteen years. A donation to Help for Heroes will be made from the proceeds of the show. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler will be hitting Birmingham's O2 Academy on Saturday, May 19th. No information has been revealed yet about who the drummer will be.

Tickets priced £45 (subject to booking fee) will go on sale at 9am on Friday, May 4th, at this location and over here. Black Sabbath are also playing Download in June and the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, US, in August.

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Posted: 02.05.2012 by Ace Frawley

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Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 13:35 Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094 Probably Carmine Appice.. I think. Loading...
Dylan Posts: 93	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 14:10 Dylan Posts: 93 Thats on the shirt robert downey junior wears in the avengers Loading...
Svneatr Vitharr Posts: 118	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 15:28 Svneatr Vitharr Posts: 118 Written by Dylan on 02.05.2012 at 14:10 Thats on the shirt robert downey junior wears in the avengers Because of "Iron Man". Loading...
Dinesen Posts: 13	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 15:37 Dinesen Posts: 13 THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!!! 5 days after this show they are supposed to play in Denmark but they have cancelled and it's Ozzy and Friends... Fucking old fucks... I'm selling my fucking ticket. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 15:49 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 I just love how this is being marketed as being an intimate gig. How the hell is it possibly intimate with 3,000 people attending? ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
Dronewolf Posts: 6	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 15:53 Dronewolf Posts: 6 Black Sabbath featuring Link on drums from the look of that picture Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 16:00 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Dronewolf on 02.05.2012 at 15:53 Black Sabbath featuring Link on drums from the look of that picture Well Black Sabbath used the symbol way before Zelda ever came along, so if Link did play the drums it would be like Dave Grohl drumming for Killing Joke to make up for the fact Nirvana ripped off one of their songs Pretty sure that symbol was around way before Sabbath though... Loading...
Alakazam spendin' cheese Posts: 1218	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 16:35 Alakazam spendin' cheese Posts: 1218 Knew about this the second it were announced... ---- I may not have the largest collection but I certainly have the absolute best Will the real Kadabra please stand up? Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 02.05.2012 - 17:32 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Alakazam on 02.05.2012 at 16:35 Knew about this the second it were announced... Well if it was announced then of course you'd know about it? Loading...
Necrogeddon Born Too Late Posts: 730	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 00:55 Necrogeddon Born Too Late Posts: 730 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.05.2012 at 15:49 I just love how this is being marketed as being an intimate gig. How the hell is it possibly intimate with 3,000 people attending? The O2 is one of the smaller venues in Birmingham, alot of people were expecting them to play at one of the arenas...any smaller and there would no doubt be some kind of riot ---- 'I wish you all had one neck and that I had my hands on it.' Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 01:29 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by Necrogeddon on 03.05.2012 at 00:55 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.05.2012 at 15:49 I just love how this is being marketed as being an intimate gig. How the hell is it possibly intimate with 3,000 people attending? The O2 is one of the smaller venues in Birmingham, alot of people were expecting them to play at one of the arenas...any smaller and there would no doubt be some kind of riot A 3,000 seater/stander one of the smaller venues? Thank God I don't live in Birmingham, I would truly hate that to be a smaller venue. I like my gigs in venues that hold less than 500 ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 03:00 LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561 That flyer art is retarded, they're not fucking Megadeth. But this should be a decent show for anyone that attends. Hopefully. ---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 03:19 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by Alakazam on 03.05.2012 at 02:37 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.05.2012 at 01:29 A 3,000 seater/stander one of the smaller venues? Thank God I don't live in Birmingham, I would truly hate that to be a smaller venue. I like my gigs in venues that hold less than 500 Hand's down one of the funniest accusation's I've heard about Birmingham. 3000 in the O2 Academy? Bollocks. It's more like half that. As for 500 sized areas Wolverhampton is "Rich", let alone Birmingham's venue amount. As what Necrogeddon explained, the only way Sabbath could do having just 50 seeing them, would be if the details ever said the words like "Private" or "Wedding" presumably; otherwise it's impossible. Not to mention the hundreds, and THOUSANDS of very, VERY pissed off envious people. actually O2 Arena 1 Birmingham seems to be able to even hold more 3,009 to be exact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Academy_Birmingham#Academy1 btw if it would only be 1500 it is still not intimate ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 03:37 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by Alakazam on 03.05.2012 at 03:34 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.05.2012 at 03:19 actually O2 Arena 1 Birmingham seems to be able to even hold more 3,009 to be exact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Academy_Birmingham#Academy1 btw if it would only be 1500 it is still not intimate Well ok. There's the only time I've disagreed over Wikipedia's beliefs. But being there helps, wait maybe not for your case. Still.... Intimacy is still really mattered by personal preference. It's never failed for me. I know a crowd size when I am there 29 years of regular gig going has taught me that and trust me intimacy is something which can't be achieved with a crowd over 500. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 03:39 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by Alakazam on 03.05.2012 at 03:34 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.05.2012 at 03:19 actually O2 Arena 1 Birmingham seems to be able to even hold more 3,009 to be exact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Academy_Birmingham#Academy1 btw if it would only be 1500 it is still not intimate Well ok. There's the only time I've disagreed over Wikipedia's beliefs. But being there helps, wait maybe not for your case. Still.... Intimacy is still really mattered by personal preference. It's never failed for me. btw looking at wiki's sources they got the capacity right from the horse's mouth. As for crowd sizes I have experienced them from 150,000+ to 20 ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
gid Posts: 117	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 09:13 gid Posts: 117 £45 per ticket, to be packed into a venue of 3000 people? That's not my definition of intimate. Loading...
AngelofDeth Cyborg Raptor Posts: 1183	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 10:07 AngelofDeth Cyborg Raptor Posts: 1183 Sick artwork ---- pewpew.. gotcha Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 11:01 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 Strange that they would choose an image inspired by one of their least known, and most panned albums for the concert poster... Still, I suspect Bill Ward will not be with the band for these reunion shows, so even if I could go to this show, I wouldn't be buying a ticket... Loading...
Necrogeddon Born Too Late Posts: 730	Permalink 03.05.2012 - 11:25 Necrogeddon Born Too Late Posts: 730 Managed to get presale tickets! I'm a very lucky woman! To be honest, a lot of you haven't been to the O2, I have, this will be an intimate gig of sorts. Sure a lot of people will attend but it's still a small venue for Black Sabbath, I cannot wait! ---- 'I wish you all had one neck and that I had my hands on it.' Loading...
Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459	Permalink 10.05.2012 - 14:50 Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 Agree, and also an album that Ozzy himself panned. Written by Angelic Storm on 03.05.2012 at 11:01 Strange that they would choose an image inspired by one of their least known, and most panned albums for the concert poster... Still, I suspect Bill Ward will not be with the band for these reunion shows, so even if I could go to this show, I wouldn't be buying a ticket... ---- The sun shines over The Fool... Loading...