Followers at Birmingham’s Villa Park and everywhere in the world by way of the “Again to the Starting” live performance livestream absolutely seen that Black Sabbath drummer Invoice Ward took his shirt off in the course of the band’s remaining efficiency. That was nothing new to witness for guitarist Tony Iommi, who likened his 77-year-old bandmate to Lord of the Rings creature Gollum in a brand new interview.
Iommi checked in for a post-show dialog with radio persona Eddie Trunk, who remarked that he was “impressed that Invoice took his shirt off” in the course of the four-song set. The guitar legend responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), “Oh my God. I’ll inform you what, one joke. After we had a break on one of many rehearsals, we went in to eat on the studio, and Invoice bought his shirt off, and Geezer [Butler] was nearly to have a sandwich. He went, ‘Oh, Invoice put your shirt on. You’re placing me off the sandwich.’ [Laughs] However it’s typical Invoice. He’s at all times taking his shirt off each time. I imply, within the outdated days, he’d at all times take his shirt off.”
He continued, “I stated to Invoice, ‘Blimey, Invoice, you appear to be Gollum.’ And I don’t assume he knew who Gollum was. He’s at all times at all times been the identical, Invoice. He simply doesn’t care. He goes on and does what he desires, which is nice. That’s at all times been Invoice. And instantly, after all, all of the jokes began once more as quickly as we have been collectively, having a go at one another. It was actually enjoyable, really.”
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Elsewhere within the interview, Iommi stated the unique plan was for Sabbath to play six or seven songs, not simply 4. Nevertheless, between Ozzy performing his personal solo set simply minutes earlier than Sabbath, and a curfew in place for Villa Park, the band settled on performing simply 4 songs. He revealed that “Fairies Put on Boots’ and the tune “Black Sabbath” have been among the many tunes that bought lower, though they did play a tiny little bit of “Black Sabbath” previous to launching into “Battle Pigs.”
Hear a portion of Tony Iommi’s interview with Eddie Trunk under.