Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi to undergo operation to remove lump from throat
Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi is going under the knife to remove a lump from his throat.
The heavy metal pioneer announced in August that his cancer was in remission, however at a recent check-up doctors discovered a lump in his throat. It’s not yet clear whether it’s cancerous.
Tony explains to the Irish Times: “I went for a check four weeks ago and the doctor said that at the moment there is no activity where I had the cancer before, but there is activity in the throat.
“When I get back to England, I have to have an operation to remove this thing at the back of my nose. The doctors found a lump there and we don’t know if it is cancer or what, but I feel OK at the moment.”
Asked how his cancer diagnosis in 2012 changed his perspective on life, Tony said: “I was knocked for six when the doctors told me that it was, that it was stage III cancer.
“It really did change my life as far as what I have to do now. I have to live what life I’ve got because I have been on the road nearly 50 years. I need to be at home more and I need to pay more attention to my friends and family.”
Reflecting upon his lowest ebb, Tony continued: “The lowest moment was being diagnosed. You automatically wind yourself up saying, ‘that’s it then’, but that is not always the case.
“When they tell you, you think, ‘oh God’. That was a low time. I have had a few low times in my life like everybody has, but that was one that stuck in the head.”
Black Sabbath play their last ever UK tours in early 2017 on The Beginning of the End Tour. For more details head to Planet Rock Tickets.