New Music On The Way From Iommi & Gillan
Former bandmates recording together for charity
Tony Iommi & Ian Gillan are to record new music together, nearly 30 years after Sabbath’s Born Again album.
Speaking to Metal Hammer, Tony Iommi says: "Ian was at mine a few weeks back, and we put a couple of tracks down, just to try and raise some money for Armenia. We raised some money 20 years ago and we wanted to do it again, to be able to buy stuff. We went over a few months ago because they gave us an Order Of honour from the president and so Ian and I went over and Pat Cash came. They showed us what the money had bought. They showed us this old music school, it was freezing and the kids had no instruments so we bought them some new instruments – drums and guitars – and we want to build a new school for the kids.
"We’re going to do a few songs and, hopefully, we can raise the money to afford to buy them a new school. The plans are quite open at the moment. We’ve talked about doing a couple of shows out there, but it’s about working round what we are both doing – because we Heaven And Hell hope touring will start again soon.”
Heaven & Hell are due to play a series of dates across Europe this Summer, including two shows in the UK (High Voltage and Bloodstock Festival).
13 June 2010 Nova Rock Festival, Austria
18 June 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Switzerland
19 June 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Czech Republic
22 June 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Bulgaria
25 June 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Romania
27 June 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Turkey
10 July 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Spain
24 July 2010 High Voltage Festival
07 August 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Sweden
08 August 2010 Sonisphere Festival, Finland
15 August 2010 Bloodstock Metal Festival
13 November 2010 Nickelsdorf, Pannonia Fields II, Austria