Sabbath Go Back To Work
Geezer says Tony\'s written two new songs since being diagnosed with lymphoma
In a new online post Butler revealed "Today January 19th we got the engines back up and running at Tony's home studio. Far from being down and depressed about his lymphoma diagnosis, Tony had already written the music for two new songs, and I must say it has given us all a kick up the rump - it's great to hear him churning out those riffs again, assuaging the Demon C. Takes more than that to stop Tony. Can't wait for you all to hear our workings; it has been great working on this stuff.
He adds, "I want to thank the lovely encouraging emails sent to this site giving Tony love and encouragement and great vibes. It really does help, not only Tony, but us as a band — it raises up our spirits and restores our faith in this tarnished world.
"SABB fans are good people. Time and again, you have proven your faith in us and boosted our endeavour.
"Thanks, love, peace."
Meanwhile, Download Festival head-honcho Andy Copping has revealed that he has no concerns about whether or not Sabbath will be able to play their headline set at the festival.
"As far as I’m aware everything is fine. I’ve been told that Black Sabbath are going to be playing Download. I don’t want people to worry unduly about that, we should all just send our thoughts and best wishes to Tony Iommi.”