Black Sabbath reunite to release new album and tour

 "Heavy metal veterans Black Sabbath have announced they are reuniting, more than three decades after the release of their last studio album.

In a much-hyped appearance at Hollywood's Whisky A Go Go club on Friday , the band's original line-up told an ecstatic gathering of fans they would be bringing out their first new studio album in 33 years in 2012. As well as the record, to be produced by Rick Rubin, the band will also be embarking on a worldwide tour after headlining Download Festival in their native Midlands next year.

Ozzy Osbourne joined fellow sexagenarians Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward at the venue where the band made their Los Angeles debut in 1970, to address a large, black-t-shirt-clad crowd.

Metal Hammer magazine reported an "electric" atmosphere as the hour of the announcement approached."
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