Bill’s on the road with Sabbath again
Posted on Mar.29, 2005 under Black Sabbath
Sabbath will be touring during the spring and summer, and Bill Ward will be back out on the road again playing the drums for Black Sabbath. A list of tourdates is now available for both the European tour, and the US Ozzfest tour. They are:
Black Sabbath European Dates:
Jun 09 Dortmund, Germany
Jun 11 Derbyshire, UK
Jun 14 Leipzig, Germany
Jun 16 Munich, Germany
Jun 18 Nijmegen, Netherlands
Jun 20 Vienna, Austria
Jun 23 Sofia, Bulgaria
Jun 25 Athens, Greece
Jun 29 Prague, Czech Republic
July 1 Roskilde, Denmark
July 3 Stockholm, Sweden
July 5 Helsinki, Finland
July 7 Oslo, Norway
July 9 Bergen, Norway
Ozzfest 2005 Dates:
Jul 15 Boston, MA
Jul 17 Hartford, CT
Jul 19 Camden, NJ
Jul 21 Buffalo, NY
Jul 23 Pittsburgh, PA
Jul 24 Washington, DC
Jul 26 New York, NY
Jul 30 Chicago, IL
Aug 02 Columbus, OH
Aug 04 Detroit, MI
Aug 07 Minneapolis, MN
Aug 11 Seattle, WA
Aug 13 Sancisco, CA
Aug 14 Sacramento, CA
Aug 16 Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 18 Phoenix, AZ
Aug 20 Los Angeles, CA
Aug 23 Albuquerque, NM
Aug 25 Dallas, TX
Aug 27 Houston, TX
Aug 28 San Antonio, TX
Aug 31 Nashville, TN
Sep 02 Charlotte, NC
Sep 04 West Palm Beach, FL
For further information and for tickets, please visit http://www.ozzfest.com.
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Hi Everybody.
It’s Bill here. First off, I want to thank you all for the support you’ve given me throughout the years. I love to play– whether it’s playing drums in Black Sabbath, making music with my own band or working with other musicians, period. Being able to do what I love for my whole life, pretty much, has been an honour and privilege.
When I started playing in Sabbath, there was an energy of truth about us. We believed in what we were saying, the music we were making and the lives we were living. As time has moved on, I’ve nurtured and tried to save a lot of what I learnt playing in Sabbath. During the more recent years at the Ozzfest concerts, I’ve found myself immersed in the musical rewards of playing in such a unique and devastatingly, powerfully effective Metal band. Sabbath have been, and are, my greatest teachers, and I am forever grateful for the musical journey so far.
Today, I love what’s happening in music. I’ve been given the rare opportunity to play bands I like – Classic and newer Metal – on our Rock 50 radio show. These bands energize me.
I am humbled to know many of you. Music lives and brings and maintains life. Music has always brought me through.
Stay strong, safe and live. Enjoy the site.
Long Live Metal.
--Bill Ward
