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Tony Iommi has spoken out about ‘extraordinary’ plans\"SharonSharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi at Villa Park(Image: Getty Images for Live Nation UK)<\/p>\n

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has spoken out after it was announced Black Sabbath – The Ballet would tour Britain.<\/p>\n

The Birmingham<\/a> Royal Ballet production will return to the Birmingham Hippodrome from September 18-27 before embarking on a tour to Manchester, Plymouth, London and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

The hit production had a sold-our premiere when it debuted in 2023 and now Birmingham’s heavy metal ballet is hitting the road following dates in Europe and the USA.<\/p>\n

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This time, the tour will incorporate audio interviews with Black Sabbath members as well as snippets from Sharon Osbourne and fans of the band.<\/p>\n

The tour will follow Black Sabbath’s final ever gig, scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 5 at Villa Park Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tony Iommi said: “Black Sabbath have always been innovators and never been predictable, and it doesn\u2019t come any more unpredictable than this!<\/p>\n

“It was incredible to see what Carlos and the team at Birmingham Royal Ballet did back in 2023 – bringing our music to life in a way I never thought possible!<\/p>\n

“It’s fantastic that more fans across the country get to see this extraordinary production this autumn on a UK tour.”<\/p>\n

Birmingham Royal Ballet director, Carlos Acosta added: “Back in 2023 we were blown away by the awesome success of Black Sabbath – The Ballet, selling out at every performance with standing ovations and bringing audiences that had never experienced live dance before to the theatre.<\/p>\n

“Now, in 2025, we are cranking the volume up to 11 with a big, bold UK tour that is sure to knock everyone’s socks off!”<\/p>\n

The songs of Black Sabbath have been reimagined for the show by Tony Award-winning composer Chrisopher Austin, who worked closely with Tony Iommi on the score.<\/p>\n

Christopher said: \u201cFor the music team, creating the score for this extraordinary ballet has been an exhilarating journey, and it all began with the most amazing gift from Tony: his trust in us to honour the band\u2019s music and his encouragement to follow our own new paths with those iconic songs.<\/p>\n

“The passion and commitment of the whole creative team at BRB and the overwhelming response from audiences has made Black Sabbath \u2013 The Ballet the experience of a lifetime and I can’t wait to be back in the theatre conducting this magical show.”<\/p>\n

Full list of Black Sabbath – The Ballet UK tour dates 2025<\/p>\n

Birmingham Hippodrome – September 18-27<\/p>\n

Lowry, Salford – October 8-11<\/p>\n

Plymouth Theatre Royal – October 16-18<\/p>\n

Sadler’s Wells, London – October 22-25<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Festival Theatre – October 30 – November 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Iommi has spoken out about ‘extraordinary’ plansSharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi at Villa Park(Image: Getty Images for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,28618,44768,19160,748,393,4884,29918,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-95584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-hippodrome","10":"tag-birmingham-royal-ballet","11":"tag-black-sabbath","12":"tag-britain","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-tony-iommi","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114495427985437316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}