I got on with my work, playing drums in Sabbath. I disliked that they did that, but understood they wanted to. I’m sorry and mean no malice in saying this, but it was their fear, their mistrust, and their rationale that put back-up drummers on the stage at the reunion and other tours. Keep in mind, they did one tour without me first, I think just to see if it could work without me. I had played all the Ozzfests and Sabbath tours after the reunion. What an inaccurate thing for Tony to say. What an undermining, self-centered thing for Tony to say. I’ve helped to set the physical and playing bar that was metal then and today. “Tony’s comment (and I’m assuming it was in reference to me touring) was, ‘I don’t think he quite realizes how hard it would have been on him’ How can Tony say that? I know what it takes to tour. I did not know I was being judged in 2011, if that is indeed their truth. They all know very clearly how well I prepare to tour. How can I be judged in 2011 on health issues when none existed that would endanger a long term tour. How can I be judged that I could not do a tour when we were working on an album. If they kept the info, which they so readily share now, to themselves in 2011, then let that be their shortcoming. What they believe is quite opposite from my experience, especially in 2011 when no one spoke to me of being alarmed by my playing or my health. I completely disagree with their comments. Tony Iommi’s comments and some of Ozzy’s, remain in a place of disparaging remarks, which bring fault to my character as a person and a musician. “Again I feel in a position where I’m compelled to defend my actions in the period of 2011 up to, I suppose, today. Today, Bill Ward released the following statement: It’s very hard, and it’s not fair on the fans and it’s not fair on him.” It’s too risky to go out and then have Bill say ‘I can’t do it’ and you have to cancel on 70,000 people or whatever it might be. So we wanted to bring another drummer just in case Bill ended up saying ‘I can’t do it’ for a couple of days or whatever. “I don’t think he quite realizes how hard it would have been on him. Even if he’d have played a couple of shows, it would’ve been great. “And it’s silly, really, because it was over nothing.
“It would have been nice to do these last shows with Bill, but it just didn’t happen,” Iommi says. In 2019, Osbourne lamented the fact that Ward was not a part of Black Sabbath's farewell tour, dubbed 'The End,' and admitted that a better storybook ending would have been to include all four original members for their worldwide swansong.Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has issued a response to Tony Iommi’s recent comments regarding Ward’s absence on Sabbath’s final tour. I'll be 73 next birthday, and I know what kind of energy it takes to drive that band," he candidly explained. Naturally, another studio album would stir interest in a tour, but Ward maintained he would not be able to participate if one came to fruition. I think as long as we all exist and we're still breathing in air, I think we have every possibility of making some great music together." So, the other three might be done, and I respect that, but no, I'm not done. "I'm just saying that - I'm just floating that out there," he went on and noted, "I haven't talked to anybody about that or anything else. "I would love to do a studio album with Sabbath, with all the original members," the drummer told Trunk. I have to be back to 60 years old to be able to do that."ĭespite this, he has a glimmer of hope that perhaps studio album could be in the band's future. But being realistic about that, as far as touring with Black Sabbath, I don't have the chops, and I don't have the ability to drive a band like that on stage. I was made done, but I'm not done," he affirmed and continued, "So, the others might be done, but I'm not. "Well, I'm not done with the Black Sabbath legacy. In a recent interview with Sirius XM's Eddie Trunk (transcribed by Blabbermouth), Ward was asked about his personal feelings regarding the end of Black Sabbath as a recording and performing entity.
The drummer maintained he was fully capable of performing with the group and the most damning rebuttal came from Osbourne, who, in a fiery 2015 statement, basically denounced Ward as delusional, adding "physically, you knew you were fucked."
During this period of activity, Ward and various Sabbath members engaged in a war of words, trading barbs in the press.
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