Tony Iommi reflects on Black Sabbath’s “surreal” Live Aid reunion

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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has reflected on the band’s brief reunion at Live Aid to mark 35 years since the iconic concerts took place.The metal icons played the Philadelphia leg of the fundraising concerts on July 14, 1985, which marked the first time the original line-up – featuring Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – had appeared on stage since 1978.Reflecting on the show for SiriusXM’s ‘Live Aid Look Back: 35 Years Later’, Iommi said: “It was great.

It was great being with the guys again. It was a bit surreal, to be honest, because, basically, I had been in the studio working.

It was an unusual thing for me to come from the studio, and then suddenly, here we are, in the next couple of days, on stage in front of.