Black Sabbath Announce Full North American Tour,Band expands four dates into 20 beginning July 25th ...

Black Sabbath have expanded their four 2013 tour dates into a full, 20-date North American trek that kicks off July 25th in Houston, Texas.

The heavy metal overlords are currently performing in Australia and New Zealand, with a Tokyo show set for May 12th at the first-ever Ozzfest in Japan. When Sabbath return stateside, they'll hit cities including Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and San Francisco along with their already-announced dates in Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto and Holmdel, New Jersey.

Black Sabbath Preview New Song in '13' Album Art Reveal

Sabbath will release their new album, 13, on June 11th, marking the band's first album with frontman Ozzy Osbourne since 1978's Never Say Die! The new song "God Is Dead?" recently premiered on radio, and another new cut, "End of the Beginning," will debut on the May 15th season finale of CSI.

Black Sabbath Set Release Date for '13' Album, Band offers revealing look at studio sessions with Rick Rubin...

Black Sabbath's first album with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years finally has a release date: '13' is slated to come out on June 11th, according to the latest official update for the band. The news was accompanied by a behind-the-scenes video of Sabbath recording in Los Angeles' Shangri-La Studio with producer Rick Rubin.

"I've been a fan of Black Sabbath my whole life, and getting to come in to work everyday and hearing Black Sabbath play, it stimulates something in me just like when I was 14 years old," Rubin says in the clip. "They just want what's best, and we're all sort of working together to find whatever works best for them."

Black Sabbath's Bill Ward Officially Pulls Out of Reunion Gigs 'It's sad that it's come to this,' writes drummer ...

Bad news for Black Sabbath fans: Bill Ward will not be playing drums at any of the group's three gigs scheduled this year. In a long message posted on his website, Ward explained that he was simply not able to come to terms with his bandmates. The metal pioneers are playing their first show since 2005 this Saturday evening at their hometown of Birmingham, England – and Ward claims that he first learned of the gig through an ad on the Internet.

The original Sabbath lineup announced last November that they would reunite for a tour and their first album since 1978's Never Say Die! Less than two months later, guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma, prompting Sabbath to cancel the vast majority of their summer tour. Weeks later, Bill Ward announced via a Facebook that he would not participate in the group's reunion until he was presented with a "signable contract." The group vowed to carry on without him and had recently announced a headlining gig at Lollapalooza, as well as a warm-up show in Birmingham this Saturday.