Tony Iommi
British rock guitarist
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May 21 2025 | Featured on Robbie Williams' single 'Rocket'. |
2024 | Released instrumental track 'Deified', revisiting partnership with Xerjoff. |
2023 | Ranked number 13 on Rolling Stone's list of the '250 Greatest Guitarists of all Time'. |
February 2023 | Collaborated on Ozzy Osbourne's album Patient Number 9, with the track 'Degradation Rules' winning the Best Metal Performance Grammy. |
2022 | Performed at both the opening and closing of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, duetting with Indigo Marshall at the opening and joining Ozzy at the closing. |
September 9 2022 | Iommi was featured as a guitarist on two tracks of Ozzy Osbourne's album 'Patient Number 9'. |
August 8 2022 | Iommi reunited with Ozzy Osbourne to perform at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, playing a medley of 'Iron Man' and 'Paranoid'. |
July 28 2022 | Iommi played guitar on 'Hear My Voice' during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. |
November 2021 | Launched a perfume in collaboration with Italian brand Xerjoff and created his first instrumental single 'Scent of Dark'. |
2020 | Appeared on Candlemass track 'Astorolus—The Great Octopus', which received a Grammy nomination. |
2018 | Received the Icon Award at the Kerrang! Awards. |
2015 | Received the Gibson Les Paul Award at the Q Awards. |
June 2013 | Black Sabbath released the album '13' with the reunited lineup. |
2012 | Ranked seventh-greatest rock guitarist by Guitar World readers, and named the greatest heavy metal guitarist by the magazine's editors. |
2011 | Ranked number 25 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'. |
2011 | Published his autobiography 'Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath'. |
November 11 2011 | Black Sabbath announced reunion with original line-up and plans to record a new album, with Brad Wilk replacing Bill Ward. |
May 6 2011 | Released single 'Out of my Mind' with supergroup WhoCares to benefit a music school in Gyumri, Armenia. |
2010 | Heaven & Hell disbanded following the death of Ronnie James Dio. |
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