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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