As Ward issues a heartfelt thank you to his bandmates and fans, Sabbath’s guitarist admits he likened the drummer’s appearance when topless to an emaciated hobbit

Ward has an on-and-off history with Black Sabbath and was the only original band member who did not play on their final album, 13, which was released in June 2013. The album, which was the English rock band’s first studio release in 18 years, featured Osbourne, Iommi, and Butler with drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine.

The metal pioneers’ original lineup — Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — performed last Saturday at Birmingham, England’s Villa Park, marking their first show together in 20 years. They closed out the all-day event with a four-song set comprising “War Pigs,” “N.I.B.,” “Iron Man” and “Paranoid.”

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 ...

On July 2, Jennifer Lopez held a secret listening partying Los Angeles and one particular new song is raising eyebrows because it might have a Ben Affleck reference. A fan who attended the event revealed to Us Weekly that out of the six songs she played, “Wreckage of You” stood out among the rest. The …