Iommi’s confirmation comes after longtime Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde expressed hope that Black Sabbath could tour again in the future with some accommodations for the singer’s illness. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Wylde predicted that concert promoters will be all over the Back to the Beginning gig.

In the late 1970s, the rock group, formed in Birmingham, England, in 1968 by Ozzy, guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geezer Butler, was in a gruesome state, experiencing an all-time low in both the recording studio and on stage. Ozzy wasn't making things easier on his bandmates with his erratic, drink and drug-fueled behavior.