20th
December 2006
Iommi.com is going on holidays!
We at iommi.com are taking a little break over
the Christmas period, but we’ll be back in the
first week of January. Best wishes for Christmas
and New Year.
19th
December 2006
Christmas Message from Tony
I’m in the studio at the moment, putting the
finishing touches to some new tracks, they are
sounding great and I’m looking forward to you
all hearing them.
Thanks for sticking with us and hope to see you
all out on the Heaven & Hell tour.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Tony
Tony12th
December 2006
Tony hailed as one of Classic Rock’s ‘Icons Of
Rock’
The December issue of Classic Rock features the
magazine’s choice of their 100 Icons Of Rock.
And no surprises that the list features Tony.
Kory Clarke shares his thoughts – “Tony Iommi’s
guitar tone is awesome, and it’s got such power.
Listen to him on the song Black Sabbath – he
defined heavy metal on the spot….There’s nothing
the man can’t play….The amazing thing is that
he’s still doing it today, and looks so
great….this is the master of the riff – and
where would the music we all love be without
Tony Iommi?” The full list, which includes the
likes of Jimmy Page, Ronnie James Dio, Rory
Gallagher, Jim Morrison, Billy Gibbons and Rob
Halford, is in the current issue of
Classic Rock.
6th December
2006
Free Iommi Guitar Pick – Special Pre-Christmas
T-Shirt Offer!
If you haven’t already got your hands on one of
the exclusive Tony Iommi t-shirts on the
merchandise page,
then you might be interested in our special
offer – we’ll be throwing in an Iommi pick with
every t-shirt ordered between now and Christmas
Day. These guitar picks are the coveted items
that cause near stampedes when Tony throws them
out to the crowd during this live shows, and
cannot be bought in the shops anywhere. There’s
a discount if you buy both t-shirt designs, and
free postage for all orders in the UK and
Europe. If you want your order in time for
Christmas, the last suggested order dates are:
UK – Friday 15th December 2006
Europe – Friday 8th December 2006
Rest of the World – it’s unlikely Royal Mail
will be able to get your package to you before
Christmas, but we’re happy to give it a try!
Please note that we can’t guarantee
pre-Christmas delivery on any orders, we are at
the mercy of Royal Mail, so the earlier you
order, the better. Any orders placed after
Wednesday 20th December will be dispatched in
the first week of January due to Iommi.com
Christmas holidays.
29th
November 2006
And The Winner Is…
Congratulations to
4ft Pimp from Southend-On-Sea in England who
were chosen by Tony as the winner of the Black
Sunday 2006 Unsigned Band Competition. Thanks
again to those who sent in demos, and to
everyone who tuned in to the show on during the
series. The playlists for the complete series
are now available on the radio page.
22nd
November 2006
Black Sunday Final Show
Don’t forget to tune into Planet Rock this
Sunday to hear the final show in the current
series of ‘Black Sunday’. Tony will also be
announcing the winner of the unsigned band
competition -
Spin, from Leeds were chosen as last
Sunday’s unsigned pick of the week and will
compete with the 11 bands from the previous
weeks’ shows. The show goes out between 7pm and
9pm UK time and will be repeated next Monday
from 6 to 8pm. Full details on how to listen,
and details of all the songs played on the shows
to date are available on the
radio page.
20th
November 2006
Iommi Guitar To Go On Display In Dublin
Tony has lent one of his guitars to the National
Museum of Ireland in Dublin for a new exhibition
called
RockChic: The Life and Times of the Electric
Guitar 1931-2006. The exhibition will feature
more than 100 legendary, vintage, rare and
customised guitars, including instruments played
by Jimi Hendrix, Phil Lynott, Rory Gallagher,
Keith Richards, Bo Diddley, Carlos Santana and
Van Morrison. Also featured will be new
customised guitars from the likes of Patrick
Cox, Christopher Bailey, David LaChapelle, Diane
von Furstenburg and legendary Irish broadcaster
Dave Fanning – these guitars will form part of a
charity auction once the exhibition is complete.
The guitar on loan from Tony is one of his black
Limited Edition Gibson Custom Shop SGs, as
played on Black Sabbath tours and recordings
since 2001. RockChic runs at the National Museum
of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin from 23rd
November 2006 to 21st January 2007. Admission is
free. For opening hours and general information
visit
www.museum.ie. The exhibition is due to move
to London from the end of January; more
information on this when details are confirmed.
16th November
2006
Black Sunday Unsigned Bands Competition Now
Closed
The deadline for sending your demos to Tony for
consideration for the Unsigned Band competition on
his ‘Black Sunday’ radio show for Planet Rock has
now passed. Thanks to the many hundreds of you
that took the time to send in your CD, every
single one of them has been listened to. The final
selected band will be played this coming Sunday
(19th November) and will compete alongside the
bands that have been played so far in the series.
The eleven bands that have been shortlisted to
date by Tony are
Nerve Engine,
Legion,
Mandrake,
When Gravity Fails,
4ft Pimp,
Ichabod Crane,
Kyshera,
HeKz,
Tenth Planet,
Tequila Rockin’ Bird and
Hurricane State. The winners of the
competition will be announced during the final
show of the current series on Sunday 26th November
2006. Tony has recently added an Iommi Model
Epiphone SG to the prize, which also includes
Iommi model stage equipment from
Laney, and an image pack from
Grass Roots. Click on the radio page for full
details of how to listen to the show.
14th November
2006
Tony & Toni Iommi at Guitar Hero
As previously reported on iommi.com, Tony was in
London recently for the launch of the new computer
game ‘Guitar Hero II’. We’ve just got hold of this
photo of Tony with his daughter, Toni-Marie, who
was performing at the event with her band
LunarMile. Toni-Marie also featured in Tony’s most
recent ‘Black Sunday’ radio show – full playlists
for all 11 shows to date are now available on the
radio page.
14th November
2006
Limited Edition Signed Storm Thorgerson Technical
Ecstasy Prints
As previously reported on iommi.com, Tony was at
the launch of an exhibition of album covers by the
artist Storm Thorgerson in Birmingham recently.
Storm has produced a limited edition silkscreen
print of the artwork from the album cover
‘Technical Ecstasy’ in association with St. Paul’s
Gallery. All prints in the run of 195 are
hand-signed by both Tony and Storm.
Click here for more information.
9th November
2006
Tony performs Paranoid at the Kremlin
Tony was in Moscow this week to perform Paranoid
alongside Russian band Zemlyane at the Kremlin
Palace. The show was put together to celebrate the
band’s 30 years in the music industry, and
featured a huge line-up of musicians including
Glenn Hughes, Rick & Adam Wakeman, Uriah Heep’s
Ken Hensley, Kingdom Come, Nazareth, the Animals
and Bonnie Tyler. Tony’s technician, Mike Clement,
will be adding his road diary and more photos from
the trip to the messageboard over the next few
days.
2nd November
2006
Tony in London for Guitar Hero II
Tony was at the Gibson Guitar Studios in London
last night for the launch of the new Sony
Playstation 2 game ‘Guitar Hero II’. The game
features the Black Sabbath track ‘War Pigs’ and
two fearless members of the event’s organising
team even got up on stage to perform the track
along to the game in front of the song’s creator.
Tony was there to see his daughter, Toni-Marie,
and her band LunarMile who were performing at the
event. The game is launched on 24th November, full
details available from
www.guitarherogame.com.
26th October
2006
Heaven & Hell – Dio, Iommi, Butler,
Ward: Official Announcement
The highly anticipated reunion of Ronnie James Dio,
Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward appears
to be shaping up and taking a new form. After
various promoters have approached their respective
management; the guys have started taking all of
this very seriously, as they have wanted to
reunite for some time now. It looks as if the new
shape may be that of Heaven and Hell - that's the
moniker that the band is likely to use on their
new venture.
If all goes well, Heaven and Hell should be
hitting the road in early 2007.
18th October
2006
Tony & Storm in Birmingham
Tony was in Birmingham recently to open a new
exhibition by artist and designer Storm Thorgerson
at St. Paul’s Gallery in Birmingham. The
exhibition centres around Storm’s vast back
catalogue of album covers, including over 60
pieces of work, and is the largest exhibition ever
of its type. Thorgerson was a member of the
British graphic art group Hipgnosis and is
probably most well known for his designs for Pink
Floyd. He designed the album cover for Black
Sabbath’s ‘Technical Ecstasy’ in 1976, a print of
which is featured as part of the exhibition – as
shown in the photos below. For more information on
Storm, visit
www.stormthorgerson.com. The exhibition runs
until 28th October at St. Paul’s Gallery,
Birmingham – further information available at
www.stpaulsgallery.com
Thanks to Dale
Martin for the photos
10th October
2006
‘Black Sunday’ Update
The playlists for all six of the shows in Black
Sunday Series 2 are now available on the radio
page. Thanks to all the unsigned bands who have
been sending in their demos for consideration for
the show, and congratulations to the six bands
that have been chosen to date:
Nerve Engine,
Legion,
Mandrake,
When Gravity Fails,
4ft Pimp and
Ichabod Crane. There’s still time to get your
CD to Tony if you haven’t sent it already – the
address is: Tony Iommi, PO Box 54373, London W2
7GD. At the end of the series, Tony will be
choosing one lucky band to receive an exclusive
prize of some Iommi model stage equipment courtesy
of Laney and an image pack from Grass Roots.
3rd October
2006
Praise for Iommi.com in Guitarist Magazine
Iommi.com is a featured website in Guitarist
magazine’s ‘What’s On The Web?’ section this
month. And it’s fair to say they are impressed
with what they find, particularly in terms of the
equipment section. They suggest that ‘any budding
guitar techs should read this and then have a good
hard think’ and conclude with ‘very interesting,
and we wish more A-list players would do the
same’. Thanks to all at the magazine for their
kind words!
29th September
2006
Recent press articles
For those of you that may have missed these
articles when they were originally printed, click
on the links below to read Tony’s interviews with
The Times newspaper and the Sunday Times Magazine
in the UK:
Trade Secrets: Any Given Sunday – The Times
Best Of Times, Worst Of Times – Sunday Times
Magazine
19th September
2006
Vote for Black Sabbath in Planet Rock’s
Definitive Album Poll
Planet Rock is asking rock fans to vote for their
favourite band’s best album - they have chosen 50
of the biggest or most influential or bands that
have shaped and moulded classic rock music and
from the 1st September 2006, Planet Rock’s website
has been featuring three bands and their albums
and invites listeners and fans of the bands to
vote for the best album by each band.
Unsurprisingly, Black Sabbath are one of the
featured bands and voting started on 15th
September for 2 weeks only.
Click here to read more and to cast your vote
for your favourite Sabbath album. The final poll
will be announced in mid-December on Planet Rock.
18th September
2006
First 3 radio playlists now available
The playlists for Tony’s Black Sunday radio show
for Planet Rock are now available on the radio
page and include details of the chosen unsigned
band for each of the three weeks to date. Click on
the link at the top of this page to go straight
there.
18th September
2006
Planet Caravan on Air’s Late Night Tales
French band Air have chosen Black Sabbath’s
‘Planet Caravan’ as one of their tracks on the
latest CD in the ‘Late Night Tales’ collection.
The series of CDs sees artists share their
personal music collection with the world. Black
Sabbath appear alongside artists ranging from The
Troggs and The Cure to Lee Hazelwood, Robert Wyatt
and Minnie Ripperton.
Click here for more information on the CD.
29th August
2006
Black Sunday – Kicking off this Sunday
A reminder that Tony will be on air on Planet Rock
this coming Sunday night (3rd September) at 7pm
for two hours of his ‘Black Sunday’ radio show.
The show will also be repeated every Monday night
between 6 and 8pm UK time. You can email your
requests to Tony at
tony.iommi@planetrock.com, and unsigned bands
can send demos for the show to Tony Iommi, PO Box
54373, London W2 7GD. All unsigned bands selected
will be entered into an exclusive competition –
Tony will be divulging the details on Sunday
night. And look out for Tony in the press this
weekend, he has been talking to the Times and the
Sunday Times amongst others.
Listening information:
UK - DAB Digital Radio, Sky Channel 861, NTL
Channel 680, Telewest Channel 924 and
online
Rest of the World –
online
29th August
2006
Vote for Iommi.com!
Iommi.com is an entrant for the ‘People’s Choice
Award’ in this year’s Digital Music Awards – show
your support for the site by clicking on the
voting button.
The Digital Music Awards will be held at the
Roundhouse in London in October.
Click here for more information.
26th July 2006
Iommi.com is going on holidays
The Iommi.com team is taking a well-earned break
during August so there won’t be any news added to
the main site. However, do not fear, you will be
able to get regular fixes of Iommi news on the
message board, and we’ll be transferring all
of August’s news updates from there to the news
page on the main site at the beginning of
September.
25th July 2006
New Merchandise Now Available!
We’ve just launched some brand new and exclusive
t-shirts to the Iommi.com store. Click on the
‘Merchandise’ banner at the top of the page to go
straight there, or visit the ‘Store’ at the link
below.
20th July 2006
Black Sunday Series 2 – Date Confirmed
As previously reported on iommi.com, Tony is
currently in the pre-production stages for the
second series of his radio show ‘Black Sunday’ for
Planet Rock. We can now confirm that the new
series will kick off on Sunday 3rd September 2006.
More info when we have it; in the meantime keep
the demos rolling in for the unsigned slot. And
feel free to leave queries or requests for the
show on the messageboard.
21st June 2006
‘Ask Tony’ Answered!
Tony visited the messageboard this afternoon to
respond to the questions posted last month in ‘Ask
Tony IV’. If you haven’t already seen it, click
here to see the answer to your question and read
what he says to questions about dogs, cars,
technical stuff, Sabbath, Glenn Hughes, Dio, Alice
Cooper, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and much more.
http://iommimessageboard.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=2933
21st June 2006
New Sections on Iommi.com
We’ve just uploaded the complete content for the
Archive and Equipment sections of the site. Lots
of new photos, plus all the iommi.com stories
dating back to 2004 and much more in the Archive.
The Equipment section has been updated by Tony’s
tech, Mike Clement, complete with new photos of
the guitars. Click on the links on the bar at the
bottom of the page to explore for yourself.
7th June 2006
Calling all new bands….
Tony is currently in the pre-production stages for
series 2 of his radio series, ‘Black Sunday’, on
Planet Rock. As with series one, he will be
featuring a selection of unsigned acts on the show
and is very keen to hear some new music. So if you
are in a band, send a demo CD, contact details and
a bit of background info about yourselves for
consideration for the show to: Tony Iommi, PO Box
54373, London W2 7GD.
Please do not send fan mail, begging letters,
autograph requests or any other nonsense to this
address – it will be binned immediately so don’t
waste your money on the stamps! We do not
currently have the facility to accept MP3 files or
listen via the web so if you want your music
heard, make the effort to burn a CD. New bands
that may already have a record deal but are
interested in being included on Tony’s show are
also welcome to send CDs to the above address.
23rd May 2006
Tony on Guitar One Cover
 Tony
was recently interviewed by Bob Gulla of Guitar
One
magazine for a feature to celebrate the 35th
anniversary of the release of ‘Paranoid’. The
interview will be in the July 2006 issue of the
magazine, appropriately featuring Tony on the
cover, which hits the stands very shortly. In the
meantime, we’ve got a sneak preview of the cover
for you.
10th May 2006
Planet Rock wins Sony Award!
The radio station Planet Rock which features Tony’s
‘Black Sunday’ radio show picked up the Sony Award
for Digital Terrestrial Station of the Year this
week at the Sony Awards. The ceremony was held at
Grosvenor House in London, and the award was picked
up by the station’s executive producer Trevor White,
who produced all of the shows in Tony’s series.
Click here for the full list of winners.
28th April 2006
Tony talks to the BBC
With the release of the documentary film ‘Metal: A
Headbanger’s Journey’ in the UK this week, Tony
spoke to BBC News yesterday about creating the Black
Sabbath sound and how he was aiming for “something
that sounded really evil and very doomy”. Read the
full article
here.
28th April 2006
Planet Rock up for a Sony Award!
Planet Rock, the UK radio station which features
Tony Iommi’s show ‘Black Sunday’ has been nominated
for a Sony Award. The station is up against Capital
Disney and BBC’s 1Xtra in the Digital Terrestrial
category. Winners will be announced on 8th May at a
ceremony at Grosvenor House in London. More
information on the awards available
here.
25th April 2006
Tony on VH-1’s 40 Greatest Metal Songs
See Tony talk about the Black Sabbath tracks
‘Paranoid’ and ‘Iron Man’ as part of VH-1’s 40
Greatest Metal Songs. The programme airs on VH-1 in
the USA in instalments as follows (times are East
Coast):
Monday 1st May @ 11pm – 1st Half Hour
Tuesday 2nd May @ 11pm – 2nd Half Hour
Wednesday 3rd May @ 11pm – 3rd Half Hour
Thursday 4th May @ 9.30pm – All four parts
Saturday 6th May @ 10pm – All four parts
21st April 2006
Ask Tony IV now up and running!
It’s been quite a while since we let the world pose
their questions to Tony so we thought it was about
time to start up ‘Ask Tony IV’.
Full details are available on the messageboard.
(http://iommimessageboard.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=2933)
20th April 2006
Fraudulent Use of the name Tony Iommi on Myspace
It has been brought to our attention by some of the
board members that there is a site on Myspace
purporting to be Tony. To clarify, Tony does not
currently have a page on Myspace.com. There are no
current plans to establish a Myspace site, and in
the event that we decide to create one, we would
post the full details on iommi.com in advance and
have a link from this site. We have made the
administrators at Myspace aware of the situation.
18th April 2006
Cinema info for ‘Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey’
As reported earlier this month, the music
documentary ‘Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey’
featuring an interview with Tony is scheduled to get
a UK cinema release in the coming weeks. We’ve had
some details from the producers of as to what
cinemas will be screening the documentary and when.
More cinemas (including Ireland) are still to be
confirmed for the weeks of 26th May and 2nd June –
we’ll update you when we hear. You can also get up
to date information at the film's website -
www.metalhistory.com.
Week commencing Friday 28th April 2006: London –
Odeon, Panton Street, London – Ritzy, Brixton,
Manchester – Cornerhouse , Glasgow – Cineworld,
Edinburgh – Cameo
Week commencing Friday 5th May 2006: London – Odeon,
Panton Street, London – Ritzy, Brixton, Manchester –
Cornerhouse , Glasgow – Cineworld, Edinburgh – Cameo
Week commencing Friday 12th May 2006: Birmingham –
Cineworld, Sheffield – Cineworld, Leeds – Vue,
Edinburgh – Filmhouse
Week commencing Friday 19th May 2006: Birmingham –
Cineworld, Sheffield – Cineworld, Leeds – Vue
7th April 2006
Black Sunday shows to be repeated on Planet Rock
We can now confirm that, due to popular demand,
Planet Rock will be repeating some of the shows from
the first series of Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio
shows for the station on Monday evenings. The
repeats will kick off with show 4 (featuring
Republic of Ireland skipper Andy Townsend’s guest
list) on Monday 10th April 2006 at 6pm GMT. The
listening information for people outside of the UK
has changed since the series was initially
broadcast:
UK - DAB Digital Radio, Sky Channel 861, NTL Channel
680, Telewest Channel 924, online at
www.planetrock.com.
Rest of the World – online via
http://audio.musicradio.com/Player.asp?show=14
Playlists for all shows are available by clicking on
the Radio banner at the top of this page.
7th April 2006
New version of Trashed on Ian Gillan album to be
released this month
As we reported last summer, Tony recorded the guitar
part for a remake of ‘Trashed’ from the ‘Born Again’
album to feature on Ian Gillan’s new album,
‘Gillan’s Inn’, which is a celebration of Ian’s 40
years on the road. The release date for the album
has been confirmed as 18th April 2006. More
information from Ian’s website –
www.gillan.com
7th April 2006
Metal Documentary Featuring Tony To Hit UK
Cinemas
The music documentary ‘Metal: A Headbanger’s
Journey’ featuring interviews with Tony is scheduled
to get a UK cinema release from the end of April.
We’ve been in touch with the producers and are
waiting for full confirmation of what cinemas will
be screening it when and we’ll update you as soon as
we know. The film also features interviews with the
likes of Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Lemmy
Kilmister and Alice Cooper. Trailer and information
available at the film’s website –
www.metalhistory.com.
14th March 2006
Black Sabbath inducted into the Rock &
Roll Hall Of Fame
 Tony
was in New York last night for Black Sabbath’s
induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Metallica were on hand to induct the Tony, Geezer,
Bill & Ozzy, and also played a fantastic tribute set
consisting of ‘Hole In The Sky’ and ‘Iron Man’ at
the ceremony which took place the Waldorf Astoria.
9th March 2006
Geoff
Nicholls to guest on ‘Black Sunday’
Former Black Sabbath keyboard
player Geoff Nicholls will be Tony’s guest this
Sunday (12th March) on his Black Sunday
radio show for Planet Rock. Like all previous
guests, Geoff will be talking about his five
favourite classic rock songs during the last half
hour of the show. This is the final show in
the current series, we’ll be keeping you posted as
details are confirmed for the next set of shows.
Black Sunday runs from 7-9pm UK time. Listen
online worldwide at
www.planetrock.com, UK listeners can also tune
in via DAB Digital Radio and via Sky Channel 861,
NTL channel 680 or Telewest Channel 924.
22nd February 2006
Glenn Hughes on the Black Sunday ‘Guest List’
Choosing his five favourite classic rock songs this
Sunday (26th February) on Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio
show for Planet Rock will be none other than “The
Voice of Rock” himself - Glenn Hughes. Glenn and Tony
are old friends, having worked together on the Seventh
Star, 1996 DEP Sessions and Fused albums. Hear Glenn’s
tracks in the last half hour of the show which runs
from 7-9pm UK time. Listen online worldwide at
www.planetrock.com, UK listeners can also tune in
via DAB Digital Radio and via Sky Channel 861, NTL
channel 680 or Telewest Channel 924.
15th February 2006
Bryan Adams on this week’s ‘Guest List’
Tony’s guest for the ‘Black Sunday’ radio show on
Planet Rock this week (Sunday 19th February) will be
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams. Bryan will be choosing
his five favourite classic rock tunes between 8.30 and
9pm. ‘Black Sunday’ kicks off at 7pm UK time and runs
for 2 hours. Listen online worldwide at
www.planetrock.com, UK listeners can also tune in
via DAB Digital Radio and via Sky Channel 861, NTL
channel 680 or Telewest Channel 924. The playlists for
all of Tony’s previous shows are now available by
clicking on the banner at the top of this page; we’ll
be adding the tracks from Sunday’s show to the site
next week.
8th February 2006
Bernie
Marsden for this week’s ‘Guest List’ on Black Sunday
Guitarist Bernie Marsden will be stopping by the
studio for Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio show this
coming Sunday, 12th February. Like all the previous
guests on the show, he’ll be picking his five
favourite classic rock tracks in the last half hour of
the show. The show runs from 7pm to 9pm UK time, and
is available to listen online worldwide at
www.planetrock.com. UK listeners can also tune in
via DAB Digital Radio and via Sky Channel 861, NTL
channel 680 or Telewest Channel 924. And for those of
you confused about what time the show goes out in your
part of the world, check out this
link.
Email requests can be sent to
tony.iommi@planetrock.com and demos for the
Unsigned Slot should be posted to Tony Iommi, Planet
Rock, 7 Swallow Place, London, W1B 2AG. But be quick –
the current series is scheduled to end soon!
6th February 2006
Clip of Tony on ‘Rock School’
A clip of Tony on last night’s episode of the
Channel 4 show ‘Rock School’ is now available via the
Channel 4 website. The students at Kirkley High
School were completely overwhelmed by the visit from
Tony. As well as teaching the kids some riffs, Tony
had a little jam with Gene before the pair adjourned
to the local pub!
6th February 2006
Radio
Playlists – All 8 shows
After a slight delay, the playlists for all 8 of
Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio shows on Planet Rock to
date have now been added to the site
here.
1st February 2006
Glenn Tipton to guest on Tony’s radio show
Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton is this week’s guest on
Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio show and will be choosing
his five favourite classic rock tracks during the last
half hour of the show. The 2-hour radio show kicks off
at 7pm UK time and is available to listen online
worldwide at
www.planetrock.com. Listeners in the UK can also
tune in via DAB Digital Radio and via Sky Channel 861,
NTL channel 680 or Telewest Channel 924.
24th January 2006
EXCLUSIVE NEWS: Brian May to guest on Tony’s radio
show!
Queen guitarist Brian May is Tony’s guest this week on
the ‘Black Sunday’ radio show on Planet Rock. Brian
will choose his favourite five classic rock tracks and
chat to Tony about the reasons behind his choices for
the ‘Guest List’ in the last half hour of the show
this Sunday (29th January 2006). As always, the 2-hour
show kicks off at 7pm UK time and is available to
listen online worldwide at
www.planetrock.com. Listeners in the UK can also
tune in via DAB Digital Radio and via Sky Channel 861,
NTL channel 680 or Telewest Channel 924.
18th January 2006
EXCLUSIVE NEWS: Tony gives masterclass for TV's 'Rock
School'
The new series of 'Rock School' presented by Gene
Simmons takes to the screens in the UK on Sunday 29th
January, and features Tony in the second episode which
goes out on 5th February at 9pm on Channel 4. Tony
took over the teacher role for an afternoon and gave
the kids an indepth masterclass in the art of the
guitar where he shared some of his tricks of the trade
and his rock and roll anecdotes. The programme was
recorded in Autumn 2005 at Kirkley High School in
Lowestoft (home of The Darkness) and is the second in
the 'Rock School' series produced by RDF Media.
18th January 2006
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2006
Ian
Gillan to guest on Tony’s radio show
We can confirm that Ian Gillan will
be this week’s guest on Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio
show on Planet Rock. Hear Ian choose his five
favourite classic rock tracks in the last half hour of
the show this Sunday (22nd January 2006) at
Planet Rock.
17th January 2006
Iommi on the big screen in Birmingham!
As we reported earlier in the year, Tony was
interviewed at the end of 2004 for a documentary on
the history of heavy metal entitled ‘Metal: A
Headbanger’s Journey’. The film, which also features
interviews with Ronnie James Dio, Lemmy Kilmister,
Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Zombie plus members
of Lamb of God and Slipknot among others, makes its UK
premier this week at the IMAX cinema in Birmingham.
Full details
here.
13th
January 2006
First 4
‘Black Sunday’ playlists available
The complete playlists for all four
of Tony’s ‘Black Sunday’ radio shows on Planet Rock are
available now here.
Don’t forget to check in for show 5 this Sunday from 7pm
UK time (8pm Central European Time, 2pm New York time,
11am LA time). Listen live online at
Planet Rock.
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