Black Sabbath

The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!

As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

Guardian music

06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM

Ozzy Osbourne: Patient Number 9 review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

The irrepressible rocker offsets his usual forays into the occult with moving contemplations of illness on a star-studded return

Alexis Petridis

08, Sep, 2022 @11:00 AM

Commonwealth Games opener will be on par with London 2012, says director

Opening ceremony to feature Birmingham’s rich musical heritage in ‘generation-defining show’

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

28, Jul, 2022 @5:00 AM

Ziggy bows out, Madonna scares the pope and Dylan goes electric: 50 gigs that changed music

Five decades after David Bowie’s seminal tour, our music writers reflect on the concerts that have left a mark, from Billie Holiday to Billie Eilish

Laura Barton, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Lloyd Bradley, John Fordham, Michael Hann, Alim Kheraj, Joe Muggs, Alexis Petridis, Dave Simpson and Laura Snapes

11, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM

The Royal Albert Hall at 150: 'It's the Holy Grail for musicians'

It’s hosted opera greats, suffragette rallies, Hitchcock films, sports events, sci-fi conventions – and, of course, the Proms and countless rock gigs. Artists from Led Zeppelin to Abba recall their moments on the hallowed stage

Interviews by Michael Segalov

29, Mar, 2021 @5:00 AM

Deep Purple's Ian Gillan at 75: 'I can't pole vault any more!'

The rock singer is still yelling his way round the world, having weathered booze, hepatitis and hysterically embarrassing Spinal Tap moments. His secret? ‘Loyalty is overrated’

Michael Hann

12, Oct, 2020 @9:44 AM

Black Sabbath's Paranoid at 50: potent anthems of working-class strife

Written off by critics as horror trash from ‘unskilled labourers’, Sabbath’s masterpiece album took beaten-down listeners on a rollercoaster out of their struggles

Joe Sweeney

16, Sep, 2020 @2:00 PM

Martin Birch, producer for Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and more, dies aged 71

Hard rock ‘genius’ helmed nine classic Iron Maiden albums and worked with Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac and others

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

10, Aug, 2020 @9:26 AM

TV tonight: inside the rockstars' recording studio

A new documentary tells the story of the residential Welsh studio which has been home to the likes of Oasis, Queen and Black Sabbath. Plus: relive 2012’s Olympic Super Saturday. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

18, Jul, 2020 @5:00 AM