Black Sabbath

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet; English National Ballet: Our Voices – review

The fathers of heavy metal have gained at least one new fan thanks to an inspired new Carlos Acosta commission. And the music’s the star in the English National Ballet ambitious new mixed bill

Sarah Crompton

01, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM

Black Sabbath: The Ballet review – riveting riffs, endless kisses and flying limbs

Three choreographers use inspiringly orchestrated tracks from the city’s heavy metal legends to spring some surprises

Lyndsey Winship

28, Sep, 2023 @11:36 AM

Paranoid pirouettes – inside Black Sabbath: The Ballet, already a headbanging hit

Will Birmingham Royal Ballet’s near-sold-out spectacular get audiences air guitaring? Our writer dons his denim and leather tutu to meet choreographer Carlos Acosta and Sabbath legend Tony Iommi

Michael Hann

05, Sep, 2023 @3:09 PM

‘I’m just not ready yet’: Ozzy Osbourne cancels first show in nearly five years due to health

The 74-year-old singer makes ‘painful’ decision to withdraw from Power Trip festival in California to avoid giving ‘half-assed’ live performance

Sian Cain

11, Jul, 2023 @1:27 AM

‘Hate to be predictable’: Acosta brings Black Sabbath ballet to Birmingham

City gets ready for ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ celebrating the music of Ozzy and co

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

27, Apr, 2023 @5:53 PM

Salman Rushdie is determined to have the last word | Tim Adams

The novelist is still recovering from a knife attack last summer, but the loss of an eye won’t stop him writing about it

Tim Adams

11, Feb, 2023 @5:00 PM

Riffs and tutus: Black Sabbath ballet to be staged in Birmingham

Rock band to lend eight songs to the ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ performed by Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Royal Ballet in September

Lyndsey Winship

08, Feb, 2023 @12:01 AM

Ozzy Osbourne was the wild man of metal on stage – but vulnerability was his secret weapon

The Black Sabbath legend’s announcement at 74 that he will never tour again marks an end to the rabble-rousing live career of a singular rock star

Michael Hann

01, Feb, 2023 @4:20 PM

Ozzy Osbourne to retire from touring due to declining health

Former Black Sabbath singer says he has ‘come to the realisation that I’m not physically capable’ to deal with travel

Shaad D'Souza

01, Feb, 2023 @10:31 AM

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