Tony Iommi give surprise performance at ‘Black Sabbath Ballet’ in London- video

Black Sabbath’s Tommi Iommi has give a surprise performance at the end of the press night for the Black Sabbath Ballet in London –

Iommi made the surprise appearance on Wednesday (October 22) at the end of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s performance of Black Sabbath – The Ballet at Sadler’s Wells in London. (NME report)

The ballet, which was first announced in 2023, has seen Iommi take a role in the creation of the ballet, working with Birmingham Royal Ballet director Carlos Acosta. The show includes eight of the band’s tracks plus new music inspired by them, all performed live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.

At the event in London this week, Iommi played his iconic guitar solo to ‘Paranoid’ as part of the evening’s closing number.

 

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Iommi’s friend and fellow guitar legend Brian May of Queen attended, and later shared video clips on Instagram, writing, “Wow! The true Father of Heavy Metal making that beautiful axe sing like a bird tonight at Sadlers Wells.

“Tony Iommi plus a 40 piece orchestra and a cast of 50 dancers – putting the icing on the cake of a great production of Black Sabbath the Ballet. Proud to call this infinitely modest and generous genius my friend.”