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Where do old guitar strings go to die? Well, they don't, at least in the case of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. The guitar deity has elected to donate his old guitar strings to Wear Your Music, a charity that takes musician-used strings and fashions them into wearable jewelry, such as bracelets and necklaces...

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi is on the road to recovery now, but the guitar great says there was definitely some periods of doubt as he began his treatment for lymphoma. Iommi tells Guitar World that the initial diagnosis really hit him hard...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi opened up about his ongoing cancer treatment, revealing that there is a 1 in 3 chance that the disease could return. He was incredibly candid about how he is handling it and what is body is going through while he battles it ...

Tony Iommi has written a song called "Lonely Planet" that will serve as Armenia's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual international competition. It's reportedly a rock ballad that Armenian band Dorians will perform. The Black Sabbath guitar god has a rich history with the country, as he helped to raise funds for the 1988 earthquake recovery effort after 500,000 were left ho

The true father of heavy metal shouldn't need defending. Neither should anything that's come from those steel-tipped digits. While his former bandmate, Ozzy Osbourne has lived in the public spotlight, Tony Iommi has remained rather private...

Rock 'n' roll musicians are a resilient bunch. One could draw a parallel between the physical toll many lifelong, touring musicians goes through and the stress professional athletes put their bodies through. It's not surprising some of our favorite rockers have bounced back after serious injuries and headed back to the tour bus lifestyle they all know so well...

Back in February, after Black Sabbath was forced to scrap its reunion tour following guitarist Tony Iommi's lymphona diagnosis, Sharon Osbourne revealed in a radio interview that the band would manage one summer show in the United States...

Back in January, Tony Iommi stunned the metal world with news that he'd been diagnosed with lymphoma. His battle with the disease led Black Sabbath to scrap all but one of their planned reunion dates, but now, it seems, the ailing guitarist is on the comeback trail...

As Noisecreep previously reported, Black Sabbath are reuniting for a whirlwind tour and brand new album. However, recent developments may completely derail the project. The band's original drummer Bill Ward has apparently been given an "unsignable" contract...

The members of Black Sabbath are asking fans to send "positive vibes" to guitarist Tony Iommi, who has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, according to a press release. The news comes as the group's original lineup readies its first new album in 33 years, and despite Iommi's health scare, the foursome plans to plow ahead...