Tony Iommi Says He Turned Down Final Black Sabbath Album Because Producer Was Too Excited
Guitarist Tony Iommi explains that he declined a reunion album with the original Black Sabbath lineup because producer Andrew Watt was too excited.
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First reported by NME, 3h 13m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 14 Sept 2026. NME published first, on 14 September at 13:57 UTC; Stereogum followed 3h 14m later. The most recent article, from Consequence, appeared on 15 September at 14:20 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: NME, Stereogum, Consequence.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- NMETony Iommi on why he turned down the chance to make one final Black Sabbath album with the original line-up
- StereogumTony Iommi Turned Down Final Black Sabbath Album With Original Lineup Because Producer Andrew Watt Was “Too Excited”
- ConsequenceTony Iommi Declined Andrew Watt’s Offer to Make a Final Black Sabbath Album: “He Was a Bit Too Excited”
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Tony Iommi Declined Andrew Watt’s Offer to Make a Final Black Sabbath Album: “He Was a Bit Too Excited” Consequence
- Tony Iommi Turned Down Final Black Sabbath Album With Original Lineup Because Producer Andrew Watt Was “Too Excited” Stereogum
- Tony Iommi on why he turned down the chance to make one final Black Sabbath album with the original line-up NME
In this story
- Tony Iommi
- Andrew Watt
- Black Sabbath