Heaven and Hell

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Have you heard about this?
Turns out Ronnie Dio is coming back to front "black sabbath."
But out of respect for Ozzy, they have changed the name to Heaven and Hell, after their hit that they made with Dio. They are expected to start touring soon.
 

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It's official. What I can't understand is what on earth led Tony Iommi to sell the Black Sabbath name to Sharon Osbourne in the late 90's. She certainly is a shrewd businesswoman to pull that off.
 
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TeleCat said:
It's official. What I can't understand is what on earth led Tony Iommi to sell the Black Sabbath name to Sharon Osbourne in the late 90's. She certainly is a shrewd businesswoman to pull that off.

Yeah that sucks. I can't believe it happened.

They should definetly be called Black Sabbath.

Does this mean that Ozzy could play with anybody and call it Black Sabbath, since they own the name?

If it really is out of respect for Ozzy then that is awesome, but if it's for legal reasons then that's not cool at all.
 

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Ooh I just happened to fall onto this site, Black Sabbath Online (not official but looks reputable). According to an anonymous official source (take it with a grain of salt), Tony Iommi still owns the rights to the Black Sabbath name.

Perhaps Dio & co want to play more to real metalheads than the mainstream which yeilds lots of Sabbath fans.
 

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