It depends on what kind of reunion you want to know about. The
possibility of Ozzy and the three Sabs reuniting as a permanent group is nill.
It just won't happen. What you may not know is that during the time Ozzy was
playing his last show in Costa Mesa with his old Sabbath buddies, the foursome
had already been talking for nearly a year about a reunion. It was originally
going to be a two month tour and an album (a Sabbath-head's dream come true). As
time progressed though, Ozzy grew uncomfortable about doing the reunion.
Problems began arising... the four original members now had their own managers,
lawyers, and record companies. Each person's manager wanted to be the one in
charge of the project which would result in a fortune. The Sabs just wanted to
do the show. Ozzy has since gone on to say that he might have done a reunion if
they had scrapped the name Black Sabbath at the time when the original members
left. As it stands, Black Sabbath has had members leave, come back and then
leave again. There have been numerous changes in the members of the band
involving outside players. Ozzy felt that the name Black Sabbath no longer
represented what it once did. This chapter deals with the idea of Black Sabbath
reunited for good. In fact, Black Sabbath and Ozzy HAVE reunited for concerts,
but both remain two separate bands. Since the Costa Mesa show, Ozzy has agreed
to reunite with Sabbath for a small tour. This coincided with a live album which
was released October 31, 1998. This will not be a permanent reunion, however the
band is touring North America in 1999.
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