DIO’S DEATH PROMPTS OSBOURNE TO HEAL IOMMI RIFT
OZZY OSBOURNE is keen to rebuild his relationship with former BLACK SABBA TH bandmate TONY IOMMI following the death of their mutual friend RONNIE JAMES DIO.
The Prince of Darkness filed suit against Iommi last May (09), demandin g a 50 per cent stake in the Black Sabbath name and claiming his "signatu re lead vocals" were largely responsible for the band’s success.
But Osbourne is now keen to put the legal dispute behind the two rocker s and make more of an effort to keep in contact with guitarist Iommi afte r he discovered a cell phone message which had been sent last month (May1 0) telling him of Dio’s tragic death.
He tells Kerrang!, "Sharon took my car into town yesterday, and she fou nd a cell phone of mine in the car that I never f**king use - I just keep it in there in case I have a breakdown and need to phone somebody to pic k me up.
"There were two messages on it from Tony; one of them from the day Ronn ie died. The message started with, ‘I have a bit of bad news…’ I’ll hav e to call Tony back soon." Dio also fronted Black Sabbath and reteamed with Iommi in rock group He aven & Hell.
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