{"id":789436,"date":"2026-07-28T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/789436\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:24:09","slug":"is-black-sabbath-legend-tony-iommi-about-to-announce-a-solo-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/789436\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi about to announce a solo album?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the solo record that Tony Iommi<\/a> teased last year<\/a>? Well, it looks like it\u2019s finally finished. 21 years after the release of Iommi\u2019s 2005 collaborative effort with Glenn Hughes, Fused, the Black Sabbath<\/a> legend is set to share details of a new solo record tomorrow (29 July).<\/p>\n

Iommi has teased the announcement on Instagram. In a new post, the guitarist can be seen riffing away on his Tony Iommi Signature Epiphone<\/a> SG Custom, with a caption that simply teases a date: 29 July.<\/p>\n

Considering Iommi has been teasing a new record since last year, fans are certain the mysterious date will reveal more information about the long-awaited album. Some are even guessing that the clip might be taken straight from a new music video.<\/p>\n

The announcement has also been teased on the streets of Birmingham, with billboards being put up bearing Iommi\u2019s signature crucifix. The billboards have a scannable QR code, which directs you to a site called secret.iommi.com<\/a>. Once there, you will find an unknown word\/phrase slowly taking form (as it stands, there is only an R and an N), as well as a button reading \u2018revolution giving birth\u2019.<\/p>\n

The link takes you to a scheduled YouTube livestream, set to happen on July 29 at 3:30pm (BST). This is where we assume the announcement will finally take place.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Last year, Iommi teased the new record on Eddie Trunk\u2019s Trunk Nation<\/a>. The guitarist revealed he had been working on a new solo record before Back To The Beginning<\/a> temporarily took his eye off the ball. \u201cI was doing my own album until [Back To The Beginning] came up, and then, of course, I had to stop and concentrate on [preparing for] the Sabbath [performance],\u201d he told Trunk [via Blabbermouth<\/a>].<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cBut I\u2019m continuing next week on trying to finish off what I started with this album. And then who knows what I\u2019m gonna do then? It\u2019s great, really, \u2019cause if something pops up, I\u2019ll do it, if I want to do it. So it\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guitarist also revealed that he had \u201cone singer on [the record]\u201d at the time. \u00a0\u201cIt started off as\u2026 an instrumental album\u2026 but then I thought, \u2018Oh, I wanna try it with a singer,\u2019\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

To tune into Iommi\u2019s official announcement on 29 July, head here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remember the solo record that Tony Iommi teased last year? Well, it looks like it\u2019s finally finished. 21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[12566,88,216],"class_list":["post-789436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-artist","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}