Organizers of the U.K’s Download Festival have said Black Sabbath still plan to perform at the festival this year, despite guitarist Tony Iommi recently confirming he had been diagnosed with cancer.
Speculation about the metal legends’ Download slot followed news that Iommi’s illness meant the band wouldn’t be able to play at California fest Coachella as originally planned.
But Download boss Andy Copping has told the NME: “As far as I’m aware everything is fine. I’ve been told that Black Sabbath are going to be playing Download. I don’t want people to worry unduly about that, we should all just send our thoughts and best wishes to Tony Iommi.”
After Iommi’s diagnosis, Sabbath moved work on their new album from Los Angeles to the U.K. Sabbath previously announced plans for a world tour in 2012, but there is no official word on whether that will happen.
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