Black Sabbath to perform intimate gig

Black Sabbath have announced they will perform a tiny warm up gig before this year's Download festival 2005. The band will perform to around a crowd of 1,000 lucky fans in the intimate surroundings of Aylesbury Civic Centre in the UK next month on June 6.

Black Sabbath, with the original lineup of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi (pictured), Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward, will then move on to headline the Download Festival 2005 in Donington Park, UK on June 10-12 which also features performances from Motorhead as well as Velvet Revolver, Billy Idol, Garbage, Megadeth, Slipknot, Feeder and System Of A Down.