- A potential Black Sabbath reunion tour with Ozzy Osbourne back on lead vocals is still in the embryonic stages, guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard. Sharon Osbourne previously revealed that preliminary talks had taken place to bring Ozzy back into the fold for a 2008 tour, but Iommi admits nothing is set in stone yet. If the band were to reunite, Iommi anticipates that new material would be involved, marking the band’s first album of new songs with the Ozz since 1978’s Never Say Die!.
- David Bowie, following his comedic cameo on Extras, will appear in a more villainous role in two upcoming episodes of the BBC’s newest incarnation of Dr. Who. Bowie will play an evil alien who attempts to abduct mystery writer Agatha Christie.
- Finally, a European country that embraces Snoop Dogg: The L.B.C.’s finest has been cast to host this year’s MTV European Video Music Awards, to be held in Munich on November 1st. Snoop, who has had run-ins with police in both the U.K. and Sweden, cites Amy Winehouse as one of his inspirations as he records the follow-up to 2006’s The Blue Carpet Treatment.
- El DeBarge, singer of the Eighties R&B group DeBarge, was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of domestic violence. DeBarge, who is being held without bail due to two previous narcotics arrests, continues the DeBarges’ felonious sibling rivalry that includes three brothers/bandmates who have all served time for cocaine-related charges.
- Dealing a blow to anyone who really wanted a ringtone of “Buffalo Soldier,” the Bob Marley estate says they are suing Verizon and the Universal Music Group after the two corporations agreed on a licensing deal to use Marley’s music without seeking permission from the family. Universal, however, has issued a statement indicating they haven’t received such a suit. “Claims made in a press release issued today by Palm Pictures are meritless,” reads the statement. “Specifically, we are offering Bob Marley ringtones through Verizon in accordance with the terms of a long standing contract between Bob Marley and UMG.”
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