Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Prepares for US Tour

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Prepares for US Tour-

Black Sabbath's legendary metal slayer Tony Iommi is preparingfor the reunited outfits upcoming North American tour, which kicksoff in Houston, Texas on July 25th.

Sabbath are currently touring in support of new album '13,'which is their first album with Ozzy Osbourne since 'Never SayDie,' which was released in 1978.

"Getting ready for the tour of the USA and Canada,"writes Iommi.

"It's going to be strange after all the album activity beingback on stage again. We're all really looking forward to gettinggoing as the dates in New Zealand, Australia and Japan went sowell!"

Black Sabbath launched their 2013 run of shows in Auckland, NZin April, before playing an Australian tour and Ozzfest Japan thisspring.