Black Sabbath Pulled Out of Coachella Due to Tony Iommi’s Lymphoma Diagnosis

by Ryan Minic | Jan 10, 2012

Billboard is reporting that Black Sabbath were one of the planned headliners for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but were forced to pull out just before yesterday’s lineup announcement due to guitarist Tony Iommi’s recent lymphoma diagnosis.

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