Black Sabbath’s “final tour” will hit Montreal in February, 2016

While they may be a “great joke” to Keith Richards, legendary U.K. metal band Black Sabbath have just announced plans for their “final tour,” which includes a Montreal stop at the Bell Center on February 23, 2016.

From the press release:

It’s the Beginning of THE END.

It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The heaviest rock sound ever heard.

In that moment Heavy Metal was born, created by a young band from Birmingham, England barely out of their teens.

Now it ENDS, the final tour by the greatest Metal Band of all time, BLACK SABBATH. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible BLACK SABBATH story.

BLACK SABBATH’s farewell tour, THE END, begins on January 20, 2016 and it promises to surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever.

When this tour concludes, it will truly be THE END,

THE END of one of most legendary bands in Rock ’n Roll history…

BLACK SABBATH

So there you have it. No word yet on who will be filling in for drummer Bill Ward on this final run.

Tickets range from $52 – $169 (including all fees), and are available as of Friday, September 11 at 10am via evenko.ca.