NME caught up with Robbie Williams backstage at the Ivors 2025 where we was given the Icon Award to talk about working with Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi on new single 'Rocket', memories of the '90s ...

English pop singer Robbie Williams (who was famously depicted as a CGI monkey in his acclaimed biopic, Better Man) has shared ...

Django Reinhardt is your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarist, and they might just be on this list of serious fans.

A variety of factors, such as guitarist Tony Iommi’s finger injury, the band’s upbringing in post-war England and a plethora of readily available drugs culminated in the development of a new ...

Tony Iommi performs with Black Sabbath in the West ... I always felt I couldn’t get up to the top frets, almost like my fingers weren’t long enough. “It didn’t feel as comfortable as ...

“I lost the tips of two fingers in an accident when I was 17. Doctors told me that I had no hope of playing guitar again. I refused to accept that”: The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s ...

Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath's legendary guitarist, faced a life-altering accident in a Birmingham metal sheet factory, losing the tips of his middle and ring fingers. This event not only shaped ...

Even if some might be shrunken or differently positioned, all of these mammals have five digits, or fingers. Why do we share this pattern with our furry friends, even though we evolved under ...

Cesar Gueikian, Jimmy Page, Brian May and Tony Iommi at the launch of London ... the first blisters on my fingers, and still I went back for more. It’s something I’ll just never tire of.” ...

So when Acosta suggested the idea of a ballet, it took Iommi completely by surprise. “I went, ‘how on earth are they going to do that?’” he says, tapping his fingers on a boardroom table.

Yet it’s fair to argue that Tony Iommi’s writing was the chief driver ... sound due to an accident that severed the tips of two fingers. To compensate for the loss, he improvised a pair ...

Tony Iommi, 75, the band’s guitarist ... It tore off the tips of two fingers, leaving bloody bones sticking out. To continue playing, Iommi fashioned new finger tips out of dishwashing soap ...