Honour for promoter as jazz festival kicks off

Black Sabbath’s original manager receives Honorary Doctorate in Music.

Review: Black Sabbath – The Ballet

Jessica Harris sees Birmingham Royal Ballet’s interpretation of one of the city’s greatest musical exports.

Tony Iommi signs programme to support jazz festival

Black Sabbath legend helps long-running Birmingham music event.

Broad Street welcomes the world

Rockers from around the globe make pilgrimage to Black Sabbath bench.

Climate protests target Broad Street landmark

Black Sabbath’s heavy metal bench used by global debt-climate protesters.

Facelift for Black Sabbath landmark

Heavy metal bench gets spruced up ahead of lockdown ending.

Broad Street bench marks Black Sabbath again

Tony Iommi talks Black Sabbath as band’s bench reinstalled in Birmingham.

Birmingham’s radical history

Vivek Rajkhowa tells a tale of the city’s oldest tradition.

Celebrating fifty years of heavy metal

Birmingham event set to mark anniversary.

A touch of Steel

Dave Woodhall talks to comedian Mark Steel.

Leaving Mississippi, Birmingham bound

Series of events set to mark Birmingham’s place in the blues.

New Street station to host Sounds of the Midlands exhibition

National Album Day partners with Network Rail to launch album exhibition.

The West Midlands is the Only way to go!

Enjoy exclusive events, festivals and destinations ‘Only Here’ during summer and autumn.

A State of the Brummie Nation Address

Stephen Pennell looks at the Brummie music scene past, present and future.

Black Sabbath Bridge to be unveiled

Live event set to attract thousands of fans to Birmingham.

Mayhem at MAC

Exhibitions aim to show Birmingham’s place as the centre of heavy metal.

Henry’s Blueshouse rides again

Legendary Birmingham music night relaunches.

Sabbath legend opens Birmingham music college

Tony Iommi Scholarship awarded to student.

Back to school with Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi announces scholarship – and existence of legendary Sabbath and Led Zeppelin recordings.

The roots of Black Sabbath

Historic venue to host gathering.

Heavy metal legend to take up teaching post at university

Tony Iommi, lead guitarist and founding member of Black Sabbath, will be sharing his songwriting secrets with music students at Coventry University.