Don’t get too excited yet, though, as Butler reiterates: “Me and Ozzy have agreed, but I’m not sure about anybody else.”

The subject of a Black Sabbath reunion – even just for a single farewell show – has been up in the air for some time now, owing partly to the condition of Ozzy Osbourne’s health.

Despite his health troubles – which include Parkinson’s disease, with which he was diagnosed in 2003 – Ozzy revealed earlier this year that he was keen to “say goodbye properly” with two final shows in his hometown of Birmingham, England, though we haven’t heard any further update as of May.

And that announcement came after Ozzy shared his retirement from touring in 2023, calling it “one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share with my loyal fans”.

Now, in a new interview with SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, former Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler says he’s been in contact with his former bandmate Ozzy “every day”, and touches on the subject of a potential reunion show.

“Of course there’s an interest [on my part to do it], but there’s a big ‘but’ – you’d have to speak to Bill about it. Everybody wants to do it [but I don’t know if he is] capable [of pulling it off],” he says, [via Blabbermouth].

Butler is well aware of the age of his former bandmates, and concedes that drummer Bill Ward would have a hard time keeping up, either with a reunion show or some kind of recording project. “I mean, the way technical things happen these days, maybe a couple of songs, but who knows?” he says.

“There wouldn’t be any travelling involved. We wouldn’t be actually all in the studio at the same time together. So it could be done that way – maybe.”