Editing Black Sabbath (section)

===1997–2006: Osbourne rejoins and ''Reunion''===
In the summer of 1997, Iommi, Butler and Osbourne reunited to coheadline the [[Ozzfest]] tour alongside [[Blizzard of Ozz|Osbourne's solo band]]. The line-up featured Osbourne's drummer [[Mike Bordin]] filling in for Ward. "It started off with me going off to join Ozzy for a couple of numbers," explained Iommi, "and then it got into Sabbath doing a short set, involving Geezer. And then it grew as it went on… We were concerned in case Bill couldn't make it – couldn't do it – because it was a lot of dates, and important dates… The only rehearsal that we had to do was for the drummer. But I think if Bill had come in, it would have took a lot more time. We would have had to focus a lot more on him."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Peter|last=Scott|title=Tony Iommi interview|magazine=Southern Cross [Sabbath fanzine] #20|date=October 1997|page=14}}</ref>

[[File:Black Sabbath 1999-12-16 Stuttgart.jpg|thumb|Black Sabbath on stage in [[Stuttgart]] in December 1999 (left to right: Butler, Osbourne, Iommi, Ward)]]
In December 1997, the group was joined by Ward, marking the first reunion of the original quartet since Osbourne's 1992 "retirement show". This line-up recorded two shows at the [[National Exhibition Centre|Birmingham NEC]], released as the double album ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' on 20 October 1998. The album reached number eleven on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="billboard_200"/> went platinum in the U.S.<ref name="riaa"/> and spawned the single "[[Iron Man (song)|Iron Man]]", which won Sabbath their first [[Grammy Award]] in 2000 for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]], 30 years after the song was originally released. ''Reunion'' featured two new studio tracks, "[[Psycho Man (Black Sabbath song)|Psycho Man]]" and "Selling My Soul", both of which cracked the top 20 of the ''Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks'' chart.<ref name="billboard_200"/>

Shortly before a European tour in the summer of 1998, Ward had a heart attack and was temporarily replaced by former drummer [[Vinny Appice]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68263 |title=HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer: RONNIE JAMES DIO Is 'Singing Better Than He Has Ever Sung'|work=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=8 April 2008|date=5 March 2007}}</ref> Ward returned for a U.S. tour with openers [[Pantera]], which began in January 1999 and continued through the summer, headlining the annual Ozzfest tour.<ref name="AMG Biography"/> Following these appearances, the band was put on hiatus while members worked on solo material. Iommi released his first official solo album, ''[[Iommi (album)|Iommi]]'', in 2000, while Osbourne continued work on ''[[Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Down to Earth]]'' (2001).

Sabbath returned to the studio to work on new material with all four original members and producer [[Rick Rubin]] in the spring of 2001,<ref name="AMG Biography"/> but the sessions were halted when Osbourne was called away to finish tracks for his solo album in the summer.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Saraceno |first=Christina |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blacksabbath/articles/story/5932210/sabbath_scrap_disturbed_dates |title=Sabbath Scrap Disturbed Dates |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617164614/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blacksabbath/articles/story/5932210/sabbath_scrap_disturbed_dates |archive-date=17 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> "It just came to an end…" Iommi said. "It's a shame because [the songs] were really {{nowrap|good".<ref name="Blabbermouth Iommi">{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=25029 |title=BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Says It's A 'Shame' The Band Didn't Complete New Studio Album |work=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=8 April 2008|date=23 July 2004 }}</ref>}} Iommi commented on the difficulty getting all the members together to work:

{{blockquote|It's quite different recording now. We've all done so much in between. In [the early] days there was no mobile phone ringing every five seconds. When we first started, we had nothing. We all worked for the same thing. Now everybody has done so many other things. It's great fun and we all have a good chat, but it's just different, trying to put an album together.<ref name="Blabbermouth Iommi"/>}}

In March 2002, Osbourne's [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-winning reality show ''[[The Osbournes]]'' debuted on [[MTV]], and quickly became a worldwide hit.<ref name="AMG Biography"/> The show introduced Osbourne to a broader audience and to capitalise, the band's back catalogue label, [[Sanctuary Records]] released a double live album ''[[Past Lives (Black Sabbath album)|Past Lives]]'' (2002), which featured concert material recorded in the 1970s, including the ''[[Live at Last (Black Sabbath album)|Live at Last]]'' (1980) album. The band remained on hiatus until the summer of 2004 when they returned to headline Ozzfest 2004 and 2005. In November 2005, Black Sabbath were inducted into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/ukmusic/nominees.shtml|title=UK Music Hall of Fame 2005|work=BBC Radio 2|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> and in March 2006, after eleven years of eligibility—Osbourne famously refused the Hall's "meaningless" initial nomination in 1999<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Uhelszki |first=Jaan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-says-no-thanks-to-hall-of-fame-79479/|title=Ozzy Says "No Thanks" to Hall of Fame| magazine=Rolling Stone |date=5 October 1999 |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>—the band were inducted into the U.S. [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sprague |first=David |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blacksabbath/articles/story/9438157/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_2006_black_sabbath |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006: Black Sabbath – Ozzy Osbourne recalls his band's heavy, scary journey |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603174719/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blacksabbath/articles/story/9438157/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_2006_black_sabbath |archive-date=3 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> At the awards ceremony [[Metallica]] played two Sabbath songs, "[[Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)|Hole in the Sky]]" and "[[Iron Man (song)|Iron Man]]" in tribute.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=50050 |title=METALLICA: Video Footage of BLACK SABBATH Rock Hall Induction, Performance Posted Online |work=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=8 April 2008 |date=23 March 2006 |archive-date=16 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616124018/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=50050 |url-status=dead }}</ref>