Watch Tony Iommi’s Surprise Performance At The Black Sabbath Ballet Premiere

Tony Iommi, the Black Sabbath guitar wizard who pretty much invented heavy metal riffage, does not really seem like a ballet guy. But Iommi is 75 years old, and when one of his hometown institutions honors his life’s work, the man himself might just take part. On Saturday night, the Birmingham Royal Ballet debuted Black Sabbath: The Ballet, a salute to the band who might be Birmingham’s greatest cultural gift to the world, and Tony Iommi surprised the crowd by joining the orchestra.