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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Paranoid_and_The_Wizard_Dutch_picture_sleeve.png 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover artwork for the Paranoid single, as used in the Netherlands</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath_(album)" title="Black Sabbath (album)">Black Sabbath</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">24 March 1970 (France)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy metal</a><sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wilson2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">4</span>:<span class="s">24</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ward_(musician)" title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Rodger_Bain" title="Rodger Bain">Rodger Bain</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Evil_Woman_(Crow_song)#Black_Sabbath_version" title="Evil Woman (Crow song)">Evil Woman</a>" <br />(1970) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>The Wizard</b>" <br />(1970) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Paranoid_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)">Paranoid</a>" <br />(1970) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: khaki">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="30" data-mwtitle="Black_Sabbath_The_Wizard.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Black_Sabbath_The_Wizard.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/f/ff/Black_Sabbath_The_Wizard.ogg/Black_Sabbath_The_Wizard.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Black_Sabbath_The_Wizard.ogg" title="File:Black Sabbath The Wizard.ogg">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Wizard</b>" is a song by the English <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a> from their 1970 album <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath_(album)" title="Black Sabbath (album)">Black Sabbath</a></i>. "The Wizard" was selected as their debut single in France, backed by "<a href="/wiki/Evil_Woman_(Crow_song)" title="Evil Woman (Crow song)">Evil Woman</a>" which was released as A-side in many other countries. It was also the <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a> to the 1970 single "<a href="/wiki/Paranoid_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)">Paranoid</a>", which reached number 4 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_singles_chart" title="UK singles chart">UK singles chart</a> and number 61 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GRD65_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRD65-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Information">Information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Wizard_(Black_Sabbath_song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The Wizard" is about a wizard who uses his magic to encourage people he encounters. In a 2005 interview with Metal Sludge, Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist <a href="/wiki/Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a> said the song's lyrics were influenced by the wizard <a href="/wiki/Gandalf" title="Gandalf">Gandalf</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Wizard_(Black_Sabbath_song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a> – vocals, harmonica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a> – guitar, <a href="/wiki/Slide_guitar" title="Slide guitar">slide guitar</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ward_(musician)" title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a> – drums</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Covers_and_influence">Covers and influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Wizard_(Black_Sabbath_song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Covers and influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song was covered by <a href="/wiki/Bullring_Brummies" class="mw-redirect" title="Bullring Brummies">Bullring Brummies</a>, a short-lived project featuring Black Sabbath founding members <a href="/wiki/Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Ward_(musician)" title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a>, for the 1994 tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/Nativity_in_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Nativity in Black">Nativity in Black</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Wizard_(Black_Sabbath_song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Sabbath album)">Sabotage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Technical_Ecstasy" title="Technical Ecstasy">Technical Ecstasy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Say_Die!" title="Never Say Die!">Never Say Die!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_and_Hell_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)">Heaven and Hell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mob_Rules_(album)" title="Mob Rules (album)">Mob Rules</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Born_Again_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Born Again (Black Sabbath album)">Born Again</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Star" title="Seventh Star">Seventh Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eternal_Idol" title="The Eternal Idol">The Eternal Idol</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Headless_Cross_(album)" title="Headless Cross (album)">Headless Cross</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tyr_(album)" title="Tyr (album)">Tyr</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dehumanizer" title="Dehumanizer">Dehumanizer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cross_Purposes" title="Cross Purposes">Cross Purposes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forbidden_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Forbidden (Black Sabbath album)">Forbidden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/13_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="13 (Black Sabbath album)">13</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_End_(EP)" title="The End (EP)">The End</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Last_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Live at Last (Black Sabbath album)">Live at Last</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Evil_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Live Evil (Black Sabbath album)">Live Evil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cross_Purposes_Live" title="Cross Purposes Live">Cross Purposes Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reunion_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Reunion (Black Sabbath album)">Reunion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Past_Lives_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Past Lives (Black Sabbath album)">Past Lives</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Hammersmith_Odeon" title="Live at Hammersmith Odeon">Live at Hammersmith Odeon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live..._Gathered_in_Their_Masses" title="Live... Gathered in Their Masses">Live... Gathered in Their Masses</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_End:_Live_in_Birmingham" title="The End: Live in Birmingham">The End: Live in Birmingham</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Sold_Our_Soul_for_Rock_%27n%27_Roll" title="We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll">We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="The Collection (Black Sabbath album)">The Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sabbath_Stones" title="The Sabbath Stones">The Sabbath Stones</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Symptom_of_the_Universe:_The_Original_Black_Sabbath_1970%E2%80%931978" title="Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978">Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Box:_The_Complete_Original_Black_Sabbath_1970%E2%80%931978" title="Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978">Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_1970%E2%80%931978" title="Greatest Hits 1970–1978">Greatest Hits 1970–1978</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath:_The_Dio_Years" title="Black Sabbath: The Dio Years">The Dio Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rules_of_Hell" title="The Rules of Hell">The Rules of Hell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Black Sabbath album)">Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iron_Man:_The_Best_of_Black_Sabbath" title="Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath">Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Collection_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="The Ultimate Collection (Black Sabbath album)">The Ultimate Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini_1989%E2%80%931995" title="Anno Domini 1989–1995">Anno Domini 1989–1995</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unofficial albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sabbath_Collection" title="The Sabbath Collection">The Sabbath Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ozzy_Osbourne_Years" title="The Ozzy Osbourne Years">The Ozzy Osbourne Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Under_Wheels_of_Confusion" title="Under Wheels of Confusion">Under Wheels of Confusion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Black_Sabbath" title="The Best of Black Sabbath">The Best of Black Sabbath</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath_(compilation)" title="Black Sabbath (compilation)">Club Sonderauflage</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Evil_Woman_(Crow_song)#Black_Sabbath_version" title="Evil Woman (Crow song)">Evil Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Wizard</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paranoid_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)">Paranoid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Iron_Man_(song)" title="Iron Man (song)">Iron Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Grave" title="Children of the Grave">Children of the Grave</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sabbath_Bloody_Sabbath_(song)" title="Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (song)">Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Am_I_Going_Insane_(Radio)" title="Am I Going Insane (Radio)">Am I Going Insane (Radio)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Neon_Knights" title="Neon Knights">Neon Knights</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trashed_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Trashed (Black Sabbath song)">Trashed</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Psycho_Man_(song)" title="Psycho Man (song)">Psycho Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_Is_Dead%3F" title="God Is Dead?">God Is Dead?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/End_of_the_Beginning_(song)" title="End of the Beginning (song)">End of the Beginning</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath_(song)" title="Black Sabbath (song)">Black Sabbath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/N.I.B." title="N.I.B.">N.I.B.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/War_Pigs" title="War Pigs">War Pigs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Planet_Caravan" title="Planet Caravan">Planet Caravan</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hand_of_Doom" title="Hand of Doom">Hand of Doom</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fairies_Wear_Boots" title="Fairies Wear Boots">Fairies Wear Boots</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Leaf" title="Sweet Leaf">Sweet Leaf</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/After_Forever_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="After Forever (song)">After Forever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_Void_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)">Into the Void</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Changes_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Changes (Black Sabbath song)">Changes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Supernaut_(song)" title="Supernaut (song)">Supernaut</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hole_in_the_Sky_(song)" title="Hole in the Sky (song)">Hole in the Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Symptom_of_the_Universe" title="Symptom of the Universe">Symptom of the Universe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Sea_(song)" title="Children of the Sea (song)">Children of the Sea</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heaven_and_Hell_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath song)">Heaven and Hell</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Say_Die_(video)" title="Never Say Die (video)">Never Say Die</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_and_Blue_(video)" title="Black and Blue (video)">Black and Blue</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Sabbath_Story,_Vol._1" title="The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1">The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Sabbath_Story,_Vol._2" title="The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2">The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cross_Purposes_Live" title="Cross Purposes Live">Cross Purposes Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Black_Sabbath_video)" title="The Last Supper (Black Sabbath video)">The Last Supper</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Black_Sabbath_%E2%80%93_1970%E2%80%931992" title="Inside Black Sabbath – 1970–1992">Inside Black Sabbath - 1970–1992</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hangin%27_with_Heaven_and_Hell" title="Hangin' with Heaven and Hell">Hangin' with Heaven and Hell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live..._Gathered_in_Their_Masses" title="Live... Gathered in Their Masses">Live... Gathered in Their Masses</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath:_The_End_of_the_End" title="Black Sabbath: The End of the End">Black Sabbath: The End of the End</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Technical_Ecstasy_Tour" title="Technical Ecstasy Tour">Technical Ecstasy Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Never_Say_Die!_Tour_(Black_Sabbath)" title="Never Say Die! Tour (Black Sabbath)">Never Say Die! Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaven_%26_Hell_Tour" title="Heaven & Hell Tour">Heaven & Hell Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mob_Rules_Tour" title="Mob Rules Tour">Mob Rules Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Born_Again_Tour" title="Born Again Tour">Born Again Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzfest" title="Ozzfest">Ozzfest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzfest_lineups_by_year" title="Ozzfest lineups by year">lineups</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath_Reunion_Tour" title="Black Sabbath Reunion Tour">Black Sabbath Reunion Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_End_Tour" title="The End Tour">The End Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath_discography" title="Black Sabbath discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a 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