
On October 30, 1998, Black Sabbath fans watching TV in the US bore witness to something no Black Sabbath fan had seen in two decades: the original lineup, playing on television. Twenty years previously, the band had mimed to Never Say Die on UK music show Top Of The Pops, but five months later Ozzy Osbourne was fired and on his own.
The seeds of the band's eventual reunion were sown in 1992, when Ozzy played the final show on his No More Tours farewell tour and reunited Black Sabbath for one last performance together. It would not be their final show, of course, nor his final tour.