British heavy metal legends BLACK SABBATH will play their last show ever in the U.S. on November 12 at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. This just-announced performance is one of three headlining arena concerts the band has added to the final North American leg of their massive 2016 "The End" world tour. The new shows are November 8 at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma; November 10 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas; and November 12 at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. BLACK SABBATH, which is scheduled to perform at the 2016 edition of United Kingdom's Download festival this weekend, is apparently planning to close out its "The End" farewell tour with a string of U.K. dates in January/February 2017. Although there has been no confirmation from SABBATH's official web site or social media sites, a leaked image of one of many flyers around Donington Park ahead of this year's Download appears to confirm that the band will return to the U.K. for seven more shows, including two in London, one in Scotland and two in the heavy metal legends' hometown of Birmingham. BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently said that "it would be nice to think ['The End' tour] could finish back where it all started — in Birmingham. "When we are home where we started, we have always found it a bit nerve-racking, but Birmingham means such a lot to us." Asked if there could be a live album, he said: "It's possible, because we are doing a lot of filming during the tour, too." Iommi said that SABBATH's farewell tour, which began in January, is truly its last because he is not physically capable of doing it any longer. But he insisted that he would continue to play music. "I just can't keep going out on these long tours," he said. Iommi, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012 and was treated all through SABBATH's extensive 2013 world tour, admitted last year that he was worried the rigors of the road could bring the disease back. He revealed: "I don't want that creeping back again, and all the traveling involved in SABBATH tours increasingly takes its toll. That's why we're going out on one last tour, to say our farewells. And then it very definitely is the end. We won't be doing it again." The legendary guitarist continued: "Don't get me wrong, I still love gigging. It's all the traveling and the exhaustion that goes with it that's the problem. That side of things has a big impact on me… I love being up there onstage, playing with SABBATH. What I don't love is all the other stuff necessary to enable that to happen." Iommi was hospitalized last year with back problems, and he still requires blood tests every six weeks to monitor his lymphoma. BLACK SABBATH tour dates: Jun. 11 - Donington, UK - Download Jun. 13 - Verona, IT - Arena Di Verona Jun. 15 - Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadon Jun. 17 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Jun. 19 - Clisson, France - Hellfest Jun. 23 - Halden, Norway - Tons of Rock Jun. 25 - Copenhagen, DE - Copenhell Jun. 28 - Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle Jun. 30 - Prague, Czech Rep. - 02 Arena Jul. 02 - Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena Jul. 05 - Riga, Latvia - Riga Arena Jul. 07 - Helsinki, Finland - Monsters of Rock Jul. 09 - Stockholm, Sweden - Monsters of Rock Jul. 12 - Moscow, Russia - Olympisky Arena Aug. 17 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Aug. 19 - Philadelphia, PA - BB&T Pavilion Aug. 21 - Washington DC - Jiffy Lube Live Aug. 23 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center Aug. 25 - Boston, MA - Xfinity Center Aug. 27 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena Aug. 29 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Aug. 31 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater Sep. 02 - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Center Sep. 04 - Chicago, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Sep. 07 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion Sep. 09 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater Sep. 11 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheater Sep. 13 - Portland, OR - Sunlight Supply Amphitheater Sep. 15 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena Sep. 17 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena Sep. 19 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl Sep. 21 - Phoenix, AZ - AK-Chin Pavilion Sep. 24 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheater @ Ozzfest Meets Knotfest Nov. 08 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center Nov. 10 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center Nov. 12 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center Nov. 16 - Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol Nov. 19 - Santiago, Chile - Estadio Nacional Nov. 24 - Cordoba, Argentina - Orfeo Nov. 26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Velez Nov. 30 - Curitiba, Brazil - Pedreira Paulo Leminski Dec. 02 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Apoteose Dec. 04 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Estadio Morumbi
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