Black Sabbath to headline British Summer Time Festival

Black Sabbath have been announced as headliners for the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park, with Motorhead, Soundgarden, and Faith No More also revealed.

Black Sabbath will headline the opening day of the festival, which takes place in Hyde Park from Friday 4 July until Sunday 13 July.

Following the announcement this morning, the band's lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, said: The first time I came to London I didn't have a pot to piss in and I spent the advance I got for the first album on a new pair of shoes and some Brut aftershave."

He continued: "Returning almost 50 years on, we are doing a bit better for ourselves, so I may even splash out on some new aftershave before taking to the stage at Hyde Park, the most beautiful park in London, that has opened its gates to so many legends in the past. We are beyond honoured to be allowed to put on a show and hope the Royals will enjoy it."

The band have had their fair share of set-backs of late, with guitarist Tony Iommi diagnosed with early stage lymphoma in 2012, drummer Bill Ward being declared unfit to rejoin the band, and Osbourne checking into rehab for drug and alcohol addiction after relapsing. Last year though, the metal band reached No.1 in the UK and US albums chart last year with 13, their first album with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978.

Other acts set to headline the British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park include McBusted and Neil Young & Crazy Horse.