Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward pledges to 'keep on rocking' despite wheelchair
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"Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward pledges to 'keep on rocking' despite wheelchair" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Page Six and Yahoo. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (7)
- Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward, 78, Says He Now Uses a Wheelchair in Public People.com · 6h ago
- Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Shares He Now Uses a Wheelchair: ‘I Don’t Bite, I’ll Just Look Different’ TODAY.com · 6h ago
- If You See Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward in a Wheelchair, You Should Smile at Him: ‘I’m OK’ Rolling Stone · 6h ago
- Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward Reveals He Uses Wheelchair But Vows He’s “Not in Retirement” Consequence of Sound · 6h ago
- Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward reveals he’s confined to wheelchair Page Six · 6h ago
- Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Reveals He Now Uses a Wheelchair, But ‘Can Still Play Pretty Good for 78’ Yahoo · 6h ago
- Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward pledges to 'keep on rocking' despite wheelchair BBC · 6h ago broke it first
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