Nuno Bettencourt performed alongside Corey Taylor, Geezer Butler, and Matt Sorum at the 2026 Sound & Vision Awards, delivering live renditions of Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' and 'War Pigs'. He also joined Def Leppard for a performance of 'Slang' in London, while reflecting publicly on regretting his past decision to decline a guitar spot with Ozzy Osbourne.