1975-1976 Sabotage Tour
World tour to support the “Sabotage” album.
Dates and research compiled by Joe Siegler & Robert Dwyer.
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Touring Personnel
- Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
- Tony Iommi – Guitar
- Geezer Butler – Bass
- Bill Ward – Drums
- Jezz Woodruffe – Keyboards
Typical Set List
- Hole in the Sky
- Snowblind
- Symptom of the Universe
- War Pigs
- Megalomania
- Guitar Solo
- Drum Solo
- Supernaut
- Iron Man
- Rock & Roll Doctor (pre-release version)
- Black Sabbath
- Spiral Architect
- Embryo / Children of the Grave
- Paranoid
- Killing Yourself to Live
- Oh When the Saints (??? – No clue what this is supposed to be)
- Sabbra Cadabra (Different lyrics)
| Date | Location | Venue | Other Bands / Openers | Notes |
| Feb 01 1975 | Sabotage Recording Sessions | |||
| Jul 14 1975 | Toledo, OH | Sports Arena | Leslie West Band | First date of Sabotage Tour |
| Jul 16 1975 | Chicago, IL | International Amphitheatre | Slade | Postponed until 8/22? |
| Jul 17 1975 | Chicago, IL | International Amphitheatre | Slade | Postponed until 8/23? |
| Jul 19 1975 | Lincoln, NE | Pershing Auditorium | Brownsville Station | |
| Jul 20 1975 | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | Skogie, Brownsville Station, Wet Willie [cancelled] | |
| Jul 24 1975 | Atlanta, GA | Municipal Auditorium | Peter Frampton | |
| Jul 25 1975 | Savannah, GA | Civic Center | Peter Frampton, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Jul 26 1975 | Lakeland | Lakeland Civic Center | Peter Frampton, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost [cancelled] | |
| Jul 27 1975 | West Palm Beach, FL | West Palm Beach Auditorium | Peter Frampton (Frampton’s Camel), Jo Jo Gunne, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Jul 28 1975 | Sabotage album is released in the US | |||
| Jul 31 1975 | Philadelphia, PA | The Spectrum | Status Quo, Slade | Unconfirmed |
| Aug 01 1975 | Detroit, MI | Cobo Hall | Leslie West Band | |
| Aug 02 1975 | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Civic Center | Kiss | |
| Aug 03 1975 | Providence, RI | Civic Center | ||
| Aug 04 1975 | New York City, NY | Madison Square Garden | Unconfirmed | |
| Aug 05 1975 | Asbury Park, NJ | Asbury Park Convention Hall | Fire Ballet [local band] | Recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. 3 songs on included on PAST LIVES. |
| Aug 06 1975 | Philadelphia, PA | The Spectrum | Status Quo, Slade | |
| Aug 08 1975 | Providence, RI | Providence Civic Center – Brown Auditorium | Kiss | |
| Aug 10 1975 | Springfield, MA | Springfield Civic Center | Leslie West Band | Unconfirmed |
| Aug 14 1975 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theater | Kiss | |
| Aug 22 1975 | Sabotage album is released in the UK | |||
| Aug 22 1975 | Chicago, IL | International Amphitheatre | Rescheduled from 7/16? | |
| Aug 22 1975 | San Antonio, TX | Municipal Auditorium | ||
| Aug 23 1975 | Houston, TX | Sam Houston Coliseum | ||
| Aug 24 1975 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Memorial Auditorium | Brownsville Station | |
| Aug 26 1975 | El Paso, TX | El Paso County Coliseum | ||
| Aug 27 1975 | Albuquerque, NM | Tingley Coliseum | ||
| Aug 28 1975 | Tucson, AZ | Community Center Arena | ||
| Aug 30 1975 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento Community Center – Exhibit Hall | Mahogany Rush, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Aug 31 1975 | San Francisco, CA | Winterland Ballroom | Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost, Mahogany Rush (?), Leslie West Band [cancelled] | |
| Sep 01 1975 | Madera (Fresno), CA | Madera Speedway | Rod Stewart & The Faces (HL), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac | |
| Sep 03 1975 | Inglewood (Los Angeles), CA | Great Western Forum? | Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | Unconfirmed |
| Sep 04 1975 | Santa Monica, CA | Santa Monica Civic Center | Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert filmed. Still need exact date. | |
| Sep 05 1975 | San Bernardino, CA | ‘Starlite Festival’ – Orange Show Auditorium (Pavilion) | Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton, Brownsville Station | Starlite Festival |
| Sep 06 1975 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Sports Arena | ||
| Sep 07 1975 | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach Arena | Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Sep 08 1975 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas Convention Center Rotunda | ||
| Sep 11 1975 | Spokane, WA | Spokane Coliseum | ||
| Sep 12 1975 | Seattle, WA | Seattle Center Arena | Mahogany Rush | |
| Sep 13 1975 | Portland, OR | Memorial Coliseum Complex | ||
| Sep 14 1975 | Vancouver | Coliseum – Exhibition Park | Unconfirmed | |
| Sep 15 1975 | Winnipeg, Ontario | Winnipeg Convention Center | CANCELLED | |
| Oct 09 1975 | Liverpool | Empire Theater | Bandy Legs [This was an early version of the band that became Quartz. After the name change, future Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls joined them on guitar. ] | |
| Oct 10 1975 | Birmingham | Odeon Theatre | ||
| Oct 11 1975 | Southampton | Odeon Theater | ||
| Oct 12 1975 | Bristol | Colston Hall | ||
| Oct 15 1975 | Bradford | St. George’s Hall | ||
| Oct 16 1975 | Sheffield | City (Oval) Hall | Bandy Legs | |
| Oct 18 1975 | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | Newcastle City Hall | ||
| Oct 19 1975 | Glasgow | The Apollo Theater | Bandy Legs? | |
| Oct 21 1975 | London | Lewisham Odeon | Bandy Legs? | |
| Oct 22 1975 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | Bandy Legs | |
| Oct 25 1975 | Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert Broadcast Date | |||
| Oct 26 1975 | København (Copenhagen) | Falkoner Teatret (Falkoner Theater) | Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers | |
| Oct 27 1975 | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | ||
| Oct 27 1975 | Scheveningen | Circus Theater | Unconfirmed | |
| Oct 28 1975 | Amsterdam | Concertgebouw | Unconfirmed | |
| Oct 29 1975 | Offenbach | Stadthalle | Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers | |
| Oct 30 1975 | München (Munich) | Rudi Sedlmayer Halle OR Circus Krone | Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers | |
| Nov 01 1975 | Ludwigshafen | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | ZZ Top, Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers | |
| Nov 02 1975 | Düsseldorf | Phillipshalle | ZZ Top, Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers | |
| Nov 05 1975 | Paris | CANCELLED | ||
| Nov 07 1975 | “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” released as a single in Britain | |||
| Nov 13 1975 | Cardiff | Capitol Theater | Postponed until 11/22 due after Ozzy injures himself in a motorcycle accident | |
| Nov 14 1975 | Manchester | Free Trade Hall (Peter Street) | Bandy Legs | Cancelled? |
| Nov 15 1975 | Southend | Kursall Ballroom | Postponed until 1/20/76 | |
| Nov 16 1975 | Portsmouth | Guildhall | Postponed until 1/8/76 | |
| Nov 17 1975 | Ipswich | Gaumont | Postponed until 1/9/76 | |
| Nov 19 1975 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | Postponed until 1/13/76 | |
| Nov 20 1975 | Birmingham | Odeon Theatre | Postponed until 1/11/76 | |
| Nov 21 1975 | Kilburn | Gaumont State Theater | ||
| Nov 22 1975 | Cardiff | Capitol Theater | Rescheduled from 11/13/75 | |
| Dec 01 1975 | We Sold Our Souls for Rock & Roll released | |||
| Dec 03 1975 | New York City, NY | Madison Square Garden | Aerosmith | |
| Dec 05 1975 | Indianapolis, IN | Indianapolis Convention Center | Kansas | |
| Dec 06 1975 | Johnson City, TN | Freedom Hall | Manfred Mann, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Dec 07 1975 | Greensboro, NC | Greensboro Coliseum | Savoy Brown, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Dec 09 1975 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theater | Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost | |
| Dec 12 1975 | Syracuse, NY | Onondaga County War Memorial | Kiss | |
| Dec 13 1975 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre | local band | |
| Jan 08 1976 | Portsmouth | Guildhall | Rescheduled gig from 11/16/75 | |
| Jan 09 1976 | Ipswich | Gaumont | Rescheduled gig from 11/17/75 | |
| Jan 10 1976 | Southend | Kursall Ballroom | Rescheduled gig from 11/15/75 | |
| Jan 11 1976 | Birmingham | Odeon Theatre | Rescheduled gig from 11/20/75 | |
| Jan 13 1976 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | Bandy Legs | Rescheduled gig from 11/19/75. |
| Jan 13 1976 | Last date on the Sabotage Tour | |||
