1973-1974 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour
World tour to support the “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” 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
Typical Set List
- Tomorrow’s Dream
- Sweet Leaf
- Killing Yourself to Live
- Snowblind
- War Pigs
- A National Acrobat
- Cornucopia
- Sabbra Cadabra
- Guitar Solo
- Drum Solo
- Supernaut
- Iron Man
- Black Sabbath
- Embryo / Children of the Grave
- Paranoid
- Megalomania (different lyrics)
- Fluff (outro tape only)
| Date | Location | Venue | Other Bands / Openers | Notes |
| Jul 21 1973 | Frankfurt | “2 Summer Rock Festival” – Radstadion | Paul McCartney & Wings [cancelled], Chuck Berry [made an unscheduled appearance], Keith Moon [made an unscheduled appearance], Sly And The Family Stone, The Faces, Rory Gallagher, Canned Heat [cancelled], Jon Hiseman’s Tempest, The Spencer Davis Group fea | Cancelled. Black Sabbath did not appear. |
| Aug 02 1973 | London | Alexandria Palace | Black Sabbath (HL), Groundhogs, Stray, Jonesy | ‘London Music Festival ’73’ |
| Dec 01 1973 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Released | |||
| Dec 09 1973 | Official start of the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour | |||
| Dec 09 1973 | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | Odeon | Highway | |
| Dec 11 1973 | Bristol | Colston Hall | ||
| Dec 14 1973 | Birmingham | Odeon Theatre | ||
| Dec 17 1973 | Leicester | De Montfort Hall | ||
| Jan 01 1974 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Released in US – Unconfirmed? | |||
| Jan 11 1974 | Göteborg (Gothenburg) | Scandinavium | ||
| Jan 12 1974 | Kortrijk | Hallen | Postponed until 1/15? | |
| Jan 14 1974 | Amsterdam | Concertgebouw | ||
| Jan 16 1974 | Hannover | Music Halle? | ||
| Jan 17 1974 | Düsseldorf | Phillipshalle | ||
| Jan 18 1974 | Lausanne | Palais de Beaulieu | ||
| Jan 19 1974 | Stuttgart | |||
| Jan 31 1974 | Hershey, PA | Hershey Park Arena | Blue Oyster Cult | Beginning of 1974 U.S. tour |
| Feb 01 1974 | Pittsburgh, PA | Civic Arena | ||
| Feb 03 1974 | Detroit, MI | Cobo Arena | Bedlam, Spooky Tooth | |
| Feb 04 1974 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Coliseum | Bob Seger | |
| Feb 06 1974 | Binghamton, NY | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena? | Unconfirmed. Could also be Hampton Woods or Newport News, VA. | |
| Feb 07 1974 | Atlanta, GA | The Omni | Spooky Tooth | |
| Feb 09 1974 | Philadelphia, PA | The Spectrum | Bedlam, Black Oak Arkansas | |
| Feb 10 1974 | Madison, WI | Dane County Coliseum | Bedlam | |
| Feb 11 1974 | Chicago, IL | International Amphitheatre | Bedlam | |
| Feb 12 1974 | St. Louis, MO | Kiel Auditorium | Bedlam | |
| Feb 13 1974 | Louisville, KY | Louisville Gardens | Bedlam | |
| Feb 15 1974 | West Palm Beach, FL | West Palm Peach Auditorium | Bedlam | |
| Feb 16 1974 | Jacksonville, FL | Jacksonville War Memorial Coliseum | Bedlam, Black Oak Arkansas [cancelled] | |
| Feb 17 1974 | Columbia, SC | Carolina Coliseum? | ||
| Feb 18 1974 | Knoxville, TN | Knoxville Civic Coliseum? | ||
| Feb 19 1974 | Largo (Landover), MD | Capital Centre | Uriah Heep? | |
| Feb 20 1974 | Buffalo, NY | Memorial Auditorium | Bedlam, The James Gang | |
| Feb 21 1974 | Providence, RI | The Palace Concert Theater | Bedlam, Blue Oyster Cult | |
| Feb 22 1974 | Rochester, NY | Community War Memorial Auditorium | Bedlam | |
| Feb 23 1974 | Ypsilanti, MI | Bowen Field House | Bedlam | |
| Feb 24 1974 | Greensboro, NC | Greensboro Coliseum? | ||
| Feb 25 1974 | Long Island, NY | Nassau Coliseum | Bedlam (with Cozy Powell), Lynyrd Skynyrd [replaced B.O.C.], Blue Oyster Cult [cancelled] | Rescheduled from 3/8 |
| Mar 20 1974 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath achieves Gold Record status in the U.S. | |||
| Apr 06 1974 | Ontario, CA | California Jam I – Ontario Raceway | Emerson Lake & Palmer (HL), Deep Purple, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rare Earth, Black Oak Arkansas, Seals & Crofts, The Eagles. | ‘California Jam I’ – Huge festival show that saw an attendance of up to 250,000! Portions of Sabbath’s performance were broadcast on ABC’s ‘In Concert’ TV program. |
| Apr 13 1974 | Charleston, SC | Charleston Civic Center | Unconfirmed | |
| May 17 1974 | Bradford | St. George’s Hall | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 19 1974 | Stoke-on-Trent | Trentham Gardens | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 21 1974 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 23 1974 | Liverpool | Empire Theater | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 24 1974 | Manchester | Free Trade Hall (Peter Street) | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 25 1974 | Southampton | Gaumont Theatre | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 26 1974 | Croydon | Fairfield Halls | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 28 1974 | Glasgow | The Apollo Theater | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 29 1974 | Edinburgh | Odeon Theater | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 30 1974 | Sheffield | City (Oval) Hall | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| May 31 1974 | Bournemouth | Winter Gardens | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| Jun 02 1974 | East Ham | Granada Theater | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| Jun 08 1974 | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | Odeon | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| Jun 09 1974 | Coventry | Theater | Black Oak Arkansas | |
| Nov 05 1974 | Sydney | BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground | AC/DC | British Rock ‘N’ Roll Month tour |
| Nov 07 1974 | Brisbane | Festival Hall | ||
| Nov 09 1974 | Sydney | BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground | AC/DC | |
| Nov 10 1974 | Sydney | BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground | AC/DC | |
| Nov 11 1974 | Sydney | BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground | AC/DC | |
| Nov 12 1974 | Melbourne | Festival Hall | ||
| Nov 14 1974 | Adelaide | Adelaide Memorial Drive | Status Quo | |
| Nov 16 1974 | Sydney | Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground | Last date of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour | |
