1999 Reunion/Ozzfest Tour

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  Dates and research compiled by Joe Siegler & Robert Dwyer.

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THE BAND

  • Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
  • Tony Iommi - Guitars
  • Geezer Butler - Bass
  • Bill Ward - Drums
  • Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards

Black Sabbath touring in 1999 has four distinct parts.

  1. The Reunion Tour - these shows were officially to support the Reunion album.
  2. Ozzfest '99 - Sabbath headlines the annual Ozzfest.
  3. Summer 99 - These dates were not Ozzfest shows, they were "Sabbath" shows
  4. Winter '99 - These are Sabbath shows in and around England

Reunion Tour Notes:

  • Vinny Appice was on tour with the guys "just in case" (those words are from the tour program). The "just in case" was in case Bill Ward couldn't 'handle it'. 
  • These gigs were originally planned back in Nov 98, and then cancelled before tickets went on sale: Anaheim, CA (Jan 7), State College, PA (Feb 1), Montreal Canada (Feb 11). 
  • The Philadelphia PA gig originally scheduled for Jan 28 was postponed to Feb 18th. 
  • The Pittsburgh PA gig originally scheduled for Jan 29 was postponed to Feb 19th and became the last show of the tour.
  • The Salt Lake City gig was originally scheduled for Jan 14th, then postponed to Feb 23rd, and then cancelled. 
  • The Denver gig was originally scheduled for Jan 15th, then postponed to Feb 21st, and then cancelled. 
  • The Buffalo gig was originally scheduled for Feb 1st, then indefinitely postponed, and then cancelled. 
  • Towards the end of the tour there were a couple of gigs rumoured to happen in Tenessee, but they didn't occur. 
  • There were three gigs added and then cancelled in the same wave of cancelleations that affected Buffalo, Denver, & Salt Lake City. These gigs were Peoria IL (Feb 25), Ames IA (Feb 26), & Fargo ND (Mar 2). 
  • All of these cancellations were due to problems with Oz's voice (throat nodule(s)).

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Black Sabbath Reunion Tour Dates 1999
Date Location Venue Notes
October 30, 1998 New York City, NY Ed Sullivan Theatre David Letterman Show
Actually Filmed Oct 29
See Pictures from Show
December 31, 1998 Phoenix, Arizona Bank One Ballpark See concert reports here
January 2, 1999 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas Mack Center See concert reports here
January 5 Los Angeles, CA The Forum See concert reports here
January 6 Los Angeles, CA The Forum See concert reports here
January 8 San Jose, CA San Jose Arena See concert reports here
January 11 Portland, OR Rose Garden See concert reports here
January 12 Seattle, WA Key Arena See concert reports here
January 17 Minneapolis, MN Target Center See concert reports here
January 19 Chicago, IL Rosemont Horizon See concert reports here
January 22 San Antonio, TX Alamodome See concert reports here
January 24 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena See concert reports here
January 25 Houston, TX Compaq Center See concert reports here
February 3 Boston, MA Fleet Center See concert reports here
February 5 East Rutheford, NJ Meadowlands See concert reports here
February 6 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum See concert reports here
February 9 Toronto, Canada Skydome See concert reports here
February 11 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena See concert reports here
February 12 Dayton, OH Nutter Center See concert reports here
February 14 Detroit, MI Palace See concert reports here
February 15 Detroit, MI Palace See concert reports here
February 18 Philadelphia, PA First Union Spectrum See concert reports here
February 19 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena See concert reports here

Ozzfest '99 Tour Notes:

  • This was being billed by Sharon's people as "The Last Supper" - the final tour for Black Sabbath. My thoughts on that are this - did anyone believe Ozzy when he said he was retiring in 1992, and did anyone believe David Bowie the four times he said he was retiring?
  • The tour programme being sold at Ozzfest for Black Sabbath said that Vinny Appice was on tour with them. This was incorrect, as all they did was sell leftover tour programs from the Reunion tour when Vinny was on tour with them.
  • Black Sabbath headlined the 'fest, and Geezer Butler's son's band (Apartment 26 - Biff Butler) was on tour, too.
  • I got some big time help from Dean Webb, who runs the Deep Purple Mailing List with sorting out the reviews so I could get 'em online much easier. Dean, they still wouldn't be here if you hadn't have helped out - THANKS A BUNCH!!!


 

Ozzfest '99

Date Location Venue Notes
May 27 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Ampitheatre See concert reports here
May 29 Atlanta, GA Lakweood Ampitheatre See concert reports here
May 31 Nashville, TN Starwood Ampitheatre See concert reports here
June 2 Charlotte, NC Blockbuster Pavillion See concert reports here
June 4 Washington, DC Nissan Ampitheatre See concert reports here
June 6 Philadelphia, PA/Camden, NJ Entertainment Center See concert reports here
June 8 Holmdel, NJ PNC Arts Center See concert reports here
June 10 Holmdel, NJ PNC Arts Center See concert reports here
June 12 Pittsburgh, PA Starlake Ampitheatre See concert reports here
June 14 Columbus, OH Polaris Ampitheatre See concert reports here
June 16  Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center See concert reports here
June 18 Mansfield, MA Great Woods Center See concert reports here
June 19 Hartford, CT Meadows Music Theater See concert reports here
June 25 Detroit, MI Pine Knob Music Theater See concert reports here
June 27 Detroit, MI Pine Knob Music Theater See concert reports here
June 29 Indianapolis, IN Deer Creek Ampitheatre See concert reports here
July 1 Minneapolis, MN Float Rite Park See concert reports here
July 3 Milwaukee, WI Alpine Valley See concert reports here
July 5 Chicago, IL The World See concert reports here
July 7  St. Louis, MO Riverport Ampitheatre See concert reports here
July 9 Kansas City, MO Sandstone Ampitheatre See concert reports here
July 11 San Antonio, TX Retama Park See concert reports here
July 13 Dallas, TX Starplex Ampitheatre See concert reports here
July 16 Vancouver, BC Canada Thunderbird Stadium See concert reports here
July 18 Seattle, WA The Gorge See concert reports here
July 20  San Francisco, CA Shoreline Ampitheatre See concert reports here
July 22 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Ampitheatre See concert reports here
July 24 San Bernadino, CA Blockbuster Pavillion See concert reports here

Summer Tour Notes:

  • The European dates originally scheduled have been postponed, and will be rescheduled in December.
  • Drain STH & Godsmack are slated to open on these dates - they are not Ozzfest dates.
  • These dates happened because the concert promoter had the legal right to keep Sabbath on tour in the States through August if they wanted to. Since Ozzfest did so well, they added more dates in August.

Black Sabbath Summer Tour Dates 1999
Date Location Venue Notes
August 2 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum See concert reports here
August 4 Memphis, TN The Pyramid Arena See concert reports here
August 6 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek See concert reports here
August 8 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center See concert reports here
August 10 Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach Amphitheatre See concert reports here
August 12 Hershey, PA Hershey Stadium See concert reports here
August 14 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion See concert reports here
August 16 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center See concert reports here
August 18 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena See concert reports here
August 20 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center See concert reports here
August 22 Montreal, Canada Molson Center See concert reports here
August 24 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Theatre See concert reports here

Fall/Winter Tour Notes:

  • These dates were mostly made up from postponed dates that were supposed to happen in August of 1999.
  • The US tour promoter behind Black Sabbath exorcized their contract to keep Sabbath on the road there in Aug of 99, necessitating the postponement of the "European Ozzfest dates"
Black Sabbath Fall/Winter Tour Dates 1999
December 5 Astoria London, England See concert reports here
December 8 Oberhausen Germany Oberhausen Arena See concert reports here
December 10 Rotterdam, Holland Rotterdam ahoy See concert reports here
December 12 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Icehall See concert reports here
December 14 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Globen See concert reports here
December 16 Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart Schleyerhalle See concert reports here
December 17 Munich, Germany Munich Zenith See concert reports here
December 19 Leipzig, Germany Leipzig Messehalle 1 See concert reports here
December 21 Birmingham, England NEC See concert reports here
December 22 Birmingham, England NEC See concert reports here