Black Sabbath Never Say Die! Tour

Never Say Die! Tour
Promotional tour by Black Sabbath
Location North America
Europe
Associated album Never Say Die!
Start date May 16, 1978 (1978-05-16)
End date December 11, 1978 (1978-12-11)
Legs 2 in North America
2 in Europe
4 total
No. of shows 59 in North America
41 in Europe
100 total
Black Sabbath concert chronology

The Never Say Die! Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band, Black Sabbath. The tour began on May 16, 1978 in Sheffield and ended on December 11, 1978 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was the last full tour with Ozzy Osbourne until the band reunited for Ozzfest 1997.

Personnel

Setlist

Songs played overall

Supertzar [Audio Introduction]

  1. "Symptom of the Universe"
  2. "War Pigs"
  3. "Snowblind"
  4. "Never Say Die"
  5. "Black Sabbath"
  6. "Shock Wave"
  7. "Sweet Leaf"
  8. "Dirty Women"
  9. "Rock 'N' Roll Doctor"
  10. Bill Ward drum solo
  11. Instrumental band jam
  12. "Tony Iommi Guitar Solo"
  13. "Orchid" and "Electric Funeral"
  14. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
  15. "Fairies Wear Boots"
  16. "Iron Man"
  17. "Hand of Doom"
  18. "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
  19. "Bassically" Geezer Butler bass solo]
  20. "N.I.B."
  21. "Gypsy"
  22. "Embryo" and "Children of the Grave"
  23. "Paranoid" [Encore]

She's Gone [Audio outro]
Typical setlist

Supertzar [Audio introduction]

  1. "Symptom of the Universe"
  2. "War Pigs"
  3. "Snowblind"
  4. "Never Say Die"
  5. "Black Sabbath"
  6. "Dirty Women"
  7. "Rock 'N' Roll Doctor"
  8. Bill Ward drum solo
  9. Instrumental band jam
  10. Tony Iommi guitar solo
  11. "Orchid" and "Electric Funeral"
  12. "Fairies Wear Boots"
  13. "Iron Man"
  14. "Embryo" and "Children of the Grave"
  15. "Paranoid" [Encore]

She's Gone [Audio outro]

Tour dates

Date[1][2][3][4][5] City Country Venue
Pre-tour
BBC's "Look Hear"
January 16, 1978 London England Pebble Mill Studios
("War Pigs" and "Junior's Eyes" live TV lip-sync performance)
Europe
May 2, 1978 Ludwigshafen Germany Friedrich Ebert Hall
May 4, 1978 Erlangen ?
May 5, 1978 Kuernach Kuernach Hall
May 6, 1978 Uhingen Haldenberg Hall
May 8, 1978 Offenbach Offenbach City Hall
May 9, 1978 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
Europe (1st leg)
Supported by "Van Halen" (May 16–December 3, 1978)
May 16, 1978 Sheffield England Sheffield City Hall (Ozzy's first show back)
May 17, 1978 Southport Southport Theatre
May 18, 1978 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
May 19, 1978 Aberdeen Capitol Theatre
May 21, 1978 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
May 22, 1978 Manchester Manchester Apollo
May 23, 1978 Stoke Victoria Hall
May 25, 1978 London (BBC's Top of the Pops ("Never Say Die"))
Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall. No encore due to PA/Power Failure.
May 26, 1978 Bristol Colston Hall
May 27, 1978 Lewisham Lewisham Odeon
May 28, 1978 Ipswich Ipswich Gaumont Theatre
May 30, 1978 Coventry Coventry Theatre
May 31, 1978 Leicester De Montfort Hall
June 1, 1978 Hammersmith Hammersmith Odeon
June 2, 1978 Oxford Apollo Theatre Oxford
June 3, 1978 Southampton Southampton Gaumont Theatre
June 5, 1978 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
(Cancelled after the PA failed during their set)
June 6, 1978
June 7, 1978 Bradford St George's Hall
June 8, 1978 Preston Preston Guild Hall
June 10, 1978 Hammersmith Hammersmith Odeon
June 11, 1978
June 12, 1978 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
June 13, 1978
June 14, 1978 Manchester Manchester Apollo
June 15, 1978
June 16, 1978 Bridlington Royal Hall
June 17, 1978 Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
June 19, 1978 Hammersmith Hammersmith Odeon Theatre (Never Say Die! Live)
June 22, 1978 London (BBC's Top of the Pops ("Never Say Die"))
North America (1st leg)
August 22, 1978 Milwaukee United States MECCA Arena
August 23, 1978 Chicago International Amphitheatre
August 24, 1978
August 25, 1978 Terre Haute Hulman Arena
August 27, 1978 New York City Madison Square Garden
August 28, 1978 Hempstead Nassau Coliseum
August 29, 1978 Philadelphia Spectrum
August 31, 1978 Erie Erie County Field House
September 1, 1978 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
September 2, 1978 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
September 4, 1978 South Yarmouth Cape Cod Coliseum
September 5, 1978 Portland Cumberland County Civic Arena
September 7, 1978 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium
September 8, 1978 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Civic Center
September 9, 1978 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
September 10, 1978 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
September 12, 1978 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center
September 14, 1978 Detroit Cobo Center
September 15, 1978 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
September 16, 1978 St. Louis Checkerdome
September 17, 1978 Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Arena
September 18, 1978 Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center
September 21, 1978 ? Bakersfield ? Bakersfield Convention Center ?
September 22, 1978 Fresno Selland Arena
September 23, 1978 Anaheim Anaheim Stadium (Summerfest)
September 26, 1978 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
September 27, 1978 Portland United States Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 28, 1978 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
September 29, 1978 Seattle Seattle Center Arena
September 30, 1978
Europe (2nd leg)
October 9, 1978 Hamburg Germany Audimax Theatre
October 10, 1978 Essen Grugahalle
October 11, 1978 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
October 13, 1978 Uhingen Haldenberg Hall
October 14, 1978 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
October 15, 1978 Kuernach Kuernach Hall
October 17, 1978 Neunkirchen or Erlangen ? Hemmerleinhalle or ?
October 18, 1978 Bad Rappenau Bad Rappenau Sports Hall
October 20, 1978 Cambrai France Grottos Palace
North America (2nd leg)
November 3, 1978 St. Petersburg United States Bayfront Center
November 4, 1978 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
November 5, 1978 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
November 7, 1978 ? Columbus ? Municipal Auditorium ?
November 8, 1978 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
November 9, 1978 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium [6]
November 10, 1978 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
November 11, 1978 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
November 12, 1978 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 13, 1978 ? Atlanta Omni Coliseum
November 14, 1978 Mobile Mobile Municipal Arena
November 15, 1978 ? Huntsville ? Von Braun Center (Cancelled?)
November 17, 1978 Austin Austin Municipal Auditorium
November 18, 1978 Midland Chaparral Center
November 19, 1978 ? Amarillo ? Amarillo Civic Center (Cancelled?)
November 20, 1978 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
November 22, 1978 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
November 23, 1978 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
November 24, 1978 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena
November 25, 1978 Dallas Dallas Convention Center Arena
November 26, 1978
November 28, 1978 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
November 29, 1978 Ogden Dee Events Center (Cancelled?)
December 1, 1978 San Bernardino Swing Auditorium
December 2, 1978 Oakland Oakland Arena
December 3, 1978 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena (Van Halen's last 1978 show)
December 4, 1978 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
December 5, 1978 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 7, 1978 Abilene Taylor County Expo Center
December 8, 1978 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
December 10, 1978 Albuquerque Johnson Gymnasium (Ozzy's last shows until "Live Aid" (7/13/1985))
December 11, 1978

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ozzyhead.com/olddates/olddates.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1978tour/
  3. ↑ http://rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?61450-Van-Halen-Joint-Tour-With-Black-Sabbath-In-1978-%28Matter-Dates-Reviews-Photos%29
  4. ↑ http://van-halen5150.blogspot.com/2011/01/van-halen-turne-conjunta-com-o-black.html
  5. ↑ http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/11/09/he-passed-out-deader-than-fried-chicken-david-lee-roth-on-van-halens-1978-tour-with-black-sabbath/
  6. ↑ "Is Ozzy Dead? Van Halen's Crazy Tour With Black Sabbath | Van Halen News Desk". Vhnd.com. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
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