Black Sabbath Never Say Die! Tour

Never Say Die! Tour

Promotional tour by Black Sabbath
Location	North America • United States • Canada Europe • United Kingdom • Germany • France
Associated album	Never Say Die!
Start date	May 16, 1978
End date	December 11, 1978
Legs	North America (2) • North America (1) • United States (1) Europe (2) • United Kingdom (1) • Germany (1) Total: 4
Number of shows	North America (59) • United States (58) • Canada (1) Europe (41) • United Kingdom (33) • Germany (8) Total: 100 Cancelled (10) Overall Total: 110
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 & 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

• Ozzy Osbourne – Lead Vocals
• Tony Iommi – Guitar
• Geezer Butler – Bass
• Bill Ward – Drums

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. "Black Sabbath Instrumental Band Jam"
12. "Tony Iommi Guitar Solo"
13. "Orchid" + "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" + "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. "Black Sabbath Instrumental Band Jam"
10. "Tony Iommi Guitar Solo"
11. "Orchid" + "Electric Funeral"
12. "Fairies Wear Boots"
13. "Iron Man"
14. "Embryo" + "Children of the Grave"
15. "Paranoid" [Encore]

She's Gone [Audio Outro]

Tour Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
EUROPE
BBC's "Look Hear"
January 16, 1978	London	England	Pebble Mill Studios ("War Pigs" & "Junior's Eyes" Live TV Lip-Sync Performance) (Only Known Live Performance with Dave Walker on Vocals)
Germany Leg
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		Westphalia Hall
Supported by "Van Halen" (May 16–December 3, 1978) See also: Van Halen 1978 World Tour
United Kingdom Leg
May 16, 1978	Sheffield	England	Sheffield City Hall (Oval Hall) (Ozzy's 1st Show Back)
May 17, 1978	Southport		Southport Theatre
May 18, 1978	Glasgow	Scotland	"Glasgow Apollo" Theatre
May 19, 1978	Aberdeen		The Capitol Theatre
May 21, 1978	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
May 22, 1978	Manchester		"Manchester Apollo" Theatre
May 23, 1978	Stoke		Victoria Hall
May 25, 1978	London		(BBC's Top of the Pops ("Never Say Die"))
	Portsmouth		Portsmouth Guild Hall
May 26, 1978	Bristol		Colston Hall
May 27, 1978	Lewisham		"Lewisham Odeon" Theatre
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" Theatre
June 2, 1978	Oxford		"Oxford Apollo" Theatre
June 3, 1978	Southampton		Southampton Gaumont Theatre
June 5, 1978	Birmingham		"Birmingham Odeon" Theatre (June 5: 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 (Lockley Grand Hall)
June 10, 1978	Hammersmith		"Hammersmith Odeon" Theatre
June 11, 1978
June 12, 1978	Birmingham		"Birmingham Odeon" Theatre
June 13, 1978
June 14, 1978	Manchester		"Manchester Apollo" Theatre
June 15, 1978
June 16, 1978	Bridlington		Bridlington Royal Hall
June 17, 1978	Liverpool		The 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		Chicago International Amphitheater
August 24, 1978
August 25, 1978	Terre Haute		Hulman Arena
August 27, 1978	New York City		"Madison Square Garden" Arena
August 28, 1978	Hempstead		Nassau Coliseum
August 29, 1978	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
August 31, 1978	Erie		Erie County Field House
September 1, 1978	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
September 2, 1978	Pittsburgh		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 Arena
September 9, 1978	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Arena
September 10, 1978	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
September 12, 1978	Indianapolis		Indianapolis Convention Center Arena
September 14, 1978	Detroit		Cobo Arena
September 15, 1978	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
September 16, 1978	St. Louis		The Checkerdome
September 17, 1978	Kansas City		Kansas City Municipal Arena
September 18, 1978	Tulsa		Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
September 21, 1978 ?	Bakersfield ?		Bakersfield Civic Auditorium ?
September 22, 1978	Fresno		Selland Arena
September 23, 1978	Anaheim		Anaheim Stadium (Summerfest 1978)
September 26, 1978	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
September 27, 1978	Portland	United States	Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 28, 1978	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
September 29, 1978	Seattle		Seattle Arena
September 30, 1978
EUROPE (2ND LEG)
October 9, 1978	Hamburg	Germany	"The Audimax" Theatre
October 10, 1978	Essen		Grudge Hall
October 11, 1978	Offenbach		Offenbach City Hall
October 13, 1978	Uhingen		Haldenberg Hall
October 14, 1978	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich Ebert Hall
October 15, 1978	Kuernach		Kuernach Hall
October 17, 1978	Neunkirchen or Erlangen ?		Hemmerlein Hall or ?
October 18, 1978	Bad Rappenau		Bad Rappenau Sports Hall
October 20, 1978	Cambrai	France	Grottos Palace
UNITED STATES (FINAL LEG)
November 3, 1978	St. Petersburg	United States	Bayfront Arena
November 4, 1978	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
November 5, 1978	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
November 7, 1978 ?	Columbus ?		Columbus Municipal Auditorium ?
November 8, 1978	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
November 9, 1978	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 10, 1978	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
November 11, 1978	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
November 12, 1978	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 13, 1978 ?	Atlanta		"The Omni" Coliseum
November 14, 1978	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Arena
November 15, 1978 ?	Huntsville ?		Von Braun Civic Arena (Cancelled?)
November 17, 1978	Austin		Austin Municipal Auditorium
November 18, 1978	Midland		Chaparral Center
November 19, 1978 ?	Amarillo ?		Amarillo Civic Coliseum (Cancelled?)
November 20, 1978	Oklahoma City		"The Myriad" Convention Center Arena
November 22, 1978	Corpus Christi		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		The 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" Coliseum
December 8, 1978	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
December 10, 1978	Albuquerque		Johnson Gym (Ozzy's Last Shows until "Live Aid" (7/13/1985))
December 11, 1978