Heaven & Hell Tour

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Heaven & Hell Tour
Promotional tour by Black Sabbath
Location North America
• United States
• Canada
Europe
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Austria
Associated album Heaven & Hell
Start date April 17, 1980
End date February 2, 1981
Legs Total:
Number of shows Total:
Cancelled ()
Overall Total:
Black Sabbath concert chronology

The Heaven & Hell Tour was a 9th world concert tour by Black Sabbath between April 1980 & February 1981 to promote their 1980 studio album, Heaven & Hell.[1][2] The tour marked the band's first live shows with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who had replaced original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne the previous year;[2] drummer Vinny Appice, who replaced original drummer Bill Ward in the middle of the tour's U.S. leg after Ward suddenly left the band due to personal issues;[3] and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who played keyboards on the Heaven and Hell album & accompanied the band on this tour as a sideman.[4] For a portion of the United States leg of this tour, which was popularly known as the "Black & Blue Tour", Black Sabbath co-headlined with Blue Öyster Cult,[4] with whom they shared a manager, Sandy Pearlman. The arrangement reportedly set attendance records but caused friction between the two bands as well as between Black Sabbath and Pearlman.[5]

Overview

Background

In April 1980, Black Sabbath released their ninth studio album, Heaven & Hell, their first album with former Rainbow & Elf lead-singer, Ronnie James Dio, who had been hired to replace Black Sabbath's original lead-singer, Ozzy Osbourne, after he was fired from the band on April 27, 1979.[6] Shortly before the album's release, the band began the Heaven & Hell Tour in Europe to promote their new album. The response of fans & critics to the shows were generally positive.[2] According to Black Sabbath lead-guitarist, Tony Iommi, some audience members at first did not like the idea that Osbourne was no longer in the band, but "eventually Ronnie won them over". The band's stage setup for the tour included an electronic cross that flashed lights & burst into flames, which Iommi said "hardly ever worked."[7]

Europe Leg (1980)

The band first toured Europe, where according to David Konow, "they knew the audience would still be there for them" despite the change in lead singers.[8] The initial shows were intended to "break the band in while out of the spotlight" (according to Garry Sharpe-Young) before taking on larger shows in Vienna, Landshut and the UK.[4] Almost all the dates on this first leg of the tour were either in Germany or the UK, where the band had a four-night sell-out run at the famous Hammersmith Odeon in London, supported by Girlschool.[4] Support bands for some other dates of this leg included Angel Witch & "Shakin' Street", who later supported some U.S. tour dates.[1][9] The American heavy metal band Manowar traces its origins to this time, when Ross the Boss, who was then the guitarist in Shakin' Street, met Sabbath's bass tech Joey DeMaio at a UK show. The two became friends during the tour, and later founded Manowar together.[5][10]

United States Leg ("Black & Blue Tour") (1980)

During the U.S. leg of the tour, Black Sabbath co-headlined most of their shows with Blue Öyster Cult at the suggestion of Sandy Pearlman, who at that time was managing both bands, which then became known as the Black & Blue Tour. The two co-headliners were supported by various opening acts including Sammy Hagar, Saxon, Riot, Molly Hatchet, & "Shakin' Street."[1][5][9] The shows were a financial success, drawing high attendance & frequently placing in Billboard's weekly "Top Boxoffice" surveys.[4][11][12] However, Sabbath was unhappy with the arrangement since Pearlman had a close relationship with BÖC after having founded the band & being involved with their career for over a decade as both a manager & record producer while he had only just started managing Sabbath in 1979. Sabbath felt that Pearlman was favoring BÖC & that BÖC was also appropriating elements of Sabbath's musical style & performance. Friction erupted between the two bands over which band would close the show as well as the logistics of dealing with each band's stage set (which for BÖC included a huge Godzilla structure that took time to remove from the stage). Pearlman has said that Sabbath resented having to share the tour proceeds with BÖC.[5][7] Iommi has indicated that this situation contributed to the band's decision to fire Pearlman shortly thereafter.[7]

Bill Ward's Departure

During this time, Bill Ward was increasingly suffering from substance abuse issues,[5][8] saying in a later interview, "Alcohol had become more important than Black Sabbath, our audience, my family, everything, and that included me." Ward added, "Also, I was absolutely missing [Osbourne]; really missing him and I wasn’t coping with my grief that well because I was so drunk. My mother had died and I wasn’t coping with the grief for my mother and I was feeling overwhelmed with loss. Lastly, as much as I loved Ronnie James Dio, it [the new band lineup] didn’t work for me."[13] On August 19, 1980, Bill Ward performed his last show with Sabbath at Bloomington Met Center (just outside of Minneapolis), and like his former bandmate, Ozzy Osbourne, wouldn't perform with Sabbath again until July 13, 1985 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia for Live Aid. The following night, Sabbath were forced to cancel their appearance at a sold-out show at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver when Ward either arrived late or failed to go on. BÖC did perform and received the sizable proceeds of the show, while Sabbath were not paid for this show or for several subsequent shows that they cancelled due to Ward's unavailability.[5] Ward departed,[3] and the band, after being turned down by Cozy Powell, replaced Ward with Vinny Appice (who had just declined an offer to join Osbourne's new band).[4][5] Appice played his first show with Black Sabbath on August 31, 1980 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu for "The Summer Blowout" (1980).[1][4][8]

Milwaukee Riot

On October 9, 1980, Black Sabbath & BÖC co-headlined a show at the Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, where Sabbath was scheduled to play last. As Geezer was about to play his bass solo intro to N.I.B., someone in the audience threw a projectile (either a bottle or a large metal cross, depending on the source) & hit Geezer in the head, thus knocking him out cold.[4][7][14] The show was stopped & Butler was taken to the hospital, where he received stitches for his head wound & was later released.[14] Dio came back out on stage to let them know what had happened & told off whoever threw the projectile. Then Sabbath's road manager came out to tell the audience that the show was cancelled as he berated the audience, which angered them.[7] When the audience of approximately 7,000[15] to 9,000[14] saw the crew beginning to remove the band's equipment from the stage, they began destroying windows, doors and furniture inside the venue, doing $10,000 worth of damage.[5][7][14][15] After the venue was cleared by police, fighting continued outside the venue and up to two blocks away, and it took police over an hour to clear the area. According to an October 1980 article in Billboard magazine, "Every available officer in the city was called out" and "two policemen and dozens of concertgoers were injured."[14] Butler has recalled injured fans being brought into the hospital alongside him while he was being treated.[5] A 2014 retrospective article in the Milwaukee Record said that three police officers were injured and roughly 100 arrests were made.[15] Following the riot, MECCA's management enacted restrictions designed to prevent attendees from bringing alcohol into the venue, and placed an indefinite ban on "hard rock concerts" there, with MECCA's president stating that the venue would now only consider booking "middle-of-the-road performers" such as Billy Joel & Barry Manilow.[14] BÖC bassist Joe Bouchard said that BÖC was "banned from Milwaukee for years" after the incident, despite having nothing to do with the riot.[5]

Black & Blue Concert Video

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Main article: Black and Blue (video)

On October 17, 1980, Black Sabbath & Blue Öyster Cult performed at Nassau Coliseum in Hempstead, New York. Both performances of each band's set from that show were filmed & released to theaters after they had finished tour as the concert film Black & Blue. The film was shown on the midnight movie circuit in the United States. In the 1980s, the film was also released on VHS & laserdisc for the home video market.[3][16] The film has never been officially released on DVD and DVDs on the market are generally bootlegs. Official DVD releases were announced & cancelled two separate times in 2002 by Castle Pictures & again in 2004 by Universal Video, although some shops in Europe did sell a few copies of the 2004 DVD.[16] Members of Blue Öyster Cult, as well as Castle Pictures, have indicated that a DVD was not released because Tony Iommi objected to the film's distribution.[3][5][16]

Pacific Leg (1980)

After finishing the U.S. leg of the tour, Black Sabbath toured Japan & Australia. On November 18, 1980, at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo, Tony Iommi became ill from food poisoning & was then taken to the hospital, thus cancelling the rest of the show after playing for 70 minutes along with the following night's show.[1][7][9] Near the end of the band's time in Japan, Geezer broke one of his fingers.[7] According to Geezer, the doctor he saw in Japan did not think the finger was broken, so he continued to play several more shows until severe pain forced him to seek additional treatment in Australia, at which time the fracture was diagnosed & the remaining Australian tour dates were cancelled.[1][17] Rose Tattoo supported Sabbath on the few Australian dates that were played.[1][9]

United Kingdom Leg (1981)

The final leg of the tour, which took place in the U.K., had originally been scheduled to take place in late December 1980 go throughout early January 1981, but was postponed to late January — early February 1981 due to Butler's finger injury. Black Sabbath was supported by either A II Z & Max Webster for some shows. The final show of the tour took place on February 2, 1981 at Cornwall Coliseum in St Austell.[1][9]

Personnel

Setlist

Information

  • "Lonely is the Word": Only Performed during the Europe leg (1980) -> Replaced by "Lady Evil"
  • "Lady Evil": Performed after the Europe leg (1980) (Replaced "Lonely is the Word")

Tour Dates

[1][9]

Date City Country Venue
1980
EUROPE (1ST LEG)
April 17, 1980 Aurich Germany Aurich City Hall (Ronnie James Dio's 1st Show)
April 18, 1980 Oldenburg Weser-Ems Hall
April 19, 1980 Verl East Westphalia Hall
April 21, 1980 Fallingbostel Heathland Hall
April 22, 1980 Rendsburg Northland Hall
April 24, 1980 Vienna Austria Sophia Hall
April 26, 1980 Landshut Germany Landshut Sports Hall
April 29, 1980 Portsmouth England Portsmouth Guild Hall
April 30, 1980
May 1, 1980
May 2, 1980 Bristol Colston Hall
May 3, 1980 Poole Poole Arts Centre (Wessex Hall)
May 4, 1980 Brighton Brighton Arena
May 7, 1980 London "Hammersmith Odeon" Theatre
May 8, 1980
May 9, 1980
May 10, 1980
May 14, 1980 Glasgow Scotland "Glasgow Apollo" Theatre
May 15, 1980
May 16, 1980 Edinburgh "Edinburgh Odeon" Theatre
May 18, 1980 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
May 19, 1980
May 20, 1980 Queensferry Wales Deeside Ice Arena
May 22, 1980 Manchester England "Manchester Apollo" Theatre
May 23, 1980
May 24, 1980 Birmingham "Birmingham Odeon" Theatre
May 25, 1980
May 26, 1980 Leicester De Montfort Hall
June 2, 1980 Offenbach Germany Offenbach City Hall
June 3, 1980 Munich Crown Circus Building
June 5, 1980 Mannheim Rhine Neckar Hall
June 6, 1980 Neunkirchen Hemmerlein Hall
June 7, 1980 Uhingen Haldenberg Hall
June 8, 1980 Würzburg Franconia Hall
June 10, 1980
June 11, 1980 Siegen Siegerland Hall
June 12, 1980 Düsseldorf Philips Hall
June 14, 1980 Bremen Bremen City Hall
June 15, 1980 Hamburg Hamburg Convention Hall 8
June 21, 1980 Zürich Switzerland "The Hardening" Club
June 24, 1980 St. Austell England Cornwall Coliseum
June 25, 1980 Southampton Southampton Gaumont Theatre
June 26, 1980 Brighton Brighton Arena
NORTH AMERICA LEG
July 2, 1980 El Paso United States El Paso County Coliseum
July 5, 1980 Dallas Dallas Convention Center Arena
July 7, 1980 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
July 8, 1980 ? Tulsa ? Tulsa Assembly Center Arena ?
July 9, 1980 Norman Lloyd Noble Arena
July 11, 1980 Houston Robertson Stadium (Houston Rocks 1980)
July 12, 1980 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena
(San Antonio Summer Jam 1980)
July 13, 1980 Houston Robertson Stadium (Houston Rocks 1980)
July 14, 1980 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena
(San Antonio Summer Jam 1980)
July 17, 1980 ? Billings ? The Yellowstone METRA ?
July 18, 1980 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
July 19, 1980 Seattle Seattle High School Memorial Stadium
(Seattle Summer Rock Jam 1980)
July 20, 1980 Salem Oregon State Fair Grandstand (Oregon Jam 1980)
July 23, 1980 Ventura Ventura Raceway
July 24, 1980 Fresno Selland Arena
July 25, 1980 Phoenix Phoenix Municipal Stadium (Arizona Jam 1980)
July 26, 1980 Los Angeles LA Coliseum (LA Summer Blowout 1980)
July 27, 1980 Oakland Oakland Coliseum (Day on the Green 1980 (#2))
August 1, 1980 Wichita Century II Concert Hall
August 5, 1980 Lexington Rupp Arena
August 6, 1980 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Arena
August 8, 1980 New Lebanon Lebanon Valley Speedway
August 9, 1980 Philadelphia The Spectrum
August 10, 1980 Hartford Hartford Civic Arena
August 12, 1980 Providence Providence Civic Arena
August 14, 1980 Trotwood Hara Arena
August 15, 1980 Evansville Mesker Music Theater
August 16, 1980 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
August 17, 1980 Rockford Rockford Speedway (Rockford Speedway Jam 1980)
August 19, 1980 Bloomington Bloomington Met Center
(Bill's Last Show until "Live Aid" (7/13/1985))[4]
August 21, 1980 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
August 22, 1980 West Valley City Rocky Mountain Raceway
August 23, 1980 Las Vegas The Rotunda
August 24, 1980 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
August 25, 1980 Fresno Selland Arena
August 26, 1980 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
August 31, 1980 Honolulu Aloha Stadium (Honolulu Summer Blowout 1980)
(Vinny Appice's 1st Show)[4]
September 5, 1980 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Arena
September 6, 1980 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
September 7, 1980 Miami Miami Jai-Alai Fronton Arena
September 10, 1980 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
September 12, 1980 Atlanta "The Omni" Coliseum
September 14, 1980 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
September 19, 1980 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
September 20, 1980 Boston Boston Garden
September 21, 1980 Springfield Springfield Civic Arena
September 23, 1980 Lexington Rupp Arena
September 25, 1980 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
September 26, 1980 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
September 27, 1980 Charleston Charleston Civic Coliseum
September 29, 1980 Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Arena
September 30, 1980 St. Louis The Checkerdome
October 1, 1980 Chicago Chicago International Amphitheater
October 3, 1980 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
October 4, 1980 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
October 5, 1980 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
October 7, 1980 Columbus St. John Arena
October 8, 1980 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
October 9, 1980 Milwaukee Mecca Arena (Cancelled after Geezer's head injury -> Riot) [5]
October 10, 1980 Louisville Freedom Hall
October 12, 1980 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
October 13, 1980 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 14, 1980 Landover Capital Center
October 16, 1980 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial Arena
October 17, 1980 Hempstead Nassau Coliseum
October 18, 1980 New York City "Madison Square Garden" Arena
October 19, 1980 Erie Erie County Field House
October 21, 1980 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
October 22, 1980 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Arena
October 23, 1980 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
October 25, 1980 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
November 1, 1980 Boise Idaho State Fair Grandstand ?
November 3, 1980 Salt Lake City "The Salt Palace" Arena
November 4, 1980 Colorado Springs Colorado Springs City Auditorium
November 7, 1980 Wichita Levitt Arena
November 8, 1980 Omaha Omaha Civic Arena
PACIFIC LEG
Japan Leg
November 16, 1980 Tokyo Japan Nakano Sun Plaza Hall (2 Shows)
November 17, 1980 Japanese Springs Hall
November 18, 1980 Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
(Cancelled 70 min. into set due to Tony's illness (11/18))
November 19, 1980
November 20, 1980 Kyoto Kyoto Cultural Hall
November 21, 1980 Osaka Osaka Festival Hall
Australia Leg
November 24, 1980 Sydney Australia The Capitol Theatre
November 25, 1980
November 26, 1980
November 27, 1980 Newcastle Newcastle Civic Theatre
November 29, 1980 Brisbane Brisbane Festival Hall
December 1, 1980 Melbourne ?
December 5, 1980 Adelaide ?
December 6, 1980 Perth ?
EUROPE
United Kingdom Leg
December 27, 1980 London England "Hammersmith Odeon" Theatre
December 28, 1980
December 29, 1980
December 30, 1980
1981
January 1981 Bridlington England Bridlington Royal Hall
Bristol Colston Hall
Crawley "The Starlight" Ballroom
Poole Poole Arts Centre (Wessex Hall)
St. Austell Cornwall Coliseum
January 3, 1981 Leeds Queen's Hall
January 4, 1981 Stafford New Bingley Hall
January 5, 1981 Cardiff Wales Sophia Gardens Pavilion
January 9, 1981 Southampton England Southampton Gaumont Theatre
January 18, 1981 London "Hammersmith Odeon" Theatre
January 19, 1981
January 20, 1981
January 21, 1981
January 23, 1981 Bridlington Bridlington Royal Hall
January 24, 1981 Leeds Queen's Hall
January 25, 1981 Stafford New Bingley Hall
January 27, 1981 Bristol Colston Hall
January 28, 1981 Cardiff Wales Sophia Gardens Pavilion (2 shows)
January 30, 1981 Southampton England Southampton Gaumont Theatre
January 31, 1981 Crawley "The Starlight" Ballroom
February 1, 1981 Poole Poole Arts Centre (Wessex Hall)
February 2, 1981 St. Austell Cornwall Coliseum

References

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