|
Date |
City |
Venue |
Opening Acts |
Notes |
|
Jan 1 |
Birmingham |
The Railway |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan 3 |
London |
The Marquee |
Jon Hiseman's
Colosseum (HL) |
|
|
Jan 11 |
|
The Polytechnic |
John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers (HL) |
|
|
Jan 20 |
Carlisle |
Gretna Hall Tavern |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Jan 21 |
Dumfries |
Drill Hall |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Jan 25 |
London? |
The Polytechnic -
Little Tichfield Street |
John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers (HL) |
|
|
Jan 26 |
|
School Hall gigs |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan 30 |
Birmingham |
Opposite Lock |
Locomotive, Bakerloo
Blues Band, Tea & Symphony |
The band is billed
as "EARTH" during this period |
|
Feb 6 |
London |
The Marquee |
Locomotive, Bakerloo
Blues Band, Roy Everett, Tea & Symphony |
|
|
Feb 15 |
Brøndby |
Brøndby Pop Klub -
Nørregårdsskolen |
|
|
|
Feb 15 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Feb 16 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Gladsaxe-Teen Club |
|
Cancelled |
|
Feb 17 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb 18 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb 19 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb 28 |
London |
The Marquee |
Bakerloo Blues Band |
|
|
Mar 3 |
Sunderland |
The Bay Hotel |
Van Der Graaf
Generator, DJ John Peel |
|
|
Mar 11 |
London |
The Marquee |
Bakerloo Blues Band,
Locomotive, Roy Everett |
|
|
Mar 13 |
London |
The Marquee |
Terry Reid |
|
|
Mar 14 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
|
|
|
Mar 15 |
|
Danish tour |
|
Exact dates under
investigation |
|
Mar 21 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Mar 28 |
Cumbria |
Wigton Market Hall |
|
Last gig before
departing on European tour - as 'Earth'. |
|
Apr 1 |
|
Belgian tour |
The Gods, Bakerloo |
Exact dates under
investigation |
|
Apr 15 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
|
|
|
Apr 21 |
Walsall |
Caves Club |
|
|
|
Apr 25 |
Zurich |
Residency in
Switzerland? |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Apr 28 |
London |
The Speakeasy Club |
|
|
|
Apr 29 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
May 11 |
Brownhills |
Pennycliffe Club |
|
|
|
May 23 |
Lichfield |
Pokey Hole Blues
Club - Robin Hood Public House - Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jun 5 |
Workington |
Westfield Welfare
Centre |
|
|
|
Jun 7 |
Low Hesket |
Village Hall |
|
R.S.P.C.A. Charity
Beat Dance |
|
Jun 20 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
|
Played at least 6
gigs at this legendary club where The Beatles got started. |
|
Jun 29 |
Brownhills |
Pennycliffe Club -
Coppice Lane |
|
Cancelled |
|
Jul 5 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
Tambourine |
|
|
Jul 8 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Jul 11 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jul 12 |
Carlisle |
Carlisle Grammar
School |
|
|
|
Jul 25 |
Wigton |
Market Hall |
Weight |
|
|
Aug 1 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Aug 3 |
Manchester |
|
|
|
|
Aug 10 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 11 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 12 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 13 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 14 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 15 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 16 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 23 |
Kirkcaldy |
Y.M.C.A. |
|
|
|
Aug 26 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Aug 30 |
Malvern |
Malvern Winter
Gardens |
|
|
|
Sep 1 |
Birmingham |
Midlands Art Centre
(Cannon Hill Park?) |
Tea & Symphony,
Locomotive, |
|
|
Sep 4 |
Wolverhampton |
Lafayette Club |
|
|
|
Sep 9 |
Cheapside |
Top Rank Hanley
Suite |
|
|
|
Sep 12 |
|
Signed handbill |
|
|
|
Sep 22 |
London |
Pied Bull -
Islington |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 22 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 24 |
Edinburgh |
The Oasis |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 25 |
Edinburgh |
Cavendish |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 27 |
Dumfries |
Drill Hall |
Timothy Pink |
Billed as BLACK
SABBATH |
|
Oct 1 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Oct 7 |
Birmingham |
"When I Came Down" -
Birmingham Arts Lab |
|
Session date for
this early Sabbath demo. |
|
Oct 10 |
Sheffield |
Sheffield Ballroom |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Oct 11 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Oct 12 |
London |
Regent Sound Studios
[Recording sessions for BLACK SABBATH] |
|
Sabbath recorded
their debut album in just 2 days! |
|
Oct 18 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
Ten Years After (HL) |
|
|
Oct 29 |
Birmingham |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Nov 1 |
Nethertown |
Tow Bar Inn |
Society's Child |
Billed as 'Black
Sabbath' |
|
Nov 11 |
London |
Maida Vale Studios
[John Peel's TOP GEAR radio session] |
|
Recorded for John
Peel's TOP GEAR, which was broadcast on 11/21/69 and 3/21/70. |
|
Nov 14 |
London |
The Marquee |
Hardin & York (HL) |
|
|
Nov 16 |
Dumfries |
Rugman's Youth Club
- Whitesands |
Amplified Heat |
|
|
Nov 26 |
Carlisle |
|
|
|
|
Nov 29 |
Birmingham |
University |
|
|
|
Dec 1 |
Zurich |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Dec 18 |
Birmingham |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Dec 26 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jan 7 |
Hull |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan 9 |
|
Sabbath releases 1st
single - "Evil Woman" |
|
1st single released! |
|
Jan 13 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
Climax Chicago,
Duster Bennett, Graham Bond |
|
|
Jan 24 |
Poleworth |
Polesworth Memorial
Hall |
The Dave Harris
Disc-K-Tek Show (DJ) |
|
|
Feb 5 |
Cardiff |
'Cardiff Arts Centre
Project' - Sophia Gardens Pavilion |
Pink Floyd,
Quintessence, Daddy Longlegs, Gary Farr, Heaven, Tea & Symphony,
Ron Geesin |
Official beginning
of the tour to support their BLACK SABBATH album. Benefit show. |
|
Feb 6 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
John Peel |
|
|
Feb 10 |
Banklands |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Feb 13 |
Workington |
Workington College
Of Further Education - Exhibition Hall |
Confucius [formerly
Hideaway's from Liverpool] |
Sabbath performed at
a ‘Valentine Dance’ in this Cumberland county town. It was this
in region (which included towns like Carlisle) where Sabbath had
earned much of its initial grassroots support. |
|
Feb 13 |
|
BLACK SABBATH - the
debut album, is released |
|
Their debut album is
released! |
|
Mar 4 |
Koln (Cologne) |
Kouzenthans |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Mar 8 |
Bletchley |
Bletchley Youth
Centre - Derwent Dr. (Bucks) |
Writing On The Wall |
|
|
Mar 9 |
London |
'Atomic Sunrise'
Festival - The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm |
Monday, March 9th:
Quintessence, Gypsy, Black Sabbath. Tuesday March 10th: Marsha
Hunt, Audience, Alexis Korner. Wednesday March 11th: David Bowie
(with ‘The Hype’), Genesis Thursday March 12th: Graham Bond,
Clark Hutchinson Band, Juicy Lucy. Friday March 13th: Brian
Auger, Formerly Fat Harry, Hawkwind. Saturday March 14th: Third
Ear Band, Liverpool Scene, Kevin Ayers & The Whole World. Sunday
March 15th: Arthur Brown, Mighty Baby, Jackie Lomax & Heavy
Jelly, Peter Straker & Hair Band, Principal Edwards Magic
Theater. |
7-night festival;
Sabbath played the 1st night. |
|
Mar 11 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
|
|
|
Mar 13 |
London |
The Marquee |
|
|
|
Mar 14 |
Manchester |
University |
Stack Waddy |
|
|
Mar 15 |
Bradford |
St. George's Hall |
Blodwyn Pig (HL) |
|
|
Mar 16 |
London |
The Marquee |
Grisby Dyke &
Straight Lace |
|
|
Mar 18 |
|
Oxfam Dance - The
Cosmo |
Andromeda (HL) |
Charity gig |
|
Mar 19 |
London |
Hounds - Duke's
Head, East Ham |
|
|
|
Mar 22 |
Birmingham |
Holy Child School |
|
|
|
Mar 25 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
Grisby Dyke &
Straight Lace |
|
|
Mar 28 |
London |
The Temple |
Gypsy, Sour Milk Sea |
Billed as "All
Nighter" show from 9 PM to 6 AM. |
|
Mar 29 |
London |
Free Easter Festival
- Victoria Park, Bethnal Green |
Original scheduled
lineup: John Lennon and Yoko Ono (HL), Amazing Grace, The Crazy
World Of Arthur Brown, Agula (?), Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's
Dilemma, Alan Rushton, The Scratch Orchestra, Shy Limbs,
Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band, Toe Fat, Bruce
Turner.
Lineup listed in 2nd ad: Black Sabbath, Liverpool Scene, Toe Fat
[featuring Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep] and The Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown |
Cancelled? Festival
organized by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. |
|
Mar 30 |
Hamburg |
'Pop & Blues
Festival' - Ernst Merck Halle |
Renaissance (HL),
Greatest Show On Earth, Warm Dust, Steamhammer, Groundhogs,
Flaming Youth, Killing Floor, Sphinx Tush, The Nice (featuring
Keith Emerson) and others. |
|
|
Mar 31 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Apr 3 |
West Croydon |
The Happy Star Hotel
- Broad Green |
White Lightning |
|
|
Apr 5 |
London |
The Lyceum |
Steamhammer (HL},
Gin House, Flare, Anne Nightingale [Radio I DJ] |
|
|
Apr 8 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
|
Cancelled |
|
Apr 10 |
Stoke-On-Trent |
King's Hall |
Juicy Lucy |
|
|
Apr 11 |
Folkestone |
Tofts |
|
|
|
Apr 12 |
Epping |
Groovesville Wake
Arms |
No opening act
listed |
|
|
Apr 16 |
London |
Empire Rooms -
Tottenham Court Rd. (Warren St.) |
Hardin And York, Van
der Graaf Generator |
Kilburn Polytechnic
S.U. Charity Week Dance |
|
Apr 17 |
Plymouth |
Van Dike |
|
|
|
Apr 18 |
London |
The Pied Bull -
Islington |
|
|
|
Apr 19 |
Croydon |
Fox At Greyhound |
|
Cancelled |
|
Apr 19 |
Crawley |
Thomas Bennet School
- Tillgate |
Stray, Clark
Hutchinson, Dr. Strangely Strange, Boris and a few local bands |
Cancelled |
|
Apr 19 |
Darlington |
Civic Theater |
|
|
|
Apr 20 |
London |
The Pied Bull -
Islington |
|
|
|
Apr 21 |
Birmingham |
Town Hall |
The Egg |
|
|
Apr 22 |
Watford |
The Top Rank Suite |
Caravan |
|
|
Apr 23 |
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
Mayfair Ballroom |
Taste |
|
|
Apr 24 |
Crawley |
Arts Lab |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Apr 25 |
Essen |
2nd Pop And Blues
Festival |
Renaissance, Keef
Hartley Band, Hardin And York, Marsha Hunt, Groundhogs, Flock,
Rhinoceros, Taj Mahal, Ten Wheel Drive |
2-day festival show |
|
Apr 26 |
London |
John Peel's 'Sunday
Show' (Radio Session) |
Medicine Head |
|
|
Apr 26 |
London |
Royal Albert Hall |
|
Cancelled |
|
Apr 27 |
Montreux |
Galas de la Rose
d'Or - Montreux Casino |
Antoine, Jeannie
Bennett, Nimo Ferrer, Flirtation, R.B. Greaves, Half-a-Crown,
Kathy Kovacs, Ashton Gardner & Dyke, New York Rock & Roll
Ensemble |
Unconfirmed |
|
May 2 |
Portsmouth |
Student's Union -
St. Paul's College |
Image [comedy act] |
|
|
May 2 |
High Wycombe |
Hellfire Cavern |
|
Allegedly taped for
German TV |
|
May 3 |
Richmond |
The Castle |
|
Cancelled |
|
May 3 |
Godalming |
Angel |
|
|
|
May 4 |
Paris |
Recording Session
for TV and Radio |
|
|
|
May 7 |
Scarborough |
Top Spot |
|
|
|
May 8 |
Leicester |
IL Rondo |
|
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May 9 |
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