1970-71 Paranoid Tour



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 Dates and research compiled by Joe Siegler & Robert Dwyer.

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Touring Personnel

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

Set List (not in order)

  • Paranoid
  • Hand of Doom
  • Iron Man
  • Guitar Solo
  • Black Sabbath
  • N.I.B.
  • Behind the Wall of Sleep
  • War Pigs
  • Fairies Wear Boots
  • Wicked World
  • Into the Void / Children of the Grave (sort of)

Into the Void & Children of the Grave are from their third album.  Apparently "riffs" from these tunes were played at certain gigs on this tour.

JS04 - PARANOID Tour
Date City Venue Opening Acts Notes
Sep 11 Swansea Bramwygn Hall
Official beginning of PARANOID tour
Sep 12 Bridlington SPA Royal Hall
Cancelled
Sep 13 Croydon Fox At Greyhound - Greyhound Blues Club, Park Lane Bob Stevens
Sep 14 Homford King's Head - Market Place

Sep 15 London The Marquee The Dog That Bit People
Sep 18 London Sisters Club - Seven Sisters Road Patto, Mandala Light Show, Simon Stable Cancelled
Sep 18
PARANOID is released in the U.K.
PARANOID is released in the U.K.
Sep 20 Paris L'Olympia (The Olympia Theater) Manfred Mann Chapter III Beginning of European tour with Manfred Mann
Sep 22 Bâle (Basel)
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Sep 23 Zurich
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Sep 24
'TOP OF THE POPS'
Sabbath performed "Paranoid" on this program. Sadly, no footage of their performance has turned up in the vaults as of yet.
Sep 24 Lausanne
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Sep 25 Amsterdam The Paradiso Manfred Mann Chapter III
Sep 26 Bremen 'Beat Club' - German TV Status Quo, Third Ear Band, Eric Burdon & War, Jimi Hendrix Experience

[Note: These were the bands that appeared on this edition of Beat Club and this is the broadcast date only. Obviously, Jimi Hendrix could not have appeared live on this program, for he had died on 9/18/70!]		 Broadcast date. In their 2nd appearance, Sabbath perform "Paranoid" and "Iron Man"
Sep 26 Rotterdam
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Sep 27 Den Haag (The Hague)
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Sep 29 Hilversum TOPPOP - "Paranoid" [B&W TV performance]
The black & white video of "Paranoid" on THE BLACK SABBATH STORY VOLUME 1 was taken from this Dutch TV performance.
Sep 30 Southport Seabathing Lake - Prince's Park

Oct 1 Antwerpen
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Oct 2 Liege
Manfred Mann Chapter III
Oct 3 Brussels Theatre 140 (POPSHOP) Manfred Mann Chapter III The alleged 'Paris '70' pro-shot video was actually done at this theatre in Brussels.
Oct 7 København (Copenhagen) K.B. Hallen? Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 8 Hjoerring Hjoerring Gymnasium Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 8 Göteborg (Gothenburg) Konserthuset (Concert Hall) Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 9 Stockholm Konserthuset (Concert Hall) Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 9 Randers Dronningborg-Hallen Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 9 Århus Marselisborg-Hallen Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 10 Helsinki Kulttuuritalo? Manfred Mann Chapter III Cancelled
Oct 13 London The Marquee
Cancelled
Oct 16 Salford Salford University Manfred Mann Chapter III Unconfirmed
Oct 16 Birmingham The Mayfair Ballroom - Buhring Trapeze, Galliard, Rock Rebellion, Rockin' Chair The 1st Midland All-Night Head-Rock Explosion.
Oct 17 London Queen Mary College - Stepney Green Principal Edward's Magic Theater Farrm [sic?], Manfred Mann Chapter III (?)
Oct 18 Romford King's Head - Market Place Kripple Vision
Oct 20 Portsmouth South Parade Pier

Oct 23 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Mayfair Ballroom Manfred Mann Chapter III [?], Audience Riot
Oct 24 Newark (Notts) 'Festival Of Contemporary Music' - Showground (Lincoln Road) Manfred Mann Chapter III, Cherokee Smith [replaced Sabbath as headliner], Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon, Cochise, Hawkwind, Emery Chase, Medicine Hat, Golden Wheel Discotheque, Grathite. Cancelled after Tony is injured at Newcastle gig.
Oct 25 Bournemouth Bournemouth Pavilion

Oct 26 London Royal Festival Hall Emerson Lake & Palmer [HL - 9 PM], Freedom (with Procol Harum drummer, Bobby Harrison)
Oct 29 New York Black Sabbath visits America for the very first time!
Sabbath's 1st visit to America!
Oct 30 Glassboro Glassboro State College
Sabbath's 1st ever U.S. gig
Oct 31 Coral Gables University Of Miami Canned Heat (HL)
Nov 1 NYC Ungano's Ritz Theater - Staten Island

Nov 2 NYC Ungano's Ritz Theater - Staten Island
Unconfirmed
Nov 2 Rochester The Club Cactus(?) Unconfirmed
Nov 4 Plainfield Haybarn Theater - Goddard College
Cancelled
Nov 7 Portland Memorial Coliseum Complex? Badfinger, Mungo Jerry
Nov 7 Detroit Olympia Stadium Three Dog Night (HL), Mutzie Cancelled
Nov 9 Columbus Ohio Theater Jethro Tull (HL) Unconfirmed
Nov 10 NYC Fillmore East Rod Stewart & The Faces (HL), Pig Light Show, If 2 shows
Nov 11 Hollywood Whiskey-A-Go-Go Alice Cooper (HL) 2 shows
Nov 12 Hollywood Whiskey-A-Go-Go
2 shows
Nov 13 Hollywood Whiskey-A-Go-Go
2 shows
Nov 14 Hollywood Whiskey-A-Go-Go
2 shows
Nov 15 Hollywood Whiskey-A-Go-Go
2 shows
Nov 19 San Francisco Fillmore West The James Gang (HL), Sugarloaf 2 shows
Nov 20 San Francisco Fillmore West The James Gang (HL), Sugarloaf 2 shows
Nov 21 San Francisco Fillmore West The James Gang (HL), Sugarloaf 2 shows
Nov 22 San Francisco Fillmore West The James Gang (HL), Sugarloaf 2 shows
Nov 25 Detroit Eastown Theater Savoy Brown (HL), Quatermass
Nov 26 Detroit Eastown Theater Savoy Brown (HL), Quatermass
Nov 27 Asbury Park The Sunshine In Cactus, Steel Mill [which included Bruce Springsteen]
Nov 27 Maryport Palace Ballroom Mid Stream, Judas Cancelled
Nov 28 Paramus

Unconfirmed
Dec 5 Liverpool The Stadium Yes, East Of Eden, Stray
Dec 12 København (Copenhagen) K.B. Hallen Daisy Beginning of 8-day European 'mini-tour'
Dec 13 Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Unconfirmed
Dec 14 Duisburg Mercatorhalle No opening act advertised
Dec 18 Wanne-Eickel Sporthalle Wanne-Sued No opening act advertised
Dec 19 Paris L'Olympia (The Olympia Theater) Freedom Although the alleged ‘Paris ‘70’ was said to have been filmed at The Olympia Theatre in Paris, it was actually done in Brussels on 10/3/70.
Jan 1
PARANOID is released in the U.S.
PARANOID is released in the U.S.
Jan 5 London Royal Albert Hall Freedom, Curved Air Cancelled
Jan 7 Hull City Hall Freedom [Curved Air did not appear]
Jan 8 Birmingham Town Hall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 9 Bristol Colston Hall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 11 Southampton Guildhall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 14 Sheffield City (Oval) Hall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 15 Edinburgh Empire Theater Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 16 Aberdeen Music Hall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 18 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 19 Nottingham Albert Hall Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 20 Manchester Free Trade Hall (Peter Street) Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 23 Leeds Leeds University Freedom, Curved Air
Jan 29 Sydney Australian Press Reception
Press Reception
Jan 29 Wellington

Cancelled
Jan 31 Myponga Myponga Open Air Festival 1-2pm Coney Island Jug Band, 2-3pm Daddy Cool, 3-4pm Hippo, 4-5pm Sunshine, 5-6pm Company Caine, 6-7pm John Graham & Margaret RoadKnight, 7-8pm Sons of the Vegetal Mother, 8-9pm War Machine, 9-10pm Steve Foster / Blackfire, 10-11pm Fraternity, 11-12pm Black Sabbath, 12-1am Spectrum Attendance: 15,000
Feb 3 Tokyo Japanese Press Reception
Cancelled. Press reception for 1st Japanese visit
Feb 5 London Band resumes work on MASTER OF REALITY

Feb 6 Rotterdam De Doelan

Feb 17 Asbury Park Sunshine In Sun Mash, Dirt Road  
Feb 18 Scotch Plains Union Catholic High School Everyman
Feb 19 NYC Fillmore East Pig Light Show, J. Geils Band, Sir Lord Baltimore 2 shows - sold out!
Feb 20 NYC Fillmore East Pig Light Show, J. Geils Band, Sir Lord Baltimore 2 shows
Feb 22 Seattle


Feb 23 Inglewood The Forum Grand Funk Railroad, Ten Years After (?)
Feb 24 Inglewood The Forum Grand Funk Railroad
Feb 25 Orono University Of Maine
Unconfirmed
Feb 25 Reno

Unconfirmed
Feb 26 Salt Lake City The Salt Palace No Opening Act Unconfirmed
Feb 27 Denver Denver Coliseum Mountain [HL]
Feb 28 Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall Salt
Mar 1 Memphis

Need venue name
Mar 2 Chapel Hill University Of North Carolina

Mar 5 Orlando Sports Stadium

Mar 6 Dania Pirates World Fleetwood Mac [HL]
Mar 7 Owings Mill Painters Mill Music Fair Fleetwood Mac [HL]
Mar 8 Virginia Beach The Dome Sir Lord Baltimore
Mar 9 Paramus Century's Paramus Theatre Spider
Mar 11 Williamsburg William & Mary College - Blow Gym Sir Lord Baltimore Benefit sponsored by an Episcopal church
Mar 12 Detroit Eastown Theater Fleetwood Mac [HL], Sir Lord Baltimore
Mar 12 Hackensack Fox Theater
Cancelled
Mar 13 Detroit Eastown Theater Fleetwood Mac [HL], Sir Lord Baltimore
Mar 13 Hackensack Fox Theater
Cancelled
Mar 16 Kansas City Memorial Hall J. Geils Band [ Concert Review Page ]
Mar 17 Toronto Market

Mar 19 Cleveland Public Auditorium Mountain [HL], Johnny Winter, J. Geils Blues Band Cancelled
Mar 21 St. Louis Annex

Mar 24 Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall Mountain [HL]
Mar 25 Wichita Henry Levitt Arena Mountain [HL]
Mar 26 Dallas Memorial Coliseum

Mar 28 San Antonio Municipal Auditorium Mountain [HL]
Mar 30 Long Island Rock Pile Sir Lord Baltimore, Dust
Mar 31 Syracuse Onondaga War Memorial Mountain [HL]
Apr 1 Rochester Community War Memorial Auditorium
Unconfirmed
Apr 2 Philadelphia The Spectrum Humble Pie, Mountain
Apr 5 London Sabbath completes work on MASTER OF REALITY

Apr 14 København (Copenhagen) K.B. Hallen? Jonathan Swift?
Apr 15 Odense Fyens Forum Jonathan Swift
Apr 16 Århus Vejlby-Risskov Hallen Jonathan Swift
Apr 17 Hostebro Holstebro Hallen Jonathan Swift
Apr 18 København (Copenhagen) Falkoner Centret Jonathan Swift
Apr 20 Stockholm Konserthuset (Concert Hall) Jonathan Swift
Apr 21 Göteborg (Gothenburg) Konserthuset (Concert Hall) Jonathan Swift
Apr 22 Oslo Njaardhallen Jonathan Swift
Apr 23 Bergen Konsertpaléet Jonathan Swift?
Apr 24 Sandnes Giskehallen Jonathan Swift?
Apr 26 London Royal Albert Hall Freedom Last date of PARANOID tour