1975 Sabotage 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
  • Gerald Woodruffe - Keyboards

Set List (not in order)

  • Hole in the Sky
  • Snowblind
  • Symptom of the Universe
  • War Pigs
  • Megalomania
  • Guitar Solo
  • Drum Solo
  • Supernaut
  • Iron Man
  • Rock & Roll Doctor (pre-release version)
  • Black Sabbath
  • Spiral Architect
  • Embryo / Children of the Grave
  • Paranoid
  • Killing Yourself to Live
  • Oh When the Saints (??? - No clue what this is supposed to be)
  • Sabbra Cadabra (Different lyrics)

The January 1976 dates were reschedules of dates that were supposed to happen in November 1975.  They were delayed due to a motorbike accident Ozzy had back then.

 

Date City Venue Opening Acts Notes
Jul 14 Toledo Sports Arena Leslie West Band 1st date of SABOTAGE World Tour
Jul 16 Chicago International Amphitheatre Slade Postponed until 8/22?
Jul 17 Chicago International Amphitheatre Slade Postponed until 8/23?
Jul 19 Lincoln Pershing Auditorium
 
 
Jul 20 Minneapolis Parade Stadium Skogie, Brownsville Station, Wet Willie [cancelled]
 
Jul 24 Atlanta Municipal Auditorium Peter Frampton
 
Jul 25 Savannah Civic Center Peter Frampton, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Jul 26 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center Peter Frampton, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost [cancelled]
 
Jul 27 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium Peter Frampton (Frampton's Camel), Jo Jo Gunne, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Jul 28
 		 SABOTAGE is released
 		 SABOTAGE is released
Jul 31 Philadelphia The Spectrum Status Quo, Slade Unconfirmed
Aug 1 Detroit Cobo Hall Leslie West Band
 
Aug 2 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center Kiss
 
Aug 3 Providence Civic Center
 
 
Aug 4 NYC Madison Square Garden
 		 Unconfirmed
Aug 5 Asbury Park Asbury Park Convention Hall Fire Ballet [local band] Recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. 3 songs on included on PAST LIVES. Recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. 3 songs on included on PAST LIVES.
Aug 6 Philadelphia The Spectrum
 		 Unconfirmed
Aug 8 Providence Providence Civic Center - Brown Auditorium Kiss Sold out
Aug 10 Springfield Springfield Civic Center Leslie West Band Unconfirmed
Aug 14 Boston Orpheum Theater Kiss
 
Aug 22 Chicago International Amphitheatre
 		 Rescheduled from 7/16?
Aug 22 San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
 
 
Aug 23 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
 
 
Aug 24 Dallas Dallas Memorial Auditorium Brownsville Station
 
Aug 26 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
 
 
Aug 27 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
 
 
Aug 28 Tucson Community Center Arena
 
 
Aug 30 Sacramento Sacramento Community Center - Exhibit Hall Mahogany Rush, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Aug 31 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom Mahogany Rush, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Sep 1 Madera (Fresno) Madera Speedway Rod Stewart & The Faces (HL), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac
 
Sep 3 Los Angeles
 		 Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost Unconfirmed
Sep 4 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Center [DON KIRSHNER'S ROCK CONCERT]
 		 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert filmed. Still need exact date.
Sep 5 San Bernardino 'Starlite Festival' - Orange Show Auditorium (Pavilion) Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton, Brownsville Station 'Starlite Festival'
Sep 6 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
 
 
Sep 7 Long Beach Long Beach Arena Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Sep 8 Las Vegas Las Vegas Convention Center Rotunda
 
 
Sep 11 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
 
 
Sep 12 Seattle Seattle Center Arena Mahogany Rush
 
Sep 13 Portland Memorial Coliseum Complex
 
 
Sep 14 Vancouver Coliseum - Exhibition Park
 
 
Oct 9 Liverpool Empire Theater
 		 Sold out
Oct 10 Birmingham Odeon Theatre
 		 Sold out
Oct 11 Southampton Odeon Theater
 
 
Oct 12 Bristol Colston Hall
 		 Sold out
Oct 15 Bradford St. George's Hall
 
 
Oct 16 Sheffield City (Oval) Hall Bandy Legs [This was an early version of the band that became Quartz. After the name change, future Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls joined them on guitar. You can read more about this band and many more at www.rockdetector.com] Sold out
Oct 18 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall Bandy Legs? Sold out
Oct 19 Glasgow The Apollo Theater Bandy Legs?
 
Oct 21 London Lewisham Odeon Bandy Legs? Sold out
Oct 22 London Hammersmith Odeon Bandy Legs Sold out
Oct 25
 		 DON KIRSHNER'S ROCK CONCERT [Broadcast date]
 		 Broadcast date; This show was filmed in Santa Monica in September '75.
Oct 26 København (Copenhagen) Falkoner Teatret (Falkoner Theater) Chapman & Whitney's Streetwalkers
Oct 27 Scheveningen Circus Theater
 		 Unconfirmed
Oct 28 Amsterdam
 
 		 Unconfirmed
Oct 29 Offenbach Stadthalle Chapman & Whitney's Streetwalkers
 
Oct 30 München (Munich) Rudi Sedlmayer Halle OR Circus Krone Chapman & Whitney's Streetwalkers
 
Nov 1 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle ZZ Top, Chapman & Whitney's Streetwalkers
 
Nov 2 Düsseldorf Phillipshalle ZZ Top, Chapman & Whitney's Streetwalkers
 
Nov 5 Paris
 
 		 Cancelled
Nov 13 Cardiff Capitol Theater
 		 Postponed until 11/22 due after Ozzy injures himself in a motorcycle accident
Nov 14 Manchester Free Trade Hall (Peter Street) Bandy Legs
 
Nov 15 Southend Kursall Ballroom
 		 Postponed until 1/20/76
Nov 16 Portsmouth Guildhall
 		 Postponed until 1/8/76
Nov 17 Ipswich Gaumont
 		 Postponed until 1/9/76
Nov 19 London Hammersmith Odeon
 		 Postponed until 1/13/76
Nov 20 Birmingham Odeon Theatre
 		 Postponed until 1/11/76
Nov 21 Kilburn Gaumont State Theater
 
 
Nov 22 Cardiff Capitol Theater
 		 Rescheduled gig from 11/13/75
Dec 3 NYC Madison Square Garden Aerosmith Sold out!
Dec 5 Indianapolis Indianapolis Convention Center Kansas
 
Dec 6 Johnson City
 		 Manfred Mann, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Dec 7 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Savoy Brown, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
 
Dec 9 Boston Orpheum Theater Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost Sold out!
Dec 12 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial Kiss
 
Dec 13 Boston The Orpheum Theatre local band Nearly sold out
Jan 1
 		 WE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL compilation is released
 
 
Jan 8 Portsmouth Guildhall
 		 Rescheduled gig from 11/16/75
Jan 9 Ipswich Gaumont
 		 Rescheduled gig from 11/17/75
Jan 10 Southend Kursall Ballroom
 		 Rescheduled gig from 11/15/75
Jan 11 Birmingham Odeon Theatre
 		 Rescheduled gig from 11/20/75
Jan 13 London Hammersmith Odeon Bandy Legs Last date of the SABOTAGE tour. Rescheduled gig from 11/19/75.