1976-77 Technical Ecstasy 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)

  • Symptom of the Universe
  • Snowblind
  • All Moving Parts (Stand Still)
  • War Pigs
  • Gypsy
  • Black Sabbath
  • Dirty Women
  • Drum Solo
  • Guitar Solo
  • Rock & Roll Doctor
  • Electric Funeral
  • Iron Man
  • Embryo / Children of the Grave
  • Paranoid
  • N.I.B.

 
Date City Venue Opening Acts Notes
Sep 25   TECHNICAL ECSTASY is released in the U.S.    
Oct 8
 
TECHNICAL ECSTASY is released in Britain
 

 
Oct 14 Portland Memorial Coliseum Complex (Portland Coliseum) Edgar Winter's White Trash Unconfirmed
Oct 22 Tulsa Assembly Center Boston, Moxy 1st date of TECHNICAL ECSTASY tour.
Oct 23 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum Boston
 
Oct 24 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena Boston, Moxy
 
Oct 26 Dallas Dallas Convention Center Boston Unconfirmed
Oct 28 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Coliseum Boston
 
Oct 29 Lincoln Lincoln Pershing Auditorium Boston
 
Oct 30 Kansas City Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall Target [ Read concert review ]
Oct 31 Denver McNichols Sports Arena Boston, Heart 5th Annual Halloween Show
Nov 1 Phoenix Veterans Memorial Coliseum
 
Unconfirmed
Nov 2 San Bernardino Swing Auditorium
 

 
Nov 3 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Center?
 
Unconfirmed
Nov 5 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena Bob Seger
 
Nov 6 Long Beach Long Beach Arena Target
 
Nov 9 Fresno Selland Arena Boston, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
 
Nov 11 Portland Memorial Coliseum Complex
 
Unconfirmed
Nov 13 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
 
Unconfirmed
Nov 15 Seattle
 
Target Unconfirmed
Nov 23 Knoxville Civic Coliseum Bob Seger, Target
 
Nov 24 Chicago International Amphitheatre Target [Note: Black Oak Arkansas & Tommy Bolin Band were advertised, but did not play]
 
Nov 25 Chicago International Amphitheatre Mother's Finest
 
Nov 25 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
 
Cancelled? Conflicts with Chicago date
Nov 26 Detroit Cobo Arena Black Oak Arkansas (featuring Ruby Starr), Target
 
Nov 28 Cleveland Richfield Coliseum Boston
 
Nov 30 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium Mother's Finest, Climax Blues Band
 
Dec 1 Providence Providence Civic Center Montrose Unconfirmed
Dec 3 Boston Boston Music Hall Ted Nugent
 
Dec 4 Philadelphia The Spectrum Ted Nugent, Mother's Finest
 
Dec 6 NYC Madison Square Garden Ted Nugent
 
Dec 8 Pittsburgh Civic Arena Ted Nugent
 
Dec 9 Largo (Landover) Capital Centre Ted Nugent
 
Dec 10 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Convention Center Ted Nugent
 
Dec 11 New Haven New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum Ted Nugent
 
Dec 12 Syracuse War Memorial Ted Nugent
 
Jan 19 Nottingham
 

 
Cancelled
Jan 20 Manchester
 

 
Cancelled
Jan 20 Miami Jai Alai Fronton Hall
 

 
Jan 23 Leeds
 

 
Cancelled
Jan 25 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium Target
 
Jan 26 Atlanta The Omni Ted Nugent, Target
 
Jan 28 Nashville Mid South Coliseum Target
 
Jan 29 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum Target, Dr. Hook
 
Jan 30 Fayetteville Cumberland County Arena
 

 
Feb 4 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum Target, Bob Seger [ Read concert review ]
Feb 7 Salem Salem Civic Center Target, Bob Seger [ Read concert review ]
Feb 9 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium    
Feb 11 Terre Haute Indiana State University -Hullman Civic University Center    
Feb 12 St. Louis Keil Auditorium
 
Unconfirmed
Feb 14 Indianapolis Market Square Arena Journey, Target
 
Feb 15 Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum Journey, Target
 
Feb 16
 

 

 
Unconfirmed
Feb 18 Lexington Rupp Arena Theater - Lexington Center Journey, Target
 
Feb 20 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
 

 
Feb 23 Los Angeles
 

 
Unconfirmed
Mar 2 Glasgow The Apollo Theater Nutz
 
Mar 4 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall Nutz
 
Mar 6 Stafford New Bingley Hall - County Showground Nutz
 
Mar 7 Liverpool Empire Theater Nutz
 
Mar 9 Cardiff Capitol Theatre Nutz
 
Mar 10 Southampton Gaumont Theatre Nutz
 
Mar 12 London Hammersmith Odeon Nutz
 
Mar 13 London Hammersmith Odeon Nutz
 
Mar 14 London Hammersmith Odeon Nutz
 
Mar 15 London Hammersmith Odeon Nutz
 
Apr 5 Paris Pavillon De Paris AC/DC
 
Apr 6 Colmar Parc Expo AC/DC
 
Apr 7 Offenbach Stadthalle Ian Gillan Band, AC/DC, Doctors Of Madness, The Commodores Easter Rock Festival
Apr 9 Koln (Cologne) Sporthalle Ian Gillan Band, AC/DC, Jane
 
Apr 10 Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Messezentrum Ian Gillan Band, AC/DC, John McLaughlin's Shakti, Caravan, Jane, The Commodores
 
Apr 11 Ludwigshafen 'Easter Rock Festival' - Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Ian Gillan Band, AC/DC, John McLaughlin's Shakti, Caravan, Doctors Of Madness Easter Rock Festival
Apr 13 Geneva Salle Des Fetes de Thonex Chemin
Tronchet Geneva
AC/DC
 
Apr 14 Zurich Volkshaus AC/DC
 
Apr 15 Odense
 
AC/DC Unconfirmed
Apr 16 Brussels Cirque Royal (Royal Circus) AC/DC
 
Apr 17 Amsterdam De Nieuwe Rai AC/DC
 
Apr 18 Hamburg Ernst Merck Halle AC/DC
 
Apr 19 København (Copenhagen) Falkoner Teatret (Falkoner Theater) AC/DC
 
Apr 20 Stockholm
 
AC/DC Unconfirmed
Apr 21 Lund Olympen AC/DC The "Killing Yourself to Die" Bootleg show
Apr 22 Göteborg (Gothenburg) Scandinavium AC/DC Unconfirmed venue - also listed as Liseberghallen
Apr 23 West Berlin
 
AC/DC Cancelled
Apr 24 Helsinki Kulttuuritalo AC/DC Cancelled
Apr 26 London
 
AC/DC Cancelled