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1980 Heaven & Hell Tour

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  Dates and research compiled by Joe Siegler & Robert Dwyer.

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Touring Personnel

  • Tony Iommi - Guitars
  • Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
  • Geezer Butler - Bass
  • Bill Ward - Drums
  • Vinny Appice - Drums (From Aug 31, 1980 onwards)
  • Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards

Set List

With Bill Ward On Drums:

  • War Pigs
  • Neon Knights
  • N.I.B.
  • Lonely Is The Word
  • Sweet Leaf
  • Drum Solo
  • Sweet Leaf
  • Children Of The Sea
  • Black Sabbath
  • Heaven And Hell
  • Iron Man
  • Instrumental ???
  • Guitar Solo
  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (instrumental)
  • Orchid
  • Die Young
  • Paranoid
  • Children Of The Grave
  • Lonely Is The Word

With Vinny Appice On Drums:

  • War Pigs
  • Neon Knights
  • N.I.B.
  • Lady Evil
  • Sweet Leaf
  • Drum Solo
  • Sweet Leaf
  • Children Of The Sea
  • Black Sabbath
  • Heaven And Hell
  • Iron Man
  • Instrumental ???
  • Guitar Solo
  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (instrumental)
  • Orchid
  • Die Young
  • Paranoid
  • Children Of The Grave


Date City Venue Opening Acts Notes
Oct 1 Miami Criteria Studios [HEAVEN AND HELL sessions]
 

 
Jan 1 Paris Geezer rejoins - Recording resumes at Ferber Studios
 

 
Feb 7
 
WE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR ROCK AND ROLL achieves Gold Record status in the U.S.
 

 
Apr 17 Aurich Stadthalle Amuthon 1st show with Ronnie James-Dio on vocals.
Apr 18 Oldenburg Weser-Ems-Halle
 

 
Apr 19 Kaunitz Ostwestfalenhalle
 

 
Apr 21 Fallingbostel Heidemarkhalle
 

 
Apr 22 Rendsburg Nordmarkhalle
 

 
Apr 24 Wien (Vienna) Sophiensale
 

 
Apr 25
 
HEAVEN AND HELL is released in the U.K.
 
Originally given a 4/18 release date in NME, it was later pushed forwared a week.
Apr 26 Landshut Sportshalle
 

 
Apr 29 Portsmouth Guildhall
 
Cancelled
Apr 30 Portsmouth Guildhall
 

 
May 1 Southampton Gaumont Theatre
 
Postponed until 6/25/80
May 2 Bristol Colston Hall
 

 
May 3 Poole Wessex Hall - Poole Art Centre Angelwitch
 
May 4 Brighton The Brighton Centre
 
Cancelled
May 7 London Hammersmith Odeon Girlschool Sold out!
May 8 London Hammersmith Odeon Girlschool Sold out!
May 9 London Hammersmith Odeon Girlschool Sold out!
May 10 London Hammersmith Odeon Girlschool Sold out!
May 14 Glasgow The Apollo Theater
 

 
May 15 Glasgow The Apollo Theater
 

 
May 16 Edinburgh Odeon
 

 
May 18 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall Shakin' Street
 
May 19 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall Shakin' Street
 
May 20 Deeside Leisure Center Shakin' Street
 
May 22 Manchester Apollo Theater Shakin' Street, Samson
 
May 23 Manchester Apollo Theater Shakin' Street, Samson
 
May 24 Birmingham Odeon Theatre Shakin' Street
 
May 25 Birmingham Odeon Theatre Shakin' Street
 
May 26 Leicester De Montfort Hall Shakin' Street
 
May 27
 
HEAVEN AND HELL is released in the U.S.
 

 
Jun 2 Offenbach Stadthalle Inertia
 
Jun 3 München (Munich) Circus Krone Shakin' Street
 
Jun 5 Mannheim Parking Lot [Originally scheduled for Rhein-Neckar Halle] Shakin' Street
 
Jun 6 Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Hemmerleinhalle Shakin' Street
 
Jun 7 Stuttgart Haldenberghalle Shakin' Street Cancelled
Jun 8 Wurzburg Tauber-Franken-Halle Shakin' Street Postponed until 6/10
Jun 10 Wurzburg Tauber-Franken-Halle Shakin' Street Cancelled
Jun 11 Siegen Siegerlandhalle Shakin' Street Cancelled
Jun 12 Düsseldorf Phillipshalle Shakin' Street Cancelled
Jun 14 Bremen Stadthalle Shakin' Street Cancelled
Jun 15 Hamburg Messehalle 8 Shakin' Street Cancelled
Jun 24 St. Austell Cornwall Coliseum
 

 
Jun 25 Southampton Gaumont Theatre
 
Rescheduled from 5/1/80
Jun 26 Brighton The Brighton Centre
 

 
Jul 5 Dallas Convention Center Riot
 
Jul 6 Los Angeles The Forum
 

 
Jul 8 Norman
 

 

 
Jul 12 San Antonio Convention Center Arena Blue Oyster Cult, Alice Cooper [cancelled?], Riot, Shakin' Street
 
Jul 13 Houston Robertson Stadium Blue Oyster Cult, Alice Cooper
 
Jul 16 Billings Sportatorium Blue Oyster Cult Yellowstone Metra Park Arena?
Jul 18 Spokane Spokane Coliseum Blue Oyster Cult
 
Jul 19 Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center Billy Squier, Riot Cancelled
Jul 19 Seattle Memorial Stadium Blue Oyster Cult (HL), Molly Hatchet, Riot Sold out!
Jul 20 Salem Oregon Jam '80 - Salem Fairgrounds Blue Oyster Cult (HL), Riot, Molly Hatchet 1st Oregon Jam
Jul 23 Ventura Ventura Fairgrounds Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street
 
Jul 25 Fresno Selland Arena
 
Cancelled
Jul 26 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Russia (1), The Babys (2), Molly Hatchet (3), Black Sabbath (4), Journey (5), Cheap Trick (HL). Summer Blowout festival show with an attendance of up to 90,000!
Jul 27 Oakland Day On The Green Festival #2 - Oakland Stadium Journey (HL), Cheap Trick, Molly Hatchet, Gamma [replaced Shakin' Street]
 
Jul 29 Phoenix Phoenix Stadium Blue Oyster Cult
 
Aug 4 Wichita Henry Levitt Arena
 
Cancelled
Aug 5 Lexington Rupp Arena Theater - Lexington Center
 
Unconfirmed
Aug 6 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center
 
Cancelled
Aug 8 West Lebanon Lebanon Valley Speedway Blue Oyster Cult (HL), Shakin' Street
 
Aug 9 Philadelphia The Spectrum Sammy Hagar, Shakin' Street
 
Aug 10 Hartford Hartford Civic Center Blue Oyster Cult (HL), Shakin' Street
 
Aug 12 Providence Providence Civic Center Sammy Hagar, Shakin' Street Professionally recorded for FM broadcast
Aug 13 Portland Scarborough Downs Speedway
 
Unconfirmed
Aug 14 Dayton Hara Arena Sammy Hagar [Humble Pie also may have been scheduled to perform, but did not appear]
 
Aug 15 Evansville Mesker Music Theater Sammy Hagar
 
Aug 16 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium Sammy Hagar, Saxon, Riot (cancelled at last minute)
 
Aug 17 Rockford Speedway Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet
 
Aug 18 Chicago International Amphitheatre Blue Oyster Cult
 
Aug 19 Bloomington Metropolitan Sports Center Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street Bill Ward's last gig with the band until Live Aid
Aug 21 Denver McNichols Sports Arena Blue Oyster Cult, Midnight Flyer (?) Cancelled
Aug 22 Salt Lake City Bonneville Salt Flats Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street, Vandenberg and others? Sabbath cancelled, but rest of acts played
Aug 24 San Diego Stadium
 
Cancelled
Aug 26 Albuquerque Albuquerque Civic Plaza
 
Unconfirmed
Aug 31 Honolulu Aloha Stadium Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet Vinny Appice's 1st gig with Sabbath
Sep 5 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center Riot
 
Sep 6 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
 

 
Sep 7 Miami Jai Alai Fronton Hall Riot, Johnny Van Zandt
 
Sep 7 San Bernardino National Orange Showground Blue Oyster Cult Cancelled
Sep 8 San Francisco The Old Waldorf Blue Oyster Cult Cancelled
Sep 10 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
 

 
Sep 12 Atlanta The Omni Riot, Sammy Hagar [cancelled]
 
Sep 17 Springfield Springfield Civic Center Blue Oyster Cult
 
Sep 19 New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum Blue Oyster Cult
 
Sep 20 Boston Boston Gardens Blue Oyster Cult, Riot
 
Sep 23 Lexington Rupp Arena Theater - Lexington Center
 

 
Sep 25 Greenville Memorial Auditorium Nazareth Unconfirmed
Sep 26 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum Riot, Jesse Bolt
 
Sep 27 Charleston Charleston Civic Center Coliseum
 

 
Sep 27 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena Blue Oyster Cult Rescheduled for 10/23/80
Sep 29 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Blue Oyster Cult
 
Sep 30 St. Louis Checkerdome Blue Oyster Cult
 
Oct 1 Chicago International Amphitheatre Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet?, Black Cat
 
Oct 3 Pittsburgh Civic Arena Blue Oyster Cult (HL), Saxon
 
Oct 4 Toledo Sports Arena Saxon
 
Oct 5 Detroit Joe Louis Arena Blue Oyster Cult, Adrenaline
 
Oct 7 Columbus Ohio State University - St. John Arena
 

 
Oct 8 Indianapolis Market Square Arena Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street
 
Oct 9 Milwaukee Mecca Arena Blue Oyster Cult The infamous 'riot' show where Geezer was hit by a bottle. The show ended after 2 songs.
Oct 10 Louisville Freedom Hall Blue Oyster Cult
 
Oct 11 Toledo Sports Arena Blue Oyster Cult Unconfirmed
Oct 12 Cleveland Richfield Coliseum Blue Oyster Cult
 
Oct 13 Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street
 
Oct 14 Largo (Landover) Capital Centre Blue Oyster Cult, Girlschool
 
Oct 16 Rochester Community War Memorial Auditorium Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street
 
Oct 17 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Blue Oyster Cult (HL?), Shakin' Street Professionally filmed for the movie BLACK AND BLUE.
Oct 18 NYC Madison Square Garden Blue Oyster Cult Top grossing U.S. show for that week!
Oct 20 Boston Boston Garden Blue Oyster Cult
 
Oct 22 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street Rescheduled show from August
Oct 23 Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum Blue Oyster Cult
 
Oct 23 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena Blue Oyster Cult Rescheduled from 9/27/80
Oct 24 Erie County Fieldhouse Blue Oyster Cult
 
Oct 25 Cincinnati Riverfront Arena Blue Oyster Cult
 
Nov 1 Boise
 
The Air
 
Nov 4 Colorado Springs City Auditorium Johnnie
 
Nov 6 Salt Lake City The Salt Palace
 

 
Nov 7 Wichita Henry Levitt Arena
 

 
Nov 8 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium Johnnie
 
Nov 16 Tokyo Sun Plaza Hall (1st Show)
 
Early show - 2 PM
Nov 16 Tokyo Sun Plaza Hall (2nd Show)
 
Late show - 6 PM
Nov 17 Tokyo Nippon Seinenkan Hall
 

 
Nov 18 Tokyo Sun Plaza Hall
 
Aborted after 70 minutes, due to the illness of Tony Iommi
Nov 19 Tokyo Sun Plaza Hall
 
Cancelled due to Tony Iommi's illness.
Nov 20 Kyoto Kaikan Hall
 

 
Nov 21 Osaka Koseinenkin (Festival) Hall
 

 
Nov 24 Sydney The Capitol Theater Rose Tattoo
 
Nov 25 Sydney The Capitol Theater Rose Tattoo
 
Nov 26 Sydney The Capitol Theater Rose Tattoo
 
Nov 27 Sydney The Capitol Theater Rose Tattoo
 
Dec 27 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster, More (?) Postponed until 1/18/81
Dec 28 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster Postponed until 1/19/81
Dec 29 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster
 
Dec 30 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster Postponed until 1/21/81
Jan 3 Leeds Queen's Hall A II Z, Max Webster Postponed until 1/24/81?
Jan 4 Stafford New Bingley Hall A II Z, Max Webster Postponed until 1/25/81
Jan 6
 
HEAVEN AND HELL achieves Gold Record status in the U.S.
 

 
Jan 9 Southampton Gaumont Theatre A II Z, Max Webster
 
Jan 18 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster, More (?)
 
Jan 19 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster
 
Jan 20 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster
 
Jan 21 London Hammersmith Odeon A II Z, Max Webster Brian May joined them for the encores
Jan 23 Bridlington Royal Spa Hall
 

 
Jan 24 Leeds Queen's Hall A II Z, Max Webster Rescheduled from 1/3
Jan 25 Stafford New Bingley Hall A II Z, Max Webster Rescheduled from 1/4
Jan 27 Bristol Colston Hall
 

 
Jan 28 Cardiff Sophia Gardens Pavilion
 
Early show
Jan 30 Southampton Gaumont Theatre A II Z
 
Jan 31 Crawley Leisure Centre
 

 
Feb 1 Poole Wessex Hall - Poole Art Centre
 

 
Feb 2 St. Austell Cornwall Coliseum
 
Final date of the HEAVEN AND HELL world tour