1989 Headless Cross Tour

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Touring Personnel

  • Tony Iommi - Guitars
  • Tony Martin - Vocals
  • Neil Murray - Bass
  • Cozy Powell - Drums
  • Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards

Set List

  • Headless Cross
  • Die Young
  • Black Sabbath
  • Devil & Daughter
  • Iron Man
  • Children of the Grave
  • Heaven & Hell
  • Neon Knights
  • Children of the Sea
  • Call of the Wild
  • The Mob Rules
  • When Death Calls
  • War Pigs
  • The Shining
  • Guitar Solo
  • Paranoid

The set list varied during the tour, here are a couple of set lists from other gigs below.  The image above is from the June 6, 1989 gig. The writing is that of Tony Bateman, Sab roadie.

Sep 11, 1989 Set List:

  • Intro - The Omen (tape)
  • The Gates of Hell
  • The Headless cross
  • Neon Knights
  • Children of the sea
  • Die Young
  • War Pigs
  • When death Calls
  • Mob Rules
  • Black Sabbath
  • Devil and Daughter
  • The Shining
  • Smoke on the Water (feat. Ian Gillan)
  • Iron Man
  • Children of the grave
  • Heaven and hell
  • Paranoid

Date City Venue Opening Acts Notes
Nov 1
 
HEADLESS CROSS Recording Sessions / Demos
 

 
Apr 25
 
HEADLESS CROSS is released in the U.S.
 

 
May 31 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
 
1st date of HEADLESS CROSS tour
Jun 3 Boston The Orpheum Theater Kingdom Come, Silent Rage (?) [ Read Concert Review ]
Jun 4 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion Kingdom Come, Silent Rage
 
Jun 6 Norfolk The Boathouse Kingdom Come
 
Jun 8 Springfield Springfield Civic Center Kingdom Come, Silent Rage
 
Jun 8 Clifton Park Clifton Park Arena
 
Cancelled
Jun 9 Upper Darby Tower Theater Kingdom Come, Silent Rage
 
Jun 10 New York City Palladium Kingdom Come, Silent Rage
 
Jun 12 Toronto Masonic Temple Concert Hall Kingdom Come
 
Jun 14 Cleveland The Agora Silent Rage
 
Jun 15 Cincinnati
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 17 Chicago Aragon Ballroom Kingdom Come, Silent Rage Cancelled
Jun 18 Milwaukee
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 19 Detroit Pine Knob Music Theatre Kingdom Come Cancelled
Jun 20 Minneapolis
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 22 Kansas City
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 23 St. Louis
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 24 Memphis
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 25 Huntsville
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 27 Atlanta The Fox Theatre
 
Cancelled
Jun 28 Daytona
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 29 Ft. Lauderdale
 

 
Cancelled
Jun 30 Tampa
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 2 Biloxi
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 3 Houston
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 4 McAllen
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 6 Corpus Christi
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 7 Denver Mardi Gras Kingdom Come, Silent Rage Cancelled
Jul 7 San Antonio
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 8 Dallas
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 11 Phoenix
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 12 San Diego
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 13 Anaheim
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 14 Los Angeles
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 15 Oakland
 

 
Cancelled
Jul 16 Sacramento
 

 
Cancelled
Aug 31 Birmingham Aston Villa Leisure Centre Axxis
 
Sep 1 Liverpool Royal Court Axxis
 
Sep 2 Sheffield City (Oval) Hall Axxis [ Read Concert Review ]
Sep 3 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall Axxis
 
Sep 5 Edinburgh The Playhouse Axxis
 
Sep 6 Manchester Apollo Theater Axxis
 
Sep 7 Leicester De Montfort Hall Axxis, That Girl Can't Help It
 
Sep 9 London Hammersmith Odeon Axxis
 
Sep 10 London Hammersmith Odeon Axxis Brian May on encore
Sep 11 Bristol Colston Hall Axxis Ian Gillan on encore
Sep 14 Stockholm Solnahallen Axxis
 
Sep 15 København (Copenhagen) K.B. Hallen Axxis Ian Gillan on encore
Sep 16 Hamburg Docks Axxis
 
Sep 18 Dortmund Westfalenhalle Axxis
 
Sep 19 Böblingen Sporthalle Axxis
 
Sep 20 München (Munich) Circus Krone Axxis
 
Sep 22 Wurzburg Carl-Diem-Halle Axxis
 
Sep 23 Neumarkt Jurahalle Axxis
 
Sep 24 Wien (Vienna) Summer Arena Axxis
 
Sep 25 Budapest Sportcsarnkoban Axxis
 
Sep 27 Ljulbljana Tivoli Hall Axxis
 
Sep 28 Milano (Milan) Rolling Stone Axxis
 
Sep 29 Zurich Volkshaus Axxis
 
Oct 1 Frankfurt Kongresshalle Axxis
 
Oct 2 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Axxis
 
Oct 10 Tokyo Club Citta
 

 
Oct 14 Kawasaki Club Citta
 

 
Oct 16 Tokyo Shinyuku Koseinekin Hall
 

 
Oct 17 Tokyo Shinyuku Koseinekin Hall
 

 
Oct 19 Osaka Koseinenkin (Festival) Hall
 

 
Oct 21 Nagoya Nagoya Kinrokaikan
 

 
Nov 19 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) [Afternoon Show] Girlschool
 
Nov 19 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) [Evening Show] Girlschool
 
Nov 20 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 21 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 22 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 23 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 24 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 25 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) [Afternoon Show] Girlschool
 
Nov 25 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) [Evening Show] Girlschool
 
Nov 26 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) [Afternoon Show] Girlschool
 
Nov 26 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) [Evening Show] Girlschool
 
Nov 27 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 28 Moscow Olympski Hall (Olympic Hall) Girlschool
 
Nov 30 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 1 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 2 Leningrad EKS Hall [2 shows] Girlschool 2 shows
Dec 3 Leningrad EKS Hall [2 shows] Girlschool 2 shows
Dec 4 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 5 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 6 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 7 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 8 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool
 
Dec 9 Leningrad EKS Hall Girlschool