1989 Headless Cross Tour

World Tour to support the “Headless Cross” album.

Dates and research compiled by Joe Siegler & Robert Dwyer.
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Touring Personnel

  • Tony Martin – Vocals
  • Tony Iommi – Guitar
  • Neil Murray – Bass
  • Cozy Powell – Drums
  • Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards

Typical 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

Alternate Set List

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
  • 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