1983-1984 Born Again Tour

World tour to support the “Born Again” album.

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

  • Ian Gillan – Vocals
  • Tony Iommi – Guitar
  • Geezer Butler – Bass
  • Bev Bevan – Drums
  • Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards

Typical Set List

  • Hot Line
  • War Pigs
  • Born Again
  • Black Sabbath
  • The Dark/Zero the Hero
  • Guitar Solo
  • Digital Bitch
  • Iron Man
  • Neon Knights (added in Jan 84)
  • Children of the Grave
  • Supernaut
  • Drum Solo
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Doctor
  • Disturbing the Priest
  • Keep it Warm (only played once or twice)
  • Heaven & Hell
  • Smoke on the Water (Encore)
  • Paranoid (Encore)

Date Location Venue Other Bands / Openers Notes
Aug 07 1983 Birmingham, UK NEC Tour Rehersals Start
Aug 14 1983 Birmingham, UK NEC Tour Rehersals Finish
Aug 18 1983 Drammen, Norway Drammenshallen Pretty Maids First date of Born Again Tour, First show with Ian Gillan
Aug 19 1983 Stockholm, Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion Pretty Maids
Aug 21 1983 Helsinki Helsinki Icehall (Helsingen Jäähalli) Pretty Maids
Aug 23 1983 Lund Olympen Pretty Maids
Aug 24 1983 Copenhagen Falkoner Teatret (Falkoner Theater) Pretty Maids
Aug 27 1983 Reading Thamembe Arena Stevie Ray Vaughan, Marillion, Suzi Quatro, Magnum, Anvil, Mama’s Boys, Heavy Pettin’, Wendy & The Rocketts, Fortune, Crazy Angel Reading Festival ’83
Aug 28 1983 Dublin Dalymount Park Motorhead, Twisted Sister, Mama’s Boys, Anvil Monsters Of Rock festival
Sep 10 1983 Mulhouse ‘Sunrise Festival ’83’ – Nationale 66 Blue Oyster Cult (?), Motorhead, Stormbringer, Twisted Sister, Anvil, Diamond Head, Satan Cancelled
Sep 12 1983 Born Again is released in the UK.  Probably.  Maybe.  Read here for more detail.
Sep 13 1983 Barcelona, Spain Plaza De Toros Monumental Diamond Head, Girlschool
Sep 14 1983 Madrid Estadio Román Valero Diamond Head, Girlschool Venue also shown as Estadio Román Valero.
Sep 15 1983 San Sebastian Velódromo Anoeta Diamond Head
Sep 18 1983 Offenbach Stadthalle Diamond Head
Sep 19 1983 Düsseldorf Phillipshalle Diamond Head
Sep 20 1983 Mannheim Musensaal – Rosengarten Diamond Head
Sep 22 1983 München (Munich) Circus Krone Diamond Head
Sep 24 1983 Frauenfeld Festhalle Ruegerhols Diamond Head Unconfirmed
Sep 25 1983 Geneva (Geneve) Pavillon Des Sports Del Champel Geneve Diamond Head
Sep 27 1983 Nuenkirchen Hemmerleinhalle Diamond Head
Sep 28 1983 Böblingen Sporthalle Diamond Head
Sep 30 1983 Paris Espace Balard Diamond Head
Oct 01 1983 Brussels Vorst Nationaal (Forest National) Diamond Head, Acid
Oct 02 1983 Zwolle Ijsselhallen Veemarkt (Ijsselhal) Diamond Head
Oct 03 1983 Nijmegen De Vereeniging
Oct 04 1983 Born Again is released in the US
Oct 13 1983 Moncton Moncton Coliseum Streetheart [Quiet Riot cancelled] Cancelled
Oct 15 1983 Halifax Halifax Metro Center Streetheart [Quiet Riot cancelled] Cancelled
Oct 17 1983 Rimouski Colisee de Rimouski Unconfirmed
Oct 18 1983 Chicoutimi Centre Georges Vezina Unconfirmed
Oct 20 1983 Quebec City Quebec City Coliseum (Le Colisee)? Nazareth
Oct 21 1983 Montreal Montreal Forum Nazareth
Oct 22 1983 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre Arena Nazareth
Oct 24 1983 Sudbury Sudbury Arena Nazareth
Oct 25 1983 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens Quiet Riot
Oct 26 1983 London London Gardens Nazareth (replaced Sabbath as headliner), Quiet Riot Cancelled
Oct 27 1983 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Quiet Riot
Oct 29 1983 East Rutherford, NJ Brendan Byrne Arena – Meadowlands (a.k.a. Continental Airlines Arena) Quiet Riot
Oct 30 1983 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Quiet Riot
Nov 01 1983 Providence, RI Providence Civic Center Quiet Riot [ Concert Reviews ]
Nov 02 1983 Largo (Landover) Capital Centre Quiet Riot
Nov 04 1983 Worcester, MA Centrum Quiet Riot [ Concert Reviews ]
Recorded by Westwood One for FM broadcast.
Nov 05 1983 Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum Quiet Riot Your Webmaster’s first Black Sabbath show!
Nov 06 1983 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center Quiet Riot
Nov 08 1983 New Haven, CT Veterans Memorial Coliseum Quiet Riot, Fastway
Nov 09 1983 Rochester, NY Community War Memorial Auditorium Quiet Riot Rescheduled date – moved up from 11/10
Nov 10 1983 Pittsburgh, PA Stanley Theater Quiet Riot Cancelled
Nov 11 1983 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena Quiet Riot
Nov 12 1983 Cleveland, OH Cleveland Public Hall Quiet Riot
Nov 13 1983 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Coliseum Quiet Riot Unconfirmed
Nov 14 1983 Saginaw Wendler Arena – Saginaw Civic Center Quiet Riot [ Concert Reviews ]
Nov 15 1983 Rockford Metro Center Quiet Riot
Nov 16 1983 Green Bay, WI Brown County Arena Quiet Riot
Nov 18 1983 Chicago, IL UIC Pavillion Quiet Riot [ Concert Reviews ]
Nov 19 1983 Madison, WI Dane County Memorial Arena Quiet Riot
Nov 20 1983 Minneapolis, MN Metropolitan Center Quiet Riot
Nov 22 1983 Salt Lake City, UT The Salt Palace Quiet Riot Cancelled
Nov 23 1983 Reno, NV Convention Center Quiet Riot Unconfirmed
Nov 25 1983 Las Vegas, NV Aladdin Theater For The Performing Arts Quiet Riot
Nov 26 1983 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Quiet Riot
Nov 27 1983 Tucson, AZ Tucson Convention Center Arena Quiet Riot
Nov 29 1983 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum Quiet Riot
Nov 30 1983 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum Quiet Riot Unconfirmed
Jan 16 1984 Calgary Cancelled due to illness
Jan 17 1984 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum Cancelled due to illness
Jan 19 1984 Vancouver Cancelled due to illness
Jan 20 1984 Seattle, WA Seattle Center Coliseum Cancelled due to illness
Jan 21 1984 Spokane, WA Spokane Coliseum Cancelled due to illness
Jan 23 1984 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum Complex Cancelled
Jan 25 1984 San Francisco, CA (Daly City) Cow Palace Heaven, Ratt
Jan 26 1984 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena Heaven
Jan 28 1984 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum Unconfirmed
Jan 29 1984 Salt Lake City, UT The Salt Palace Heaven
Jan 31 1984 Denver, CO McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 01 1984 Amarillo, TX The Amarillo Civic Center
Feb 02 1984 Lubbock, TX Unconfirmed
Feb 03 1984 Corpus Christi, TX Memorial Coliseum
Feb 04 1984 San Antonio, TX Convention Center Arena Girlschool?
Feb 07 1984 Houston, TX Sam Houston Coliseum Night Ranger
Feb 08 1984 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena Night Ranger
Feb 10 1984 Beaumont, TX Beaumont Civic Center Night Ranger
Feb 11 1984 Little Rock, AR Barton Coliseum Night Ranger
Feb 12 1984 New Orleans, LA Lakefront Arena Cancelled
Feb 13 1984 Birmingham, AL Boutwell Auditorium Unconfirmed
Feb 14 1984 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Unconfirmed
Feb 16 1984 Lakeland, FL Lakeland Civic Center Night Ranger
Feb 17 1984 Sunrise, FL Sunrise Musical Theater
Feb 18 1984 Savannah, GA Civic Center Cancelled
Feb 20 1984 Atlanta, GA Fox Theater Night Ranger
Feb 22 1984 St. Louis, MO Kiel Auditorium Night Ranger
Feb 24 1984 Toledo, OH Sports Arena Night Ranger
Feb 25 1984 Dayton, OH Hara Arena Night Ranger
Feb 26 1984 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium Night Ranger [ Concert Reviews ]
Feb 27 1984 Salisbury Wicomico Youth & Civic Center Unconfirmed
Feb 29 1984 Utica, NY Stanley Performing Arts Center Helix
Mar 01 1984 Albany, NY Palace Theatre Helix
Mar 04 1984 Springfield Springfield Civic Center Cryer
Mar 04 1984 Last date on the Born Again Tour – Last live shows with Ian Gillan & Bev Bevan