1994 Cross Purposes Tour

World Tour to support the “Cross Purposes” album.

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

  • Tony Martin – Vocals
  • Tony Iommi – Guitar
  • Geezer Butler – Bass
  • Bobby Rondinelli – Drums
  • Bill Ward – Drums (South America Only, Aug 27 – Sep 3)
  • Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards

Typical Set List

  • Supertzar
  • Time Machine
  • Children of the Grave
  • Children of the Sea
  • I Witness
  • The Mob Rules
  • Into the Void
  • Psychophobia
  • Black Sabbath
  • Neon Knights
  • Immaculate Deception (Anno Mundi in U.K. & When Death Calls in Europe)
  • The Wizard
  • Cross of Thorns
  • Symptom of the Universe
  • Drum Solo
  • Headless Cross
  • Paranoid
  • Iron Man (Encore)
  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Encore)
  • Dying for Love (Taped Outro)

Tour Notes

  • Iron Man was not originally part of the set list, the band tried dropping it, but due to popular demand, it was added back later on.
  • Immaculate Deception was later replaced with something else on the tour, it didn’t survive the entire tour.
  • The set list was shorter when they did the gigs with Bill Ward.
  • The set list scan image at the bottom of this page was from the Buenos Aires gig in Argentina on Sep 3.

Date Location Venue Other Bands / Openers Notes
Feb 08 1994 Cross Purposes Released in the US
Feb 08 1994 First date on the Cross Purposes Tour
Feb 08 1994 New Britain The Sting Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 09 1994 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 11 1994 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 12 1994 Montreal Metropolis Center Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 13 1994 Mississauga The World Niteclub Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 15 1994 New York City, NY Roseland Ballroom Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 16 1994 College Park, MD University Of Maryland – Ritchie Coliseum Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 18 1994 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theater Motorhead, Morbid Angel (canceled) Billed as Philadelphia
Feb 19 1994 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 20 1994 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 22 1994 Kalamazoo State Theater Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 23 1994 Detroit, MI State Theater Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 25 1994 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Feb 26 1994 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom Motorhead, Morbid Angel [ Concert Reviews ]
Feb 27 1994 St. Paul The Forum Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 01 1994 Denver, CO Paramount Theater Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 02 1994 San Diego, CA Crosby Hall Motorhead, Morbid Angel Unconfirmed
Mar 03 1994 San Jose, CA San Jose State University – Events Center Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 04 1994 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amihitheater Motorhead (canceled?), Morbid Angel
Mar 06 1994 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 08 1994 Dallas, TX The Bomb Factory Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 09 1994 Houston, TX Bayou City Theatre Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 10 1994 New Orleans, LA Keifer UNO Lakefront Arena Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 12 1994 Jacksonville, FL The Edge Motorhead, Morbid Angel
Mar 13 1994 Sunrise, FL Sunrise Musical Theater Motorhead, Morbid Angel Last US Show on Tour
Mar 20 1994 Rehs Canceled?
Mar 21 1994 Yokohama Japan Yokohama Landmark Theater
Mar 22 1994 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
Mar 22 1994 Nagoya Club Quattro?
Mar 26 1994 Osaka Koseinenkin (Festival) Hall
Mar 27 1994 Tokyo Shinyuku Koseinekin Hall
Apr 11 1994 Manchester Labatts Apollo
Apr 12 1994 Wolverhampton Civic Hall Cathedral, Godspeed
Apr 13 1994 London Hammersmith Odeon Cathedral, Godspeed
Apr 13 1994 London gig recorded and released as Cross Purposes Live VHS & CD.
Apr 14 1994 Newport Leisure Center
Apr 16 1994 Paris Elysée-Montmarte
Apr 18 1994 Brussels Luna Theater
Apr 19 1994 Utrecht Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Godspeed, Cathedral
Apr 20 1994 Hamburg Docks Konzerte Godspeed, Cathedral
Apr 21 1994 Hamburg Docks Konzerte Godspeed, Cathedral
Apr 23 1994 Magdeburg AMO
Apr 24 1994 Hannover Music Halle Godspeed, Cathedral
Apr 25 1994 Osnabruck Stadthalle
Apr 26 1994 Koln (Cologne) E-Werk
Apr 28 1994 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
Apr 29 1994 Erfurt Thuringerhalle
Apr 30 1994 Berlin Huxley’s Neue Welt Godspeed, Cathedral
May 02 1994 Fürth Stadthalle
May 03 1994 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
May 04 1994 Offenbach Stadthalle
May 06 1994 Hof Freiheitshalle
May 08 1994 Völklingen Sporthalle
May 09 1994 Stuttgart Kongress Zentrum B
May 10 1994 Munich Terminal 1
May 12 1994 Budapest Sporthalle
May 14 1994 Ostrava Sporthalle
May 15 1994 Zabrze Hala Makoszowy Godspeed, Cathedral
May 16 1994 Prague Sportovní Hala
May 18 1994 Fulda Richthalle
May 19 1994 Leipzig Haus Auensee
May 21 1994 Lienz Tennishalle
May 23 1994 Florence Palasport Cathedral, Godspeed
May 24 1994 Milan City Square Cathedral, Godspeed
May 26 1994 Vienna BA Zelt
May 27 1994 Salzburg Sportshalle
May 28 1994 Zurich Sportzentrum Wettlingen
Jun 11 1994 Seinajoki Provinssi Rock Festival Last gig with Bobby Rondinelli
Aug 26 1994 Sao Paulo Press Conference @ Maksoud Plaza, hosted by Philips
Aug 27 1994 Sao Paulo Pacaembu Stadium Kiss (HL), Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Angra, Dr. Sin, Viper, Raimundos. (Sabbath played before Slayer and Kiss) Philips Monsters of Rock Festival 94 – With Bill Ward on Drums
Sep 01 1994 Santiago, Chile Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho Kiss (HL), Slayer, Tumulto, Suicidal Tendencies [cancelled] With Bill Ward on drums. Filmed for Chilean TV
Sep 03 1994 Buenos Aires Estadio Monumental de River Plate (River Plate Stadium) Kiss (HL), Slayer, Hermética, Gatos Sucios, Suicidal Tendencies (?), Manowar [cancelled] With Bill Ward on drums. Filmed and televised on Argentinian TV.
Sep 04 1994 Buenos Aires Estadio Monumental de River Plate (River Plate Stadium) Kiss (HL), Slayer, Hermética, Gatos Sucios, Suicidal Tendencies (?), Manowar [cancelled] With Bill Ward on drums
Sep 04 1994 Last gig on the Cross Purposes Tour