1995 Forbidden Tour

World Tour to support the Forbidden 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 (until Aug 3)
  • Bobby Rondinelli – Drums (Aug 19 onwards)
  • Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards

Typical Set List

  • Ave Satani (taped intro)
  • Children of the Grave
  • Neon Knights
  • The Shining
  • The Wizard
  • Get a Grip
  • Headless Cross
  • Iommi Solo (short)
  • Rusty Angels (US Only)
  • Kiss of Death (Non US)
  • When Death Calls
  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  • Can’t Get Close Enough
  • War Pigs
  • Mob Rules
  • Changes (Japanese dates only)
  • Black Sabbath
  • Heaven & Hell
  • Iron Man (encore)
  • Paranoid (encore)
  • Laguna Sunrise (Taped outro)

When Bobby Rondinelli replaced Cozy Powell on tour, Bobby was doing a drum solo; Cozy did not do one on the US tour.

 

  

Date Location Venue Other Bands / Openers Notes
Mar 01 1995 Cross Purposes Live is released
Jun 01 1995 Forbidden is released
Jun 04 1995 First date on the Forbidden Tour
Jun 04 1995 Esbjerg Esbjerg Rock Festival ELO II, Fleetwood Mac [June 3rd], Saxon, Wet Wet Wet, 10CC, Smokie and many more…
Jun 16 1995 Karlshamn Bellevueparken Abstrakt Algebra, Bad Religion, Bob Hund, Dave Edmunds, Electric Eskimoes, Fairport Convention, Flaped Forge, Fleetwood Mac, Freak Kitchen, Jukka Tolonen Band, Kashmir, Kent, Lars Demian, Led Zeppelin Jam, Los Stjartgroggs, Mary Beats Jane, No Solution, P Karlshamn Rock Festival – 2 day Festival Show
Jun 29 1995 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place Motorhead
Jul 01 1995 Harvey’s Lake Bud Light Amphitheater Motorhead, Kix [cancelled]
Jul 02 1995 Cleveland, OH Nautica Stage Motorhead
Jul 03 1995 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall Motorhead
Jul 04 1995 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theater
Jul 06 1995 Kalamazoo State Theater
Jul 07 1995 Tinley Park Tweeter Center Motorhead, Tiamat
Jul 08 1995 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theater Motorhead, Tiamat
Jul 09 1995 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall Motorhead
Jul 10 1995 New York City, NY Roseland Ballroom Motorhead, Tiamat
Jul 11 1995 Philadelphia, PA Theater of the Living Arts Motorhead, Tiamat [ Concert Reviews ]
Moved from Tower Theatre in Upper Darby – Originally Scheduled for July 12th
Jul 13 1995 Mansfield, MA Great Woods Center Motorhead, Tiamat [ Concert Reviews ]
Jul 14 1995 Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Motorhead, Tiamat [ Concert Reviews ]
Jul 15 1995 New Britain The Sting Motorhead
Jul 17 1995 St. Catharines Polonia Park Motorhead, Tiamat, S.F.H.
Jul 18 1995 Toronto, Ontario The Warehouse RPM Motorhead [ Concert Reviews ]
Jul 19 1995 Montreal Metropolis Center
Jul 22 1995 Kitchener Lulu’s Roadhouse Motorhead
Jul 23 1995 Sudbury Sudbury Arena Motorhead, Tiamat
Jul 26 1995 Calgary Max Bell Arena Motorhead, Tiamat
Jul 28 1995 Tacoma, WA Temple Theater Motorhead, Tiamat
Jul 29 1995 Portland, OR Roseland Theater Motorhead, Tiamat
Aug 01 1995 San Francisco, CA The Warfield Theater Motorhead, Tiamat [ Concert Reviews ]
Aug 02 1995 Ventura, CA The Ventura Theater Motorhead
Aug 03 1995 Universal City, CA Universal Amphitheater Motorhead, Tiamat Last gig with Cozy Powell
Aug 19 1995 Gmund Rock At The Border Festival Bobby Rondinelli returns
Aug 20 1995 Vienna Open Air Festival
Aug 22 1995 Luneville Open Air Municipal Park Canceled
Aug 25 1995 Gzira Orpheum Theater Lord Adder
Aug 31 1995 Gottingen Outpost
Sep 01 1995 Bielefeld PC 69 – Musikbetrieb Tiamat
Sep 02 1995 Chemnitz Haus Der Einheit
Sep 04 1995 Halle Easy Schorre
Sep 05 1995 Jena Kulturzentrum
Sep 06 1995 Prague Small Sports Hall
Sep 07 1995 Krakow, Poland Hala Wisley
Sep 09 1995 Poznan, Poland Hala Arena
Sep 10 1995 Warsaw, Poland Colosseum Tiamat
Sep 11 1995 Ostrava, Czech Republic Palace Of Culture And Sport
Sep 12 1995 Wroclaw, Poland Hala Ludowa
Sep 14 1995 Bratislava, Slovokia Amphitheater
Sep 16 1995 Torino, Italy Palastampa
Sep 18 1995 Milan, Italy The Rolling Stone
Sep 19 1995 Rimini, Italy Velvet Club
Sep 20 1995 Pescara, Italy Palastampa Canceled
Sep 21 1995 Sežana, Slovenia Sports Hall Tiamat
Sep 22 1995 Brescia, Italy Parco Tendra
Sep 23 1995 Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus
Sep 24 1995 Telfs, Austria Rathaussaels
Sep 26 1995 Graz, Austria Eintrittskarte Orpheum Tiamat
Sep 27 1995 Wels, Austria Stadthalle
Sep 29 1995 Nuremberg, Germany Jurahalle
Sep 30 1995 Munich, Germany Terminal 1
Oct 01 1995 Bocholt, Germany
Oct 02 1995 Hamburg, Germany Docks Konzerte Tiamat
Oct 03 1995 Hamburg, Germany Docks Konzerte Tiamat Canceled
Oct 04 1995 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany Europahalle Tiamat
Oct 06 1995 Berlin, Germany Huxley’s Neue Welt
Oct 07 1995 Hanover, Germany Music Halle Tiamat
Oct 08 1995 Lichtenfels, Germany Stadthalle
Oct 09 1995 Ludwigsburg, Germany Forum
Oct 11 1995 Neu-Isenburg, Germany Hugenottenhalle Tiamat
Oct 12 1995 Dudelange, Luxembourg Centre Sportif
Oct 13 1995 Paris, France Elysée-Montmarte
Oct 15 1995 Utrecht, Netherlands Central Studios
Oct 16 1995 Brussels, Belgium Lina Theater
Oct 18 1995 Lund, Sweden Mejeriet
Oct 19 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden Lisebergshallen Tiamat?
Oct 20 1995 Esbjerg, Denmark Tobaksfabrikken
Oct 21 1995 Copenhagen, Denmark K.B. Hallen Tiamat
Oct 22 1995 Stockholm, Sweden Cirkus Djurgarden Tiamat
Oct 24 1995 Borlänge, Sweden Cupolen Tiamat Canceled
Oct 25 1995 Umeå, Sweden Sporthallen Tiamat
Oct 26 1995 Luleå, Sweden Arcushallen Tiamat
Oct 28 1995 Tampere, Finland Pakkahuone (room) – Tullikamari (venue) Tiamat
Oct 29 1995 Helsinki, Finland Kulttuuritalo Tiamat Venue name is “House of Culture” in English
Nov 01 1995 Koln, Germany E-Werk
Nov 02 1995 Bremen, Germany Aladin
Nov 04 1995 Cambridge, UK Corn Exchange
Nov 05 1995 Leeds, UK T & C
Nov 05 1995 Manchester, UK Apollo Theater Unconfirmed
Nov 08 1995 Bristol, UK Colston Hall
Nov 09 1995 Wolverhampton, England Civic Hall Skyclad
Nov 10 1995 London, England Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Nov 11 1995 London, England Shepherd’s Bush Empire Canceled
Nov 13 1995 Paris, France Elysée-Montmarte Unconfirmed. Gig also listed as Charter Hall in Colchester, England?
Nov 16 1995 Seoul, South Korea
Nov 18 1995 Tokyo, Japan Liquid Room Canceled
Nov 19 1995 Tokyo, Japan Shibuya Kokaido “Changes” put in set during Japan shows
Nov 21 1995 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
Nov 22 1995 Osaka, Japan Sankei Hall
Nov 25 1995 Perth, Australia Entertainment Centre Canceled by promoter
Nov 27 1995 Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Entertainment Centre Canceled by promoter
Nov 29 1995 Melbourne, Australia Sports and Entertainment Centre Canceled by promoter
Dec 01 1995 Sydney, Australia Entertainment Centre Canceled by promoter
Dec 02 1995 Newcastle, Australia Entertainment Centre Canceled by promoter
Dec 04 1995 Brisbane, Australia Festival Hall Canceled by promoter
Dec 06 1995 Townsville, Australia Entertainment Centre Canceled by promoter
Dec 09 1995 Auckland, New Zealand Mt Smart Supertop – Penrose Canceled by promoter
Dec 12 1995 Singapore, Singapore World Trade Centre – Harbour Pavillion Confirmed – DID happen
Dec 14 1995 Bangkok Phoebus Amphitheater Complex Confirmed – DID happen
Dec 14 1995 Last gig on the Forbidden Tour – There were a few more scheduled, however.
Dec 16 1995 Manila, Phillipines Araneta Coliseum Canceled by promoter
Dec 19 1995 Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon, Vietnam Hon Min Kin Canceled by promoter




July 1, 1995 Stage Pass