1975-1976 Sabotage Tour

World tour to support the “Sabotage” album.

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

  • Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
  • Tony Iommi – Guitar
  • Geezer Butler – Bass
  • Bill Ward – Drums
  • Jezz Woodruffe – Keyboards

Typical Set List

  • Hole in the Sky
  • Snowblind
  • Symptom of the Universe
  • War Pigs
  • Megalomania
  • Guitar Solo
  • Drum Solo
  • Supernaut
  • Iron Man
  • Rock & Roll Doctor (pre-release version)
  • Black Sabbath
  • Spiral Architect
  • Embryo / Children of the Grave
  • Paranoid
  • Killing Yourself to Live
  • Oh When the Saints (??? – No clue what this is supposed to be)
  • Sabbra Cadabra (Different lyrics)
 
Date Location Venue Other Bands / Openers Notes
Feb 01 1975 Sabotage Recording Sessions
Jul 14 1975 Toledo, OH Sports Arena Leslie West Band First date of Sabotage Tour
Jul 16 1975 Chicago, IL International Amphitheatre Slade Postponed until 8/22?
Jul 17 1975 Chicago, IL International Amphitheatre Slade Postponed until 8/23?
Jul 19 1975 Lincoln, NE Pershing Auditorium Brownsville Station
Jul 20 1975 Minneapolis, MN Parade Stadium Skogie, Brownsville Station, Wet Willie [cancelled]
Jul 24 1975 Atlanta, GA Municipal Auditorium Peter Frampton
Jul 25 1975 Savannah, GA Civic Center Peter Frampton, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Jul 26 1975 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center Peter Frampton, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost [cancelled]
Jul 27 1975 West Palm Beach, FL West Palm Beach Auditorium Peter Frampton (Frampton’s Camel), Jo Jo Gunne, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Jul 28 1975 Sabotage album is released in the US
Jul 31 1975 Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum Status Quo, Slade Unconfirmed
Aug 01 1975 Detroit, MI Cobo Hall Leslie West Band
Aug 02 1975 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Civic Center Kiss
Aug 03 1975 Providence, RI Civic Center
Aug 04 1975 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden Unconfirmed
Aug 05 1975 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall Fire Ballet [local band] Recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. 3 songs on included on PAST LIVES.
Aug 06 1975 Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum Status Quo, Slade
Aug 08 1975 Providence, RI Providence Civic Center – Brown Auditorium Kiss
Aug 10 1975 Springfield, MA Springfield Civic Center Leslie West Band Unconfirmed
Aug 14 1975 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater Kiss
Aug 22 1975 Sabotage album is released in the UK
Aug 22 1975 Chicago, IL International Amphitheatre Rescheduled from 7/16?
Aug 22 1975 San Antonio, TX Municipal Auditorium
Aug 23 1975 Houston, TX Sam Houston Coliseum
Aug 24 1975 Dallas, TX Dallas Memorial Auditorium Brownsville Station
Aug 26 1975 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum
Aug 27 1975 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
Aug 28 1975 Tucson, AZ Community Center Arena
Aug 30 1975 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Community Center – Exhibit Hall Mahogany Rush, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Aug 31 1975 San Francisco, CA Winterland Ballroom Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost, Mahogany Rush (?), Leslie West Band [cancelled]
Sep 01 1975 Madera (Fresno), CA Madera Speedway Rod Stewart & The Faces (HL), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac
Sep 03 1975 Inglewood (Los Angeles), CA Great Western Forum? Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost Unconfirmed
Sep 04 1975 Santa Monica, CA Santa Monica Civic Center Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert filmed. Still need exact date.
Sep 05 1975 San Bernardino, CA ‘Starlite Festival’ – Orange Show Auditorium (Pavilion) Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton, Brownsville Station Starlite Festival
Sep 06 1975 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
Sep 07 1975 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Sep 08 1975 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Convention Center Rotunda
Sep 11 1975 Spokane, WA Spokane Coliseum
Sep 12 1975 Seattle, WA Seattle Center Arena Mahogany Rush
Sep 13 1975 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum Complex
Sep 14 1975 Vancouver Coliseum – Exhibition Park Unconfirmed
Sep 15 1975 Winnipeg, Ontario Winnipeg Convention Center CANCELLED
Oct 09 1975 Liverpool Empire Theater Bandy Legs [This was an early version of the band that became Quartz. After the name change, future Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls joined them on guitar. ]
Oct 10 1975 Birmingham Odeon Theatre
Oct 11 1975 Southampton Odeon Theater
Oct 12 1975 Bristol Colston Hall
Oct 15 1975 Bradford St. George’s Hall
Oct 16 1975 Sheffield City (Oval) Hall Bandy Legs
Oct 18 1975 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Newcastle City Hall
Oct 19 1975 Glasgow The Apollo Theater Bandy Legs?
Oct 21 1975 London Lewisham Odeon Bandy Legs?
Oct 22 1975 London Hammersmith Odeon Bandy Legs
Oct 25 1975 Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert Broadcast Date
Oct 26 1975 København (Copenhagen) Falkoner Teatret (Falkoner Theater) Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers
Oct 27 1975 Gothenburg Scandinavium
Oct 27 1975 Scheveningen Circus Theater Unconfirmed
Oct 28 1975 Amsterdam Concertgebouw Unconfirmed
Oct 29 1975 Offenbach Stadthalle Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers
Oct 30 1975 München (Munich) Rudi Sedlmayer Halle OR Circus Krone Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers
Nov 01 1975 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle ZZ Top, Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers
Nov 02 1975 Düsseldorf Phillipshalle ZZ Top, Chapman & Whitney’s Streetwalkers
Nov 05 1975 Paris CANCELLED
Nov 07 1975 “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” released as a single in Britain
Nov 13 1975 Cardiff Capitol Theater Postponed until 11/22 due after Ozzy injures himself in a motorcycle accident
Nov 14 1975 Manchester Free Trade Hall (Peter Street) Bandy Legs Cancelled?
Nov 15 1975 Southend Kursall Ballroom Postponed until 1/20/76
Nov 16 1975 Portsmouth Guildhall Postponed until 1/8/76
Nov 17 1975 Ipswich Gaumont Postponed until 1/9/76
Nov 19 1975 London Hammersmith Odeon Postponed until 1/13/76
Nov 20 1975 Birmingham Odeon Theatre Postponed until 1/11/76
Nov 21 1975 Kilburn Gaumont State Theater
Nov 22 1975 Cardiff Capitol Theater Rescheduled from 11/13/75
Dec 01 1975 We Sold Our Souls for Rock & Roll released
Dec 03 1975 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden Aerosmith
Dec 05 1975 Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Convention Center Kansas
Dec 06 1975 Johnson City, TN Freedom Hall Manfred Mann, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Dec 07 1975 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Savoy Brown, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Dec 09 1975 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
Dec 12 1975 Syracuse, NY Onondaga County War Memorial Kiss
Dec 13 1975 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre local band
Jan 08 1976 Portsmouth Guildhall Rescheduled gig from 11/16/75
Jan 09 1976 Ipswich Gaumont Rescheduled gig from 11/17/75
Jan 10 1976 Southend Kursall Ballroom Rescheduled gig from 11/15/75
Jan 11 1976 Birmingham Odeon Theatre Rescheduled gig from 11/20/75
Jan 13 1976 London Hammersmith Odeon Bandy Legs Rescheduled gig from 11/19/75.
Jan 13 1976 Last date on the Sabotage Tour