1973-1974 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour

World tour to support the “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” 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

Typical Set List

  • Tomorrow’s Dream
  • Sweet Leaf
  • Killing Yourself to Live
  • Snowblind
  • War Pigs
  • A National Acrobat
  • Cornucopia
  • Sabbra Cadabra
  • Guitar Solo
  • Drum Solo
  • Supernaut
  • Iron Man
  • Black Sabbath
  • Embryo / Children of the Grave
  • Paranoid
  • Megalomania (different lyrics)
  • Fluff (outro tape only)
Date Location Venue Other Bands / Openers Notes
Jul 21 1973 Frankfurt “2 Summer Rock Festival” – Radstadion Paul McCartney & Wings [cancelled], Chuck Berry [made an unscheduled appearance], Keith Moon [made an unscheduled appearance], Sly And The Family Stone, The Faces, Rory Gallagher, Canned Heat [cancelled], Jon Hiseman’s Tempest, The Spencer Davis Group fea Cancelled. Black Sabbath did not appear.
Aug 02 1973 London Alexandria Palace Black Sabbath (HL), Groundhogs, Stray, Jonesy ‘London Music Festival ’73’
Dec 01 1973 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Released
Dec 09 1973 Official start of the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour
Dec 09 1973 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Odeon Highway
Dec 11 1973 Bristol Colston Hall
Dec 14 1973 Birmingham Odeon Theatre
Dec 17 1973 Leicester De Montfort Hall
Jan 01 1974 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Released in US – Unconfirmed?
Jan 11 1974 Göteborg (Gothenburg) Scandinavium
Jan 12 1974 Kortrijk Hallen Postponed until 1/15?
Jan 14 1974 Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Jan 16 1974 Hannover Music Halle?
Jan 17 1974 Düsseldorf Phillipshalle
Jan 18 1974 Lausanne Palais de Beaulieu
Jan 19 1974 Stuttgart
Jan 31 1974 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Arena Blue Oyster Cult Beginning of 1974 U.S. tour
Feb 01 1974 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena
Feb 03 1974 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena Bedlam, Spooky Tooth
Feb 04 1974 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Coliseum Bob Seger
Feb 06 1974 Binghamton, NY Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena? Unconfirmed. Could also be Hampton Woods or Newport News, VA.
Feb 07 1974 Atlanta, GA The Omni Spooky Tooth
Feb 09 1974 Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum Bedlam, Black Oak Arkansas
Feb 10 1974 Madison, WI Dane County Coliseum Bedlam
Feb 11 1974 Chicago, IL International Amphitheatre Bedlam
Feb 12 1974 St. Louis, MO Kiel Auditorium Bedlam
Feb 13 1974 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens Bedlam
Feb 15 1974 West Palm Beach, FL West Palm Peach Auditorium Bedlam
Feb 16 1974 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville War Memorial Coliseum Bedlam, Black Oak Arkansas [cancelled]
Feb 17 1974 Columbia, SC Carolina Coliseum?
Feb 18 1974 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum?
Feb 19 1974 Largo (Landover), MD Capital Centre Uriah Heep?
Feb 20 1974 Buffalo, NY Memorial Auditorium Bedlam, The James Gang
Feb 21 1974 Providence, RI The Palace Concert Theater Bedlam, Blue Oyster Cult
Feb 22 1974 Rochester, NY Community War Memorial Auditorium Bedlam
Feb 23 1974 Ypsilanti, MI Bowen Field House Bedlam
Feb 24 1974 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum?
Feb 25 1974 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum Bedlam (with Cozy Powell), Lynyrd Skynyrd [replaced B.O.C.], Blue Oyster Cult [cancelled] Rescheduled from 3/8
Mar 20 1974 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath achieves Gold Record status in the U.S.
Apr 06 1974 Ontario, CA California Jam I – Ontario Raceway Emerson Lake & Palmer (HL), Deep Purple, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rare Earth, Black Oak Arkansas, Seals & Crofts, The Eagles. ‘California Jam I’ – Huge festival show that saw an attendance of up to 250,000! Portions of Sabbath’s performance were broadcast on ABC’s ‘In Concert’ TV program.
Apr 13 1974 Charleston, SC Charleston Civic Center Unconfirmed
May 17 1974 Bradford St. George’s Hall Black Oak Arkansas
May 19 1974 Stoke-on-Trent Trentham Gardens Black Oak Arkansas
May 21 1974 London Hammersmith Odeon Black Oak Arkansas
May 23 1974 Liverpool Empire Theater Black Oak Arkansas
May 24 1974 Manchester Free Trade Hall (Peter Street) Black Oak Arkansas
May 25 1974 Southampton Gaumont Theatre Black Oak Arkansas
May 26 1974 Croydon Fairfield Halls Black Oak Arkansas
May 28 1974 Glasgow The Apollo Theater Black Oak Arkansas
May 29 1974 Edinburgh Odeon Theater Black Oak Arkansas
May 30 1974 Sheffield City (Oval) Hall Black Oak Arkansas
May 31 1974 Bournemouth Winter Gardens Black Oak Arkansas
Jun 02 1974 East Ham Granada Theater Black Oak Arkansas
Jun 08 1974 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Odeon Black Oak Arkansas
Jun 09 1974 Coventry Theater Black Oak Arkansas
Nov 05 1974 Sydney BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground AC/DC British Rock ‘N’ Roll Month tour
Nov 07 1974 Brisbane Festival Hall
Nov 09 1974 Sydney BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground AC/DC
Nov 10 1974 Sydney BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground AC/DC
Nov 11 1974 Sydney BRITISH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONTH (Part 1) – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground AC/DC
Nov 12 1974 Melbourne Festival Hall
Nov 14 1974 Adelaide Adelaide Memorial Drive Status Quo
Nov 16 1974 Sydney Hordern Pavilion – Sydney Showground Last date of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour