Date Location Venue Other Bands / Openers Notes
Sep 30 1986 Dave Spitz leaves band - First Time. Bob Daisley briefly joins
Nov 11 1986 Bob Daisley Leaves band after laying down bass tracks
Jan 01 1987 Recording Moves to London - Eric Singer Leaves Band
Mar 01 1987 Ray Gillen Leaves Band, Tony Martin Joins, Bev Bevan returns
Jul 14 1987 Tour Rehearsals (w/ Geezer Butler on Bass)
Jul 18 1987 Plymouth Plymouth Argyle Football Club Plymouth Rock Festival Cancelled
Jul 19 1987 Dave Spitz Returns for live shows in summer
Jul 21 1987 Athens, Greece Panathinaikos Stadium [ Concert Reviews ]
Jul 24 1987 Bev Bevan Leaves Band, Terry Chimes Joins
Jul 25 1987 Sun City, South Africa Sun City Superbowl
Jul 26 1987 Sun City, South Africa Sun City Superbowl
Aug 01 1987 Sun City, South Africa Sun City Superbowl
Aug 02 1987 Sun City, South Africa Sun City Superbowl
Aug 08 1987 Sun City, South Africa Sun City Superbowl
Aug 09 1987 Sun City, South Africa Sun City Superbowl
Aug 15 1987 Dave Spitz leaves band - Second Time
Oct 01 1987 Jo Burt Joins Band for Eternal Idol Tour
Nov 01 1987 The Eternal Idol is released in the UK
Nov 22 1987 Essen Pink Palace Virgin Steele First date of Eternal Idol Tour
Nov 23 1987 Offenbach Stadthalle Virgin Steele
Nov 24 1987 Hamburg Knopf's Music Hall Virgin Steele
Nov 25 1987 Bremen Stadthalle Virgin Steele
Nov 28 1987 München (Munich) Deutsches Museum Kongressaal Virgin Steele
Nov 29 1987 Neumarkt Jurahalle Virgin Steele
Dec 01 1987 Kaiserslautern
Dec 02 1987 Unconfirmed - need city and gig info
Dec 04 1987 Bolzano (Bozen)
Dec 05 1987 Milan, Italy Palatrussardi
Dec 06 1987 Torino Palasport
Dec 07 1987 Reggio Emilia Palasport Gow
Dec 08 1987 The Eternal Idol is released in the US
Dec 10 1987 Florence Palasport
Dec 12 1987 Rome, Italy Casalpalocco Last date of Eternal Idol Tour
Dec 20 1987 Antwerp Hof Ter Lo Cro-Mag's Cancelled
Dec 21 1987 Paris Le Zenith Motorhead, Cro-Mags, Finc, Girlschool [replaced Sabbath] Cancelled
Dec 28 1987 London, England Hammersmith Odeon Fields Of The Nephilim Cancelled - [ More Info Here ]
Jan 01 1988 Jo Burt Leaves Band - Actual Date Unknown
May 29 1988 Oldbury Top Spot Club Charity gig with Martin, Iommi, Chimes & Nicholls on bass. Only played 3 songs: Neon Knights, Heart Like a Wheel, Paranoid.