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2002 News, Updates And Credits
Posted Thanks To Topic What's The Story? Link
6/6/2002 David Yeomans Jacksonville, FL Gig date correction, comments
6/6/2002 Mike Murphy Various Gig date confirmations for 11 shows
6/7/2002 Janne Rautianen Tampere Corrections
6/8/2002 Mark Talbot Montreal Comments, corrections
6/10/2002 Larry Davis Jackson, MS Comments, ticket stub
6/19/2002 Janne Rautianen Helsinki Comments, ticket stub
6/25/2002 Tapio Keihanen Various Comments, additions and corrections
7/1/2002 Gary Dean Various Comments, corrections and additions
7/11/2002 Chris Slenker MOB RULES Demos aren't quite what they seem There are two CD-R bootlegs of Dio’s last performance at Hoffman Estates, which claim to have unreleased demos from the MOB RULES sessions. The titles for these custom CD-R releases are HOFFMAN ESTATES-RONNIE’S LAST STAND and POPLAR CREEK ’82. The tracks in question are “Falling Off the Edge Of The World” and “Over And Over”.

According to Chris Slenker, these are actually custom edits of the studio tracks, which are in fact different than what appears on the studio albums. Alternate versions of the MOB RULES album do exist, but none are currently in circulation.

Most Sabbath demos have been proven to be bogus for the most part, since the band has been rather tight fisted about allowing such material to seep into the trading world. The most notable “real” Black Sabbath demos would be “When I Came Down”, the DEHUMANIZER Rehearsals (which aren’t actually demos, but contain unreleased original material) and the early mix of FORBIDDEN, which is really just what it says – an early mix!
7/14/2002 Steve Thompson Birmingham Quote from Ozzy
7/14/2002 Erik Borgen Oslo Pictures from Show
7/14/2002 Ralf Schultz Various Extensive gig and venue corrections and additions for 1970
7/17/2002 Greg Australian Shows Links and Additional Info
7/21/2002 Dave Sherrod San Diego Ticket Stub
7/21/2002 Kenneth Kozrya Hartford, CT Set list
7/21/2002 Ad Van Noort Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Set List
7/21/2002 Dave Sherrod
Tour Program for 1975 US Summer Tour
7/21/2002
NYC Memories
7/21/2002 Rand Lampard Pittsburgh Memories
7/21/2002 Dave Sherrod Unknown 1975 picture of Bill Ward from Circus Magazine
7/22/2002 Michael Liddle
Newspaper clipping from 12/76 - UK tour
7/24/2002 Gary Dean Philadelphia Ticket Stub
7/24/2002 Gary Dean Philadelphia Autographed ticket stubs and pics link
7/24/2002 Gary Dean Camden Ticket Stub
7/24/2002 Ralf Schultz
Added to gig info for various dates; from 1971-74
7/24/2002 Kenneth Kozrya Springfield, Hartford, New Haven Corrected gig info for several New England dates
7/24/2002 Hajo Steffen
Tour program cover, many missing set lists & a memory from Sabbaths '78 German tour!
7/25/2002 Troy SBS promo Comments and insights
7/25/2002 Tommy Krumich Sweden 4 gig confirmations
7/26/2002 Tommy Krumich Lund Affirmed the theory that this show IS from an FM broadcast
7/26/2002 Jonas Palsgard Falkoner Teater Corrected spelling of venue (there is no H in the Danish word for theater!)
7/26/2002 Gary Brines Tacoma Date correction - It was HIS fault all along!
7/26/2002 Gary Brines Seattle Confirmed 7/19, but disputed 9/9 Seattle date
7/27/2002 George Welling Detroit Venue correction - Was Cobo Hall, NOT Joe Louis Arena
7/27/2002 George Welling Kalamazoo Venue and city correction - NOT Pine Knob in Detroit
7/29/2002 Pär Pålsson College Park Added gig and handbill!
7/29/2002 Hajo Steffen
Cover art for SABBRA CADABRA
7/29/2002 Gary Dean Detroit Rebuttal on Cobo Hall claim - It was JOE LOUIS ARENA!
7/31/2002 Sean Big Canoe
CD covers for BLACK MASS, IRON MAN, GREATEST HITS. Check out Sean's site at www.bonehang.com to hear his band!
8/3/2002 Patrick Kennerly
Comments on 70's shows and Iommi's overlong solos!
8/3/2002 Mark Epps Houston Comments on show
8/3/2002 Greg Smith Spokane Comments on Spokane '72 and added Spokane '76 speculative date
8/4/2002 Sean Big Canoe
Cover for UNORTHODOX bootleg
8/4/2002 Sean Big Canoe Toronto Great picture of Ozzy & Bill from the Toronto Sun
8/4/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Exclusive photos from show and ticket stub
8/6/2002 Keith San Diego Disputed the claim that Sabbath ever played San Diego in 1980
8/6/2002 Jim Paulus Anaheim Clarified that the Anaheim gig was a "one night stand" and shared some memories.
8/7/2002 Gary Dean Detroit Mailed me a VHS tape of the 1st 12 minutes of the JOE LOUIS ARENA show in Detroit! As Tony Soprano would say, "Fuggedaboutit George…"
8/7/2002 Ralf Schultz
Once again, Ralf sets the record straight on various gigs from 1980-86. Too many additions and corrections to mention! Bow to the wise one! 10 hail Tony's!
8/7/2002 Ralf Schultz Port Vale It's amazing how much stuff Ralf manages to dig up! This appears to be an aborted pair up between Sabbath and Ozzy's Blizzard Of Oz. But in the end, Sabbath backed out. Why? Read my theories in the 1981 section of the All-Time Dates list. Oh, thanks to Ralf again for the original flyer for this show.
8/8/2002 Michael Liddle Newcastle City Hall Ticket stub
8/10/2002 Mark Sardzinski Houston Extra special thanks to Mark for writing a wonderfully descriptive memory from the show!
8/11/2002 Shigeru Sato
New information about demos for DEHUMANIZER and a rough mix for FORBIDDEN.
8/11/2002 David Yeomans
Added great link to Dio MP3 downloads
8/11/2002 Gary Dean Milton Keynes Ticket Stub
8/11/2002 Kenneth Kozrya Portland Ticket Stub
8/11/2002 Kenneth Kozrya Hartford This was the original date that BOC was scheduled to play in Hartford. It was later moved to the 10th to accommodate Sabbath's schedule.
8/11/2002 Kenneth Kozrya Boston Ticket Stub
8/11/2002 Gary Dean Neu Isenburg Handbill
8/12/2002 Rômulo Ehalt
Romulo is the first to challenge Gary's theory about Ozzy singing center stage before 1977. I'm still awaiting more evidence on this one, but I have posted his comments.
8/12/2002 Shigeru Sato DEHUMANIZER Demos Thanks to Shigeru for bringing this info to light. Apparently, there is now a private recording of the Iommi-Butler-Powell lineup in circulation. See the Known Audios section for more info.
8/13/2002 Ralf Schultz Leicester, UK Ticket Stub
8/13/2002 Shigeru Sato Birmingham Ticket Stub
8/13/2002 Shigeru Sato Birmingham Tour Pass
8/13/2002 Tim Wilson
Corrections on various gig dates
8/13/2002 Ralf Schultz
Lots of additions and corrections for the 1987-89 dates! Ralf rules!
8/13/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Ticket Stub
8/13/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Ticket Stub
8/14/2002 Jay Pearson Seattle Ticket Stub
8/15/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Ticket Stub
8/15/2002 Arjen Alkemade Detroit Handbill
8/15/2002 Kevin Buffalo Corrected venue info - Was Memorial Auditorium, NOT Kleinhan's Music Hall
8/15/2002 Michael Liddle UK Tour Newspaper clipping, which gives details on the UK tour dates from March 2nd through 12th, 1977.
8/16/2002 Michael Liddle Mother's Club at Erdlington, Birmingham Gig confirmations
8/16/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen British Biscuit FM Broadcast Further debate about the actual recording dates for these 4 songs
8/16/2002 John M. Hammersmith Odeon, London Narrowed down date for Hammersmith '81 video to 2 possible dates
8/16/2002
UK Tour Tour Poster - See Handbills section
8/17/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen Helsinki gig Jarkko brought up the interesting fact that Sabbath and AC/DC were scheduled to play here before the knife incident with Geezer and Malcolm. But it was Sabbath who cancelled this gig, while AC/DC played instead?!
8/17/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen Helsinki Jarkko feels strongly that this show never happened. But this now brings into question where the Helsinki '90 audio is actually from?!
8/17/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen MuchMusic TV Appearance Added info about a TV Interview with Sabbath from Canadian TV
8/17/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Ticket Stub
8/17/2002 Ralf Schultz Copenhagen Ralf pointed this one out to me. I found a tape on someone's list that alleged this city and date, but it's obviously WRONG! This was the same date as a cancelled U.K. gig and just before an Italian tour. I'm throwing this one out the window.
8/17/2002 Rob Oakland Updated comments and history for this signifcant gig
8/17/2002 Rob
Added new historical information about Dio's return to Sabbath and Powell's horse riding accident!
8/17/2002 Shigeru Sato London Shigeru believes that Geezer asked Tony about reforming Sabbath with Dio after this gig. Has anyone else heard this story?
8/17/2002 Lars Bernstroem
Added to Sabbath Trading Registry
8/18/2002 Kevin Niagara Falls Confirmed gig and talked about getting EVH's guitar pick!
8/19/2002 Ron Mann Charlotte Very nice review of Charlotte '77!
8/19/2002 Ralf Schultz
Tons of gig confirmations, corrections and ticket stubs from the TYR and DEHUMANIZER tours. You da man!
8/19/2002 Jan Hoel
Pointed out some interesting errors on the Paris '70 bootleg ("Rat Salad" not mentioned in track listings) and THE MADMAN YEARS (First 4 tracks are NOT from London '78).
8/19/2002 Andy Samford
Andy invited me over to his house for a PAST LIVES listening party. We compared the tracks on the new CD's to the various sources that they originated from.
8/21/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen Newcastle Solved the mystery of the alleged Remscheld '82 tape, which he feels certain is actually Newcastle 1/7/82.
8/21/2002 Gary Dean Ngaruawahia Gary feels that the alleged tape of this festival is actually an Irish Black Sabbath tribute band? Can you say BOGUS?
8/22/2002 Jeff Lester Portland Confirmed gig and provided venue name.
8/22/2002 Rob
NOTE: The picture galleries will be down for renovations for a short period. Please check back very soon to see new developments here!
8/22/2002 Jeff Lester Salem Confirmed gig
8/22/2002 Ralf Schultz
As always, Ralf comes to the rescue with some more helpful info on CROSS PURPOSES tour.
8/22/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Geezer's autograph and Backstage pass
8/22/2002 Ralf Schultz Hamburg Great picture of Ralf with Tony Iommi! The question is: "Who has the cooler moustache?" See Memorabilia-Tickets-94CP-pics to check this one out.
8/22/2002 Jeff Lester Plumpton Pointed out errors in my opening acts list!
8/23/2002 Tim Toronto Corrected venue name and shared memories from the gig.
8/23/2002 Tim Mississauga Confirmed gig and opening acts; Tim was there!
8/24/2002 Ralf Schultz Bielefeld Ticket Stub
8/24/2002 Rob
Tons of updates today, including some new sites in my Favorite Sabbath Sites section. The Memorabilia section will be down temporarily, but will be up in a big way soon! I've also added an essay about the origins of this site.
8/24/2002 Rob, Jarkko and Gary Ngaruawahia More debates and controversy regarding a tape of this show from Jarkko and Gary. Hey guys, send me a friggin' copy!
8/24/2002 Michael J. Alexander Nuremberg Confirmation and a few memories about the gig
8/24/2002 Tapio Keihanen Helsinki Tapio feels that Sabbath was never scheduled to play this gig in the first place. Visit my all-time dates list to read his and Jarkko's theories about this gig date.
8/25/2002 Ralf Schultz
More updates and corrections from Ralf
8/26/2002 Gary Dean Ngaruawahia Fuggedaboutit! Gary has chosen to retract his previous challenges to the authenticity of this tape for now. But I will say that he has given me some really interesting ideas for upcoming bootleg releases. Are there any Sabbath tribute bands that want to recreate the Earth demos for me? I’ll pay you real good…. :))
8/26/2002 John Bella Asbury Park Corrected gig date (not 8/6) and wrote nice review of the show!
8/26/2002 Ralf Schultz
More corrections from my German Sabbath sage, but less and less of them! He also sent along several ticket stubs and handbills from this period.
8/26/2002 Ralf Schultz
Lots of corrections, adjustments and scans!
8/26/2002 Gary Dean London Inspired by John M.'s tip, Gary Dean went ahead and compared all of the London 1/81 shows in order to find the true date of the London video claiming to be from 12/30/80. By using the process of elimination, Gary arrived at this date. Thanks for solving this mystery for us!
8/27/2002 Gary Dean Abilene Gary has found a person who this show, but it feels it was NOT The Paramount Theater after all.
8/28/2002 Gary Dean Melbourne A pair of REALLY great early live shots! Each appear to be from '72. One of them clearly confirms Gary's "left-staged Ozzy" theory! I'll post this one soon…
8/28/2002 Rob
Note to all other contributors: I’ve received a lot of other great pictures and information over the past month. I’ve scarcely had time to get everything up, so please be patient! You will see your submissions here just as soon as I can invest more time into the site. But I will gradually add these piece by piece on a daily basis, so keep checking back!
8/28/2002 Gary Dean Ngaruawahia I received a nice surprise in the mail today - a CD of the New Zealand 1/7/73 show from Gary!! Dude, you rule!! He labeled it 'Excellent Sabbath Tribute Band', LOL! Can't wait to hear this one, but it'll have to wait 'til I'm finished watching this pirated copy of The Sopranos, Season 4, Episode 1!
8/28/2002 Lars Bernstroem
Black Sabbath beer pics! Lars wanted to know whether I had any use for these and I told him to send me a whole case! Check 'em out at the bottom of the index page.
8/28/2002 Michael J. Alexander Nuremberg A few more memories about the show. Bring on the photos!
8/28/2002 Gary Brines Tacoma Gary was nice enough to send me his recording of Sabbath's performance in Tacoma on the FORBIDDEN tour! It's a VG and clear audience tape. It reminded me of how much I liked the song "Can't Get Close To You". Did I just admit that?
8/28/2002 Paul Jarolimek
Peace! I think it's worth mentioning that Paul and have ironed out our previous differences. I wish him luck with blacksabbath.org and hope that we can work together again in the future :)
8/28/2002 Rob San Antonio I found a ticket stub for this show up for auction on E-Bay. Problem is, almost all of the other evidence for this gig points to a 4/28 date at Helms Fair Arena. Was this a rescheduled gig?
8/29/2002 Gary Brines Tacoma Gary Brines also composed his tale of the recording of this show.
8/30/2002 David Beaton Cal Jam I - Ontario David posed some good questions about the existence of additional California Jam footage. See the videos section.
8/30/2002 John Bella Asbury Park Received newspaper clipping from John today as promised, which sets the date for this show at 8/5! Thank you, John!
8/30/2002 Paul Jarolimek Las Vegas Thanks to Paul J. for digging up this article about the LV gig being moved to Thomas & Mack Center at last minute
8/30/2002 Paul Johnstone Melbourne It was Paul who took the great picture of Tony and Ozzy on the front page. Stay tuned for a special article and spread about this show soon!
8/30/2002 David "Bear" Bryant Toledo Confirmed gig and questioned Edgar Winter's appearance
8/31/2002 Paul Johnstone and Gary Dean Melbourne You MUST check out this great new review with pictures from Melbourne '73! Thank you so much for sharing these, Paul and Gary!
9/1/2002 Rob
Added a couple of gigs from the SEVENTH STAR tour.
9/1/2002 Sean Big Canoe
Sean's the man when it comes to cover art! Today, he sent us 2 new additions: Bill Ward's "When The Bough Breaks" and "Cross Purposes Live". Thanks Sean!
9/1/2002 Gary Brines Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Gary added his own memories of seeing the original broadcast of this program. I also revised my own spiel about DKRC '80.
9/1/2002 Dave Sherrod
DVD Cover for HEADLESS IN RUSSIA-Afternoon Show. Killer!
9/1/2002 Marcelo Zaha
Added to the trading registry. Welcome to the gang, Marcelo!
9/1/2002 Rob San Diego Wrote a blurb about Cameron Crowe's fictional interview with Sabbath in ALMOST FAMOUS.
9/1/2002 Rob Asbury Park Added a review of this recording to my Audios list
9/1/2002 Mauricio
Joined the Sabbath Trading Registry. Welcome aboard, Mauricio!
9/1/2002 Rob
Added at least 5 previously unknown gigs to the SABOTAGE tour listing for August-September, 1975! These were all found in various '75 issues of Rolling Stone.
9/1/2002 Rob West Lebanon, NY During my dig at the Atlanta Central Library, I found an article about how Sabbath's show was to be the last concert at this venue. This was due to the violence of marauding motorcycle gangs and hooligans.
9/1/2002 Robert Pappas Lakeland Helped me clear up a few mixed up dates on this leg of the Heaven and Hell tour. He also shared his own tale about his brother meeting the band after the show!
9/2/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen
Many thanks to Jarkko for sending me a scan of the 45 sleeve for Axxis' "Kingdom Of The Night" single. This helped clear up many European dates for the HEADLESS CROSS tour!
9/2/2002 Jarkko Aaltonen
Joined the Sabbath Trading Registry
9/2/2002 Rob
After doing extensive research at the library, I was able to add many dates to their U.S. tour
9/2/2002 Rob
Added and corrected many gigs for the beginning of the SABBATH, BLOODY SABBATH tour
9/3/2002 Jim Hiott Technical Ecstasy tour program Jim contributed a couple of pics of this program for us to see!
9/3/2002 Jim Hiott Chicago and Milwaukee Helped me add the Milwaukee date and confirmed an additional Chicago gig on the 22nd. Jim also had some memories of Ozzy's stage behavior to share with us here!
9/3/2002 Michael Liddle Manchester Michael shared his tale about meeting Tony Martin at this gig, but it wasn't the sort of experience he anticipated…!
9/3/2002 Thierry Baudens Liverpool Thierry astutely pointed out that the little guitar bit that Tony plays before "Iron Man" at this show (and several others) is in fact the theme for 'Laurel And Hardy'!
9/3/2002 Raddion New Haven Confirmed gig and shared memories!
9/3/2002 Rob
Revised comments on "Song For Jim" and "The Rebel"
9/4/2002 Mike Grivich Vancouver Shared a memory about Sabbath playing "Sweet Leaf" at this show
9/4/2002 Shigeru Sato
Shigeru sent me an MP3 sample of "Computer God" from the DEHUMANIZER Demos and it's definitely the real deal. It does sound like a rehearsal session with just Iommi, Butler & Powell. Thanks Sato!
9/4/2002 John M. Fillmore East, NYC I think John M. has sniffed out another bogus show here for us: "I've checked out this show and in my opinion it is definitely a fake. It is yet another version of the Berlin/Keil '70 show. I've played them (the Berlin and Fillmore East shows) at the same time and they match exactly, including the alt lyrics and Ozzy's comments. Exactly. Got to be a fake."
Well, I haven't heard this particular bootleg yet myself, but it does appear to be a half-assed copy of the Berlin 6/26/70 tape. This one starts in the middle of the show (during "Black Sabbath") and follows the same exact track order through "N.I.B.", the last track. The running time is about 28 minutes. Kiel 7/5/70 (which John mentions) is yet another bogus show that was spawned from the Berlin tape. It just makes me wonder how more of this fake Sabbath boots we're gonna turn up....?!
Come on you hardcore Sabbath traders! Why didn't you figure you this one out? Is there anyone out there that thinks they could prove John wrong? If no one can come up with the goods, this show will be removed from the Known Audios list within the next few months.
Bootleg CD's: Live At The Fillmore East [CD]
9/4/2002 Dave Sherrod HEAVEN AND EARTH bootleg CD Dave grabbed the cover art for this new bootleg from Bondage Music off E-bay. This 2-CD set features the Asbury Park show which (to quote Paul Jarolimek) "is now as common as armpit hair"! It also contains 3 instrumental tracks, alleging to be EARTH demos. Oh boy, here we go... Anyhow, the auction got up to $75 before EBAY pulled it for copyright infringement. Check out the cover art in the Cover Archive.
9/4/2002 Jim Hiott Chicago and Milwaukee gigs Corrected dates for these shows by sending me the original ticket stubs. So, now we know that the tape that is being traded as Chicago 8/22/78 is misdated. The actual date of the Chicago show was 8/14.
9/4/2002 Jim Hiott Technical Ecstasy Jim outdid himself this morning and took snapshots of the entire tour program for TECHNICAL ECSTASY! These will be made available soon in a special feature about the tour.
9/6/2002 Jim Hiott North American Tour program Jim has shared some very nice scans of Sabbath's '78 North American tour program with us. Visit my SPECIAL FEATURES section to check this one out. Broadband users may want to grab the PDF version. But don't forget the password - sabbathlive.com
9/6/2002 Ralf Schultz Birmingham Ralf sent scans of his ticket stubs from both nights and a handbill too!
9/6/2002 John M. Fillmore East, NY John sent me 3 MP3 samples of tracks from the alleged Fillmore East '70 boot. This is definitely a BAD copy of the Paris '70 bootleg, so I'm removing this show from the known audios list immediately! I have also updated my Berlin 6/26/70 audio notes to refect this new discovery. Thanks to John for sniffing this one out!
9/6/2002 John Bella Madison Square Garden gigs John confirmed the two shows that they played during these years, but dismissed a suggested 7/75 gig there.
9/6/2002 Tapio Keihanen Ticket Stubs Tapio was generous enough to send me a zip file of various Sabbath related ticket stubs from the Dio years for this archive. Thank you so much, Tapio!
9/7/2002 Brian Kalamazoo Helped me add this gig to the list, as well as the opening acts.
9/7/2002 Rob Jeff Fenholt Audition Tapes Wrote extensive synopsis about these controversial demos in the Timeline and Audios section
9/7/2002 Shigeru Sato Osaka Shigeru sent me his ticket stub and a memory from this show. Sabbath played and unexpected encore of "Children Of The Grave", even after the house lights had come up for a while!
9/7/2002 Rob
Added more detailed information on known audios from 1980-85
9/7/2002 Brian Kalamazoo Confirmed and added comments
9/7/2002 Brian Detroit Corrected city - It was Detroit, not Kalamazoo
9/7/2002 Brian Kalamazoo Provided venue information - it was Wings Stadium
9/7/2002 Brian Kalamazoo Brian was nice enough to write in and point out this missing show. Apparently, Sabbath were given a bad review by the local paper! The opening acts were Climax Blues Band and Mothers Finest
9/7/2002 Gary Dean Ngaruawahia Jim H. reminded me that I haven't said squat about this show since I received it. And this was after all the controversy I posted earlier. Wanna know what I think about it? Read my review in the Known Audios section.
9/7/2002 Shigeru Sato Osaka Ticket Stub
9/7/2002 Shigeru Sato Nagoya Ticket Stub and story about how Cozy played a drum solo because the crowd cheered him to do it.
9/7/2002 Tim Wilson Mississauga Tim sent me an audience video of this show. Very close up audience film.
9/7/2002 Tim Wilson Montreal Tim sent me a copy of the only known video with Ray Gillen singing. The video itself is a bit dark, but Ray sounds incredible on merely his 3rd performance with the band!
9/7/2002 Shigeru Sato Osaka Ticket Stub
9/8/2002 David Tedds Birmingham David wrote in to give us the earliest confirmations of Gary's "Ozzy Stage Left" theory. David saw Sabbath in Detroit on 3/22/72 and this was where Ozzy stood for that show. He also pointed out that the Volume 4 inside cover photos were almost definitely taken at Birmingham Town Hall on 1/24 or 1/25/72, which is the earliest sighting yet! It's also great to know where these pics came from!
9/8/2002 Tim Wilson
Helped me add several missing gigs to my list, including Detroit '71
9/10/2002 Sean Big Canoe Paranoid / The Wizard Sean sent me a scan of this rare 45-single
9/10/2002 Rob Site Navigation Since the site is quickly expanding, I decided to move several sections to submenus. I know this will probably mess people up at first, but I think it's a change for the better. If any one has any comments or criticisms about the new site nativigation, let me know.
9/10/2002 Harmut Kreckel Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Corrected opening act information. It was Captain Beyond, NOT Iron Butterfly, who opened for Sabbath at this show. Harmut should know, since he runs the Unofficial (European) Captain Beyond web site. He also pointed out the fact that Iron Butterfly were not together at the time of this show. They had split up in May 1971. Two members of Captain Beyond (Lee Dorman and Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt) are ex-Iron Butterfly members. Thanks again to Harmut for spotting this!
9/10/2002 Harmut Kreckel Mannheim Confirmed that this gig was in Mannheim, not Ludwigshafen, as so many tour adverts state.
9/11/2002 Rich Scofield Utica Sent ticket stub, added opening act info (it was Helix) and shared his memories of this show.
9/11/2002 Tim Wilson
Confirmations and corrections to various dates
9/11/2002 Rich Scofield Syracuse Provided opening act info (it was Doc Holliday) and talked about Ronnie receiving the keys of the city for Cortland, NY.
9/11/2002 Jim Collins Kansas City Shared some memories about this gig from the TECHNICAL ECSTASY tour
9/11/2002 John M. London John had the following reply to Ake's skepticism: "I've got both 6-1 and 6-2-86 bootlegs. Ray Gillen clearly mentions "London"
in both of them and they are definitely different shows. If this guy's question is that they may have played some other London venue on 6-1, then I can check the 6-1 show for clues....Ray was always very good about mentioning these details, thankfully!"
9/11/2002 D & L Tohill Montreal Added opening act info (it was Quiet Riot, who apparently "sucked" as well) and added some info about a riot taking place at this show.
9/11/2002 D & L Tohill Toronto Corrected opening act (was Alvin Lee Band, not the Headpins).
9/11/2002 Lars Bernstroem Karlshamm Lars sent me a handbill for this show. Thanks!!
9/11/2002 Ryan McKinney Portland Confirmed show and shared story
9/11/2002 Ake London Confirmed gig and opening act (Zeno), but doesn't remember Sabbath playing the night before at the Hammersmith?!
9/11/2002 Rob London Found a handbill from 1970 that adds yet another show to our known gig list! This was actually a peace rally in London hosted by John Lennon!
9/12/2002 Joe Siegler Anaheim New information about the band Russia replacing one of the other acts at this show. Does anyone know which band cancelled?
9/12/2002 Rob Staten Island Added yet another previously unknown date! This show was from the beginning of the MASTER OF REALITY tour. The opening band was Sweat Hog. Confirmed by handbill.
9/12/2002 Rob Sacramento Found an article from the Sacamento Bee about Iommi being picked up after this show for non-payment of child support?!
9/14/2002 Rob Miami Someone has been selling "mint tickets" from this show on Ebay for months. With a "buy it now" price of $95, you'd have to be a moron to fall for this scam…
9/14/2002 Jim Hiott Dayton Shared a few memories and added opening act info (Pantera)
9/14/2002 Pär Pålsson Cal Jam Video Pär wrote in to tell us that his copy of Cal Jam '74 contains a rare extra track - "Killing Yourself To Live"! Unfortunately, his copy is quite poor, but at least we know it was filmed!
9/14/2002 Jan Hoel BLACK MASS bootleg Jan Hoel asekd me the following question a while back about the BLACK MASS bootleg, but I do not have this one. Does anyone have the answer? "I was wondering why the newly issued Black Mass tracks have totally different running times than the old Beat Club versions. For instance, "Paranoid" has a very different running time, but the songs start and end with no talking, pauses etc, how come? different paced (speed)?"
9/14/2002 Nils B. Svensson Paris Asked me to inspect an MP3 from a Paris '70 show, that turned out to be the 12-20-70 show. It occurred to me that this rendition of "Paranoid" is probably one of the best I've ever heard Sabbath do. Does anyone else have a favorite rendition of "Paranoid"?
9/14/2002 Dominic Tohill Toronto A few more comments on this show.
9/16/2002 Joe Siegler Buffalo Ticket Stub; Did Widowmaker play at this show? Most accounts list Skew Siskin and Exodus as the opening act, but this ticket names Dee Snider's Widowmaker.
9/16/2002 Rob Mar-Y-Sol New write up for this one
9/16/2002 Ake Moange Stockholm Ticket Stub
9/16/2002 Joe Siegler Various gigs Joe sent me a sheet of various newspaper ads from 1970. This helped me add more background info on such gigs as the Hamburg Easter Festival and the Atomic Sunrise Festival.
9/16/2002 Rob Philadelphia Confirmed gig with ticket stub
9/16/2002 Joe Siegler Buffalo Ticket Stub
9/16/2002 Ake Moange Stockholm Ticket Stub
9/16/2002 Ake Moange London Special thanks to Ake for taking the time to scan several ticket stubs for us!
9/17/2002 Pär Pålsson Itinerary Pär once again comes to the rescue in a big way! He found this wonderful tour itinerary on Big Bear stationery from Jim Simpson to Tony Iommi. It names all of Sabbath's planned gig dates for most of 1970! These look a lot like the same gig dates that Joe Siegler has had posted on black-sabbath.com. So, in other words, this backs up most of Joe's original gig dates for 1970! I still have yet to confirm these on my list, but I will very soon. Too many new updates today!
9/17/2002 Joe Siegler Sun City Ticket Stub!! Didn't I tell you? Joe is on fire today. We now have an exact date and venue for one of Sabbath's infamous gigs at Sun City in South Africa. These were done under protest, due to the apartheid issues that were taking place in that country at the time. There were other gigs, but this is the only confirmed date so far. Bev Bevan played drums at this show too!
9/17/2002 Joe Siegler and John Bella Glassboro, NJ I believe that I have a good bit of evidence that suggests that Sabbath’s 1st U.S. gig was NOT at The Spectrum in Philadelphia on this date. Joe Siegler has expressed his doubts in the past about Sabbath playing at The Spectrum on their 1st U.S. tour, being that it was such a large-scale arena. But Joe also feels that the show most likely did take place in Philadelphia proper.

Today, I received an e-mail from John Bella, who felt that Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) could have been the true first U.S. gig. Cities are often “rounded off” to the nearest big city on gig lists, instead of naming the exact suburb. Glassboro, NJ is only 18 miles from Philadelphia, making it a very strong candidate for this theory.

This rang a bell for me, since I had read in a 11/70 article by Bill McAllister that Glasborough [sic] State College was the first date of the tour. I didn’t know where “Glasborough” was, so I didn’t put two and two together, but I did begin to question the Philly date as being the 1st. But after John’s revelation today, I am seriously beginning to put more stock in this theory.
9/17/2002 Joe Siegler ETERNAL IDOL Sessions Wow, Joe is on a major roll today! I thought I had some good stuff today, but Mr. Siegler has really pulled it out with this information. Apparently, Joe has been talking with Eric Singer and Bob Daisley about their time in the band. These guys have provided us with new details about what happened during the recording sessions for THE ETERNAL IDOL. Check the Concert Dates & Timelines section for 1986 and the Known Audios section for more details! Much more to come…!
9/17/2002 Pär Pålsson Denver Thanks to Pär, we now know of yet another TECHNICAL ECSTASY gig that has been missing on our Internet gig lists. He sent me a ticket stub for this Halloween show, proving also that Kansas City was definitely on 10/30 too!
9/17/2002 Rodney Stegall Abilene Rodney was at this show and can prove that it happened at Taylor County Coliseum, not The Paramount Theater (as the bootlegs say). Read the timeline section to hear more of Rodney's story about "why" Sabbath couldn't have played at The Paramount.
9/17/2002 John Bella Long Pond, PA John corrected my location for this one (not Pocono, PA)
9/18/2002 Paul May Dallas Paul was generous enough to share some video captures from his very rare LIVE EVIL films. These will be posted on a special gallery page soon!
9/18/2002 Richard Ba