Anyone else seeing Sabbath's last tour?

[IntoTheEndlessVoid]

Please forgive if this is the wrong place, but I couldnt find a concerts tab. Maybe i didnt look hard enough.

I am seeing Sabbath in Chicago on their final tour. Anyone else seeing them at any stop??

 

[wdiv]

Judas Priest and Scorpions both had "final tours" in recent years, which I attended, and proved not to be final tours. I know Iommi has had some health issues, but we'll see if this is just another marketing gimmick...

Regardless, I'm hoping they add some more show dates. If they get anywhere nearby, I'd certainly go see them. I saw them 2 years ago & it was great.

 

[KMADD]

Not driving to shy town for it that's for sure. I've seen sabbath and Ozzy enough times so I'm straight

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Not this time. Caught the show last year and found it lacking compared to when Dio was singing.

 

[MetalAges]

They added a date 10 minutes from my house, so I'll probably check it out, just to say I saw them at the end

 

[KMADD]

Well they added a noblesville date as much as I hate that venue I'll prob get tix for the Mrs she's only seen them once and she is a huge Ozzy fan. Plus I'll have vac time by then

 

[wdiv]

More dates added. I'm in.

 

[Bloopy]

Definitely, one of my favourite bands and they're playing 20 mins walk from home! I'm fairly tolerant when it comes to old bands doing their thing, because to me it's far better than not seeing them at all. They were great last time, but I hope they change the setlist a bit to add some variety.

And yeah, they can't be 100% sure that it's the final one, but it seems likely.

 

[Hawk]

For those of you who want to see the tour dates of the final tour of Black Sabbath.

BLACK SABBATH’s 2016 Tour Dates are as follows:


NORTH AMERICA

1/20 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
1/22 Chicago, IL United Center
1/25 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
1/27 Winnipeg MN MTS Centre
1/30 Edmonton, AB Rexall Centre
2/1 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
2/3 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
2/6 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
2/9 San Jose, CA SAP Pavilion
2/11 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
2/13 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay
2/15 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
2/17 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
2/19 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
2/21 Hamilton, ON First Ontario Centre
2/23 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
2/25 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
2/27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

4/15 Perth, AU Perth Arena
4/17 Adelaide, AU Entertainment Centre
4/19 Melbourne, AU Rod Laver Arena
4/23 Sydney, AU Allphones Arena
4/25 Brisbane, AU Entertainment Centre
4/28 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena
4/30 Dunedin, NZ Forsyth Barr Stadium

EUROPE

6/1 Budapest,Hungary Groupama Arena
6/8 Berlin, Germany Waldebuhne
**6/11 Donington, UK Download
6/13 Verona, IT Arena Di Verona
6/15 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadon
**6/17 Dessel,Belgium Grasspop
**6/23 Halden, Norway Tons of Rock
**6/25 Copenhagen, DE Copenhell
6/28 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
6/30 Prague, Czech Rep. 02 Arena
7/2 Krakow, Poland Tauron Arena
7/5 Riga, Latvia Riga Arena
**7/7 Helsinki, Finland Monsters of Rock
**7/9 Stockholm, Sweden Monsters of Rock
7/12 Moscow, Russia Olympisky Arena
**Denotes festival appearance

NORTH AMERICA

8/17 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
8/19 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
8/21 Washington DC Jiffy Lube Live
8/23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
8/25 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
8/27 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
8/29 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
8/31 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
9/2 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
9/4 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9/7 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
9/9 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Ampitheater
9/11 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Ampitheater
9/13 Portland, OR Sunlight Supply Arena
9/15 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
9/17 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
9/19 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Bowl
9/21 Phoenix, AZ AK-Chin Pavilion


Source:

http://www.blacksabbath.com/news.html

 

[PrincessHades]

Sadly, no. Sabbath is my favorite band, but sadly, I won't get the chance to see them. It's sad because I've never seen Sabbath before at all. I've actually never been to a concert.

 

[DarkGuitarLord]

Saw Sabbath back in the late 90's on a reunion tour when Godsmack opened for them. As sad as this sounds, Godsmack destroyed the place, Ozzy must not have been feeling well, vocally terrible and he couldn't keep with the song timing consistently. Musically it was incredible, Iommi and Geezer were keeping it true. If Sabbath were coming closer to my area, I would consider seeing them, but as it stands I'm not planning to make the 6-7 hour drive to the closest show in DC.

 

[The Butt]

I hope to, assuming I can get tickets in January when my financial situation settles after Christmas.

 

[requiem]

Just bought my ticket last night. I'm going to the Melbourne show. Sabbath is one of my favourite bands and I've never seen them (nor Ozzy solo) and I realised that this is a now or (probably) never moment. Like someone mentioned earlier though, these 'final tours' have a remarkable tendency to turn out not to be.

I just bought a regular ticket though, as I wasn't prepared to shell out $2.5k Australian dollars for the meet and greet/VIP/Ozzy dressing room thing! Yep, that's how much Sharon is - sorry, Sabbath are - selling those tickets for. Two and a half thousand dollars a pop.

 

[Joanne S.]

Yea, I am. Twice in fact. Have only seen Sabbath with Ozzy once. Never have seen Sabbath with Dio. Would love to see them with Bill Ward, but beggars can't be choosers.
I found the "13" tour to be pretty good. Not as good as old concert videos I have seen, but at least Ozzy's voice wasn't shot, and Tony, Geezer, and (i think the fill-in drummer's name is this?) Tommy were on their game.

 

[TageRyche]

I saw them a couple years ago on what was probably seen as their potential last tour. But given that I go to so few concerts these days, I might look at the date they are doing in my area as my one concert of the year for 2016.

 

[requiem]

Don't know if you guys have seen this recent promo vid. Complete with overdubbed vocals whenever Ozzy is 'singing' during rehearsals, except for one brief moment. Looks a bit worrying.... Still, I'm happy to just be seeing them up on stage.

 

[wdiv]

Thanks for the rehearsal video link. If we assume that their rehearsal setlist is going to be their tour setlist, then it's going to be pretty similar to last tour, except that they're maybe adding After Forever & Hand of Doom. I'm looking forward to the show!

 

[requiem]

Thanks for the rehearsal video link. If we assume that their rehearsal setlist is going to be their tour setlist, then it's going to be pretty similar to last tour, except that they're maybe adding After Forever & Hand of Doom. I'm looking forward to the show!

Me too. It's going to be amazing, whatever they play as far as I'm concerned. I think I went through about a decade of aversion towards stadium shows, so the once or twice I could have seen Sabbath in Melbourne I was too cool to go, or went and saw an underground band somewhere. Glad I'm finally going to see them!

 

[wdiv]

Setlist from Chicago show on 1/22. No surprises here, but you can't go wrong with the classics...

01. Black Sabbath
02. Fairies Wear Boots
03. After Forever
04. Into The Void
05. Band introductions
06. Snowblind
07. War Pigs
08. Behind the Wall of Sleep
09. NIB
10. Hand of Doom
11. Rat Salad
12. Iron Man
13. God Is Dead?
14. Under The Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes
15. Dirty Women
16. Paranoid
17. Children of the Grave

 

[requiem]

I'm deliberately not reading any setlists, so I'm averting my eyes I'm afraid!