The End Tour

The End Tour
Tour by Black Sabbath
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Latin America
Associated albumThe End
Start date20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)
End date4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)
Legs6
No. of shows81
Box office$85 million
Black Sabbath concert chronology

The End Tour was the final concert tour for the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, featuring founding members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. They performed on the tour with session drummer Tommy Clufetos filling in for the band's original drummer, Bill Ward, along with keyboardist and guitarist Adam Wakeman. The tour concluded Sabbath's over-four-decade career, and was accompanied by the release of an exclusive EP, The End, which contains leftover tracks from the sessions for the band's final studio album, 13, as well as live tracks from their 2012–2014 reunion tour.

The End Tour consisted of 81 shows across North America, Europe, Oceania, and South America, and grossed a total of $84.8 million. The final concert took place on 4 February 2017, in the band's home city of Birmingham, England.[1] The final show was documented as a concert film, Black Sabbath: The End of the End,[2] and the songs from the final show were released as a live album, The End: Live in Birmingham.[3]

Background

Ozzy Osbourne at the last concert, 4 February 2017, Birmingham
Tommy Clufetos at the last concert, 4 February 2017, Birmingham

Initial dates were announced in a video on the band's YouTube channel on 3 September 2015, with more announced in October 2015.[4][5] As with the previous tour, Tommy Clufetos filled in for original drummer Bill Ward, due to the latter's departure and animosity towards singer Ozzy Osbourne.[6][additional citation(s) needed] An eight-track EP, entitled The End, released to coincide with this tour, was available only at shows.

Rival Sons were the sole support act for all of Black Sabbath's headlining shows.[7][8] Five Finger Death Punch planned to join the Oceanic leg of the tour, but backed out following the hospitalization of frontman Ivan Moody.[9]

Osbourne said of the farewell tour: "This is it. It's definitely run its course."[10]

The tour concluded in February 2017 with two gigs in the band's native Birmingham. The last was streamed live on the band's Facebook page.[10] "The feeling built as we crept towards the final gig at the Genting Arena," recalled guitarist Tony Iommi, "but it didn't really sink in till the day of the show. Looking out at the audience during the last few songs, people were crying. Those people idolise you and love what you do. In a way, it felt like we were letting them down. It was a shame."[11]

Prior to the gig, Osbourne discussed his emotions, suggesting he would cry after the farewell.[12] He was adamant this was the end,[13] but intended to carry on with solo work,[12] having returned following a 1992 'final' solo tour.[12] Iommi confirmed no more world tours, but remained open to a new album or one-off show.[13] The guitarist had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012, and the toll on his health was the main reason to end touring.[14]

Osbourne intended to say something to the crowd but did not prepare a speech.[12] He closed the show with a simple, "Thank you, goodnight, thank you so much."[10][15]

Opening acts

Setlist

The following setlist was performed at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, and is not intended to represent all the shows on the tour.[17]

  1. "Black Sabbath"
  2. "Fairies Wear Boots"
  3. "After Forever"
  4. "Into the Void"
  5. "Snowblind"
  6. "War Pigs"
  7. "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
  8. "Bassically" (Geezer Butler bass solo)
  9. "N.I.B."
  10. "Hand of Doom"
  11. "Rat Salad"
  12. Tommy Clufetos drum solo
  13. "Iron Man"
  14. "Dirty Women"
  15. "Embryo"/"Children of the Grave"
    Encore
  16. "Paranoid"

Tour dates

List of 2016 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, attendance and revenue[18][19][20]
Date City Country Venue Attendance[21] Revenue[21]
20 January 2016 Omaha United States CenturyLink Center Omaha 10,317 / 13,681 $875,263
22 January 2016 Chicago United Center 14,517 / 15,648 $1,525,127
25 January 2016 Minneapolis Target Center 10,871 / 12,928 $965,445
27 January 2016 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre — —
6 February 2016 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 17,480 / 18,284 $1,465,059
9 February 2016 San Jose SAP Center 12,226 / 13,533 $1,182,483
11 February 2016 Inglewood The Forum 14,013 / 14,013 $1,237,836
13 February 2016 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center 8,555 / 9,283 $962,808
15 February 2016 Denver Pepsi Center 12,257 / 14,280 $1,202,717
17 February 2016 Kansas City Sprint Center 10,715 / 13,115 $868,001
19 February 2016 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,030 / 14,231 $1,204,212
21 February 2016 Hamilton Canada FirstOntario Centre 13,575 / 14,287 $1,039,540
23 February 2016 Montreal Bell Centre 13,840 / 15,043 $1,079,950
25 February 2016 New York City United States Madison Square Garden 29,411 / 29,411 $3,471,530
27 February 2016
2 March 2016 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place — —
4 March 2016 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
7 March 2016 Vancouver Rogers Arena
15 April 2016 Perth Australia Perth Arena 7,570 / 7,570 $795,368
17 April 2016 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre — —
19 April 2016 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 11,778 / 12,256 $1,273,680
23 April 2016 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena 13,717 / 13,717 $1,458,830
25 April 2016 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 9,623 / 9,623 $1,020,320
28 April 2016 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena — —
30 April 2016 Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium
1 June 2016 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
3 June 2016 Nuremberg Germany Rock im Park
8 June 2016 Berlin Waldbühne
11 June 2016 Castle Donington England Download Festival
13 June 2016 Verona Italy Verona Arena
15 June 2016 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 12,017 / 13,000 $1,338,150
17 June 2016 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting — —
19 June 2016 Clisson France Hellfest
23 June 2016 Halden Norway Tons of Rock
25 June 2016 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhell
28 June 2016 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
30 June 2016 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
2 July 2016 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków
5 July 2016 Riga Latvia Arēna Rīga
7 July 2016 Helsinki Finland Kaisaniemi Park
9 July 2016 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena
12 July 2016 Moscow Russia Olympic Stadium
17 August 2016 Wantagh United States Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
19 August 2016 Camden BB&T Pavilion
21 August 2016 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
23 August 2016 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
25 August 2016 Mansfield Xfinity Center
27 August 2016 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 7,361 / 7,373 $1,013,384
29 August 2016 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre — —
31 August 2016 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
2 September 2016 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
4 September 2016 Tinley Park Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7 September 2016 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
9 September 2016 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater
11 September 2016 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
13 September 2016 Ridgefield Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
15 September 2016 Oakland Oracle Arena 10,307 / 12,722 $955,430
17 September 2016 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 10,718 / 11,835 $1,025,145
19 September 2016 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl 16,338 / 16,338 $1,573,560
21 September 2016 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion 13,728 / 19,954 $713,423
24 September 2016 San Bernardino San Manuel Amphitheater — —
8 November 2016 Tulsa United States BOK Center
10 November 2016 Houston Toyota Center 10,585 / 11,484 $956,628
12 November 2016 San Antonio AT&T Center 12,405 / 14,316 $1,222,412
16 November 2016 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol 60,506 / 62,423 $2,720,454
19 November 2016 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional — —
23 November 2016 Córdoba Argentina Orfeo Superdomo
26 November 2016 Buenos Aires José Amalfitani Stadium
28 November 2016 Porto Alegre Brazil Estacionamento da Fiergs 15,298 / 29,960 $1,079,100
30 November 2016 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski 22,934 / 25,000 $2,094,680
2 December 2016 Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose 26,764 / 35,000 $2,173,890
4 December 2016 São Paulo Estádio do Morumbi 64,744 / 65,596 $5,502,050
List of 2017 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, attendance and revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance[21] Revenue[21]
17 January 2017 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena — —
20 January 2017 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
22 January 2017 Manchester England Manchester Arena 14,886 / 15,425 $1,336,720
24 January 2017 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 10,029 / 10,955 $930,968
26 January 2017 Leeds England First Direct Arena — —
29 January 2017 London The O2 30,370 / 35,097 $2,724,560
31 January 2017
2 February 2017 Birmingham Genting Arena — —
4 February 2017

Gross

The tour grossed $84.8 million, with 1,074,495 tickets sold from 74 shows.[22][23][24]

Personnel

Additional musicians

References

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