Black Sabbath plays first show in 7 years

[That 70s Guy]

blabbermouth.net

BLACK SABBATH Plays First Show In Seven Years - May 19, 2012
BLACK SABBATH performed earlier tonight (Saturday, May 19) at the intimate 3,800-capacity O2 Academy in Birmingham, England as a warm-up for the band's upcoming appearance at the Download festival.

According to various fan reports, the setlist for the show was as follows:

01. Into The Void
02. Under The Sun
03. Snowblind
04. War Pigs
05. Wheels Of Confusion
06. Electric Funeral
07. Black Sabbath
08. The Wizard
09. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
10. N.I.B.
11. Fairies Wear Boots
12. Tomorrow's Dream
13. Sweet Leaf
14. Symptom Of The Universe (intro only)
15. Drum Solo
16. Iron Man
17. Dirty Women
18. Children Of The Grave

Encore:

19. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (intro only)
20. Paranoid

Commented BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler after the show: "Thank you, thank you, thank you Birmingham. Best fans ever — you brought out the best in us. It was a privilege playing for you tonight. Tony [Iommi, SABBATH guitarist] was a hero — you were the best medicine he has had. Proud to be a Brummie."

According to Black-Sabbath.com, tonight's concert was professionally recorded and filmed.

BLACK SABBATH's first performance in the band's hometown in 13 years — and their first concert since 2005 — featured three-quarters of the legendary heavy metal act's original lineup — guitarist Tony Iommi, singer Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler. Tommy Clufetos, a member of Ozzy's solo band, is filling in for original SABBATH drummer Bill Ward, who is sitting out the group's reunion shows due to a contractual dispute with his bandmates.

All tickets for tonight's show reportedly sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale on May 4.

BLACK SABBATH was supposed to tour the Europe and North America this year as part of a worldwide trek in support of a new album, but Iommi's cancer diagnosis put those plans on hold.

Ozzy, Iommi and Butler recently spent time in London recording their first album together in 33 years, although without drummer Bill Ward it is not the original SABBATH reunion announced last November.

BLACK SABBATH has been confirmed for this year's Lollapalooza festival, which takes place on August 3-5 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.

 

[LG]

Kudos to Sabbath for being professionals and putting on a good show for their hometown fans.

I wonder if MP will be at the concert in Chicago, he could use his Massive influence and perhaps get a backstage pass.

 

[Rockperson]

Unfortunately, I wasn`t able to go to this but the set list looks really good, I`m sure it was an excellent night for those lucky enough to have gone

 

[Sweaty]

It sounds like it was a belter, I can't wait to see them again in a few weeks, it will be a classic show and loud. I would like to hear the recording of last nights gig. Shame about Bill Ward but you can't have everything

 

[METALPRIEST]

The clips here are great!! Still sad about Bill Ward, but they do sound good, and I will always be a huge fan no matter.

One thing that's cool is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath being in the set list.

One bad thing is not having Black Sabbath Black Sabbath in the set list....

Boo Hiss...you can't have a Sabbath show, at least these days, without the classic S/T album opener. :mad

As far as the Chicago gig in Grant Park, I'll have to look into that one. I know I would love to see RUSH this year as well.

 

[Rockperson]

The clips here are great!! Still sad about Bill Ward, but they do sound good, and I will always be a huge fan no matter.

One thing that's cool is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath being in the set list.

One bad thing is not having Black Sabbath Black Sabbath in the set list....

Boo Hiss...you can't have a Sabbath show, at least these days, without the classic S/T album opener. :mad

As far as the Chicago gig in Grant Park, I'll have to look into that one. I know I would love to see RUSH this year as well.

They did play Black Sabbath, it's No 7 in the running order

 

[METALPRIEST]

They did play Black Sabbath, it's No 7 in the running order

WOW!! OK...I just skipped right over it....

My bad

 

[Rockperson]

WOW!! OK...I just skipped right over it....

My bad

I`m that dozy most of the time, I`m surprised I even noticed