Technical Ecstasy Tour

Technical Ecstasy Tour
Promotional tour by Black Sabbath
Location North America
Europe
Associated album Technical Ecstasy
Start date October 22, 1976 (1976-10-22)
End date April 22, 1977 (1977-04-22)
Legs 2 in North America
2 in Europe
4 total
No. of shows 52 in North America
24 in Europe
76 total
Black Sabbath concert chronology

Personnel

Setlist

Songs played overall

"Supertzar" [Audio Introduction]

  1. "Symptom of the Universe"
  2. "Snowblind"
  3. "All Moving Parts Stand Still"
  4. "War Pigs"
  5. "Gypsy"
  6. "Megalomania"
  7. "Black Sabbath"
  8. "Dirty Women"
  9. Bill Ward drum solo"
  10. Instrumental band jam
  11. Tony Iommi guitar solo
  12. "Rock 'N' Roll Doctor"
  13. "Electric Funeral"
  14. "Bassically" Geezer Butler bass solo]
  15. "N.I.B."
  16. "Iron Man"
  17. "Fairies Wear Boots"
  18. "Embryo" and "Children of the Grave"
  19. "Supernaut" [Intro] and "Paranoid" [Encore]
Typical setlist

"Supertzar" [Audio Introduction]

  1. "Symptom of the Universe"
  2. "Snowblind"
  3. "All Moving Parts Stand Still"
  4. "War Pigs"
  5. "Gypsy"
  6. "Black Sabbath"
  7. "Dirty Women"
  8. Bill Ward drum solo
  9. Instrumental band jam
  10. Tony Iommi guitar solo
  11. "Rock 'N' Roll Doctor"
  12. "Electric Funeral"
  13. "Bassically" [Geezer Butler bass solo]
  14. "N.I.B."
  15. "Iron Man"
  16. "Embryo" and "Children of the Grave"
  17. "Supernaut" [Intro] and "Paranoid" [Encore]

Tour dates

Date[1][2][3] City Country Venue
North America (1st leg)
October 22, 1976 Tulsa United States Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
October 23, 1976 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
October 24, 1976 San Antonio Convention Center Arena
October 26, 1976 Dallas Dallas Memorial Auditorium
October 28, 1976 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Audtiorium
October 29, 1976 Lincoln Pershing Memorial Auditorium
October 30, 1976 Kansas City Memorial Hall
October 31, 1976 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
October or November ?, 1976 ? Phoenix ? Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix Exhibition Hall, or ?
October or November ?, 1976 ? Albuquerque ? Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Johnson Gymnasium, or ?
November 2, 1976 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
November 3, 1976 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
November 5, 1976 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
November 6, 1976 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
November 7, 1976 San Bernardino Swing Auditorium
November 9, 1976 Fresno Selland Arena
November 11, 1976 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 12, 1976 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
November 13, 1976 Seattle Seattle Center Arena
November 23, 1976 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 24, 1976 Chicago International Amphitheatre
November 25, 1976 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
November 26, 1976 Detroit Cobo Center
November 28, 1976 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
November 29, 1976 Chicago International Amphitheatre
November 30, 1976 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
December 2, 1976 Providence Providence Civic Center
December 3, 1976 Boston Boston Garden
December 4, 1976 Philadelphia Spectrum
December 6, 1976 New York Madison Square Garden
December 7, 1976 Springfield Civic Center
December 8, 1976 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
December 9, 1976 Landover Capital Centre
December 10, 1976 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center
December 11, 1976 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
December 12, 1976 Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium
North America (2nd leg)
January 20 or February 2, 1977 ? Tampa ? United States USF Sun Dome, Tampa Jai-Alai Fronton Hall, Curtis Hixon Hall, or ?
January 21, 1977 Jacksonville Coliseum
January 23, 1977 Miami Miami Jai-Alai Fronton Arena ?
January 25, 1977 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
January 26, 1977 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
January 28, 1977 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
January 29, 1977 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
January 30, 1977 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
February 2, 1977 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Scope
February 4, 1977 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
February 6, 1977 Erie Erie County Field House
February 7, 1977 Salem Salem Civic Center
February 9, 1977 Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium
February 10, 1977 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
February 11, 1977 Terre Haute Hulman Center
February 12, 1977 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
February 13, 1977 Springfield Hammons Student Center
February 14, 1977 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center
February 15, 1977 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
February 16, 1977 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
February 18, 1977 Lexington Rupp Arena
February 20, 1977 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
Europe (2nd leg)
March 2, 1977 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
March 4, 1977 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
March 6, 1977 Stafford New Bingley Hall
March 7, 1977 Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
March 9, 1977 Cardiff Wales Capitol Theatre
March 10, 1977 Southampton England Southampton Gaumont Theatre
March 12, 1977 London Hammersmith Odeon
March 13, 1977
March 14, 1977
March 15, 1977
Europe (2nd leg)
supported by AC/DC
April 5, 1977 Paris France Pavillon de Paris
April 6, 1977 Colmar Colmar Expo Hall
April 7, 1977 Offenbach Germany Stadthalle Offenbach (Easter Rock Festival)
April 9, 1977 Cologne Sporthalle (Easter Rock Festival)
April 10, 1977 Nuremberg Messezentrum (Easter Rock Festival)
April 11, 1977 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (Easter Rock Festival)
April 13, 1977 Thonex Switzerland Thonex Party Hall
April 14, 1977 Zürich Volkshaus
April 16, 1977 Brussels Belgium Cirque Royal
April 17, 1977 ? Amsterdam ? Netherlands ? RAI Arena ?
April 18, 1977 Hamburg Germany Ernst-Merck-Halle
April 19, 1977 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center
April 21, 1977 Lund Sweden Olympen
April 22, 1977 Gothenburg Scandinavium
April 24, 1977 ? Helsinki ? Finland ? House of Culture ?

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ozzyhead.com/olddates/olddates.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1977tour/
  3. ↑ Black Sabbath Concert at the Scope Advertisement. The Virginian Pilot [Norfolk] 2 Feb. 1977: A18. Print.
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