When Black Sabbath announced the dates for its “The End” tour last year, the band promised that this would be the end. No more shows for all the many strange aeons to come, as the legendary band was retiring to the ink-black shade of the netherworld. Realistically, though, a musician has got to put food on the sacrificial altar, and adding new dates to a farewell tour does not technically constitute a new tour. (The devil is in the details, after all.)
At any rate, it seems highly unlikely that any of Sabbath’s millions of fans are going to complain about another final opportunity to see Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler. Four months after their last show in New York City, Fact reports that the legendary progenitors of heavy metal have announced that they will continue their farewell tour on June 11 in their native U.K. before hopping around Europe and heading stateside in August. The final tour should reach its finality in Sao Paulo, Brazil this December. Though, at this point, who knows?
Black Sabbath “The End” tour
June 11—Download Festival—Donington, United Kingdom
June 13—Arena di Verona—Verona, Italy
June 15—Hallenstadon—Zurich, Switzerland
June 17—Grasspop—Dessel, Belgium
June 19—Hellfest—Clisson, France
June 23—Tons of Rock—Halden, Norway
June 25—Copenhall—Copenhagen, Netherlands
June 28—Stadthalle—Vienna, Austria
June 30—O2 Arena—Prague, Czech Republic
July 2—Tauron Arena—Krakow, Poland
July 5—Riga Arena—Riga, Latvia
July 7—Monsters of Rock—Helsinki, Finland
July 9—Monsters of Rock—Stockholm, Sweden
July 12—Olympisky Arena—Moscow, Russia
August 17—Nikon at Jones Beach Theater—Wantagh, NY
August 19—Susquehanna Bank Center—Camden, NJ
August 21—Jiffy Lube Live—Bristow, VA
August 23—PNC Bank Arts Center—Holmdel, NJ
August 25—Xfinity Center—Boston, MA
August 27—Mohegan Sun Arena—Uncasville, CT
August 29—Molson Canadian Amphitheatre—Toronto, Ontario
August 31—DTE Energy Music Theater—Clarkston, MI
September 2—Klipsch Music Center—Indianapolis, IN
September 4—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre—Tinley Park, IL
September 7—Gexa Energy Pavilion—Dallas, TX
September 9—Isleta Ampitheater—Albuquerque, NM
September 11—USANA Ampitheater—Salt Lake City, UT
September 13—Sunlight Supply Arena—Portland, OR
September 15—Oracle Arena—Oakland, CA
September 17—MGM Grand Garden Arena—Las Vegas, NV
September 19—Hollywood Bowl—Hollywood, CA
September 21—AK-Chin Pavilion—Phoenix, AZ
September 24—Ozzfest Meets Knotfest—San Bernardino, CA
November 8—BOK Center—Tulsa, OK
November 10—Toyota Center—Houston, TX
November 12—AT&T Center—San Antonio, TX
November 16—Foro Sol—Mexico City, Mexico
November 19—Estadio Nacional—Santiago, Colombia
November 24—Orfeo—Cordoba, Argentina
November 26—Velez—Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 30—Pedeira Paulo Leminski—Curitiba, Brazil
December 2—Apoteose—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December 4—Estadio Morumbi—Sao Paulo, Brazil
[via Fact]