The End Tour


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. The tour concluded Sabbath's 40+ year career. The final show was 4 February 2017, in their home city of Birmingham, England.

Overview

Background

Initial dates were announced in a video posted on the band's YouTube channel on 3 September 2015 with more dates announced in October 2015. 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. An eight-track EP, entitled The End, was released to coincide with this tour and was only available at shows. Rival Sons were the sole support act for all of Black Sabbath's headlining shows. Five Finger Death Punch originally planned to join the oceanic leg of the tour, but canceled following Ivan Moody's Hospitalization. Osbourne said of the farewell tour, "this is it, it's definitely run its course".
The tour concluded on 4 February 2017 with the final two gigs being played in the band's native Birmingham. The last show was streamed live on the band's Facebook page. Prior to the gig, Ozzy discussed his emotions he was feeling, suggesting he would cry after the farewell. Osbourne was adamant this is the end, but intends to carry on with solo work, having already returned following a 1992 'final' solo tour. Iommi confirmed no more world tours, but remains open to a new album or one-off show. Iommi had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012, and the toll of touring on his health was the main reason to end touring. Osbourne had intended to say something to the crowd but did not prepare a speech. He closed the show with a simple statement to the crowd "Thank you, goodnight, thank you so much."

Personnel

with
;Songs Played Overall
"The End"
  1. "Black Sabbath"
  2. "Fairies Wear Boots"
  3. "Under the Sun/Every Day Comes & Goes"
  4. "Tomorrow's Dream"
  5. "After Forever"
  6. "Into the Void"
  7. "Snowblind"
  8. "War Pigs"
  9. "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
  10. "Bassically"
  11. "N.I.B."
  12. "Hand of Doom"
  13. "Supernaut"/"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"/"Megalomania"
  14. "Rat Salad"
  15. Tommy Clufetos drum solo
  16. "Iron Man"
  17. "God Is Dead?"
  18. "Dirty Women"
  19. "Embryo"/"Children of the Grave"
Encore
  2. "Paranoid"
"Zeitgeist"
;Typical Setlist
"The End"
  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"
  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
  2. "Paranoid"
"Zeitgeist"

Tour dates

Gross

The tour grossed $84.8 million, with 1,074,495 tickets sold from 74 shows.