Mob Rules Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Mob Rules Tour
Artist:Black Sabbath
Album:Mob Rules
Type:Promotional
Number Of Legs:4
Number Of Shows:102
Last Tour:Heaven & Hell Tour
(1980–81)
This Tour:Mob Rules Tour
(1981–82)
Next Tour:Born Again Tour
(1983–84)

The Mob Rules Tour, by the English rock group Black Sabbath, began on 15 November 1981 in Quebec City and ended on 31 August 1982 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Background

A cross was used in the stage production.[1] [2]

"The album is more rockier than we've done before," observed guitarist Tony Iommi, "and the show is far more uptempo that it has been before – and a lot more involved… with stage presentation and effects and stuff like that. We enjoy it, the whole thing – we're very happy with the situation at the moment."[3]

Recordings from the tour spawned the Live Evil album.[4]

Personnel

Tour dates

Date[5] [6] CityCountryVenue
Warm-Up
1 August 1981BurslemEnglandVale Park (Heavy Metal Holocaust)
4 September 1981New York CityUnited States"Madison Square Garden" Arena
North America
15 November 1981Quebec CityCanadaQuebec Coliseum
16 November 1981KitchenerKitchener Memorial Arena
17 November 1981SudburySudbury Community Arena
19 November 1981TorontoMaple Leaf Gardens
20 November 1981MontrealMontreal Forum
21 November 1981OttawaOttawa Civic Arena
22 November 1981BinghamtonUnited StatesBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
23 November 1981AllentownAgricultural Hall
24 November 1981BethlehemStabler Arena
25 November 1981Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center
27 November 1981PittsburghCivic Arena
28 November 1981ToledoToledo Sports Arena
29 November 1981ColumbusColumbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
30 November 1981CharlestonCharleston Civic Center
1 December 1981BuffaloBuffalo Memorial Auditorium
3 December 1981LandoverCapital Centre
4 December 1981PhiladelphiaSpectrum
5 December 1981SalisburyWicomico Civic Arena
6 December 1981RichmondRichmond Coliseum
8 December 1981RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
9 December 1981LouisvilleLouisville Gardens
10 December 1981MemphisMid-South Coliseum
12 December 1981Little RockBarton Coliseum
13 December 1981MobileMobile Municipal Arena
14 December 1981
15 December 1981AtlantaOmni Coliseum
16 December 1981NashvilleNashville Municipal Auditorium
17 December 1981CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum
19 December 1981IndianapolisMarket Square Arena
20 December 1981ChicagoInternational Amphitheatre
21 December 1981
Europe
31 December 1981LondonEnglandHammersmith Odeon
1 January 1982
2 January 1982
3 January 1982
5 January 1982NewcastleNewcastle City Hall
6 January 1982
7 January 1982
8 January 1982EdinburghScotlandHighland Hall
9 January 1982StaffordEnglandNew Bingley Hall
10 January 1982LeicesterGranby Halls
12 January 1982LeedsQueens Hall
13 January 1982CardiffWalesSophia Gardens Pavilion
14 January 1982St. AustellEnglandCornwall Coliseum
15 January 1982PortsmouthPortsmouth Guildhall
North America
4 February 1982New HavenUnited StatesNew Haven Coliseum
6 February 1982SyracuseOnondaga County War Memorial Arena
7 February 1982KingstonKingston Armory
10 February 1982New York CityMadison Square Garden
11 February 1982BinghamtonBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
12 February 1982ProvidenceProvidence Civic Arena
13 February 1982RochesterRochester Community War Memorial Arena
16 February 1982GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum
17 February 1982RoanokeRoanoke Civic Center
19 February 1982JacksonvilleJacksonville Coliseum
20 February 1982Pembroke PinesHollywood Sportatorium
21 February 1982LakelandLakeland Civic Center
24 February 1982TallahasseeLeon County Civic Center
25 February 1982KnoxvilleKnoxville Civic Coliseum
26 February 1982CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum
27 February 1982AtlantaOmni Coliseum
2 March 1982New HavenNew Haven Coliseum
3 March 1982BaltimoreBaltimore Civic Center
4 March 1982BostonBoston Garden
6 March 1982DetroitCobo Center
7 March 1982TrotwoodHara Arena
8 March 1982SaginawWendler Arena
9 March 1982LouisvilleLouisville Gardens
10 March 1982AshwaubenonBrown County Veterans Memorial Arena
11 March 1982MadisonDane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum
12 March 1982
13 March 1982BloomingtonMetropolitan Sports Center
15 March 1982Cedar RapidsFive Seasons Center
16 March 1982SpringfieldPrairie Capital Convention Center
17 March 1982St. LouisCheckerdome
19 March 1982OmahaOmaha Civic Arena
20 March 1982Kansas CityKansas City Municipal Arena
21 March 1982WichitaLevitt Arena
April 1982Las VegasRotunda
9 April 1982San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena
10 April 1982Long BeachLong Beach Arena
12 April 1982PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13 April 1982San BernardinoOrange Pavilion
14 April 1982Reno
15 April 1982InglewoodThe Forum
17 April 1982Daly CityCow Palace
18 April 1982FresnoSelland Arena
20 April 1982DavisDavis Recreation Hall
21 April 1982 Jackson County Expo
22 April 1982PortlandVeterans Memorial Coliseum
23 April 1982SeattleSeattle Center Arena (Live Evil)
24 April 1982
26 April 1982VancouverCanadaPacific Coliseum
27 April 1982LethbridgeCanadian Games Sportsplex Arena
28 April 1982CalgaryStampede Corral
29 April 1982
30 April 1982EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum
1 May 1982ReginaAgridome
2 May 1982WinnipegWinnipeg Arena
4 May 1982BillingsUnited StatesYellowstone METRA
5 May 1982CasperCasper Events Center
6 May 1982Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
8 May 1982DenverMcNichols Sports Arena
9 May 1982AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
11 May 1982HoustonSam Houston Coliseum
12 May 1982DallasDallas Convention Center (Live Evil)
13 May 1982San AntonioSan Antonio Convention Center (Live Evil)
17 May 1982New York CityMadison Square Garden
18 May 1982ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center
19 May 1982KingstonKingston Armory
21 May 1982RochesterRochester Community War Memorial
22 May 1982SyracuseOnondaga County War Memorial
23 May 1982BinghamtonBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
28 May 1982ChicagoUIC Pavilion
29 May 1982
1 June 1982MilwaukeeMECCA Arena
21 August 1982ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
22 August 1982East RutherfordMeadowlands Arena
24 August 1982TorontoCanadaCNE Stadium
25 August 1982OttawaLansdowne Park
27 August 1982
28 August 1982ClarkstonUnited StatesPine Knob Music Theatre
29 August 1982East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre
31 August 1982Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music Theater
(Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice's last show)

Notes and References

  1. News: Home Of Metal exhibition opens in Birmingham . 17 June 2011 . Birmingham Live . 12 August 2020 .
  2. Web site: The Quietus | News | Tony Iommi on Home of Metal & Sabbath Reunion.
  3. US radio interview, broadcast 20 November 1981, transcribed in Sabbath fanzine Southern Cross #12, January 1994, p26
  4. Web site: Every Black Sabbath album ranked, from worst to best. 13 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Tapio Keihänen . Black Sabbath: Mob Rules tour dates . dio.net . 2012-07-21 . 2016-06-10.
  6. Web site: Joe Siegler . Robert Dwyer . 1981-1982 Mob Rules Tour: World tour to support the "Mob Rules" album . Black Sabbath online . 2016-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130802032243/http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1981tour/ . 2 August 2013 . dead .

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