The Ultimate Sin Tour

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The Ultimate Sin Tour
Tour by Ozzy Osbourne
Associated album The Ultimate Sin
Start date6 February 1986 (1986-02-06)
End date12 October 1986 (1986-10-12)
Legs5
No. of shows126
Ozzy Osbourne concert chronology

The Ultimate Sin Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in 1986, supporting his album The Ultimate Sin .

Contents

Background

On 1 April 1986, a live performance promoting the album in Kansas City, Missouri, was filmed and released later that year as the home video The Ultimate Ozzy. In 1987, after the various tours in support of the album had concluded, guitarist Lee was unexpectedly fired by Osbourne's wife and manager Sharon. [1] The specific justification for Lee's dismissal remains unknown. Bassist Soussan also departed, with Bob Daisley once again entering the fold.

Metallica and Queensrÿche were opening acts for the tour.

Set list

  1. "O Fortuna" (Carl Orff song)
  2. "Bark at the Moon"
  3. "Suicide Solution"
  4. "Never Know Why"
  5. "Mr. Crowley"
  6. "Shot in the Dark"
  7. "I Don't Know"
  8. "Killer of Giants"
  9. "Thank God for the Bomb"
  10. "The Ultimate Sin"
  11. "Flying High Again"
  12. "Secret Loser"
  13. "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath cover)
  14. "Crazy Train"
    Encore
  15. "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover)

Tour dates

Date [2] [3] CityCountryVenue
Europe
6 February 1986 Belfast Northern Ireland Avoniel Leisure Centre
7 February 1986
9 February 1986 Dublin Ireland SFX Concert Hall
10 February 1986
12 February 1986 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
13 February 1986 Manchester Manchester Apollo
14 February 1986
16 February 1986 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse
17 February 1986 Sheffield England Sheffield City Hall
19 February 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon
20 February 1986
21 February 1986
23 February 1986 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
24 February 1986
26 February 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon
27 February 1986 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
28 February 1986 Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom
2 March 1986 Ipswich Ipswich Gaumont Theatre
3 March 1986 Leicester De Montfort Hall
4 March 1986 Bradford St George's Hall
North America (1st leg)
27 March 1986 Valley Center United States Kansas Coliseum
29 March 1986 Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Fair Arena
1 April 1986 Kansas City Kemper Arena
2 April 1986 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
4 April 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
5 April 1986 Chicago UIC Pavilion
6 April 1986 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
8 April 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
9 April 1986 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
10 April 1986 Erie Erie Civic Center
12 April 1986 Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena
13 April 1986 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium
14 April 1986 Rochester War Memorial Auditorium
16 April 1986 Landover Capital Centre
17 April 1986 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
18 April 1986 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
20 April 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum
21 April 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
23 April 1986 Providence Providence Civic Center
24 April 1986 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
25 April 1986 Worcester Centrum
27 April 1986 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
28 April 1986 Hempstead Nassau Coliseum
30 April 1986Hampton Hampton Coliseum
1 May 1986 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
2 May 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
3 May 1986 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
4 May 1986 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
6 May 1986 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
8 May 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center
9 May 1986 Houston The Summit
10 May 1986 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
12 May 1986 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
13 May 1986 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
15 May 1986 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
17 May 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
19 May 1986 Tucson Tucson Community Center
20 May 1986 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Asia
24 May 1986 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Sunpalace
26 May 1986 Osaka Festival Hall
27 May 1986 Osaka Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
29 May 1986 Nagoya Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
31 May 1986 Tokyo NHK Hall
1 June 1986
2 June 1986 Nippon Budokan
North America (2nd leg)
10 June 1986 San Diego United States San Diego Sports Arena
11 June 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
13 June 1986 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
14 June 1986
15 June 1986
16 June 1986 Daly City Cow Palace
17 June 1986
18 June 1986SacramentoCal Expo Amphitheatre
20 June 1986 Central Point Jackson County Expo Pavilion
21 June 1986 Seattle Seattle Coliseum
22 June 1986
24 June 1986SpokaneSpokane Coliseum
25 June 1986PortlandPortland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
27 June 1986 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
29 June 1986 Calgary Saddledome
30 June 1986 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
2 July 1986 Portland United States Portland Memorial Coliseum
3 July 1986 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
5 July 1986 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre
7 July 1986 Des Moines Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
8 July 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
9 July 1986 Bloomington Met Center
11 July 1986 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
12 July 1986 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
13 July 1986 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
15 July 1986 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
16 July 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
17 July 1986 Columbus Ohio Center
19 July 1986 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
20 July 1986 Saginaw Wendler Arena
21 July 1986 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
24 July 1986 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
25 July 1986 Louisville Cardinal Stadium
26 July 1986 Evansville Mesker Music Theater
27 July 1986 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
29 July 1986 Chattanooga UTC Arena
30 July 1986 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
1 August 1986 Charleston Charleston Civic Coliseum
2 August 1986 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
3 August 1986 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
Monsters of Rock Europe
16 August 1986 Castle Donington England Donington Park
23 August 1986 Stockholm Sweden Råsunda Stadium
30 August 1986 Nuremberg West Germany Zeppelin Field
31 August 1986 Mannheim Maimarktgelände
North America
5 September 1986 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium
6 September 1986 Orlando Orange County Civic Center
7 September 1986 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
9 September 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
10 September 1986 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
12 September 1986 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
13 September 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
14 September 1986 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
16 September 1986 Providence Providence Civic Center
17 September 1986 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
18 September 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum
20 September 1986 Kingston Kingston Fairgrounds Grandstand
21 September 1986 Hempstead Nassau Coliseum
23 September 1986 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
24 September 1986 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
26 September 1986 Toronto CNE Stadium
27 September 1986 Toledo United States Toledo Sports Arena
29 September 1986 Grand Rapids Welsh Auditorium
30 September 1986 Trotwood Hara Arena
3 October 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
4 October 1986 Shreveport Hirsch Coliseum
5 October 1986 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
7 October 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
8 October 1986 Corpus Christi Corpus Memorial Coliseum
12 October 1986 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

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