Speak of the Devil Tour

Speak of the Devil Tour
Promotional tour by Ozzy Osbourne
Associated album Speak of the Devil
Start date December 10, 1982 (1982-12-10)
End date May 29, 1983 (1983-05-29)
Legs 2 in Europe
1 in North America
3 total
No. of shows 36 in North America
21 in Europe
57 total
Ozzy Osbourne concert chronology

The Speak of the Devil Tour was the third tour by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, in support of his first live album, Speak of the Devil, released on November 27, 1982. There were three phases in this tour: the "Speak of the Devil" shows, the Europe leg and the North America leg. The band, featuring Brad Gillis on guitar, Rudy Sarzo on bass and Tommy Aldridge on drums, performed two shows at The Ritz in New York City on September 26 and 27, 1982, where the sets consisted of only Black Sabbath songs. These were recorded through the soundboard and appeared on the live album Speak of the Devil. In December, the band, featuring former UFO bassist Pete Way on bass after Sarzo left in October, and Lindsay Bridgwater on keyboards after Don Airey left in August, began the "Speak of the Devil Tour" with seven shows in the United Kingdom. The band, featuring the former-Ratt and Rough Cutt guitarist, Jake E. Lee, who made his debut as lead guitarist after Gillis left in December, and future W.A.S.P. bassist Don Costa on bass after Way left in December, kicked off the Europe leg in January 1983 opening for Whitesnake. In February 1983, the band started the North America leg with Vandenberg as a supporting act. The Bark at the Moon line-up was intact once Bob Daisley rejoined the band before the US Festival show on May 29, 1983.

Overview

Background

The band went to Los Angeles for a six-week break to recuperate from the loss of Randy Rhoads, who was killed in a plane crash in Leesburg, Florida on March 19, 1982. Ozzy's drug and alcohol addiction, along with his mental health began to worsen. During this time, Brad Gillis temporarily rejoined his own band, Night Ranger, which was recording its debut album, Dawn Patrol. Rudy Sarzo temporarily rejoined Quiet Riot as its members were writing Metal Health and Tommy Aldridge stayed with Ozzy and Sharon in his bungalow on Sharon's father, Don Arden's mansion property in Beverly Hills. Don Airey left to take a break from the band, though would return later in 1983. After the break, the band reconvened for the pre-production rehearsals of their first live album.

Speak of the Devil

On September 19, 1982, the band flew to New York City to rehearse and record Ozzy's first live album, Speak of the Devil. The band was under contract by their label, Jet Records, to release a live album consisting of only Black Sabbath songs. Between September 20 and 25, the band rehearsed for the upcoming shows. On September 26 and 27, the band performed at the The Ritz and the soundboard recordings eventually became the tracks for the album. The band returned to Los Angeles for another break with Sarzo leaving to rejoin Quiet Riot. From October to December 1982, Gillis returned to Night Ranger. Aldridge stayed in his bungalow at Don Arden's home with Ozzy and Sharon. Ozzy's drug and alcohol addiction, along with his mental health began to worsen. In October, the soundboard recordings were being mixed at The Record Plant by Max Norman, who helped produce the Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman and Tribute. On October 31, the pro-video footage recording of the June 23 Irvine Meadows show was broadcast on MTV as a Halloween special called Speak of the Devil Live. On November 27, Speak of the Devil was released.

European leg

Ozzy went back out on tour to support the live album with seven dates in the United Kingdom in December with Brad, before he left the band for good to join Night Ranger, and Tommy. Sharon recruited former-UFO bassist, Pete Way, to play bass temporarily for the seven shows and Lindsay Bridgwater, who had previously played keyboards during the Blizzard of Ozz Tour and European legs of Diary of a Madman Tour to play keyboards. The band rehearsed the songs and stage show theatrics at Shepperton Studios in early December. Budgie opened for the seven shows. On December 10, the band kicked off the tour at Cornwall Coliseum in St Austell, England in front of a sold-out crowd, and then at NEC Arena in Birmingham on December 12, Wembley Arena in London on December 14, Queen's Hall in Leeds on December 16, Newcastle City Hall on December 18, and the Glasgow Apollo in Glasgow on December 19 and ended on December 20 at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, which would be Brad and Pete's last show with Ozzy as well as the last show with Diary of a Madman Tour setlis.

The band returned to Los Angeles for a three-week break. George Lynch from Dokken was hired, but then he either ended returned to Dokken or Ozzy changed his mind, and hired former-Ratt and Rough Cutt guitarist Jake E. Lee and future-W.A.S.P. bassist, Don Costa. After a week of rehearsals in January 1983, the band flew to Helsinki, Finland to kick off the European leg opening for Whitesnake. On January 12, the band kicked off the tour, with Jake and Don performing their first show with Ozzy, at Messuhalli. On January 31, the band performed its last show in Europe opening at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands. The band returned to Los Angeles for a one-week break before the North America leg.

North American leg

The band flew to Syracuse, New York, to begin the North American leg in front of a sold-out crowd at the Onondaga County War Memorial on February 11 with Vandenberg as a support act throughout the leg. On February 12, the Scranton City Council cancelled the show at the Catholic Youth Center.On March 5, Ozzy held the Ozzy Osbourne Rock 'N' Roll Party with Blue Öyster Cult, Vandenberg and Le Roux at Baton Rouge State Fairgrounds Amphitheater. The band performed its last show of the Leg at Glens Falls Civic Center on April 5. The band took a short break before the US Festival on May 29. Don Costa was fired because Ozzy and Sharon wanted Bob Daisley to come back and do another album and offered Daisley money, credit and royalties and he agreed. With the Bark at the Moon line-up intact, the band performed a show at the US Festival on May 29, 1983, with "Tommy Bolton" (the opener), Quiet Riot and Mötley Crüe as support acts as the band supported Judas Priest, Triumph, the Scorpions and Van Halen as the headliner.

Personnel

Speak of the Devil
United Kingdom
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
  • Brad Gillis – Guitar
  • Pete Way – Bass
  • Tommy Aldridge – Drums
  • Lindsay Bridgwater – Keyboards

Europe
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
  • Jake E. Lee – Guitar
  • Don Costa – Bass
  • Tommy Aldridge – Drums
  • Lindsay Bridgwater – Keyboards
North America
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
  • Jake E. Lee – Guitar
  • Don Costa – Bass
  • Tommy Aldridge – Drums
  • Don Airey – Keyboards

US Festival '83
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
  • Jake E. Lee – Guitar
  • Bob Daisley – Bass
  • Tommy Aldridge – Drums
  • Don Airey – Keyboards

Setlists

Speak of the Devil Black Sabbath covers
  1. "Symptom of the Universe"
  2. "Snowblind"
  3. "Black Sabbath"
  4. "Fairies Wear Boots"
  5. "War Pigs"
  6. "The Wizard"
  7. "N.I.B."
  8. "Sweet Leaf"
  9. "Never Say Die"
  10. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
  11. "Iron Man" and "Children of the Grave"
  12. "Paranoid" [Encore]
Europe

"Diary of a Madman" (Introduction/ending) [Introduction]

  1. "Over the Mountain"
  2. "Mr Crowley"
  3. "Crazy Train"
  4. "Revelation Mother Earth"
  5. "Steal Away the Night"
  6. "Suicide Solution"
  7. Brad Gillis guitar solo and instrumental band jam
  8. Tommy Aldridge drum solo and instrumental band jam [Reprise]
  9. "Goodbye to Romance"
  10. "I Don't Know"
  11. "Believer"
  12. "Flying High Again"
  13. "Sweet Leaf" (Black Sabbath cover)
  14. "Iron Man" and "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath covers)
  15. "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) [Encore]

Europe and North America

"Diary of a Madman" (Introduction/ending) [Introduction]

  1. "I Don't Know"
  2. "Mr Crowley"
  3. "Crazy Train"
  4. "Suicide Solution" [and Jake E. Lee guitar solo]
  5. "Revelation Mother Earth"
  6. "Steal Away the Night"
  7. Tommy Aldridge drum solo
  8. "Believer"
  9. "Flying High Again"
  10. "Fairies Wear Boots" (Black Sabbath cover)
  11. "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath cover)
  12. "Iron Man" and "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath covers)
  13. "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) [Encore]
US Festival

"Diary of a Madman" (Introduction/ending) [Introduction]

  1. "Over the Mountain"
  2. "Mr Crowley"
  3. "Crazy Train"
  4. "Suicide Solution" [and Jake E. Lee guitar solo]
  5. "Revelation Mother Earth"
  6. "Steal Away the Night"
  7. Tommy Aldridge drum solo
  8. "I Don't Know"
  9. "Flying High Again"
  10. "Fairies Wear Boots" (Black Sabbath cover)
  11. "Iron Man" and "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath covers)
  12. "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) [Encore]

Tour dates

Date[1][2][3][4][5][6] City Country Venue
Speak of the Devil
September 26, 1982 New York City United States The Ritz (Rudy Sarzo's last shows)
September 27, 1982
Europe (1st leg)
December 10, 1982 St Austell England Cornwall Coliseum (Pete Way and Lindsay Bridgwater's first show)
December 12, 1982 Birmingham NEC Arena
December 14, 1982 London Wembley Arena
December 16, 1982 Leeds Queens Hall
December 18, 1982 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
December 19, 1982 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
December 20, 1982 Liverpool England Royal Court Theatre (Brad and Pete's last show)
Europe leg (2nd leg)
January 12, 1983 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Exhibition Hall (Jake E. Lee and Don Costa's first show)
January 14, 1983 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshov Isstadion
January 16, 1983 Copenhagen Denmark Falconer Teatret
January 18, 1983 Hamburg Germany Messehallen 8
January 19, 1983 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
January 20, 1983 Eppelheim Rhein-Neckar-Halle
January 22, 1983 Lausanne Switzerland Palais de Beaulieu
January 24, 1983 Düsseldorf Germany Philips Halle
January 25, 1983 Neunkirchen Hemmerleinhalle
January 26, 1983 Sindelfingen Messehalle
January 28, 1983 Strasbourg France Rhenus Hall
January 29, 1983 Paris Palais des Sports
January 30, 1983 Brussels Belgium Forest National
January 31, 1983 Utrecht Netherlands Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
North America
February 11, 1983 Syracuse United States Onondaga County War Memorial Arena
February 12, 1983 Scranton Catholic Youth Center Arena
February 14, 1983 College Park Ritchie Coliseum
February 15, 1983 Huntington Huntington Civic Arena
February 18, 1983 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
February 19, 1983 Augusta Augusta Civic Arena
February 20, 1983 Charleston Charleston County Hall
February 23, 1983 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Arena
February 24, 1983 North Fort Myers Lee County Civic Arena
February 25, 1983 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
February 27, 1983 Montgomery Garrett Coliseum
February 28, 1983 Huntsville Von Braun Center
March 1, 1983 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
March 2, 1983 Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
March 4, 1983 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
March 5, 1983 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge State Fairgrounds Amphitheater
(Ozzy Osbourne Rock 'N' Roll Party)
March 7, 1983 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
March 8, 1983 Houston The Summit
March 9, 1983 Austin Palmer Auditorium
March 11, 1983 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
March 12, 1983 Lincoln Pershing Center
March 13 or 14, 1983 ? Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Coliseum
March 15, 1983 Davenport Palmer Alumni Auditorium
March 16, 1983 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
March 18, 1983 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
March 19, 1983 Port Huron McMorran Arena
March 20, 1983 Muskegon L. C. Walker Arena
March 22, 1983 Rockford Rockford MetroCenter
March 26, 1983 Mount Pleasant Rose Arena
March 27, 1983 London, Ontario Canada London Gardens
March 28, 1983 Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena
March 30, 1983 Quebec City Colisée de Québec
March 31, 1983 Rimouski Colisée de Rimouski
April 1, 1983 Worcester United States Centrum
April 2, 1983 Atlantic City Atlantic City Convention Hall
April 4, 1983 Worcester Centrum
April 5, 1983 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Arena (Don Costa and Lindsay's last show)
US Festival (Heavy Metal Day)
May 29, 1983 San Bernardino United States Glen Helen Pavilion (Bob Daisley and Don Airey's first show)

References

  1. ↑ http://norest4thecollectors.x10hosting.com/?page_id=471
  2. ↑ http://norest4thecollectors.x10hosting.com/?page_id=689
  3. ↑ http://www.ultimaterhoads.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4868
  4. ↑ http://www.ozzy.com/us/reply-6684
  5. ↑ http://www.ozzyhead.com/olddates/olddates.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.lookatstubs.com/bands/ozzy_osbourne.htm
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