The Born Again Tour 1983 is a global concert tour supporting Black Sabbath's Born Again album. Both the album and the tour are the only ones from Black Sabbath to feature former Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan on the main vocals. Former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan was hired to replace Bill Ward, who has returned to the band for recording the album after a two-year hiatus, for the tour. This was the last tour to showcase the original Black Sabbath bassist, Geezer Butler until the 1992 Dehumanizer tour.
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"There was a conversation during the Born Again session about the tour," recalled Bill Ward, "and I barely made it through the sessions, let alone the tour.The thought of the tour made me like that panicked, anxious, and afraid that I it is impossible to face the idea... but I am too embarrassed to say to everyone and instead of telling everyone I drink and I disappear I run away.That's how I used to be: when I can not handle the situation, I will just drink and run away... I returned to the United States, hospitalized several times, finally returned to the streets and, at the beginning of January 1984, I went into my final detox, and since then I have not drunk And I've never used narcotics. "
Meanwhile, between 7 and 14 August 1983, the band used the National Exhibition Center, in Birmingham, England, to practice. The first leg of the tour consisted of seven European performances in August, followed by second European legs in September and October, featuring 16 performances.
"We were on flight 666 to Helsinki," Geezer Butler recalls, "and even the luggage label says 'HEL' We all shit on the plane.I'm annoyed, of course.I'm so sad then.I'm annoyed for the whole tour. "
North American legs consisted of 36 shows from October to November, then 34 shows from January to March 1984.
There were many cancellations during the North American tour because of problems with the oversized Stonehenge stage sets. This is the reason that the early show in Canada was canceled, delaying the first leg of North America. The crew were also caught in a November blizzard as it traversed the Continental Divide, forcing the cancellation of two shows in Salt Lake City and Reno.
There was more trouble during the second leg of North America that delayed their show for almost a week. One show in Salisbury, Maryland (February 28, 1984) was struck by local religious protests recorded in local newspapers, but was eventually canceled due to bad ticket sales. Of the 96 confirmed currently showing, 30% chance of being canceled for one reason or another.
That's not all doom and gloom for Sabs as they manage to sell at least a dozen performances including Saginaw, Worcester, Rockford, Providence, Cleveland, Detroit, New Haven, Portland, Philadelphia, Toronto, East Rutherford and Chicago. [Updated by Rob Dwyer - Black-Sabbath.com; With special thanks to Bev Bevan]
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Tour dates
Set list
The set list featured two Dio-era songs, "Heaven and Hell" and "Neon Knights", as well as good help from the new album, and some fan favorites reappeared on set, like "Supernaut" and "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor ". Each show on the tour concludes with two encore songs, with the first song to be a cover of the classic Deep Purple "Smoke on the Water", like Ian Gillan previously from Deep Purple. This is one of several Black Sabbath cover songs ever performed on live shows. They played the song based on Iommi's suggestion. He felt it was a 'bad deal' that Gillan had to do so many old Sabbath songs and no songs of his own.
Songs playing on tour
"Supertzar"
"Children's Tomb" Site "Hot Line"
"Pig War" "Born Again" | "Supernaut"
"Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" ("Terrible," Iommi recalls. "It's hard for him to sing certain Sabbath songs." "Stonehenge" Hotel "Annoying the Pastor" | "Keep It Warm" | "Black Sabbath" Hotel "The Dark"
"Zero the Hero"
"Heaven and Hell" Site "Neon Knights"
"Digital Prostitutes"
"Iron Man"
"Smoke on the Water"
"Paranoid"
Songs are trained for touring, but never played live
"Sabbra Cadabra" | "Wicked Woman" Site "Sea Kids" Site "Never Say Die" | "The Symptoms of the Universe"
"N.I.B."
"The Witch"
"Dream Tomorrow"
Staging
There are many problems surrounding the tour for the album, including having little space on the stage because it's decorated with Stonehenge replicas. In 2005, Geezer Butler explained:
Ian Gillan believes that Stonehenge is really a Geezer idea - and that, asking for details by setting up Light and Sound Design buildings, Geezer just says: "Sexy." Filling the three containers, it's too big for each stage, so only a small part is used at one time, but the band and crew still have problems creeping in between the monoliths.
"We can not believe the size when we see it," Iommi recalls. "We saw it when we trained at NEC [in Birmingham] overall and we only saw it on the floor; part of it - they have not finished... It got for [1983] Read [festival] and we have a big one behind that like, like, a giant. "
Photos of Born Again's tour show that at least a few stones are present on stage.
The initial stage of the tour featured a dwarf, dressed as a demon baby from the album cover. Dimensional problems and the use of dwarfs have a strong resemblance to the famous Stonehenge scene in the movie This Is Spinal Tap , released a year after the Sabbath tour. However, this is just a coincidence, because the "Stonehenge scene" was in the initial 20 minutes of movie demos from 1982. "It was nice when I saw the movie, though," Butler recalls, "because it was at the end of the tour with Gillan... I think they have spies with us or something - it's very much like us. "
Personnel
- Tony Iommi - guitar
- Geezer Butler - bass guitar
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Bev Bevan - drums
- Geoff Nicholls - keyboard (done off-stage)
Bill Ward was not able to play Born Again because of his personal problems. He explained:
Opening action
Pretty Maids is an act of support on early Scandinavian dates (18-24 August 1983). Diamond Head provided support on the remaining European dates (13 September to 3 October), but was also replaced by Girlschool during the Spanish show (13-15 September 1983) and Metallic speed metal Acid in Brussels (1 October).
The path of the heart was originally scheduled to be an act of support at the start of Canadian foot 1983, but the early show was canceled. Instead, Scottish rocker Nazareth filled most of the Canadian shows (from October 20 through 24) until Quiet Riot was available for the show in Toronto (October 25). However, Nazareth paired up with Quiet Riot in London, Ontario (October 26) and replaced Black Sabbath as headliner when their Stonehenge did not fit into the arena!
Quiet Riot comes with the Sabbath for the rest of the first North American feet and all US dates until November 30. Fastway also appeared in New Haven on November 8.
Heaven gave support at the start of North American leg 2 from January 25 until at least the end of January. Ratt appeared only in the first show at Daly City on January 25th. Girlschool reappeared for a show in San Antonio on February 4th. Night Ranger joined the tour from 7 February to 26. They were replaced by Canadian band Helix for two shows in New York. The last show in Springfield, MA is supported by Cryer.
References
External links
- Gillan the Hero - A fan site with tour information.
- Black Sabbath Online - Old fan site running with tour information
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