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Ozzy and Friends Tour

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Ozzy and Friends Tour
Tour by Ozzy Osbourne
Location
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South America
Start date23 May 2012
End date22 November 2015
Legs2
No. of shows23
Ozzy Osbourne concert chronology
  • Scream World Tour
    (2010–2011)
  • Ozzy and Friends Tour
    (2012; 2015)
  • No More Tours II
    (2018)

The Ozzy and Friends Tour is a concert tour that replaced the majority of the original 2012 dates of the Black Sabbath Reunion Tour.

On 17 February 2012, Black Sabbath reshuffled its reunion plans in light of guitarist Tony Iommi's battle with lymphoma. The band confirmed that they planned to play only one show on their planned European tour – Download Festival, which took place on 10 June in England. In between the lone performance, Ozzy Osbourne headed out on a 17-date tour as part of Ozzy & Friends, which featured special guests including Slash, Zakk Wylde, Tom Morello and Sabbath's own Geezer Butler on select dates.[1] In 2015, a similar outcome came along, and Sabbath had to pull away from some dates in their 2015 schedule including the 2015 installment of the Japanese Ozzfest.[2] and Ozzy Osbourne and Friends had replaced those slots.[3] The 20 June 2015 concert in Mannheim, Germany was canceled after the opening band, Black Label Society had completed their set due to vocal problems on Osbourne's part.[4]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
Europe
23 May 2012 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
25 May 2012 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Stadium
27 May 2012 Jelling Denmark Jelling Festival
29 May 2012 Bergen Norway Bergen Calling Festival
31 May 2012 Oslo Oslo Spektrum
2 June 2012 Malmö Sweden Malmö Stadion
4 June 2012 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen
6 June 2012 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
15 June 2012 Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain Azkena Rock Festival
17 June 2012 Clisson France Hellfest
20 June 2012 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
22 June 2012 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
24 June 2012 Milan Italy Gods of Metal
26 June 2012 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
28 June 2012 Belgrade Serbia Ušće Park
1 July 2012 Malakasa Greece Rockwave Festival
South America
25 April 2015 São Paulo Brazil Monsters of Rock
28 April 2015 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski
30 April 2015 Porto Alegre Estádio Zequinha
2 May 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina Monsters of Rock
North America
29 August 2015 Culver City United States Sony Pictures Studio
31 October 2015 New Orleans Voodoo Festival
Asia
22 November 2015 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe during Ozzfest Japan 2015

Personnel

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Supporting Acts

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References

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  1. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (17 February 2012). "Black Sabbath Reunion Tour Becomes Ozzy & Friends Tour". Billboard. Jason Lipshutz. In between the lone performance, Ozzy Osbourne will head out on a 15-date tour as part of Ozzy & Friends, which will feature special guests like Slash, Zakk Wylde and Sabbath's own Geezer Butler on select dates.
  2. ^ "Black Sabbath Pulls Out Of Ozzfest Japan; Ozzy Osbourne To Perform Solo Set". Blabbermouth.net. 9 April 2015. Despite last month's announcement to the contrary, BLACK SABBATH will not appear at this year's Ozzfest Japan, scheduled for November 21–22 at Makuhari Messe outside Tokyo.
  3. ^ "Black Sabbath Cancel Concert, Tony Iommi Gives Health Update". Rolling Stone. 9 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Ozzy Osbourne Cancels Germany Concert Because of Vocal Ailment". Loudwire.