Technical Ecstasy Tour

The Technical Ecstasy Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It began on 22 October 1976 and ended on 22 April 1977.

Technical Ecstasy Tour

Tour by Black Sabbath
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	Technical Ecstasy
Start date	22 October 1976 (1976-10-22)
End date	22 April 1977 (1977-04-22)
Legs	2
No. of shows	81
Black Sabbath concert chronology

Overview

Background

North America leg

Having toned down the band's 'black magic' image for Technical Ecstasy, Geezer Butler assured Circus, "Parents can take their kids to our shows now."^[1] Opening acts included Ted Nugent and, promoting their Next album, Journey.^{[citation needed]}

Europe leg

A notorious encounter occurred between Geezer Butler and Malcolm Young of support band AC/DC when the tour reached Europe. "Flick-knives were banned in England," Butler recalled, "but, when we were playing in Switzerland, I bought one. I was just flicking it, when Malcolm Young came up to me and started slagging Sabbath… He came over and said, 'You must think you're big, having a flick-knife.' I said, 'What are you talking about?' And that was it. Nobody got hurt."^[2]

AC/DC's support slot had, in any case, begun inauspiciously. "All the gear was blowing up," reported Angus Young of their first show, in Paris. "We played about twenty minutes then destroyed the stage."^[3]

Tour dates

List of 1976 concerts^[4][5][6]

Date	City	Country	Venue
22 October 1976	Tulsa	United States	Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
23 October 1976	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
24 October 1976	San Antonio		Convention Center Arena
26 October 1976	Dallas		Dallas Memorial Auditorium
28 October 1976	Des Moines		Veterans Memorial Audtiorium
29 October 1976	Lincoln		Pershing Memorial Auditorium
30 October 1976	Kansas City		Memorial Hall
31 October 1976	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
1 November 1976	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
2 November 1976	San Francisco		Winterland Ballroom
3 November 1976	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
4 November 1976	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
5 November 1976	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
6 November 1976	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
7 November 1976	San Bernardino		Swing Auditorium
9 November 1976	Fresno		Selland Arena
11 November 1976	Portland		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
12 November 1976	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
13 November 1976	Seattle		Seattle Center Arena
23 November 1976	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
24 November 1976	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
25 November 1976	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
26 November 1976	Detroit		Cobo Center
28 November 1976	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
29 November 1976	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
30 November 1976	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
1 December 1976	Providence		Providence Civic Center
2 December 1976
3 December 1976	Boston		Boston Garden
4 December 1976	Philadelphia		Spectrum
6 December 1976	New York		Madison Square Garden
7 December 1976	Springfield		Civic Center
8 December 1976	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
9 December 1976	Landover		Capital Centre
10 December 1976	Niagara Falls		Niagara Falls Convention Center
11 December 1976	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
12 December 1976	Syracuse	War Memorial Auditorium

List of 1977 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
20 January 1977	Miami	United States	Miami Jai-Alai Fronton Arena
25 January 1977	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
26 January 1977	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
28 January 1977	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
29 January 1977	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
30 January 1977	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Arena
2 February 1977	Norfolk, Virginia		Norfolk Scope
4 February 1977	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
6 February 1977	Erie		Erie County Field House
7 February 1977	Salem		Salem Civic Center
9 February 1977	Columbus		Veterans Memorial Auditorium
10 February 1977	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
11 February 1977	Terre Haute		Hulman Center
12 February 1977	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
13 February 1977	Springfield		Hammons Student Center
14 February 1977	Indianapolis		Indiana Convention Center
15 February 1977	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
16 February 1977	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
18 February 1977	Lexington		Rupp Arena
20 February 1977	San Francisco		Winterland
23 February 1977	Inglewood		Inglewood Forum
2 March 1977	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
4 March 1977	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
6 March 1977	Stafford		New Bingley Hall
7 March 1977	Liverpool		Liverpool Empire Theatre
9 March 1977	Cardiff	Wales	Capitol Theatre
10 March 1977	Southampton	England	Southampton Gaumont Theatre
12 March 1977	London		Hammersmith Odeon
13 March 1977
14 March 1977
15 March 1977
5 April 1977	Paris	France	Pavillon de Paris
6 April 1977	Colmar		Colmar Expo Hall
7 April 1977	Offenbach	West Germany	Stadthalle Offenbach (Easter Rock Festival)
9 April 1977	Cologne		Sporthalle (Easter Rock Festival)
10 April 1977	Nuremberg		Messezentrum (Easter Rock Festival)
11 April 1977	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (Easter Rock Festival)
13 April 1977	Thonex	Switzerland	Thonex Party Hall
14 April 1977	Zürich		Volkshaus
15 April 1977	Odense	Denmark	Fyns Forum
16 April 1977	Brussels	Belgium	Cirque Royal
17 April 1977	Amsterdam	Netherlands	RAI Arena
18 April 1977	Hamburg	West Germany	Ernst-Merck-Halle
19 April 1977	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Center
21 April 1977	Lund	Sweden	Olympen
22 April 1977	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
24 April 1977	Helsinki	Finland	House of Culture

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
8 December 1976	Pittsburgh, United States	Civic Arena	15,000 / 15,000	$112,500	[7]
10 December 1976	Niagara Falls, United States	Niagara Falls Convention Center	8,012	$52,078
11 December 1976	New Haven, United States	New Haven Coliseum	7,800	$53,500

Personnel

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
• Tony Iommi – guitar
• Geezer Butler — bass
• Bill Ward – drums
• Gerald Woodroffe – keyboards