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BLACK
SABBATH Australian Tours 1971, 1973, 1974 |
TOUR DETAILS |
Lineup
for all three tours:
1971 Paranoid Tour PROMOTER: DATES
/ CITIES / VENUES: SUPPORT:
*See the Black Sabbath Live Project website for more information on this tour 1973
'Volume IV' Tour PROMOTER: DATES
/ CITIES / VENUES / SUPPORT: 7 January
1973 - New Zealand, Great Ngaruawahia
Music Festival* 13
January 1973
- Melbourne, Kooyong Stadium 16
January 1973
- Sydney, Hordern Pavilion* 17
January 1973
- Sydney, Hordern Pavilion 18
January 1973
- Brisbane - Festival Hall 19
January 1973
- Adelaide - Apollo Stadium *Concert recording known to exist *See the Black Sabbath Live Project website for more information on this tour 1974
'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Tour PROMOTER: DATES
/ CITIES / VENUES: SUPPORT: *See the Black Sabbath Live Project website for more information on this tour |
NOTES |
Alongside Deep Purple and Free, Black Sabbath were one of the top groups in the new wave of heavy rock that flourished in the late 60s and early '70s, and which had a strong effect on Australasian bands. The group made three tours of Australasia in the early 70s:
Adrian
Rawlins,
from Festivals in Australia: An Intimate History The Adelaide media supported the concept of Myponga far more vigorously than the Sydney press or TV had supported either Ourimbah or Wallacia. But the numbers of participants who actually arrived were still not over 15,000 -- not enough to put the backers into a profit situation. Had another 5,000 people turned up the fetival would have been an all-round success." Vince
Lovegrove |
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REFERENCES / LINKS |
Black
Sabbath Live Project Black
Sabbath Online Adrian
Rawlins Black
Sabbath Live 1970-1979 |
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