Black Sabbath Concert History

Black Sabbath were an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. The band initially performed under the names Polka Tulk Blues Band and later Earth, before adopting the name Black Sabbath in 1969. They became known for lyrical themes influenced by horror and the occult, as well as for the use of down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, "Black Sabbath" and "Paranoid" (both 1970)...

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 22, 2016
Black Sabbath PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, New Jersey, United States
Aug 21, 2016
Black Sabbath / Rival Sons

The End

  Setlists
Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, Virginia, United States
Aug 19, 2016
Black Sabbath / Rival Sons

The End Tour

  Photos   Setlists
BB&T Pavilion Camden, New Jersey, United States
Aug 18, 2016
Black Sabbath Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Aug 17, 2016
Black Sabbath / Rival Sons

The End

  Videos   Photos   Setlists
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, New York, United States
Aug 08, 2016
Black Sabbath

The End Tour

PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, New Jersey, United States
Jun 28, 2016
Black Sabbath / Rival Sons

The End Tour

  Setlists
Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Show Duplicate for Jun 28, 2016
Jun 25, 2016
Black Sabbath

Copenhell 2016

  Setlists
Copenhell Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Show Duplicate for Jun 25, 2016
Jun 23, 2016
Tons of Rock
Black Sabbath / Pil & Bue / Raga Rockers / Rival Sons / Mannskoret / Vreid / Blues Pills
  Photos   Setlists
Fredriksten Festning Halden, Norway
Show Duplicate for Jun 23, 2016
Jun 23, 2016 –
Jun 25, 2016
Tons Of Rock 2016
Blues Pills / Leprous / Mannskoret / Pil & Bue / Buzzdrivers / Blodstrupmoen / Ghost / Mgła / The Carburetors / Mork / Below / Eurotrash / Lucky Malice / Vaya Con Satan / Behemoth / Nekromantheon / Hedvig Mollestad Trio / Ammunition / Vasterbron / Ethereal Sin / Bodies / Les Punx / Unholy Tempest / Freedumb / Tormods Orgelkvartett / Black Debbath / Krakow / Vreid / El Caco / Alice Cooper / Red Harvest / The Shrine (US) / Pain / The Dogs / Black Sabbath / Rival Sons / Raga Rockers / HeatSeekers / Converge / Sixx:A.M. / Havok / August Burns Red / Amon Amarth / Europe / Megadeth / Insomnium / Steak Number Eight Show all bands
  Setlists
Fredriksten Festning Halden Halden, Norway
Show Duplicates for Jun 23, 2016
Jun 20, 2016
Black Sabbath / Soundgarden Hallenstadion Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jun 19, 2016
Black Sabbath

The End

  Setlists
Val de Moine Sport Complex Clisson, Pays de la Loire, France
Jun 18, 2016
Graspop Metal Meeting (GMM) Day #3 2016
Black Sabbath / Megadeth / Slayer / Apocalyptica / Saxon / Paradise Lost / Obituary / Moonspell / Primal Fear / Loudness / Carach Angren / Shinedown / Halestorm / Bullet for My Valentine / Amon Amarth / Rival Sons / Bury Tomorrow / Behemoth / Testament / Gojira / Beartooth / Sick of It All / Turnstile / King Diamond / Foreigner / Disturbed / The Amity Affliction / Bad Religion / Atreyu / Trivium / Twisted Sister / Dropkick Murphys / Abbath / Ghost / Nightwish / Volbeat / Killswitch / Skillet / Pennywise / Anti-Flag / Bliksem / Collibus / God Dethroned / Kadavar / Municipal Waste / Satyricon / Secrets of the Moon / Shining (SE) / Skindred / Slaves (US) / TesseracT / The Shrine / Killswitch Engage Show all bands
  Setlists
Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 17, 2016
Graspop 2016
Monuments / Soilwork / King Diamond / Amon Amarth / Black Sabbath / Disturbed / The Winery Dogs / Apocalyptica / Heaven Shall Burn / Bad Religion / Sixx:A.M. / Foreigner / Megadeth / Amaranthe / Monster Truck / Dark Funeral / Turnstile / Moonspell / Firewind / Atreyu / August Burns Red / Zakk Wylde / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Norma Jean / Myrkur / Carach Angren Show all bands
  Setlists
Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicates for Jun 17, 2016
Jun 17, 2016 –
Jun 19, 2016
Hellfest 2016
Victims / Windhand / Valkryie / Hegemon / Shuffle (Fr) / Dirty Fonzy / Lecherous Gaze / TYLER LEADS / Foreigner / Marduk / The Shrine (US) / Stille Volk / Grand Magus / Slayer / Dark Fortress / Disturbed / Power Trip / Anthrax / Twisted Sister / Joe Satriani / Testament / Melvins / Rival Sons / Enslaved / Vintage Trouble / Turnstile / Ratos de Porão / Jambinai / Sadist / The Amity Affliction / Dragonforce / Empyrium / Monolord / Havok / Brodequin / Torche / Blind Guardian / Asphyx / Strife / Primordial / Vision of Disorder / Heidevolk / Archgoat / Alea Jacta Est / Thy Art Is Murder / Crobot / Fallujah / King Diamond / Bring Me The Horizon / Inquisition / Atreyu / Converge / Shinedown / Gojira / Harm's Way / Volbeat / Korpiklaani / Amon Amarth / Rammstein / Megadeth / All Pigs Must Die / Cowards. / August Burns Red / Sacred Reich / Kvelertak / Hatebreed / The Offspring / Wo Fat / Vader / Dropkick Murphys / Mass Hysteria / Witches / Turbonegro / Sixx:A.M. / Stoned Jesus / Napalm Death / Within Temptation / Terrorizer / Goatsnake / Sick of It All / Entombed A.D. / Otargos / Hangman's Chair / Agoraphobic Nosebleed / With The Dead / Les Sales Majestes / Deicide / Ozzy Osbourne / Taake / Bullet for My Valentine / Stonebirds / The Skull / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Glenn Hughes / Abbath / Nightmare / Le Bal Des Enrages / Solefald / Moonreich / SKELETAL REMAINS / Dust Bolt / Entrails / The Vision Bleak / Arthemis / Overkill / Delain / Down / Insomnium / Dark Funeral / Refused / Behexen / Hermano / Paradise Lost / Orphaned Land / Saviours / Caliban / Black Sabbath / Myrkur / Halestorm / Earth / Kampfar / Heaven Shall Burn / Tremonti / Cruachan / Audrey Horne / Moonsorrow / Backtrack / Kadavar / Korn / Cattle Decapitation / Walls of Jericho / Bury Tomorrow / Mantar / Fu Manchu / Municipal Waste / Toy Dolls / Discharge / No One is Innocent / Katatonia / King Dude / Winter / Dopethrone / Kylesa / UK Subs / Architects / Skálmöld / Ghost / RavenEye / Bad Religion / Loudness / Steak Number Eight / Sunn O))) / Ramesses / Tarja Turunen / Skull / Crobots / Killswitch Engage / Puscifer / Nashville Pussy / Gutterdämmerung Show all bands
  Photos   Setlists
Val de Moine Sport Complex Clisson, Pays de la Loire, France
Show Duplicates for Jun 17, 2016

Latest Videos View All Videos


1:22


Back To The Beginning
Jul 5, 2025
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Rockn' Randy

1:37


Back To The Beginning
Jul 5, 2025
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Rockn' Randy

1:34


Back To The Beginning
Jul 5, 2025
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Rockn' Randy

1:58


Back To The Beginning
Jul 5, 2025
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Rockn' Randy

Latest Photos View All Photos


Black Sabbath on Mar 16, 1982 [579-small]

Black Sabbath
Mar 16, 1982
 Springfield, Illinois, United States
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath / Waysted on May 21, 1986 [547-small]

Black Sabbath / Waysted
May 21, 1986
 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath / Axxis on Sep 9, 1989 [544-small]

Black Sabbath / Axxis
Sep 9, 1989
 London, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath on Nov 4, 1995 [535-small]

Black Sabbath
Nov 4, 1995
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath on Nov 5, 1995 [534-small]

Black Sabbath
Nov 5, 1995
 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath / Nutz on Mar 4, 1977 [532-small]

Black Sabbath / Nutz
Mar 4, 1977
 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath on Oct 18, 1975 [531-small]

Black Sabbath
Oct 18, 1975
 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Black Sabbath on Jan 24, 1972 [529-small]

Black Sabbath
Jan 24, 1972
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by zimtrim

Rock
Metal
Hard Rock
Classic Rock
British
Blues Rock
UK
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)
Heavy Metal
English
Alternative Metal
Stoner Rock
Doom Metal
England
Heavy
Traditional Doom Metal
Birmingham
UK Doom Metal
Birmingham Metal
Proto Doom
Heavy Blues
Black Sabbath
Ominous
Show more genres
Play YouTube Playlist

View Concert

2025 3 concerts
2022 2 concerts
2021 3 concerts
2020 1 concert
2019 1 concert
2017 16 concerts
2016 95 concerts
2015 3 concerts
2014 33 concerts
2013 68 concerts
2012 13 concerts
2011 2 concerts
2010 1 concert
2008 14 concerts
2007 77 concerts
2005 47 concerts
2004 29 concerts
2001 37 concerts
2000 1 concert
1999 76 concerts
1998 20 concerts
1997 28 concerts
1996 1 concert
1995 94 concerts
1994 74 concerts
1992 63 concerts
1991 1 concert
1990 53 concerts
1989 63 concerts
1988 1 concert
1987 22 concerts
1986 49 concerts
1985 1 concert
1984 32 concerts
1983 82 concerts
1982 86 concerts
1981 48 concerts
1980 157 concerts
1978 106 concerts
1977 88 concerts
1976 47 concerts
1975 81 concerts
1974 57 concerts
1973 39 concerts
1972 85 concerts
1971 188 concerts
1970 196 concerts
1969 82 concerts
1968 20 concerts
See more attendees:

Aug 07, 2025

Hey fellow Sabbath fans,

I’m trying to track down more info about an epic moment that happened during Ozzfest on June 24, 1997 at Mile High Stadium in Denver.

During Black Sabbath’s performance of “War Pigs,” right when Ozzy sang “Satan laughing spreads his wings” and threw his arms in the air, a bolt of lightning struck—lighting up the sky and sending the crowd into a frenzy. I remember hearing it was caught on camera and even mentioned in a local newspaper (Rocky Mountain News or Denver Post), but I haven’t been able to find any footage or articles.

If you were there:

Do you remember that moment?

Did you see it happen?

Do you have any photos, video, or clippings from the show?

Was it ever shown on TV or published in the paper?

This moment has become part of Sabbath legend, and I’d love to help preserve it properly. Any memories or leads would be amazing!

Rock on 🤘


Jul 24, 2025

Black Sabbath did not show up for this gig.


Dec 02, 2020

Original line up, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Terry "Gezzer" Butler, Bill Ward

As Seen On: