Black Sabbath's 1998 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)...

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Black Sabbath had 20 concerts in 1998

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 31, 1998
Black Sabbath / Pantera / Megadeth / Slayer / Soulfly

New Years Evil 1998

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Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Dec 21, 1998
Black Sabbath / Pantera / Incubus

Black Sabbath Reunion Tour

Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon, United States
Oct 30, 1998
Black Sabbath Ed Sullivan Theater New York, New York, United States
Oct 29, 1998
Black Sabbath
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Late Show With David Letterman New York, New York, United States
Jun 30, 1998
Black Sabbath / The Hellacopters
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Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Jun 28, 1998
Graspop Metal Meeting 1998
Black Sabbath / Dream Theater / Primus / Misfits / Deftones / Congress / Pro-Pain / Paradise Lost / Soulfly / Dimmu Borgir / UDO / Spiritual Beggars / Madball / Obituary / Iced Earth / In Flames / Moonspell / Coal Chamber / Within Temptation
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Graspop Metal Meeting 1998 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 27, 1998
Black Sabbath

OpenAir St. Gallen

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Sittertobel St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Jun 26, 1998 –
Jun 27, 1998
Foo Fighters / Pulp / Black Sabbath / Garbage / Buddy Guy / Beastie Boys

Open Air 1998

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Open Air St Gallen St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Jun 25, 1998
Black Sabbath

Roskilde Festival

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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Jun 25, 1998 –
Jun 28, 1998
Roskilde Festival 1998
Bob Dylan / Marilyn Manson / A Tribe Called Quest / The Verve / Kylie Minogue / Rammstein / Deftones / Portishead / Black Sabbath / Tool / Iggy Pop / Garbage / Slayer / Mogwai / Echo & The Bunnymen / Pulp / Primal Scream / Tori Amos / Misfits / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Kraftwerk / The Stranglers / In Flames / Steve Earle / Tricky / Beastie Boys / Eagle-Eye Cherry / Buddy Guy / Ash / Spiritualized / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Dr. John / The Sisters of Mercy / Mew / Meredith Brooks / Great White / Junkie Xl / Soulfly / Kent / Carl Cox / Green Velvet / Dimmu Borgir / Nitin Sawhney / Kruder & Dorfmeister / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Idlewild / Tortoise / Sonic Youth / Laurent Garnier / Paradise Lost / Turbonegro / Coal Chamber / Oscar D'León / The Skatalites / Catatonia / Alabama 3 / D-A-D / Kashmir / Asian Dub Foundation / Lisa Ekdahl / Moonspell / Stereo Total / Atari Teenage Riot / Money Mark / Kristin Hersh / Backyard Babies / Natacha Atlas / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Rocket from the Crypt / Sophie Zelmani / Pizzicato Five / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Weeping Willows / Nils Petter Molvaer / TV-2 / Malk De Koijn / Dub Syndicate / Galaxy / Boom Boom Satellites / Bernard Butler / Clemens / Hanne Boel / Charanga Habanera / Seigmen / Brave Combo / Illdisposed / Kreidler / Vieja Trova Santiaguera / Nikolaj Nørlund / The Bootleg Beatles / The New Birth Brass Band / Tabou Combo / BAAL / Lois / Psyched Up Janis / Scan X / E.t.a. / Bjørn Svin / Radish / Sawt el Atlas / Steve Stoll / Musafir / Future 3 / Sorten Muld / Headrillaz / Impulse / Speaker Bite Me / Ulan Bator / Puddu Varano / Keith Secola / Drags / Palace of Pleasure / Sternklang / Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari / Mynta / Super Cayor De Dakar / On Trial / Setona / Sportsguitar / Penniless / Paulito fg y Su Elite / Hypnotix / Aziza-a / Drum Island / BLEEDER / Subgud / Luksus / Smilin' Myron / Ole Theill / Queens Of Shiba Show all bands
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Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Jun 22, 1998
Black Sabbath
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Football Stadium Donostia / San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Jun 20, 1998
Ozzfest 1998
Foo Fighters / Ozzy Osbourne / Limp Bizkit / Black Sabbath / Pantera / Slayer / Sepultura / Fear Factory / Soulfly / (hed) p.e. / Coal Chamber / Therapy? / Entombed / Life Of Agony / Pitchshifter / Human Waste Project
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Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre Camden, New Jersey, United States
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Jun 14, 1998
Black Sabbath

Provinssirock

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Törnävä Seinäjoki, Finland
Jun 13, 1998
Black Sabbath

Hultsfredsfestivalen

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Hultsfreds Hembygdspark Hultsfred, Kalmar, Sweden
Jun 11, 1998 –
Jun 13, 1998
Hultsfredsfestivalen 1998
Black Sabbath / Garbage / The Hives / Misfits / NOFX / Rancid / Eagle-Eye Cherry / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Rakim / Kent / Refused / Turbonegro / Luna / Paradise Lost / St. Etienne / Lars Winnerbäck / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Gravediggaz / Backyard Babies / 16 horsepower / Life Of Agony / Drowners / Clawfinger / Bob Hund / Weeping Willows / Caesars Palace / Olle Ljungström / Unbelievable Truth / Wilmer X / Popsicle / Fireside / Lok / Sixteen Horsepower / The Motorhomes / Docenterna / Driven / Euroboys / Black Ingvars / This Perfect Day / Broder Daniel / Freewheel / Space Age Baby Jane / Mazarine Street / Incka / Speed Of Sound Enterprise / Evergrey / The Wiseguys / Misery Loves Co. Show all bands
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Hultsfred, Kalmar, Sweden
Jun 10, 1998
Sweet Noise / Black Sabbath / Helloween / Neurosis / Coal Chamber

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Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa Spodek Katowice, Silesia, Poland
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Jun 09, 1998
Black Sabbath / Pantera / Helloween / Coal Chamber
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Multifunkční areál Eden - stadion Slavia Prague, Czechia
Jun 06, 1998
Gods of Metal 1998
Black Sabbath / Pantera / Helloween / Gamma Ray / Stratovarius / Blind Guardian / Iced Earth / Death SS / Labyrinth
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Forum di Assago Assago, Lombardy, Italy
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Jun 04, 1998
Black Sabbath Wels Rock Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Jun 03, 1998
Black Sabbath / Pantera / Helloween / Neurosis / Coal Chamber
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Kisstadion Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Jan 10, 1998
Black Sabbath National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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Gods of Metal 1998
Jun 6, 1998
 Assago, Lombardy, Italy
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Ozzfest 1998
Jun 20, 1998
 Camden, New Jersey, United States
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Graspop Metal Meeting 1998
Jun 28, 1998
 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Black Sabbath on Jun 6, 1998 [144-small]

Black Sabbath
Jun 6, 1998
 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Jun 6, 1998
 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Jun 6, 1998
 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Jun 6, 1998
 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Jun 6, 1998
 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Black Sabbath
Jun 6, 1998
 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Black Sabbath / Pantera / Megadeth / Slayer / Soulfly on Dec 31, 1998 [456-small]

Black Sabbath / Pantera / Megadeth / Slayer / Soulfly
Dec 31, 1998
 Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Black Sabbath / Pantera / Helloween / Neurosis / Coal Chamber on Jun 3, 1998 [670-small]

Black Sabbath / Pantera / Helloween / Neurosis / Coal Chamber
Jun 3, 1998
 Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Roskilde Festival 1998 on Jun 25, 1998 [681-small]

Roskilde Festival 1998
Jun 25 - 28, 1998
 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Ozzfest ‘98 on Jun 20, 1998 [896-small]

Ozzfest ‘98
Jun 20, 1998
 Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
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Black Sabbath / Pantera / Megadeth / Slayer / Soulfly on Dec 31, 1998 [461-small]

Black Sabbath / Pantera / Megadeth / Slayer / Soulfly
Dec 31, 1998
 Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Ozzfest '98 on Jun 20, 1998 [482-small]

Ozzfest '98
Jun 20, 1998
 Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
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Latest Setlist (07/05/2025):

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  1. Sabbra Cadabra
  2. War Pigs
  3. N.I.B.
  4. Iron Man
  5. Paranoid

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Concerts Per Year:

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
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Comments & Reviews:

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

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