1 overview
1.1 background
1.2 european leg
1.3 north american leg (december 1981–march 19, 1982)
1.4 north american leg (1982)
overview
background
after blizzard of ozz tour, band took one-month break before going europe start tour supporting upcoming album, diary of madman, scheduled worldwide release on november 7, 1981. osbourne, rhoads, rudy sarzo, tommy aldridge, , lindsay bridgwater reconvened @ shepperton studios in england spend next 2 weeks rehearsing.
european leg
on november 4, 1981, band arrived in hamburg, germany start tour, opening saxon in europe. band s first show @ ernst-merck-halle in front of sold-out crowd. on november 7, diary of madman released worldwide , flying high again , on mountain , can t kill rock , roll , diary of madman released singles. on november 13, after band s performance @ upper swabia hall in ravensburg, sharon called off rest of european leg because of osbourne s mental health issues resulting marriage thelma osbourne having fallen apart. sharon took osbourne england , checked him mental health clinic while rest of band went on excursions through germany , france before returning england.
on november 22, rest of band reconvened @ shepperton studios begin pre-production rehearsals united kingdom dates while osbourne in hospital. band rehearsed songs blizzard of ozz, , 3 black sabbath songs had been performing, on mountain, flying high again , believer diary of madman. on november 29, opening act girl, band performed @ colston hall in bristol. on december 2, band performed last show of leg @ royal court theatre in liverpool. rest of european leg canceled because of osbourne s depression.
north american leg (december 1981–march 19, 1982)
after returning los angeles on december 5, band took break couple of weeks , began pre-production rehearsals. lindsay bridgwater departed @ time , don airey, former keyboardist of rainbow hired. in december, entertainment tonight taped video footage of band s rehearsals segment on new show. on december 30, band performed @ cow palace in daly city, california. rhoads received best new talent award guitar player. band returned los angeles last show @ los angeles memorial sports arena. english hard rock , heavy metal band ufo , starfighters added bill opening bands. on january 7, band played @ tingley coliseum in albuquerque. local news filmed first part of show band performed on mountain , mr. crowley .
on january 20, @ des moines veterans memorial auditorium fan threw dead bat, (stolen science department of lincoln, local high school), onto stage. osbourne, believing toy, took bat, held out wings , bit on wing threw audience. resulted in him being checked des moines general hospital receive rabies shots after show. on january 24 @ rosemont horizon in rosemont, illinois, osbourne lifted rhoads right leg during mr. crowley . professional photographer captured moment , image used cover art live album, tribute. band played on mountain @ assembly hall on january 26 show, osbourne collapsed during middle of song, , pulled off stage sharon osbourne , rest of stage crew, while band finished instrumentally. rushed hospital , remainder of show cancelled. osbourne given 2 days rest , heal illness caused rabies shots. band went on chicago.
before band s performance @ civic arena on february 2, rhoads did guitar seminar @ music city record store in greensburg, pennsylvania. on february 11, after playing @ market square arena in indianapolis, tensions between osbourne , rhoads grew rhoads did not want play on live record consisting of black sabbath songs felt major step backward in career. record company forced ozzy , sharon release album. band performed @ fair park coliseum in beaumont, texas on february 16, soundcheck rehearsal took place earlier day captured on video. on february 19, sharon hid of ozzy s clothes not go out , drink anymore. ozzy put on sharon s nightgown, got drunk, urinated on alamo , arrested. released hours before show after sharon warned police concert promoters worried not releasing osbourne jail result in cancellation of evening s performance , possibly incite riot. after osbourne released, band performed @ san antonio convention center arena. osbourne became public enemy #1 in texas , received death threats parents, religious groups , political activists. on february 20, before evening s performance @ reunion arena, rhoads agreed play on live album, 1 more studio album, , tour osbourne. leave attend university of california, los angeles obtain master s degree in classical guitar. band performed in front of sold-out crowd @ knoxville civic coliseum on march 18..
the band on tour bus, supposed heading orlando, florida rock super bowl @ tangerine bowl on march 20, mechanical problem forced depot called flying baron estates, outside leesburg, florida repairs. ozzy , sharon osbourne, rudy sarzo, , tommy aldridge asleep while randy roads, don airey, tour manager jake duncan, rhoads s hairdresser rachel youngblood, bus driver andrew aycock , wife wanda, , rest of crew awake. on property, there airstrip , hangar full of small airplanes. aycock, claimed experienced pilot, took beechcraft bonanza f35 plane out of hangar , offered take people in air. during 1 of flights aycock, rhoads, , youngblood, left wing struck bus causing plane crash, instantly killing 3 men. once investigation on over march 21, band returned los angeles spent next 2 weeks trying recuperate tragedy while attempting find guitarist.
north american leg (1982)
the band, , osbourne, in severe state of depression. ozzy s drug , alcohol addiction , mental state had worsened. on day of rhoads s death, osbourne had said on , never wanted play again. sharon got ozzy on feet finish tour fans. osbourne had said: can t kill rock n roll, when interviewed on late night david letterman week after rhoads s death. rudy sarzo called younger brother, future-hurricane lead-guitarist, robert , asked him audition , play material same way randy; hired. guitarist showed audition, former-gillan guitarist, bernie tormé. had been hired , given advance sharon s father, don arden, , though audition did not go smoothly because unfamiliar material, , playing style , feel different rhoads, tormé ended getting job instead of sarzo.
on march 28, band flew bethlehem, pennsylvania 3 days of rehearsals restart tour. on april 1, band restarted tour @ stabler arena in bethlehem. ufo opening act in bethlehem, , magnum added during following five-show stint @ philadelphia s spectrum. after philadelphia shows tormé, eager start solo career, sharon found future-night ranger guitarist, brad gillis. did not feel ready play onstage yet needed time learn setlist. tormé did several more shows band until gillis ready. on april 13, played band first time @ broome county veterans memorial arena in binghamton, new york. band finished tour gillis , tormé left start solo career.
after band s performance @ glens falls civic arena in new york on may 10, sharon put tour on hold again osbourne s depression, mental illness, , drug , alcohol addiction had grown worse. rest of tour s shows postponed. band restarted tour on may 19 @ cape cod coliseum in south yarmouth, massachusetts magnum opening band east coast , midwest shows, , canadian band, santers, opening canadian dates. axe opening band west coast shows. on june 19, band performed first laser show @ oakland arena in california. band performed @ irvine meadows on june 25, live pro-video footage used speak of devil live, broadcast on mtv on halloween.
on july 4, ozzy , sharon got married. july 9 15, band performed several shows in japan. later on august 6, day before band s show @ rock n roll super bowl (1982) @ cotton bowl in dallas le roux opening , supporting acts loverboy , foreigner, osbourne s depression had grown worse, , not wanting more shows, shaved head completely. did not stop sharon forcing him on stage wearing wig. osbourne ripped wig off head , threw audience.
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