On This Day 28/01/1981 Black Sabbath

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On this day, 28 Jan 1981, Heavy rock band Black Sabbath played Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens on their Heaven and Hell tour.

It was the ninth world concert tour by Black Sabbath between April 1980 and February 1981 to promote their 1980 studio album, Heaven and Hell.The tour marked the band's first live shows with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who replaced original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne the previous year.

The final leg of the tour, which took place in the United Kingdom, had originally been scheduled to take place in late December 1980 go throughout early January 1981, but was postponed to late January to early February 1981 due to Geezer Butler's finger injury. Black Sabbath was supported by A II Z and Max Webster for some shows.

On This Day 19/10/1980 Gillan

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On this day, 19 October 1980, rock and metal band Gillan played Cardiff’s Top Rank. Support was provided by rock band Quartz.

Formed in 1978 by Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, Gillan was one of the hard rock bands to make a significant impact and commercial success in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, with five silver albums. They sold over 10 million LPs worldwide.

In 1980 Gillan reached the peak of their success, releasing the album Glory Road, with initial copies containing the free album For Gillan Fans Only. However, the band remained unknown in North America and were unable to raise any interest there despite a long and difficult 1980 US tour.

By 1981 the band members had become disgruntled that their European and Japanese success was not translating into increased financial rewards, and after the Future Shock album, whilst on tour in Germany, Torme left just before the band were due to fly back to the UK to appear on Top of the Pops.

Tormé was replaced by White Spirit guitarist Janick Gers (who would later join Iron Maiden) and this line-up released the live/studio double album Double Trouble at the end of 1981. In August 1982, the final album Magic followed. By this time, tension over money had reached fever pitch and Ian Gillan needed time to have surgery as a result of damage to his vocal cords.

After the Magic tour, the band performed a final show at the Wembley Arena on 17 December, and then Ian Gillan dissolved the group while he underwent surgery. He then accepted an offer to front Black Sabbath to the incredulity of the Gillan band members, particularly McCoy, and the acrimony remains to the present day.

On this day 06/09/1990 Black Sabbath

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On this day, 6 September 1990, British heavy rock band Black Sabbath played the Newport Centre, with support provided by Circus Of Power.

The tour was in support of their fifteenth studio album Tyr. The album title, and several song titles, allude to Norse mythology, which led many to call Tyr a concept album, although bassist Neil Murray dispelled that in 2005, stating that while many of the songs may seem loosely related, very little of the album has to do with mythology and it was not intended to be a concept recording.

Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music.

The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970), and Master of Reality (1971). The band had multiple line-up changes following Osbourne's departure in 1979, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history.

Setlist

Neon Knights

Iron Man

Children of the Grave

Anno Mundi

Headless Cross

When Death Calls

War Pigs

The Shining

Bass Solo

Heart Like a Wheel

Guitar Solo

The Law Maker

Drum Solo

Black Sabbath

Die Young

Heaven and Hell

Paranoid