Black Sabbath, the band that basically created heavy metal music as we know it, has announced — via a video that looks like it was made in the 1990s with MS Paint and a generic video editing system — that they are going on tour one last time. And not like last March, when they announced one last concert set for Ozzfest Japan, this time is different. It is a final tour.
Which no one can blame them for wanting to throw in the towel after 40-years of making albums, touring, fighting with one another, reunions and fighting with each other some more. But given how these farewell tours seem to go on and on like a doomed Sisyphus forever pushing a boulder uphill with no end in sight, who knows how long Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler will extend it (if they do) after the final announced show.
Black Sabbath’s 2016 The End Tour
01/20 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center
01/22 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
01/25 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
01/28 – Saskatoon, SK @ Sasktel Center
01/30 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Centre
02/01 – Calgary, ON @ Scotiabank Saddledome
02/03 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
02/06 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
02/09 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
02/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
02/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center
02/15 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
02/17 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
02/19 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
02/21 – Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre
02/23 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
02/25 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
04/15 – Perth, AU @ Perth Arena
04/17 – Adelaide, AU @ Entertainment Centre
04/19 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
04/23 – Sydney, AU @ Allphones Arena
04/25 – Brisbane, AU @ Entertainment Centre
04/28 – Auckland, NZ @ Vector Arena
04/30 – Dunedin, NZ @ Forsyth Barr Stadium
The JOE-DOWN 