Bark at the Moon Tour

The Bark at the Moon Tour was a tour by Ozzy Osbourne from 1983 to 1985, supporting his album Bark at the Moon.

Bark at the Moon Tour

Tour by Ozzy Osbourne
Location	Europe North America Asia South America
Associated album	Bark at the Moon
Start date	November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10)
End date	January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19)
Legs	5
No. of shows	132
Ozzy Osbourne concert chronology

Background

Mötley Crüe and Waysted were support acts for the tour. Osbourne witnessed Mötley Crüe perform at the US Festival in May 1983 and chose them as his opening act for his upcoming world tour. Osbourne has been credited for the fame and success Mötley Crüe received going forward in their careers, and also the popularity of their hedonistic lifestyle.^[1]

Personnel

Europe and USA (to Feb 1984)

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
• Jake E. Lee – guitar
• Bob Daisley – bass
• Carmine Appice – drums
• Don Airey – keyboards

USA and Asia (Feb 1984 onwards)

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
• Jake E. Lee – guitar
• Bob Daisley – bass
• Tommy Aldridge – drums
• Don Airey – keyboards

Tour schedule and personnel changes

In late 1983 Carmine Appice toured with Ozzy Osbourne in support of his Gold-selling Bark at the Moon album, but shortly afterward was fired from the backing group.^[2][3] Though Osbourne had a good relationship with him, the singer's wife and manager Sharon detested Appice, and the decision to fire him was strictly hers.^[4]

Set lists

Songs played overall "O Fortuna" (Carl Orff song) [Introduction] "I Don't Know" "Mr Crowley" "Over the Mountain" "Rock 'N' Roll Rebel" "Bark at the Moon" "Revelation Mother Earth" "Steal Away the Night" "So Tired" "Suicide Solution" [and Jake E. Lee guitar solo] "Centre of Eternity" Carmine Appice/Tommy Aldridge drum solo "Flying High Again" "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath cover) and "Crazy Train" Encore "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) "Goodbye to Romance"

Typical setlist "O Fortuna" (Carl Orff song) [Introduction] "I Don't Know" "Mr Crowley" "Rock 'N' Roll Rebel" "Bark at the Moon" "Revelation Mother Earth" "Steal Away the Night" "Suicide Solution" [and Jake E. Lee guitar solo] "Centre of Eternity" Carmine Appice/Tommy Aldridge drum solo "Flying High Again" "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath cover) and "Crazy Train" Encore "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover)

Tour dates

Date[5]	City	Country	Venue
Europe
November 10, 1983	Leicester	England	De Montfort Hall
November 11, 1983	Ipswich		Gaumont Theatre
November 12, 1983	Leeds		University of Leeds Refectory
November 14, 1983	Bristol		Colston Hall
November 15, 1983	Derby		Derby Assembly Rooms
November 16, 1983	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
November 18, 1983	Newcastle		Mayfair Ballroom
November 19, 1983	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
November 20, 1983	Edinburgh		Edinburgh Playhouse
November 22, 1983	Birmingham	England	Birmingham Odeon
November 23, 1983
November 24, 1983	Liverpool		Royal Court Theatre
November 26, 1983	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
November 27, 1983	Stoke		Victoria Hall
November 29, 1983	London		Hammersmith Odeon
November 30, 1983
December 1, 1983	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
December 3, 1983	Copenhagen	Denmark	The Salt Warehouse
December 4, 1983	Lund	Sweden	Olympen
December 5, 1983	Stockholm		Draken
December 6, 1983
December 8, 1983	Bremen	West Germany	Bremen City Hall
December 10, 1983	Zwolle	Netherlands	IJsselhallen
December 12, 1983	Munich	West Germany	Löwenbräukeller
December 13, 1983	Sindelfingen		Sindelfingen Exhibition Hall
December 14, 1983	Offenbach		Stadthalle Offenbach
December 15, 1983	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
December 17, 1983	Dortmund	West Germany	Westfalenhallen (Rock Pop)
December 18, 1983
December 19, 1983	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
December 20, 1983	Neunkirchen		Hemmerleinhalle
December 22, 1983	Paris	France	Espace Balard
North America (1st leg) Supported by Mötley Crüe (January 10–March 24; May 15–28, 1984)[6][7] Supported by Ratt (March 31-April 30, 1984)
January 10, 1984	Portland	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center
January 12, 1984	Glens Falls		Glens Falls Civic Center
January 13, 1984	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
January 15, 1984	Philadelphia		Spectrum
January 16, 1984
January 17, 1984	Worcester		The Centrum
January 18, 1984	Bethlehem		Stabler Arena
January 20, 1984	Providence		Providence Civic Center
January 21, 1984	Boston		Boston Garden
January 22, 1984	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
January 24, 1984	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
January 25, 1984	Hempstead		Nassau Coliseum
January 27, 1984	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial Arena
January 28, 1984	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
January 30, 1984	New York City		Madison Square Garden
February 1, 1984	Landover		Capital Centre
February 2, 1984	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
February 4, 1984	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
February 5, 1984	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
February 7, 1984	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
February 8, 1984	Lexington		Rupp Arena
February 9, 1984	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
February 11, 1984	Kansas City		Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
February 12, 1984	Tulsa		Tulsa Convention Center
February 13, 1984	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center
February 14, 1984	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
February 15, 1984	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena
February 16, 1984	Dallas		Reunion Arena
February 17, 1984	Houston		The Summit
February 19, 1984	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
February 20, 1984	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Auditorium (Carmine's last show)
February 22, 1984	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
February 23, 1984	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
February 24, 1984	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
February 26, 1984	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
February 27, 1984	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
March 1, 1984	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
March 3, 1984	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon (Tommy Aldridge's first show)
March 4, 1984
March 5, 1984	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
March 6, 1984	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
March 8, 1984	Madison		Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 9, 1984	Bloomington		Met Center
March 10, 1984	Omaha		Omaha Civic Arena
March 12, 1984	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
March 13, 1984	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
March 14, 1984	Tucson		Tucson Community Center Arena
March 16, 1984	Las Vegas		Thomas and Mack Center
March 18, 1984	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace (Bark at the Moon Live)
March 19, 1984	Boise		BSU Pavilion
March 20, 1984	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
March 22, 1984	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
March 23, 1984	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
March 24, 1984	Portland	United States	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 27, 1984	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
March 28, 1984	Daly City		Cow Palace
March 29, 1984	Fresno		Selland Arena
March 31, 1984	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
April 1, 1984	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 2, 1984	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
April 4, 1984	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
April 5, 1984
North America (2nd leg)
April 21, 1984	Grand Forks	United States	Ralph Engelstad Arena
April 22, 1984	Duluth		Duluth Arena
April 24, 1984	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
April 25, 1984	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
April 26, 1984	Montreal		The Mustache Club
April 27, 1984			Montreal Forum
April 28, 1984	Quebec City		Quebec Coliseum
April 30, 1984	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Center
May 1, 1984	Syracuse	United States	Onondaga County War Memorial Arena
May 2, 1984	Worcester		The Centrum
May 3, 1984	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
May 4, 1984	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
May 5, 1984	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
May 6, 1984	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
May 8, 1984	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
May 9, 1984	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
May 11, 1984	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
May 12, 1984	Fayetteville, North Carolina		Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium
May 13, 1984	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 15, 1984	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
May 16, 1984	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
May 18, 1984	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
May 19, 1984	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
May 20, 1984	Tampa		The Sun Dome
May 22, 1984	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
May 23, 1984	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
May 25, 1984	Louisville		Cardinal Stadium
May 26, 1984	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
May 27, 1984	Pine Grove		Timber Ridge Ski Area (American Rock Festival 1984)
May 28, 1984	Des Moines		Iowa State Fairgrounds Grandstand (Iowa Jam 1984)
May 30, 1984	Rockford		Rockford MetroCenter
May 31, 1984	Dayton		Hara Arena
June 1, 1984	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 3, 1984	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
June 6, 1984	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
June 8, 1984	Houston		Astrodome (Texxas Jam)
June 10, 1984	Dallas		Cotton Bowl (Texxas Jam)
Asia
June 28, 1984	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
June 29, 1984
June 30, 1984	Nagoya		Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
July 2, 1984	Osaka		Festival Hall
July 3, 1984	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Sunpalace
July 5, 1984	Tokyo		Nakano Sunplaza
July 6, 1984
July 7, 1984	Tokyo		Shibuya Public Hall
North America
August 4, 1984	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Europe
Monsters of Rock
August 18, 1984	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park
Breaking Sound Festival
August 29, 1984	Paris	France	Bourget Rotunda
August 30, 1984
Monsters of Rock
September 1, 1984	Karlsruhe	West Germany	Wildparkstadion
September 2, 1984	Nuremberg		Zeppelin Field
Rock in Rio
January 16, 1985	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Rio Rock City (Bob, Tommy and Don's last shows)
January 19, 1985

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