Diary of a Madman Tour

The Diary of a Madman Tour was the second concert tour by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. It was undertaken in support of Osbourne's second album Diary of a Madman and covered Europe, North America, and Asia. This was Rhoads's last tour as he died in a plane crash at a small airport in Leesburg, Florida, on 19 March 1982, during the North American leg of the tour. The band took a two-week break after his death. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne restarted the tour with ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Tormé, who only performed seven shows before being replaced by future Night Ranger guitarist, Brad Gillis.

Diary of a Madman Tour

Promotional tour by Ozzy Osbourne
Osbourne onstage during the Diary of a Madman Tour, 1982
Location	Europe North America Asia
Associated album	Diary of a Madman
Start date	5 November 1981 (1981-11-05)
End date	8 August 1982 (1982-08-08)
Legs	1 in Europe 2 in North America 1 in Asia 4 total
No. of shows	123
Ozzy Osbourne concert chronology
Blizzard of Ozz Tour (1980–1981) Diary of a Madman Tour (1981–1982) Speak of the Devil Tour (1982–1983)

Overview

Background

After the Blizzard of Ozz Tour, the band took a one-month break before going to Europe to start the tour supporting the upcoming album, Diary of a Madman, scheduled for worldwide release on 7 November 1981. Osbourne, Rhoads, Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, and Lindsay Bridgwater reconvened at Shepperton Studios in England, where they would spend the next two weeks rehearsing.

European leg (5 November – 2 December 1981)

On 4 November 1981, the band arrived in Hamburg, West Germany, to start the tour, opening up for Saxon in Europe. The band's first show was at Ernst-Merck-Halle in front of a sold-out crowd. On 7 November, Diary of a Madman was released worldwide and "Flying High Again", "Over the Mountain", "You Can't Kill Rock and Roll" and "Diary of a Madman" were released as singles. On 13 November, after the band's performance at Upper Swabia Hall in Ravensburg, Sharon called off the rest of the European leg because of Osbourne's mental health issues resulting from his marriage to Thelma Osbourne having fallen apart. Sharon took Osbourne back to England and checked him into a mental health clinic while the rest of the band went on excursions through West Germany and France before returning to England.

On 22 November, the rest of the band reconvened at Shepperton Studios to begin pre-production rehearsals for the United Kingdom dates while Osbourne was in hospital. The band rehearsed songs from Blizzard of Ozz, and the three Black Sabbath songs they had already been performing, "Over the Mountain," "Flying High Again" and "Believer" from Diary of a Madman. On 29 November, with opening act Girl, the band performed at Colston Hall in Bristol. On 2 December, the band performed its last show of the leg at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool. The rest of the European leg was canceled because of Osbourne's depression.

North American leg (30 December 1981 – 19 March 1982)

After returning to Los Angeles on 5 December, the band took a break for a couple of weeks and then began pre-production rehearsals. Lindsay Bridgwater departed at this time and Don Airey, former keyboardist of Rainbow was hired. In December, Entertainment Tonight taped some video footage of the band's rehearsals for a segment on the new show. On 30 December, the band performed at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. Rhoads received the Best New Talent Award from Guitar Player.^[1] The band returned to Los Angeles for their last show at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. English hard rock and heavy metal band UFO and Starfighters were added to the bill as the opening bands. On 7 January, the band played at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque. The local news filmed the first part of the show where the band performed "Over the Mountain" and "Mr. Crowley".

On 20 January, at the Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium a fan threw a dead bat, (stolen from the science department of Lincoln, a local high school), onto the stage. Osbourne, believing it to be a toy, took the bat, held out its wings and bit it on a wing then threw it back into the audience. This resulted in him being checked into Des Moines General Hospital to receive rabies shots after the show. On 24 January at Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, Osbourne lifted Rhoads up by his right leg during "Mr. Crowley". A professional photographer captured the moment and the image was used as the cover art for the live album, Tribute. As the band played "Over the Mountain" at the Assembly Hall on their 26 January show, Osbourne collapsed during the middle of the song, and was pulled off stage by Sharon Osbourne and the rest of stage crew, while the band finished instrumentally. He was rushed to the hospital and the remainder of the show was cancelled. Osbourne was given two days to rest and heal from his illness caused by the rabies shots. The band went on to Chicago.

Before the band's performance at Civic Arena on 2 February, Rhoads did a guitar seminar at the Music City Record Store in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. On 11 February, after playing at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, tensions between Osbourne and Rhoads grew as Rhoads did not want to play on a live record consisting of Black Sabbath songs as he felt it would be a major step backward in his career. The record company forced Ozzy and Sharon to release the album.^{[citation needed]} The band performed at Fair Park Coliseum in Beaumont, Texas on 16 February, where the soundcheck rehearsal that took place earlier that day was captured on video. On 19 February, Sharon hid all of Ozzy's clothes so that he could not go out and drink anymore. Ozzy put on Sharon's nightgown, got drunk, urinated on The Alamo and was arrested. He was released hours before the show after Sharon warned the police that the concert promoters were worried that not releasing Osbourne from jail would result in the cancellation of that evening's performance and possibly incite a riot. After Osbourne was released, the band performed at the San Antonio Convention Center Arena. Osbourne became "Public Enemy #1" in Texas and received death threats from parents, religious groups and political activists. On 20 February, before that evening's performance at Reunion Arena, Rhoads agreed to play on the live album, one more studio album, and to tour with Osbourne. He would then leave to study classical guitar at the University of California, Los Angeles. The band performed in front of a sold-out crowd at Knoxville Civic Coliseum on 18 March.

The band were on the tour bus, which was supposed to be heading to Orlando, Florida, for the Rock Super Bowl at the Tangerine Bowl on 20 March, but a mechanical problem forced it into a depot called Flying Baron Estates, outside Leesburg, Florida for repairs. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne (then Sharon Arden), Rudy Sarzo, and Tommy Aldridge were all asleep on the bus while Randy Rhoads, Don Airey, tour manager Jake Duncan, the band's wardrobe/makeup artist Rachel Youngblood, bus driver Andrew Aycock and his wife Wanda, and the rest of the crew were awake. On the property, there was an airstrip and a hangar full of small airplanes. Aycock, who claimed to be an experienced pilot, took a Beechcraft Bonanza F35 plane out of the hangar and offered to take people up in the air. During one of the flights with Aycock, Rhoads, and Youngblood, the left wing struck the bus causing the plane to crash, instantly killing all three.^[2][3] Once the investigation was over on 21 March, the band returned to Los Angeles, where they spent the next two weeks trying to recuperate from the tragedy while attempting to find another guitarist.

North America and Japan (1 April – 8 August 1982)

The band, and especially Osbourne, was in a severe state of depression. Ozzy's drug and alcohol addiction and mental state had worsened. On the day of Rhoads's death, Osbourne had said that it was over and that he never wanted to play again. Sharon got Ozzy back on his feet to finish the tour for his fans. Osbourne had said: "You Can't Kill Rock 'N' Roll," when he was interviewed on Late Night with David Letterman a week after Rhoads's death. Rudy Sarzo called his younger brother, future-Hurricane lead-guitarist, Robert and asked him to audition and play the material the same way as Randy; he was hired. Another guitarist showed up to audition, former-Gillan guitarist, Bernie Tormé. He had been hired and given an advance by Sharon's father, Don Arden, and even though his audition did not go smoothly because he was unfamiliar with the material, and his playing style and feel was different from Rhoads, Tormé ended up getting the job instead of Sarzo.

On 28 March, the band flew to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for three days of rehearsals to restart the tour. On 1 April, the band restarted the tour at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem. UFO was back as an opening act in Bethlehem, and Magnum was added during the following five-show stint at Philadelphia's Spectrum. After the Philadelphia shows with Tormé, who was eager to start his solo career, Sharon found future-Night Ranger guitarist, Brad Gillis. He did not feel ready to play onstage yet as he needed some time to learn the setlist. Tormé did several more shows with the band until Gillis was ready. On 13 April, he played with the band for the first time at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, New York. The band finished the tour with Gillis and Tormé left to start his solo career.

After the band's performance at Glens Falls Civic Arena in New York on 10 May, Sharon put the tour on hold again as Osbourne's depression, mental illness, and drug and alcohol addiction had grown worse. The rest of the tour's shows were postponed. The band restarted the tour on 19 May at Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts with Magnum as the opening band for the East Coast and Midwest shows, and the Canadian band, Santers, opening for the Canadian dates. Axe was the opening band for the West Coast shows. On 19 June, the band performed its first laser show at Oakland Arena in California. The band performed at Irvine Meadows on 25 June, where the live pro-video footage was used for Speak of the Devil Live, which was broadcast on MTV on Halloween.

On 4 July, Ozzy and Sharon got married. From 9 to 15 July, the band performed several shows in Japan. Later on 6 August, the day before the band's show at the Rock N Roll Super Bowl (1982) at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas where Le Roux was opening and the supporting acts were Loverboy and Foreigner, Osbourne's depression had grown even worse, and not wanting to do more shows, he shaved his head completely. This did not stop Sharon from forcing him to get on stage wearing a wig. Osbourne ripped the wig off his head and threw it into the audience.

Personnel

European line-up Ozzy Osbourne — vocals Randy Rhoads — guitar Rudy Sarzo — bass Tommy Aldridge — drums Lindsay Bridgewater — keyboards

North America line-up Ozzy Osbourne — vocals Randy Rhoads — guitar Rudy Sarzo — bass Tommy Aldridge — drums Don Airey — keyboards

North America line-up Ozzy Osbourne — vocals Bernie Tormé — guitar Rudy Sarzo — bass Tommy Aldridge — drums Don Airey — keyboards

Speak of the Devil line-up Ozzy Osbourne — vocals Brad Gillis — guitar Rudy Sarzo — bass Tommy Aldridge — drums Don Airey — keyboards

Setlists

Europe setlist

"Diary of a Madman" (Intro/Outro) [Audio introduction]

1. "Over the Mountain"
2. "Flying High Again"
3. "Believer"
4. "Crazy Train"
5. "Mr. Crowley"
6. "I Don't Know"
7. "Revelation Mother Earth"
8. "Suicide Solution"
9. Randy Rhoads guitar solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam)
10. Tommy Aldridge drum solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam) [Reprise]
11. "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover)
12. "Steal Away the Night" [Encore]

Main setlist

"Diary of a Madman" (Intro/Outro) [Audio Introduction]

1. "Over the Mountain"
2. "Mr. Crowley"
3. "Crazy Train"
4. "Revelation Mother Earth"
5. "Steal Away the Night"
6. "Suicide Solution"
7. Randy Rhoads/Bernie Tormé/Brad Gillis Guitar Solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam)
8. Tommy Aldridge drum solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam) [Reprise]
9. "Goodbye to Romance"
10. "I Don't Know"
11. "No Bone Movies"
12. "Believer"
13. "Flying High Again"
14. "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath Song)
15. "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath Song)
16. "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath Song) [Encore]

Tour dates

Date^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]	City	Country	Venue
Europe
30 October 1981	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
31 October 1981	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Jaap Edenhal
1 November 1981	Essen	West Germany	Grugahalle
2 November 1981	Bremen		Stadthalle
3 November 1981	Kiel		Ostseehalle
4 November 1981	Hanover		Eilenriedehalle
5 November 1981	Hamburg		Ernst-Merck-Halle
6 November 1981	Wolfsburg		Wolfsburg City Hall
8 November 1981	Cologne		Sporthalle
9 November 1981	Offenbach		Stadthalle Offenbach
10 November 1981	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
11 November 1981	Karlsruhe		Schwarzwaldhalle
12 November 1981	Ravensburg		Upper Swabia Hall
13 November 1981	Böblingen		Sporthalle
14 November 1981	Neunkirchen		Hemmerleinhalle
16 November 1981	Munich		Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
17 November 1981	Eppelheim		Rhein-Neckar-Halle
19 November 1981	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
20 November 1981	Kuernach		Kuernach Hall
22 November 1981	Strasbourg	France	Rhenus Hall
23 November 1981	Reims		Reims Sports Palace
24 November 1981	Paris		Hippodrome de Pantin
25 November 1981	Lille		St. Sauveur Sports Palace
27 November 1981	Geneva	Switzerland	Champel Sports Pavilion
29 November 1981	Bristol	England	Colston Hall
30 November 1981	Cardiff	Wales	Sophia Gardens Pavilion
1 December 1981	Leicester	England	De Montfort Hall
2 December 1981	Liverpool		Royal Court Theatre
4 December 1981	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
5 December 1981	Glasgow		The Apollo
6 December 1981	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
7 December 1981
18 December 1981	Manchester		Apollo
19 December 1981	Leeds		Queens Hall
22 December 1981	Stafford		New Bingley Hall
23 December 1981	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
24 December 1981	London		Hammersmith Odeon
26 December 1981
North America
30 December 1981	Daly City	United States	Cow Palace
31 December 1981	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
1 January 1982	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
3 January 1982	Fresno		Selland Arena
4 January 1982	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
6 January 1982	Tucson		Tucson Community Center
7 January 1982	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
9 January 1982	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
10 January 1982	Boulder		CU Events Center
12 January 1982	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
13 January 1982	Kansas City		Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
15 January 1982	Bloomington		Metropolitan Sports Center
17 January 1982	Duluth		Duluth Arena
19 January 1982	La Crosse		La Crosse Center
20 January 1982	Des Moines		Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
22 January 1982	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
23 January 1982	Madison		Dane County Expo Coliseum
24 January 1982	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
26 January 1982	Champaign		Assembly Hall
27 January 1982	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
29 January 1982	Terre Haute		Hulman Center
30 January 1982	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
31 January 1982	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
2 February 1982	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
3 February 1982	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
5 February 1982	Lansing		Lansing Civic Center
6 February 1982	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
8 February 1982	Detroit		Cobo Arena
9 February 1982	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
11 February 1982	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
12 February 1982	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
13 February 1982	Lexington		Rupp Arena
15 February 1982	Beaumont		Fair Park Coliseum
17 February 1982	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
19 February 1982	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena
20 February 1982	Dallas		Reunion Arena
21 February 1982	Corpus Christi		Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
23 February 1982	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
24 February 1982	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
25 February 1982	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center
27 February 1982	Valley Center		Britt Brown Arena
28 February 1982	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
2 March 1982	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
3 March 1982	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
5 March 1982	Pine Bluff		Pine Bluff Convention Center
6 March 1982	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
17 March 1982	Atlanta		The Omni Coliseum
18 March 1982	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
20 March 1982	Orlando		The Tangerine Bowl
21 March 1982	Miami		Miami Orange Bowl
24 March 1982	Landover		Capital Centre
25 March 1982	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
26 March 1982	Philadelphia		Spectrum
28 March 1982	Hempstead		Nassau Coliseum
29 March 1982	East Rutherford		Meadowlands Arena
30 March 1982	Hartford		Hartford Civic Arena
North America
1 April 1982	Bethlehem	United States	Stabler Arena
2 April 1982	Boston		Boston Garden
3 April 1982	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
5 April 1982	New York City		Madison Square Garden
6 April 1982	Providence		Providence Civic Center
9 April 1982	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
10 April 1982	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
13 April 1982	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
15 April 1982	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
16 April 1982	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
17 April 1982	Louisville		Freedom Hall
19 April 1982	Erie		Erie County Field House
20 April 1982	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
21 April 1982	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
23 April 1982	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
24 April 1982	Landover		Capital Centre
25 April 1982	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Center
26 April 1982	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
28 April 1982	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
29 April 1982	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
30 April 1982	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
1 May 1982	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Arena
3 May 1982	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4 May 1982	Wheeling		Wheeling Civic Center
5 May 1982	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
6 May 1982	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
9 May 1982	Syracuse		Onondaga County War Memorial
10 May 1982	Glens Falls		Glens Falls Civic Center
19 May 1982	South Yarmouth		Cape Cod Coliseum
21 May 1982	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
22 May 1982	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
23 May 1982	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
25 May 1982	Columbus		Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
26 May 1982	Trotwood		Hara Arena
27 May 1982	Springfield		Prairie Capital Convention Center
28 May 1982	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
29 May 1982	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
30 May 1982	Charlevoix		Castle Farms Music Theatre
31 May 1982	Ann Arbor		Crisler Arena
2 June 1982	Ottawa	Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre
3 June 1982	Montreal		Montreal Forum
4 June 1982	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
6 June 1982	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
7 June 1982	Regina		Agridome
8 June 1982	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
9 June 1982	Calgary		Stampede Corral
10 June 1982	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum
12 June 1982	Anchorage	United States	Anchorage High School Auditorium
15 June 1982	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
16 June 1982	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
17 June 1982	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum
19 June 1982	Oakland		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
20 June 1982	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Convention Center
22 June 1982	Reno		Reno Centennial Coliseum
24 June 1982	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
25 June 1982	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
28 June 1982	Honolulu		Honolulu International Center
Asia
9 July 1982	Osaka	Japan	Festival Hall
11 July 1982	Nagoya		Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
13 July 1982	Kyoto		Kyoto Kaikan
14 July 1982	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
15 July 1982
North America
1 August 1982	Inglewood	United States	The Forum
7 August 1982	Dallas		Cotton Bowl
8 August 1982	New Orleans		Tad Gormley Stadium

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