No More Tours II was the second farewell and final tour by British metal vocalist
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...
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the first being
No More Tours Tour
The No More Tours Tour was the first farewell tour by British heavy metal music, heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.
Overview
The tour was to be Ozzy Osbourne's last tour to spend time with his family, because he was incorrectly diagnosed with mul ...
in 1992.
Background
The tour's South American and European legs were announced in November 2017.
In the press release, he stated that it would be his final world tour, but didn't rule out the possibility of one-off shows later on. North American tour dates were announced in February 2018.
On 29 January 2019, it was announced through Osbourne's website that the European leg of the tour was to be postponed until later in the year due to illness, and would resume in Australia in March, but this leg of the tour was cancelled. The European leg of the tour was rescheduled for September. Osbourne was due to start his 2020 North American Tour in May, but on 17 February 2020, Osbourne cancelled the tour as he was scheduled to go to Switzerland in April to undergo medical treatment which would last six to eight weeks.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
and Osbourne's health resulting in the cancellation of performances in 2019 and 2020, Osbourne would have resumed touring again in 2023, following the postponement of the 2022 shows. However, on 1 February 2023, it was announced that, due to Osbourne not sufficiently recovering from medical treatment, that he would retire from touring, cancelling the planned 2023 dates.
Setlist
This setlist is from the Allentown concert on 30 August 2018.
It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.
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Bark at the Moon
''Bark at the Moon'' is the third solo studio album by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, originally released in December 1983. The album marks Ozzy's change to a synth infused pop-metal sound, with both its "sonic production, and in ...
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Mr. Crowley
"Mr. Crowley" is a song by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, about English occultist Aleister Crowley. Written by Osbourne, guitarist Randy Rhoads and bass guitarist/lyricist Bob Daisley, it was released on Osbourne's debut solo album ...
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# "I Don't Know"
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Fairies Wear Boots
"Fairies Wear Boots" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, appearing on their 1970 album ''Paranoid''. It was released in 1971 as the B-side to the single "After Forever".
On original 1970 US copies of the ''Paranoid'' album, ...
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy met ...
cover)
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Suicide Solution"
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No More Tears
''No More Tears'' is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 17 September 1991, the album charted at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart and number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. ''No Mo ...
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# "Road To Nowhere"
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War Pigs
"War Pigs" is an anti-war protest song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970, it is the opening track from the band's second studio album ''Paranoid'' (1970).
Overview
The original title of "War Pigs" was "Walpurgis", ...
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# "Miracle Man" / "Crazy Babies" / "Desire" / "Perry Mason" (Zakk Wylde guitar solo medley)
# Drum Solo
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I Don't Want to Change the World
"I Don't Want to Change the World" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne. It first appeared as the second track of the album ''No More Tears''.
Though the song was not released as a commercial single, in Britain, the song was released as a prom ...
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Shot in the Dark"
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Crazy Train
"Crazy Train" is the debut solo single by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and was released in 1980 from his debut album as a solo artist, ''Blizzard of Ozz'' (1980). A live version of the song recorded in 1981 from the album ''Trib ...
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Encore
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"Mama, I'm Coming Home
"Mama, I'm Coming Home" is a power ballad by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne from Osbourne's sixth studio album ''No More Tears'', which first released on 17 November 1991. The song features Osbourne on vocals, Zakk Wylde on guitar, B ...
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# "Paranoid
Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy c ...
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Tour dates
Cancelled tour dates
These tour dates were supposed to be run after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
and Osbourne's medical treatment, but were cancelled when Osbourne retired from touring on 1 February 2023.
Personnel
* Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...
– lead vocals
* Zakk Wylde
Zachary Phillip Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy meta ...
– lead guitar, backing vocals
* Rob "Blasko" Nicholson
Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (born November 24, 1969) is an American bassist. He performed on Rob Zombie's solo albums and is currently part of Ozzy Osbourne's band. He is also noted for his contribution as bassist to metal band Cryptic Slaughter with ...
– bass
* Tommy Clufetos
Tommy Clufetos (born December 30, 1979) is an American session drummer most noted for his work with Black Sabbath during their Black Sabbath Reunion Tour, which highlighted their new album '' 13''. He also toured with them on their final tour. ...
– drums
* Adam Wakeman
Adam Wakeman (born 11 March 1974) is an English musician and the current keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne's band; he also played keyboards and guitar off-stage for Black Sabbath. Wakeman has also worked with Annie Lennox, T ...
– keyboards and synthesizers, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
References
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Farewell concert tours
Concert tours postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic