The No More Tours Tour was the first

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by British heavy metal singer

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Overview

The tour was to be Ozzy Osbourne's last tour to spend time with his family, because he was incorrectly diagnosed with

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. Following the tour, Osbourne changed his mind and decided to keep touring. The opening act was combo of Slaughter, Ugly Kid Joe, Faster Pussycat and Motorhead before

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took over in the fall. After touring together, Osbourne's bassist Mike Inez joined Alice in Chains on their ''

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'' tour and became a permanent member of the band. For the last two shows in Costa Mesa, the opening acts were

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, and

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featuring

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on vocals. On November 15, Ozzy's supposedly farewell set was followed by the original line-up of Black Sabbath re-uniting live for 4 songs.

Background

Personnel

– Lead vocals *

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– Guitar * Mike Inez – Bass *

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– Drums * John Sinclair – Keyboards

Setlist

;Songs played overall #"

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" (

cover) #"I Don't Want to Change the World" #"Desire" #" Mr Crowley" #"I Don't Know" #"Snowblind" (Black Sabbath cover) #"Road to Nowhere" #"

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" #

guitar solo #"Suicide Solution" #"Goodbye to Romance" #"Bloodbath in Paradise" #"Tattooed Dancer" #" Shot in the Dark" #"

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" (Black Sabbath cover) #"

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 ...

" #"Miracle Man" [and

drum solo] #"War Pigs" (Black Sabbath cover) ncore#"Bark at the Moon (song), Bark at the Moon" #"Iron Man (song), Iron Man" (Black Sabbath cover) #"Mama, I'm Coming Home" #"Black Sabbath (song), Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover) #" Changes (Black Sabbath song), Changes" (Black Sabbath cover) #"

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" ;Typical setlist #"Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) #"I Don't Wanna Change the World" #"Desire" #"Mr Crowley" #"I Don't Know" #"Road to Nowhere" #"Flying High Again" #Zakk Wylde guitar solo #"Suicide Solution" #"Goodbye to Romance" #"Shot in the Dark" #"No More Tears" #"Miracle Man" nd Randy Castillo drum solo#"War Pigs" ncore#"Bark at the Moon" #"Mama, I'm Coming Home" #"Crazy Train"

Tour dates

References

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