The Black Sabbath 1978 UK tour was memorable for one reason in particular. The support act on the to

The Black Sabbath 1978 UK tour was memorable for one reason in particular. The support act on the tour was none other than (relatively) new American band Van Halen. Van Halen has just released their first album and were hot. Their debut album sold over ten million copies in the US alone and is still one of the most successful debuts by a rock band. It features cheap hotels in rocky point mexico such classic track as Runnin with the Devil; Eruption, and their tremendous version of the Kinks You Really Got Me. Sabbath, on the other hand, had just released Never Say Die, which was to the last studio cheap hotels in rocky point mexico album featuring Ozzy. On the night Van Halen were simply stunning. Don t get me wrong, I went with a group of mates and we all still enjoyed seeing Sabbath, but Van Halen were new, hungry and totally on the money. Sabbath, on the other hand, seemed to be in a routine, and Ozzy wasn t the same strong, wild front man that he had been a few years earlier. I guess the excesses were starting to take their toll. I was chatting with my mate Norm about the gig the other night, cheap hotels in rocky point mexico and he agreed that Van Halen blew Sabbath off stage that night, and felt that they were much better than when they returned a year or so later to headline their own tour. This was the last time I was to see Sabbath with Ozzy, and at the time couldn t imagine how they could possibly continue cheap hotels in rocky point mexico without their front man. However, a couple of years later they did return cheap hotels in rocky point mexico with a new singer, and actually they were pretty good. Typical setlist from the 1978 tour: Symptom of the Universe; War Pigs; Never Say Die; Dirty Women; Rock Roll Doctor; Electric Funeral; Embryo / Children of the Grave; cheap hotels in rocky point mexico Paranoid; Snowblind; Black Sabbath; Sabbath Bloody Sabbath; Iron Man; Fairies Wear Boots; Hand of Doom; N.I.B.; Gypsy