# Diary of a Madman Tour

The Diary of a Madman Tour was the second concert tour by English heavy metal singer 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.

## 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. 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. 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. 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.

## Setlists
### Europe setlist

"Diary of a Madman" (Intro/Outro) [Audio introduction]
* "Over the Mountain"
* "Flying High Again"
* "Believer"
* "Crazy Train"
* "Mr. Crowley"
* "I Don't Know"
* "Revelation Mother Earth"
* "Suicide Solution"
* Randy Rhoads guitar solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam)
* Tommy Aldridge drum solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam) [Reprise]
* "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover)
* "Steal Away the Night" [Encore]

### Main setlist

"Diary of a Madman" (Intro/Outro) [Audio Introduction]
* "Over the Mountain"
* "Mr. Crowley"
* "Crazy Train"
* "Revelation Mother Earth"
* "Steal Away the Night"
* "Suicide Solution"
* Randy Rhoads/Bernie Tormé/Brad Gillis Guitar Solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam)
* Tommy Aldridge drum solo and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (Instrumental band jam) [Reprise]
* "Goodbye to Romance"
* "I Don't Know"
* "No Bone Movies"
* "Believer"
* "Flying High Again"
* "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath Song)
* "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath Song)
* "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath Song) [Encore]

## Tour dates

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