Technical Ecstasy Tour
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- Europe
- North America
| Tour by Black Sabbath | |
 Poster to the concert in Brussels, Belgium | |
| Location |
|
|---|---|
| Associated album | Technical Ecstasy |
| Start date | 22 October 1976 |
| End date | 22 April 1977 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 81 |
| Black Sabbath concert chronology | |
The Technical Ecstasy Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It began on 22 October 1976 and ended on 22 April 1977.
Background
North America leg
Having toned down the band's 'black magic' image for Technical Ecstasy, Geezer Butler assured Circus, "Parents can take their kids to our shows now."[1]
Europe leg
A notorious encounter occurred between Geezer Butler and Malcolm Young of support band AC/DC when the tour reached Europe. "Flick-knives were banned in England," Butler recalled, "but, when we were playing in Switzerland, I bought one. I was just flicking it, when Malcolm Young came up to me and started slagging Sabbath… He came over and said, 'You must think you're big, having a flick-knife.' I said, 'What are you talking about?' And that was it. Nobody got hurt."[2]
AC/DC's support slot had, in any case, begun inauspiciously. "All the gear was blowing up," reported Angus Young of their first show, in Paris. "We played about twenty minutes then destroyed the stage."[3]
