Black Sabbath have announced that they will be hitting the road in January 2016 for a farewell tour that they are calling "The End" Tour, as a chance to say play for fans once last time before they call it quits. The band will play 17 dates in the U.S. and Canada between January and February, and a New Zealand and Australian tour leg will follow in April. Long Beach, California rockers Rival Sons have been announced as the support for the final dates. A pre-sale started for these final dates last Wednesday, exclusively available to only Citi Card members, and the general on-sale began on Saturday morning. According to TiqIQ, the current average price of Black Sabbath tickets on the secondary market is $198 across the North American tour dates.
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"The End" Tour launches on January 20 at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska and runs through North America until February 25, when the band wraps its first leg at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Currently, tickets to see Black Sabbath at Madison Square Garden are averaging at $284 on the secondary market, with a get-in price of $122. Although tickets have been on sale for just two days, the band is already seeing impressive demand in many cities. Currently, Black Sabbath's most expensive North American date is their January 28 stop at the SaskTel Centre in Canada, where the average ticket price is $289, with a get-in price of $62. Their cheapest stop is set for their January date in Tacoma, Washington, where an average ticket price is $153, with a get-in price of just $49.
The heavy metal band will feature a lineup of frontman Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. Unfortunately for longtime fans, original drummer Bill Ward will not be partaking in the final tour. When the band last reunited, in 2011, Ward pulled out of the shows due to what he called "an unsignable contract." On prior tours, Tommy Clufetos, Osbourne's drummer from his solo act, had toured with Black Sabbath, but the drummer for this tour has not been announced.
