Black Sabbath - Copenhagen 1971 (2025)

CLASSIC '71 SABBATH BROADCAST FROM DENMARK'S CAPITAL CITY Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath are the pioneers of heavy metal music in the UK, a position long-now established and accepted by the rock cognoscenti. The band helped define the genre with their first three albums Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) and Master of Reality (1971). Sabbath were touring heavily in 1970 - 1971, promoting their second album, Paranoid, and recording Masters Of Reality while on the road across the US and Europe. On 14th April ‘71, they began a short Scandinavian leg of the tour, which took them to Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Generally considered the very finest of these concerts, their gig at Copenhagen’s Faulkner Theatre – the fifth performance of the jaunt on the 18th, and recorded for live radio broadcast - was a classic Sabbath show. Ten days later, the Paranoid tour was over, culminating with another dynamic gig at London’s Albert Hall on 26th April.