Dio

[newb]

Madrid, Spain-based webzine Rafabasa is reporting that former BLACK SABBATH
members Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward will
rejoin forces once again under the HEAVEN & HELL banner for a number of
festival appearances next summer.


According to Rafabasa, the four members cannot tour under the name BLACK
SABBATH or "BLACK SABBATH with Ronnie James Dio" due to legal reasons.


No tour dates have yet been confirmed, but the band's booking agent is
allegedly offering the group to the promoters of the most important heavy
metal festivals that are set to take place next year.


If the report is to be believed, HEAVEN & HELL will play a set consisting of
selections from every single SABBATH CD that Ronnie James Dio appeared on:
"Heaven & Hell", "Mob Rules" and "Dehumanizer".


In an August 16, 2006 appearance on the syndicated radio show "Rockline",
Dio had the following to say about the possibility of further collaborations
with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi:


"We've already written one [new] song together. The reason for that is that
there's a release coming out, it's called 'Black Sabbath: The Dio Years' -
they've already done one, of course, 'Black Sabbath: The Ozzy Years'; that
was the beginning and, really, the best part of it all - but they've decided
to do one, again, 'Black Sabbath: The Dio Years', and we wanted to make it a
little but more special, not just give you things you've not heard from a
live perspective. These are two things you'll never hear again - two new
songs. We are going to do that. It's been fun already. The one we've done -
the one that I've done with Tony has been really wonderful - just great to
realize how magnificent a player he was. You forget that after 10 years at a
time that you don't work with someone. So we are gonna be doing that. And I
hope you'll like it. I think it'll be great."


On the rumors of him possibly rejoining BLACK SABBATH, Dio said, "There's
always rumors about everything - about a RAINBOW reunion, about a BLACK
SABBATH reunion. Our purpose was to do this because we wanted to have this
product be a bit more special than anything else - not just, 'Here's a live
track you've never heard before.' I mean, that's cool, but I'm sure people
have heard that. We wanted to do something a bit more special, so the whole
band would write and play these songs, and. They've wanted to hear them long
enough, so here they are. But it's not anything that we've talked about
leading to anything other than that. No, it's for that project."

[kpropain]

That's awesome news, I've always been a big fan of Ronnie James Dio, with and without Sabbath...

[Elvis_Christ]

Damn!

This will be pretty cool to see. The Sabbath albums with Dio are pretty overlooked.... Dehumanizer was the first Sabbath album I ever owned.

I've been listening to Holy Diver a bunch latley.

[newb]

A must own album

[Burning in Hell]

Good news!

To me, Heaven and Hell has always been the best Sabbath album anyways, and Dio sure gives a better performance live than that wretched Ozzy!

[last bad move]

i got holy diver on vinal

[Miss Olivia]

I saw Dio in concert year before last, and I gotta say ol Ronnie James is still as good live as he is on an album. I would love to check out a reunion show with Sabbath. Rock on, Dio!!!
Holy diver, you been down to long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me
Ride the tiger,
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean?
I do, Dio.
I do.
:p

[The Mothman]

Rainbow In The Dark=fucking phenomonal.

anyone seen that episode of southpark when Dio played at the school dance?

[Burning in Hell]

Yeah, that was a riot!!!