Heaven & Hell
Exclusive Interview To premiere On American
Headbangers Ball This Weekend
An exclusive
interview with Heaven & Hell will be
featured this weekend on Headbangers Ball,
which airs on American MTV2 from 12AM ˆ 1AM
on Saturday night (technically early Sunday
morning on August 31). Ronnie James Dio,
Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice
will be speaking about their Metal Masters
tour with Judas Priest, Motörhead, and
Testament, the new Dio-era Black Sabbath
boxed set, The Rules Of Hell, as well as
future plans for Heaven & Hell.
Snippets from the interview are available
exclusively at
headbangersblog.com starting today with
more rolling out through the rest of the
week. Be sure to tune in this Saturday
night!
18th July 2008
"Rules Of
Hell" Box set trailer
Check out the new trailer for the “Rules of
Hell” box set on youtube,
click here.
9th July 2008
Black
Sabbath In Store Signing
Black Sabbath - Ronnie James Dio, Tony
Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice - will
sign copies of their new box set "Black
Sabbath: The Rules of Hell"* at Vintage
Vinyl on Saturday, August 2nd from 3pm-4pm.
Vintage Vinyl's address is 51 Lafayette Road
- Fords, NJ 08863 - ph# 732-225-7717. Please
contact the store for details.
*due to time constraints, the band will only
sign copies of The Rules of Hell box set or
Heaven and Hell: Live from Radio City Music
Hall (DVD/CD).
23th June 2008
Black Sabbath
Enforces The Rules of Hell: CD Box Set
Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath were
reborn in 1980 when founding members Tony Iommi and Terry “Geezer” Butler added
vocalist Ronnie James Dio to the lineup. The
band’s short but memorable time together
added an unforgettable chapter in Sabbath’s
storied history. Rhino relives the demonic
fury conjured by the Dio era with THE RULES
OF HELL, a boxed set featuring all three of
the band’s studio releases (Heaven And Hell,
Mob Rules, Dehumanizer) and their double
live collection (Live Evil) – each recently
remastered for the first time. The set comes
packaged in a deluxe slipcase with extensive
liner notes featuring all new interviews
with the band. This five-disc boxed set will
be available from Rhino on July 22 at all
physical outlets, as well as www.rhino.com
<http://www.rhino.com> , for a suggested
list price of $54.98. The set will also be
available the same day at all digital
outlets for a suggested list price of
$24.99.
Two years ago, Dio, Iommi and Butler and
drummer Vinny Appice reunited to record a
trio of new songs for Rhino’s Black Sabbath:
The Dio Years before launching a highly
anticipated and greatly acclaimed world tour
under their new moniker Heaven & Hell.
Revitalized by the reunion, the lineup is
back in the studio now recording the first
ever full-length studio album from Heaven &
Hell, set to be released by Rhino in early
2009. To whet the fans’ appetites for the
new album, Heaven & Hell will return to the
road for a short stint on the Metal Masters
Tour, a month-long North American trek with
Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament. This
blistering metal juggernaut will launch
August 6 in Philadelphia.
The Dio-era’s first effort, HEAVEN AND HELL,
hit the racks on April 25, 1980. Greeted by
ecstatic reviews, the album peaked at #9 in
Britain. In the U.S., its Top 30 success
gave the group its first platinum disc in
six years. Opening with the chugging anthem
“Neon Knights,” the album also includes the
epic title track, “Wishing Well,” “Die
Young” and “Lonely Is The Word.”
The group’s follow-up, MOB RULES, was the
first without original drummer Bill Ward,
who was replaced with Appice. The album
bristles with Iommi’s signature dark riffs,
Butler’s elaborate bass lines, Appice’s
hammering behind the drums and Dio’s
inimitable growling. The album includes the
high-octane tracks—“Falling Off The Edge Of
The World,” “Turn Up The Night,” and the
title track—plus the mid-tempo rocker
“Voodoo” and the slow-churning epic “The
Sign Of The Southern Cross,” a favorite
among band members and fans alike.
Released in December 1982, LIVE EVIL stands
as a modern metal masterpiece and a
testament to the power of the Dio, Iommi,
Butler and Appice lineup. Recorded in
Seattle, Dallas, and San Antonio, the sound
is upfront and aggressive, a virtual
front-row seat for epic versions of their
classics including “Neon Knights,” “Children
Of The Sea,” “The Sign Of The Southern
Cross” and “Heaven And Hell.”
DEHUMANIZER (1992) is seen by many metal
aficionados as one of—if not the
most—underrated work to ever carry the
Sabbath name. After the lineup fell apart in
1982, the group reconvened a decade later to
release this lost classic. The album forged
something new, pushing its legend to a new
generation of metal heads with incredible
tracks like “I,” “Computer God” and “TV
Crimes.”
THE RULES OF HELL
Track Listing
HEAVEN AND HELL
1. “Neon Knights”
2. “Children Of The Sea”
3. “Lady Evil”
4. “Heaven And Hell”
5. “Wishing Well”
6. “Die Young”
7. “Walk Away”
8. “Lonely Is The Word”
MOB RULES
1. “Turn Up The Night”
2. “Voodoo”
3. “The Sign Of The Southern Cross”
4. “E5150”
5. “The Mob Rules”
6. “Country Girl”
7. “Slipping Away”
8. “Falling Off The Edge Of The World”
9. “Over And Over”
LIVE EVIL
Disc 1
1. “E5150”
2. “Neon Knights”
3. “N.I.B.”
4. “Children Of The Sea”
5. “Voodoo”
6. “Black Sabbath”
7. “War Pigs”
8. “Iron Man”
Disc 2
1. “The Mob Rules”
2. “Heaven And Hell”
3. “The Sign Of The Southern Cross/Heaven
And Hell”
4. “Paranoid”
5. “Children Of The Grave”
6. “Fluff”
DEHUMANIZER
1. “Computer God”
2. “After All (The Dead)”
3. “TV Crimes”
4. “Letters From Earth”
5. “Master Of Insanity”
6. “Time Machine”
7. “Sins Of The Father”
8. “Too Late”
9. “I”
10. “Buried Alive”
11. “Time Machine” (Wayne’s World Version)
Heaven & Hell North American Tour Dates
(Except where noted, all shows also feature
Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament)
AUGUST
6 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
7 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
9 Holmdel, NJ PNC Arts Center
10 Wantagh, NJ Jones Beach Theater
12 Hamburg, NY Grandstand Stage/America's
Fair **
13 Toronto, ONT Molson Amphitheatre
15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena##
16 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
18 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center
19 Chicago, IL First Midwest Band
Amphitheatre
22 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
23 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavilion
24 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
27 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
28 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
30 San Bernadino, CA Hyundai Pavilion At
Glen Helen
31 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
**Featuring Motörhead and Testament ONLY
## Featuring Judas Priest and Testament ONLY
11th June 2008
Sam Ash Gear
Guide Magazine June/July 2008 – Tony Iommi
Interview
Black Sabbath / Heaven & Hell Gear
Giveaway!!
Article Taken From This Months Total Guitar
Magazine.
Click to enlarge images
20th May 2008
Black Sabbath
Enforces The Rules of Hell: CD Box Set
LOS ANGELES –
Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath were
reborn in 1980 when founding members Tony
Iommi and Terry “Geezer” Butler added
vocalist Ronnie James Dio to the lineup. The
band’s short but memorable time together
added an unforgettable chapter in Sabbath’s
storied history. Rhino relives the demonic
fury conjured by the Dio era with THE RULES
OF HELL, a boxed set featuring all three of
the band’s studio releases (Heaven And Hell,
Mob Rules, Dehumanizer) and their double
live collection (Live Evil) – each recently
remastered for the first time. The set comes
packaged in a deluxe slipcase with extensive
liner notes featuring all new interviews
with the band. This five-disc boxed set will
be available from Rhino on July 22 at all
physical outlets, as well as www.rhino.com
<http://www.rhino.com> , for a suggested
list price of $54.98. The set will also be
available the same day at all digital
outlets for a suggested list price of
$24.99.
Two years ago, Dio, Iommi and Butler and
drummer Vinny Appice reunited to record a
trio of new songs for Rhino’s Black Sabbath:
The Dio Years before launching a highly
anticipated and greatly acclaimed world tour
under their new moniker Heaven & Hell.
Revitalized by the reunion, the lineup is
back in the studio now recording the first
ever full-length studio album from Heaven &
Hell, set to be released by Rhino in early
2009. To whet the fans’ appetites for the
new album, Heaven & Hell will return to the
road for a short stint on the Metal Masters
Tour, a month-long North American trek with
Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament. This
blistering metal juggernaut will launch
August 6 in Philadelphia.
The Dio-era’s first effort, HEAVEN AND HELL,
hit the racks on April 25, 1980. Greeted by
ecstatic reviews, the album peaked at #9 in
Britain. In the U.S., its Top 30 success
gave the group its first platinum disc in
six years. Opening with the chugging anthem
“Neon Knights,” the album also includes the
epic title track, “Wishing Well,” “Die
Young” and “Lonely Is The Word.”
The group’s follow-up, MOB RULES, was the
first without original drummer Bill Ward,
who was replaced with Appice. The album
bristles with Iommi’s signature dark riffs,
Butler’s elaborate bass lines, Appice’s
hammering behind the drums and Dio’s
inimitable growling. The album includes the
high-octane tracks—“Falling Off The Edge Of
The World,” “Turn Up The Night,” and the
title track—plus the mid-tempo rocker
“Voodoo” and the slow-churning epic “The
Sign Of The Southern Cross,” a favorite
among band members and fans alike.
Released in December 1982, LIVE EVIL stands
as a modern metal masterpiece and a
testament to the power of the Dio, Iommi,
Butler and Appice lineup. Recorded in
Seattle, Dallas, and San Antonio, the sound
is upfront and aggressive, a virtual
front-row seat for epic versions of their
classics including “Neon Knights,” “Children
Of The Sea,” “The Sign Of The Southern
Cross” and “Heaven And Hell.”
DEHUMANIZER (1992) is seen by many metal
aficionados as one of—if not the
most—underrated work to ever carry the
Sabbath name. After the lineup fell apart in
1982, the group reconvened a decade later to
release this lost classic. The album forged
something new, pushing its legend to a new
generation of metal heads with incredible
tracks like “I,” “Computer God” and “TV
Crimes.”
THE RULES OF HELL
Track Listing
HEAVEN AND HELL
1. “Neon Knights”
2. “Children Of The Sea”
3. “Lady Evil”
4. “Heaven And Hell”
5. “Wishing Well”
6. “Die Young”
7. “Walk Away”
8. “Lonely Is The Word”
MOB RULES
1. “Turn Up The Night”
2. “Voodoo”
3. “The Sign Of The Southern Cross”
4. “E5150”
5. “The Mob Rules”
6. “Country Girl”
7. “Slipping Away”
8. “Falling Off The Edge Of The World”
9. “Over And Over”
LIVE EVIL
Disc 1
1. “E5150”
2. “Neon Knights”
3. “N.I.B.”
4. “Children Of The Sea”
5. “Voodoo”
6. “Black Sabbath”
7. “War Pigs”
8. “Iron Man”
Disc 2
1. “The Mob Rules”
2. “Heaven And Hell”
3. “The Sign Of The Southern Cross/Heaven
And Hell”
4. “Paranoid”
5. “Children Of The Grave”
6. “Fluff”
DEHUMANIZER
1. “Computer God”
2. “After All (The Dead)”
3. “TV Crimes”
4. “Letters From Earth”
5. “Master Of Insanity”
6. “Time Machine”
7. “Sins Of The Father”
8. “Too Late”
9. “I”
10. “Buried Alive”
11. “Time Machine” (Wayne’s World Version)
Heaven & Hell North American Tour Dates
(Except where noted, all shows also feature
Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament)
AUGUST
6 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
7 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
9 Holmdel, NJ PNC Arts Center
10 Wantagh, NJ Jones Beach Theater
12 Hamburg, NY Grandstand Stage/America's
Fair **
13 Toronto, ONT Molson Amphitheatre
15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena##
16 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
18 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center
19 Chicago, IL First Midwest Band
Amphitheatre
22 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
23 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavilion
24 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
27 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
28 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
30 San Bernadino, CA Hyundai Pavilion At
Glen Helen
31 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
**Featuring Motörhead and Testament ONLY
## Featuring Judas Priest and Testament ONLY
22nd March
2008
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
METAL LEGENDS JUDAS PRIEST, HEAVEN &
HELL, MOTORHEAD, AND TESTAMENT UNITE FOR
‘METAL MASTERS TOUR’ WORLD PREMIERE OF JUDAS
PRIEST ‘NOSTRADAMUS’ COVER ART AND FREE MP3
DOWNLOAD OFTITLE
TRACK AT LIVENATION.COM
After weeks of speculation, Live Nation has
put together a killer package that is bound
to go down as the heavy metal event of 2008
- Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead,
and Testament will be touring together for
the first time.
Dubbed ‘The Metal Masters Tour,’ the sixteen
date U.S. trek kicks off August 6th at the
Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New
Jersey.
Judas Priest will be supporting their epic
concept album, ‘Nostradamus,’ which will
arrive on June 17th via Epic Records, and
tells the tale of the renowned 16th century
prophet. A few tracks from ‘Nostradamus’
will make their in-concert debut on ‘The
Metal Masters Tour,’ but the majority of
Priest’s set list will include some of
metal’s all-time classics, as well as fan
favorites that span the quintet’s entire
career. Without a doubt, this will be one of
Priest’s most powerful sets ever.
As a ‘sneak peak treat’ to fans starved for
a musical taster, the first cut off the new
album will make its world premiere debut as
exclusive free MP3 download starting today
exclusively at www.livenation.com/judaspriest.
Heaven & Hell will be supporting the release
of ‘The Rules Of Hell’ a five-CD boxed set
available on July 22nd from Rhino Records
which features re-mastered versions of all
four Dio-era Black Sabbath albums (‘Heaven
and Hell,’ ‘Mob Rules,’ ‘Live Evil,’ and ‘Dehumanizer’)
in a deluxe package with new liner notes.
Perennial road rats Motorhead will be
touring strictly for the love of it,
offering a fan favorites set spanning more
than three decades worth of molar-rattling
metal. Motorhead’s last album was 2006’s
‘Kiss of Death’ (released via Sanctuary
Records), their 19th studio set of their
long and highly influential career. A new
album is currently in the works as well,
which is currently being recorded at their
old pal Dave Grohl’s studio with a August
release date targeted. Lemmy blairs out,
"Here it comes everybody, the test of your
Metalness in 2008 and the years to come!
Come one come all and be abused!"
Rounding out the line-up will be legendary
thrash metal titans Testament, whose new
album, ‘The Formation of Damnation,’ (April
29th,) displays Testament as the
quintessential modern heavy metal band,
whose experience and accumulated skill
allows them to attack with reserves of
anger, energy and finesse that make them
more powerful than ever. Lead singer Chuck
Billy says, “Uniting these bands is the
heavy metal event of generations. We are so
proud to be a part of it.”
Although all four bands may represent
different subgenres of heavy metal, all four
have one thing in common – they have stuck
to their stylistic guns through thick and
thin, and have remained true to the metal
form.
And soon, band and fan will be united as one
on ‘The Metal Masters Tour.’
“As ever, we look forward to screaming out
loud with our metal maniac fans when we hit
the road,” enthuses Priest singer, Rob
Halford. “Thank you once again for your
devotion and support. The Priest is back!”
This tour will be limited to fifteen very
special engagements, and Citi cardmembers
will have pre-sale access to tickets through
Citi's Private Pass® Program, available to
all Citi cardmembers at
www.privatepass.citi.com.
Metal maniacs seeking the ultimate concert
experience can access unique VIP ticket and
fan experience packages that offer premium
seats, meet & greets, pre-concert parties
and more brought to you by the band's
official websites,
www.judaspriest.com and
www.heavenandhelllive.com.
VIP packages for the first events will be on
sale by 10 a.m eastern time on Friday, April
25th. Also, not all VIP packages are the
same, so be sure to pick the right one that
suits you best.
Tickets go on sale to the public beginning
this weekend at www.livenation.com.
See the official web sites for continually
updated tour information and on-sale dates.
The dates are as follows:
Wed 06-Aug-08 Susquehanna Bank Center,
Camden, NJ – PUBLIC ON SALE APRIL 26, 10 am
Thu 07-Aug-08 Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA –
PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Sat 09-Aug-08 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel,
NJ – PUBLIC ON SALE APRIL 26, 10 am
Sun 10-Aug-08 Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantagh,
NY – PUBLIC ON SALE APRIL 26, 10 am
Wed 13-Aug-08 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto,
ON – PUBLIC ON SALE APRIL 25, 10 am
Sat 16-Aug-08 Post Gazette Pavilion,
Pittsburgh, PA – PUBLIC ON SALE APRIL 25, 10
am
Mon 18-Aug-08 DTE Energy Music Theatre,
Detroit, MI – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Tue 19-Aug-08 First Midwest Bank
Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL – PUBLIC ON SALE
APRIL 25, 5 pm
Fri 22-Aug-08 Superpages.com Amphitheatre,
Dallas, TX – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Sat 23-Aug-08 Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavilion, Houston, TX – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Sun 24-Aug-08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre,
San Antonio, TX – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Wed 27-Aug-08 Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque,
NM – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Thu 28-Aug-08 Cricket Wireless Pavilion,
Phoenix, AZ – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Sat 30-Aug-08 Glen Helen Pavilion, San
Bernardino, CA – PUBLIC ON SALE SOON
Sun 31-Aug-08 Shoreline Amphitheatre,
Mountain View, CA – PUBLIC ON SALE APRIL 27,
10 am
11th
March 2008
Black Sabbath - The Dio Years is
now available as an MVI release.
The 2-disc set includes
the original Dio Years CD release, along
with an enhanced Music Video Interactive (MVI)
disc that features high resolution PCM
stereo mixes, digital files, videos for
"Neon Knights," "Die Young" and "TV Crimes,"
a photo gallery, create your own ringtones,
buddy icons, wallpapers & much more. Go to
www.rhino.com/blacksabbath for more
info.
3rd
March 2008
New
photos of Tony with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck
and Steven Tyler at last years Classic Rock
Awards.
You can
now view 2 new photos of Tony with Jimmy
Page, Jeff Beck and Steven Tyler at last
years Classic Rock Awards. To view the
images go to
archive / images / photos.
Keep
checking the site for new images,
information and touring news - coming
soon!
20th
November 2007
Heaven and Hell completed
the 98th gig of their 2007 tour!
Last night Heaven and
Hell completed the 98th gig of
their 2007 tour! The band would like to
thank you all, wherever you may be in the
world for your continued support. Heaven
and Hell will see you all again soon so
watch this space!
15th
November 2007
Vote For
“The Mob Rules” as Best Video on MTV2’s
Headbangers Ball
MTV2’s
Headbangers Ball are having an end of year
countdown of the best videos of 2007.
To vote for “The Mob Rules” Live at Radio
City Music Hall simply click on
www.hbb.mtv2.com
23rd
October 2007
VIP tickets
on the upcoming UK Heaven and Hell tour.
Grab your
chance to win VIP tickets on the upcoming UK
Heaven and Hell tour and the opportunity to
meet the band at a show of your choice.
8th
October 2007
Tickets for
the Heaven and Hell Singapore show, October
27th at Fort Canning Park.
HEAVEN AND
HELL "Live From Radio City Music Hall" DVD
and CD have charted extremely well in the
first week across Europe:
Country
Chart
#
Sweden
Music
DVD Chart
1
Finland
Music
DVD Chart
1
Greece
Music
DVD Charts
1
Germany
Music
DVD Charts
2
England
Music
DVD Charts
2
Norway
Music
DVD Charts
4
Holland
Music
DVD Charts
12
Germany
Media
Control Charts
18
England
Rock &
Metal Album Charts
22
Greece
Album
Charts
27
Switzerland
Media
Control Charts
77
6th
September 2007
"Shadow Of
the Wind" premiere
MTV2's Headbanger's Ball
will premiere "Shadow Of the Wind" from the
Radio City Music Hall DVD this coming
Saturday 9/8 and "The Mob Rules" also from
the DVD the following Saturday on 9/15.
Headbanger's Ball airs at 10pm EST/7pm PST
on Saturdays and 4am EST/1am PST on Tuesdays
- check your local listings.
5th
September 2007
Radio City Music Hall previews
Clear Channel
has some previews of the Radio City Music
Hall releases online. You can listen to the
album via audio via their
"Music on Demand" preview.
You can also
watch four songs from the concert DVD, too!
The four songs available are: Falling off
the Edge of the World, Shadow of the Wind,
Die Young, and Heaven and Hell. You can
check out the video (these are full songs,
not 30 second clips), at the Clear Channel
on
Demand Site.
5th
September 2007
Deluxe
Edition Box set heaven and Hell now
available
Pre-orders of
the Deluxe Edition box set Heaven and Hell
Live from Radio City Music Hall are now
available at www.rhino.com/blacksabbath
The set includes a twin CD presentation,
live DVD, laminated pass, glossy photos and
more!
Numbers are limited to 5,000 so be quick!
23rd
August 2007
Ronnie James Dio - Tony Iommi - Geezer
Butler - Vinny Appice
Will be signing copies of the new DVD and CD
Live From Radio City Music Hall at
HOT TOPIC
Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-462-2590
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28th AT 6PM
Beginning Friday, August 17th, pre-order the
new
Heaven and Hell CD or DVD, Live at Radio
City Music Hall, and
receive a wristband that guarantees a place
in line to meet
Heaven and Hell!
One wristband
per person. Space is Limited. No Cameras
Allowed &
One autograph per person. Due to time
constraints band will only sign
copies of Live From Radio City Music Hall
DVD/CD
23rd
August 2007
Official
Rhino Records Heaven and Hell DVD Screening
At the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame
Weds. August 29th - 6:30pm-9:00pm
Free Admission! Free Merch!
For details
www.rockhall.com/calendar/
17th
July 2007
Heaven & Hell Live In Mexico
We can officially confirm the following
dates for Heaven & Hell in Mexico:
Thursday 30th August, Mexico City, Auditorio
Nacional
Friday 31st August, Guadalajara, Arena VFG
Saturday 1st September, Monterrey, Arena
Monterrey
Check out
the preview of the front cover of the Heaven
& Hell DVD and CD ‘Live From Radio City
Music Hall’ below.
9th July 2007
Additional Heaven & Hell North American Dates
Confirmed!
In addition to the twelve dates announced last
month, we can now confirm the additional 8
dates that will make up the full run of North
American dates for Heaven & Hell. Tickets for
most of the eight newly added dates will go on
sale the weekend of July 13. There will also
be a special fan presale beginning Wednesday,
July 11 at 12noon EDT at
http://heavenandhell.frontgatetickets.com.
The shows will be opened by Queensr˙che, will
feature special guest star Alice Cooper on all
but one date.
The Heaven And Hell North American Fall Tour
will include the following stops (newly added
dates in bold)
September
5 Binghampton, NY Broom County Arena
7 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
8 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Amphitheatre
9 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center 11 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
14 Tampa, FL St. Petersburg Times Forum
15 Sunrise, FL Bank Atlantic Center
16 Orlando, FL Amway Arena 19 Darien Lake, NY Darien Lake Performing
Arts Center
20 Hamilton, ONT Copps Coliseum
22 Chicago, IL Sears Centre
23 St. Louis, MO Family Arena
25 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
28 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
29 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor
30 Concord, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
October
2 Fresno, CA Selland Arena 4 Tucson, AZ Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
5 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theater At
The Palms Casino##
6 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
## featuring Heaven And Hell and Queensr˙che
only
19th June 2007
Exclusive News: Heaven & Hell – New USA
Tour Dates Confirmed
Here’s the official press release:
THE RETURN OF HEAVEN AND HELL
Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler
and Vinny Appice Continue Their Heralded
Reunion With Fall Tour Of The States.
Alice Cooper and Queensr˙che Round Out The
Legendary Bill Of Rock Royalty Set To Begin
September 5.
Tickets For First Dates Go On Sale The Weekend
Of June 22 With More Dates To Be Announced
Soon.
Following the group’s successful spring tour,
Heaven And Hell will again wow American
audiences with its bewitching stage set and
truly timeless, classic metal as Ronnie James
Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny
Appice return for the second U.S. leg of the
quartet’s continuing world tour. Set to launch
on September 5, Heaven and Hell’s tour will
stop in many cities not included on the
previous leg and will feature opening sets
from Alice Cooper and Queensr˙che. Tickets for
the first 12 dates will go on sale the weekend
of June 22 with more dates to be announced
soon. There will also be a special fan presale
for the first dates beginning Wednesday, June
20 at 12 Noon EST at
http://heavenandhell.frontgatetickets.com.
Last year, the iconic quartet reconvened to
record a trio of songs for Black Sabbath: The
Dio Years, a compilation that features
essential songs by the short-lived, but
beloved incarnation of Black Sabbath fronted
by Dio. Dubbing the group Heaven And Hell
after one of its signature hits, the band
launched a much-anticipated world tour earlier
this year. The group celebrated its first U.S.
concert in 15 years with a sold-out
performance at Radio City Music Hall. Recorded
and filmed in its entirety, Rhino captured the
historic concert for a CD and DVD release,
Heaven and Hell Live From Radio City Music
Hall, set for an August 28 release.
Alice Cooper and Queensr˙che will join Heaven
And Hell on the road this fall creating one of
the year’s hardest-hitting triple bills. In
addition to his duties as a rock ’n’ roll
icon, Cooper is the host of the syndicated
Nights With Alice Cooper radio show. Cooper’s
autobiography, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster, was
released last month. Queensr˙che is riding
high on the success of last year’s Operation:
Mindcrime II album and tour, which brought the
group’s complete Mindcrime saga to the stage
in its entirety. On July 3, Rhino will release
CD and DVD versions Mindcrime At The Moore,
which feature Queensr˙che’s performance in
front of its hometown crowd at Moore Theatre
in Seattle.
The Heaven and Hell Fall U.S. Tour will
include the following stops with more dates to
be announced soon.
SEPTEMBER
5 Binghampton, NY Broom County Arena
7 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
8 Long Island, NY Jones Beach Amphitheatre
9 Mansfield, CT Tweeter Center
14 Tampa, FL St. Petersburg Times Forum
15 Sunrise, FL Bank Atlantic Center
16 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
25 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
28 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
29 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor
30 Concord, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
OCTOBER
2 Fresno, CA Selland Arena
19th June 2007
Tony to guest on Bruce Dickinson’s BBC 6
Music show
Tony, Ronnie & Vinny will be guests on Iron
Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson’s radio show
for BBC 6 Music on Friday 6th July. Listeners
in the UK can tune in via DAB; the show is
broadcast live worldwide via the internet, and
is also available on demand online for one
week after broadcast.
Click here for more information.
12th June 2007
Heaven & Hell – Australasia Dates
Confirmed!
We can now officially confirm the following
Australasian dates for Heaven & Hell, with
support from Down:
August 2nd Perth, Challenge Arena
August 5th Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre
August 7th Wollongong, WIN Entertainment
Centre
August 8th Newcastle, Entertainment Centre
August 10th Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
August 11th Sydney, Entertainment Centre
August 14th Brisbane, Entertainment Centre
August 16th Auckland, Logan Campbell Centre
Tony, Ronnie, Geezer and Vinny were in London
last night for Metal Hammer magazine’s ‘Golden
Gods’ awards. The band were presented with the
‘Resurrection Award’ by Twisted Sister’s Dee
Snider at the ceremony at Koko in Camden.
Other winners on the night included Machine
Head, who supported H&H on their recent USA
dates, Lamb Of God who will be supporting the
band on their UK tour in November, and Bullet
For My Valentine who are on the bill with
Heaven & Hell in Vienna.
6th June 2007
Reminder – Tony on BBC TV this coming
Saturday
A reminder for UK fans that Tony’s interview
for the BBC series ‘Seven Ages Of Rock’ goes
out next Saturday, 9th June at 9.10pm on BBC2.
The episode, entitled ‘Never Say Die: Heavy
Metal’ is the fourth in the series of seven
shows. The programme will be repeated on
Sunday 10th June at 11pm on BBC1. For more
information
click here to visit the BBC website.
6th June 2007
Tony On Myspace
Tony now has an official presence on MySpace.
Visit
www.myspace.com/iommiofficial to add
yourself as a friend and leave comments.
However, please note that the MySpace page
will not be regularly updated with news – all
news, tour dates, competitions etc will
continue to be announced via iommi.com.
6th June 2007
Heaven & Hell Live From Radio City Music
Hall – Full Details & Release Dates
Fans lucky enough to score tickets to Heaven
And Hell’s Radio City Music Hall performance
on March 30—the concert sold out in a matter
of minutes—were fortunate witnesses to the
glorious return of Ronnie James Dio, Tony
Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. Onstage
in the U.S. for the first time in 15 years,
the group let loose an onslaught of iconic
metal spotlighting Dio’s memorable tenure with
Black Sabbath. Every bone-crushing riff and
thunderous howl from the evening is relived
with a trio of releases available in August
2007.
‘Live From Radio City Music Hall’ captures the
band bashing its way through some of the Dio
era’s best including “Mob Rules,” “Die Young,”
“Neon Knights,” “Children Of The Sea” and an
epic 15-minute-plus version of “Heaven And
Hell.” The quartet also performed a pair of
new songs—the hit single “The Devil Cried” and
“Shadow Of The Wind.” Both songs debuted
earlier this year on Black Sabbath: The Dio
Years (Rhino/Warner Bros. Records), the first
comprehensive introduction to the Dio era’s
legacy. The DVD will include the entire show
shot in breathtaking HD as well as a tour
documentary and other bonus footage.
Following this spring’s successful U.S. tour,
Heaven And Hell is scheduled to spend the
summer playing concerts and festivals around
the world. In early September, the group will
return to the U.S. for another round of shows.
Look for dates and a full lineup to be
announced soon.
Heaven And Hell ‘Live From Radio City Music
Hall’ will be available in the following
formats:
- Double Live CD
- DVD
- Deluxe 3-disc set (Double CD plus DVD)
The release dates are:
Friday August 24th – Germany (SPV)
Monday August 27th – Europe (SPV)
Tuesday August 28th – USA (Rhino)
CD and DVD Track Listing:
1. E5150/After All (The Dead)
2. The Mob Rules
3. Children Of The Sea
4. Lady Evil
5. I
6. The Sign Of The Southern Cross
7. Voodoo
8. The Devil Cried
9. Computer God
10. Falling Off The Edge Of The World
11. Shadow Of The Wind
12. Die Young
13. Heaven And Hell
14. Lonely Is The Word
15. Neon Knights
15th May 2007
BBC’s Seven Ages Of Rock – Tony Interviewed
A film crew from the BBC headed up to the UK’s
West Midlands before Tony went off on tour
with Heaven & Hell to interview him for the
brand new series ‘Seven Ages Of Rock’ which
starts on BBC2 this coming Saturday. Tony took
part in episode 4, entitled ‘Never Say Die:
Heavy Metal’, which goes out on Saturday 9th
June at 9.10pm on BBC2, and will be repeated
the following day at 11pm on BBC1. The new
issue of Radio Times has a special preview
feature on the whole series which includes an
interview with Tony.
4th May 2007
More Heaven & Hell/Dio Years Merch Now
Available!
Rhino have just made some exclusive Heaven &
Hell / The Dio Years merchandise available via
their website – check out their collection
here.
4th May 2007
More Heaven & Hell Front Covers
As the tour continues, the band continue to
grace the front covers of magazines and
newspapers around the world – here’s a few
more just in from our press office:
Click on covers
to enlarge image.
2nd May 2007
Live At Hammersmith Odeon – SOLD OUT
We have had official confirmation from Rhino
that the limited edition Black Sabbath release
‘Live At Hammersmith Odeon’ has completely
sold out on the day of release. In the 9 years
of Rhino Handmade, this is the quickest a
title has ever sold out.
2nd May 2007
Heaven & Hell ‘Live From Radio City Music
Hall’ – DVD Release Date Confirmed!
We can confirm that the release date for the
Heaven & Hell DVD ‘Live From Radio City Music
Hall’ has been confirmed for Tuesday 28th
August 2007. The DVD was filmed at the band’s
New York show on 30th March which sold out
within less than an hour of going on sale.
More details as soon as we have them.
2nd May 2007
Classic Rock Black Sabbath Special Edition
The new issue of Classic Rock magazine is a
Black Sabbath special. The magazine hits the
newsstands today, we’ll be bringing you info
on some of the articles as soon as we can get
our hands on a copy, but in the meantime you
can check out the cover artwork
here.
27th April 2007
Heaven & Hell at Montreux, plus more
European dates confirmed…
We can confirm that Heaven & Hell will play at
the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival on Saturday
7th July in Switzerland. More information,
including tickets, is available from
www.montreuxjazz.com. Due to some
technical problems at Iommi.com HQ last week,
we are slightly late confirming the Copenhagen
date at the
KB Halle on 6th June and the Offenbach
show at the city’s
Stadthalle on 17th June which you may have
read about elsewhere on the web. A full list
of all of the Heaven & Hell dates confirmed so
far is available from the
Live page.
27th April 2007
USA Tour – Reviews just in…
The Heaven & Hell USA Tour kicked off earlier
this week with the expected hype (hanging out
at the LA show were Metallica’s Lars Ulrich
and James Hetfield, as well as Dave Grohl,
Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett of the Foo
Fighters amongst others). And we’ve just
picked up a few reviews:
Guitar riffmaster Tony Iommi and bass wrangler
Geezer Butler virtually invented arena rock
nearly 40 years ago as half of Black Sabbath.
And they continue to deliver the quintessence
of clobber with Heaven & Hell….Iommi’s
shuddering riff, like a shoulder thrust
against a rusty sepulchre door, set the tone
for what functions best in an echoing concrete
vault: deliberate battery…By the time the four
crashed to the conclusion of the dynamic
‘Falling Off The Edge Of The World’, the crowd
was like a mass of asylum inmates clamouring
for the coup de grace. It arrived with the
dizzying extended build of the signature song
‘Heaven and Hell’, Iommi flaying demonic
inspirations while Dio joined his virtuosic
howls with those of the rabble. – LA Times
Iommi is still the one metal icon with taste
and a sense of dynamics in a solo. He takes
his position at stage left – just in front of
the wrought iron and brick fence that
surrounds the drums – and rarely moves; there
is no posturing in this band, and as metal
goes, the music is strong enough to speak for
itself….nearly 15,000 people came to the Forum
to pump their fists and celebrate this music
as living and breathing. – Variety
While guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer
Butler were customarily low-key, their play
spoke volumes, the left-handed guitar god
demonstrating the fleet fingers that mark the
band’s recordings…On a brick-backdrop-adorned
stage flanked by two massive castle doors that
were left ajar, gothic fencing, lanterns and
three stained-glass window video screens,
Iommi looked at home in his long black jacket
and customary cross necklace, his solos on
‘Computer God’ and introducing ‘Dio Young’
eliciting an uproar from the crowd. –
Livedaily.com
Iommi and Butler delivered inspired
performances throughout the evening…Dio was
everything you’d expect him to be….The fans
knew all the words to all the band’s songs,
including the new tunes recorded for the
recently released compilation disc ‘Black
Sabbath: The Dio Years’. That’s impressive.
But what’s even more so is that the
performances of those new songs – especially
‘The Devil Cried’ – ranked as true highlights
of the show. – Contra Costa Times
25th April 2007
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years – Uncasville
Signing
We can confirm that Tony, Ronnie, Geezer &
Vinny will be signing copies of the new CD
‘The Dio Years’ at the Spin Street Stage
located in the Shops at Mohegan Sun Concourse
immediately following the sold-out show at the
Mohegan Sun Arena on 15th May in Uncasville,
CT. Please note that due to the short time
frame of both events and the huge numbers of
fans expected, the band will only be signing
copies of their new CD. No memorabilia of any
kind will be signed and no personalised photos
can be allowed so as to allow the most fans
possible to meet the band. This rule will be
strictly enforced with no exceptions. The
first 500 fans to purchase ‘The Dio Years’ at
Spin Street in the Shops at Mohegan Sun will
receive a limited edition collectors item
laminated ‘After Show’ pass with lanyard which
will guarantee a place in line to meet the
band. For more details, contact Chris Hunt,
general manager of Spin Street on 860 862
7664.
25th April 2007
The Dio Years – Competition Closed
We’ve picked a winner from the correct entries
for The Dio Years competition – the correct
answers in full are now available on the
messageboard.
25th April 2007
Heaven & Hell on Rock Hard Cover
Tony graces the cover of the current issue of
Spain’s Rock Hard magazine alongside Ronnie,
Geezer & Vinny. For those of you not in Spain,
check out the cover below:
13th April 2007
Iommi Nominated For Golden God Award
The nominations for Metal Hammer magazine’s
‘Golden God’ awards are just out and we are
delighted to announce that Tony has been
nominated in the category of Riff Lord. Voting
is open to the public, so
click here to visit the Metal Hammer site
and cast your vote. The awards ceremony will
take place on 11th June at Koko in London.
13th April 2007
Iommi.competition – Win a limited edition
lithograph & a signed copy of Black Sabbath:
The Dio Years!
We’ve just launched a new competition on the
messageboard. Click here for full details
of how you can be in with a chance to win a
limited edition lithograph the artwork from
the CD booklet for ‘The Dio Years’ by Wes
Benscoter of and a copy of the album signed by
Tony.
13th April 2007
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years – more reviews
just in
…the three new songs included here are classic
Sabbath: monolithic and doom-laden. Just like
the bad old days. – Mojo ****
Little needs to be said about the stupendous
quality of the tracks from Heaven & Hell and
Mob Rules; any self-respecting metal fan will
salivate at the mere mention of Neon Knights,
Heaven And Hell, The Mob Rules, Turn Up The
Night and Falling Off The Edge Of The
World…The real excitement will be generated by
the three new songs included. Of these, The
Devil Cried is suitably surly and doom laden,
Shadow Of The Wind pounds a mid paced temp,
and Ear In The Wall picks up some real
velocity. None of these would have disgraced
the classic Mob Rules. – Classic Rock 7/10
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