LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/Rhino Entertainment) - Ronnie
James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and
Vinny Appice will reunite for the first time in 15 years as
Heaven and Hell Live to cast a dark spell over spring as the quartet tours the U.S. Tickets will go on sale the weekend of March 9 for all 20 stops of the American leg (except Houston, on sale March 17), which is set to launch in
Phoenix on April 22. There will also be a special fan presale for all dates beginning Wednesday, March 7 at 12 noon EST. The tour will follow in the wake of the band's highly anticipated
Radio City
Music Hall concert in New York City on March 30, which sold out in a matter of minutes.
Last year, the hard-rocking quartet convened to record three new songs for Rhino Records' era-spanning collection, "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years," due out April 3 on Rhino/Warner Bros. Records. One of the newly recorded tracks - "The Devil Cried" - is the first single. Bristling with the trademark Sabbath sound, the song is being well received by fans and critics alike.
The sessions for "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years" went so well that the band agreed to satisfy longstanding demands for a reunion tour. Set to launch in Canada on March 11, the Heaven and Hell World Tour will spotlight Dio's tenure with Sabbath and will feature selections from all three of the group's studio albums, "Heaven and Hell" (1980), "Mob Rules" (1981) and "Dehumanizer" (1992), as well as the newly recorded tracks.
Multi-platinum recording artist Megadeth will join the tour and preview never-before-heard material from the group's new CD, "United Abominations," due out May 8 on Roadrunner Records. All dates will also feature Roadrunner labelmates Machine Head who are supporting their latest album, "The Blackening," set for release on March 27.
For additional information regarding the Heaven and Hell World Tour, please contact Jason Elzy in Rhino Records' Media Relations Department at 818-238-6220 or [email protected]
For more information about Heaven and Hell Live, please go to www.heavenandhelllive.com.
For more information about the Heaven and Hell Live fan presale, please go to https://heavenandhell.frontgatetickets.com
The Heaven and Hell Tour 2007 U.S. Tour will include the following stops:
APRIL
22 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
25 Los Angeles, CA Forum
26 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
28 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
29 Denver, CO Broomfield Events Center
MAY
1 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Pavillion
3 Dallas, TX Nokia Theater
5 Chicago, IL All State Arena
6 Minneapolis, MN Theatre @ Target Center
8 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
10 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Arena
11 Cleveland, OH Tower City Amphitheatre
12 Detroit, MI Cobo Hall
14 Albany, NY Times Union Center
15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
17 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena
18 Baltimore, MD Merriweather Pavilion
19 Holmdell, NJ PNC Arts Center
