RONNIE JAMES DIO - New Half Hour Video Tribute Available
June 18, 2010, 14 years ago
Bay Area Backstage has uploaded a new half hour-plus video tribute to late singer RONNIE JAMES DIO (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, ELF) featuring both interview and performance clips. Check it out below:
On May 16th, Dio passed away and the world of music mourned the loss of one of the greatest voices of heavy metal. Heaven & Hell were set to be on the road in Europe this summer when news came through that despite the amazing progress he was making Ronnie wouldn't be well enough to tour and those shows were canceled. But now, remaining members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice are set to play a one off show to celebrate his life and work.
The Heaven & Hell one-off show - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio, will be held at the High Voltage Festival on Saturday, July 24th. All proceeds to be donated to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.
The band will be completed by Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE, Black Sabbath) and Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN) who will both contribute vocals. It promises to be a fitting celebration to a man that the metal scene owes so much.
In a video interview with High Voltage recently, Iommi talked about the upcoming tribute.
"This will be the first and only tribute we're doing to Ronnie," the guitarist says. "We feel that it would be really nice to do this and he'd really like it. Glenn Hughes has also been part of the family for many years and he's a very good friend of Ronnie's, they were very close. So we think it would be apt to use Glenn, and Glenn is a great vocalist. And Jorn Lande is also a big fan of Ronnie and a great singer. We're going to start rehearsals a week before and see what happens. It's difficult because it's something we want to do for Ronnie, focus on him. We just want to do it for him and the fans. He'd love his music to be played. This is a closure for us as well."Check out the entire chat below:
