During a recent interview discussing her new 25th Anniversary DVD, 25 Years Of Rock, former WARLOCK vocalist Doro Pesch discussed her friendship with BLACK SABBATH / HEAVEN & HELL / DIO frontman Ronnie James Dio. An excerpt is available below.

“My favourite Dio album is The Last In Line, and the first time I hear Ronnie’s music I fell in love with his songs and his voice,” she says. “It was magic. The first time I met him was in England in ’87; Warlock opened up for Dio in Europe right after the Triumph And Agony album came out. It was the best tour ever, it was unbelievable. It was awesome, but none of us could really speak English that well so we didn’t say much except ‘Have a great show’ and ‘Thank you very much…’ (laughs).”
“I did a US tour in 2000 with Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen, and it was a great time because metal was just coming back. We were out for three months and it was great. Ronnie and I talked a lot, and that tour was great because it was filled with a positive energy. It was probably my favourite tour ever. Me and the guys in my band would watch the Dio set from side stage almost every night, and at one of the last couple of gigs – it was in Florida – he went off stage during his set, which wasn’t normal. The guys were joking around saying ‘He’s probably getting a second microphone and now you’re up.’ Sure enough, he came back with a second microphone and I was like, ‘No! I don’t want to do this!’ (laughs). Ronnie introduced me to the audience and he was such a gentleman, and for the last three shows of the tour I sang ‘Long Live Rock N’ Roll’ with him. Some photos from those shows appear in one of the booklets in our new DVD.”

Go to this location for more. Watch the Features section on this page for the complete BW&BK; interview covering the new DVD, Doro's recent tours in China and Japan, and her upcoming tour supporting MOTÖRHEAD.

A new trailer for Doro's upcoming anniversary 2 DVD/CD set, 25 Years In Rock, can be viewed below. Also available is the previously released clip for the live performance of the SCORPIONS classic, 'Rock You Like A Hurricane', featuring Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenke.

25 Years In Rock will be released on November 26th via Nuclear Blast.

The package includes the entire 25-year anniversary concert, including guest performances in front of 10,000 enthusiastic fans in Dusseldorf as well as a China tour special, outtakes from Doro's 2500th concert and a whole lot more.

Pesch celebrated her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal by performing a three-hour set on December 13th, 2008 at the ISS Dome in her hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany. HOLY MOSES, LEAVES EYES' and ARCH ENEMY opened the show and were followed by full set by Doro (backed by her long-time band including Nick Douglas, Johnny Dee, Joe Taylor and Oliver Palotai), and included guest appearances by Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (OVERKILL), Jean Beauvoir, GRAVE DIGGER's Chris Boltendahl and guitarist Axel Rudi Pell, former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, Scorpions' KlausMeine and Rudolf Schenker, as well as a host of other female vocalists, such as Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES), Floor Jansen (AFTER FOREVER), members of GIRLSCHOOL, Liv of SISTER SIN and Sabina Classen of HOLY MOSES.

Until the end of the year Doro and band will do their last shows in Europe and North America. After a break, in 2011 Doro will begin the songwriting for a new studio album.

Doro tour dates:

October

30 - Tilburg, Netherlands Halloween Rock Fest

November (with Motörhead)

30 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Phillipshalle

December (with Motörhead)

1 - Hannover, Germany - AWD Hall
3 - Trier, Germany - Arena
4 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle
7 - Berlin, Germany - Arena Treptow
8 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Rhein-Main Halle
10 - Chemnitz, Germany - Arena
11 - München, Germany - Zenith
13 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Eishalle Deutweg (NEW DATE)

December

15 - Bremen, Germany - Aladin
16 - Kiel, Germany - Max
18 - Limburg, Germany - Stadthalle
19 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
21 - Augsburg, Germany - Spectrum
22 - Esch / Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
23 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
26 - Nürnberg, Germany - Hirsch
27 - Gießen, Germany - Hessenhalle
29 - Crailsheim, Germany - Jurahalle
30 - Burglengenfeld, Germany - VAZ