(PR) 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.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.
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.
The Heaven and Hell Tour 2007 U.S. Tour will include the following stops:
4/22 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
4/24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
4/25 Los Angeles, CA Forum
4/26 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
4/28 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
4/29 Denver, CO Broomfield Events Center
5/1 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
5/2 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Pavillion
5/3 Dallas, TX Nokia Theater
5/5 Chicago, IL All State Arena
5/6 Minneapolis, MN Theatre @ Target Center
5/8 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
5/10 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Arena
5/11 Cleveland, OH Tower City Amphitheatre
5/12 Detroit, MI Cobo Hall
5/14 Albany, NY Times Union Center
5/15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
5/17 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena
5/18 Baltimore, MD Merriweather Pavilion
5/19 Holmdell, NJ PNC Arts Center
