More Heaven and Hell News

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by binnie
Agree that Tony Martin was indeed a stump, but didn't Cozy Powell play drums for Sabbs during that era? That's hardly rhythm section of the day - he could have played circles around Appice or Bill Ward for that matter....

Is my memory playing tricks on me?

Partially; Tony Martin's tenure with the band featured Eric Singer, a returning Bev Bevan, Terry Chimes, Cozy Powell (twice), Bobby Rondinelli (twice), and Bill Ward behind the kit between the years of 1987 and 1996...not including when Ronnie was fronting in '91-'92 obviously (during which Cozy recorded the earliest demos for Dehumanizer before breaking his hip in a horse riding accident and having to be replaced by Vinny Appice...which was apparently all for the best, as Cozy and Ronnie apparently weren't getting along with each other very well, or so I'm told)...

[bueno bob]

More shit...

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler recently spoke to John Benson of Billboard.com about the reunion of SABBATH bandmates Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, singer Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinny Appice.

"We just thought it was a bit of a shame that we can't play those songs again," Butler told Billboard.com. "And then earlier this year Tony went to see Dio. They wrote a couple of songs together and it just went from there."

Not only will an upcoming Dio-era SABBATH anthology feature three new songs ("Shadow of the Wind", "Devil Cries" and "Ear in the Wall"), but, as previously reported, a world tour is planned for 2007 as HEAVEN AND HELL, the title of SABBATH's first post-Ozzy album from 1979.

"The [Dio-era had] really good songs [that were] a lot different to the old original SABBATH stuff," Butler said. "They really are fun to play because a lot of them have a lot of space, where you can improvise a lot instead of sticking to the rigid formula."

Read more at Billboard.com.

[bueno bob]

SHADOW OF THE WIND...

DEVIL CRIES...

EAR IN THE WALL...

HOLY FUCKING CRAP, IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!

:D

[binnie]

2007 is looking fantastic already!

[Mr. Vengeance]

Word is that Motorhead will be one of the opening acts.

[binnie]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
Word is that Motorhead will be one of the opening acts.

Can't see that happening in the UK, as Motorhead can play big clubs here as headliner...

[Binky]

I've heard Heaven and Hell will headline 2007 Monsters of Rock in the UK (Milton Keynes again?). And apparently Bill Ward left for "personal reasons". Either he had a bust-up or he's having a reaction from his previous drug and alcohol abuse. *^_^* \m/

[WOAHYEAH]

Just to add, for what it's worth...

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January 13, 2007
Heaven & Hell Tour Dates

Please note that this story is not "official", nor is it "confirmed". I've taken a little flak recently over my definition of confirmed. Let me say that I see that word thrown around so easily on the Internet without any regard as to what it actually means. People will believe the word confirmed when posted on just any old site, and when said "confirmed news" turns out to be false, they get mad (when they shouldn't have believed it in the first place). Understand that I only consider things confirmed when they're announced by the band management. THAT is confirmation to me.

Having said that, I saw a nice post last night with some rumoured dates for the Canadian leg of the Heaven & Hell Tour 2007. Here's what was posted over at Braveworlds:

March
11 - Vancouver, BC at Pacific Coliseum
13 - Edmonton, AB at Rexall Place
14 - Calgary, AB at Saddledome
16 - Regina, SK at Brandt Centre
18 - Winnipeg, MB at MTS Centre
20 - Sault St. Marie, ON at Steelback Centre
22 - Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
24 - London, ON at John Labatt Centre
26 - Montreal, PQ at Bell Centre
27 - Quebec City, PQ at Colisee Pepsi Arena
28 - Ottawa, ON at Civic Centre

As previously reported, possible countries to be visited on Heaven And Hell's World Tour include South America, Japan, Korea, Australia and Europe. The band will then return to North America for a US tour in August.

Hopefully we'll get some concrete tour info, as the first date on that list is now less than eight weeks away.
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I can 100% confirm that the Sault Ste. Marie date is a go, as I work at that venue.

[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by binnie
Can't see that happening in the UK, as Motorhead can play big clubs here as headliner...

Well, if they play in my area of the U.S. I hope Motorhead opens. That would be one hell of a good show from open to close. Can you believe the pipes on old Ronnie, the man's still got it after all this time. Must make Ozzy and the his cunt/boss sharon jealous as hell.