January 22, 2007
First Official Tour 2007 Confirmation
The official word came down on the Canadian dates from band management today. Here’s the detail from their newsletter:
Putting to bed the longstanding rumours of a reunion tour, Heaven and Hell have announced their first tour dates for 2007. The tour will feature 11 Canadian shows, along with an exciting one-night-only performance at one of the most prestigious venues in the world, New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Heaven and Hell reunites Tony Iommi with Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice for the first time in 15 years.
Currently there are 12 scheduled stops, starting on March 11 in Vancouver and ending on March 30 in New York City. The ‘Heaven And Hell’ world tour will continue until the end of the year with shows in the US, Asia and Europe. Additional dates will be announced shortly.
Multi-platinum recording artist Megadeth will be joining the tour, and previewing never before heard material from their upcoming release on Roadrunner Records, United Abominations. The tour also brings the return of Down, featuring Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown from Pantera, as well as Pepper Keenan of COC. This will undisputedly be the most anticipated rock tour of 2007.
The heavy metal icons are also scheduled to release a new anthology entitled Black Sabbath: The Dio Years. Anticipated release date is 3rd April 2007 on Rhino/Warner Bros. Records.
Here are the confirmed tour dates:
March 11: Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
March 13: Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
March 14: Calgary, AB – Saddledome
March 16: Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
March 18: Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
March 20: Sault St. Marie – Steelback Centre
March 22: Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
March 24: London, ON – John Labatt Centre
March 26: Montreal, PQ – Bell Centre
March 27: Quebec City, PQ – Colisee Pepsi Arena
March 28: Ottawa, ON – Civic Centre
March 30: New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
P.S.
Die Box soll wohl doch ein paar neue Tracks + alte Demos enthalten; sehr spannend. Die einzige unbekanntere Studioaufnahme von Sabbath mit Dio, welche einigemaßen selten ist, ist die Alternativversion von „Letters from earth“ (B-Seite TV-Crimes). „Dream Killer“ ist ebenfalls ein unveröffentlichter Song aus 1991/92. Ich finde sie hätten sich ruhig „Black Sabbath“ nennen können. YES hießen ja auch immer (O.K. einmal auch ABWH) YES, egal mit wem oder was.
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