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Heaven and Hell Announce Tour Dates Posted By: David Priest, Editor In Chief March 8th, 2007 
Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will reunite for the first time in 15 years as Heaven
And Hell 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 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 the studio albums, Heaven And Hell
(1980), Mob Rules (1981) and Dehumanizer
(1992), as well as the newly recorded tracks. 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. Heaven And Hell, Megadeth, Machine Head tour dates: Apr. 24 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion Apr. 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Forum Apr. 26 - San Diego, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre Apr. 28 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion Apr. 29 - Denver, CO @ Broomfield Events Center May 01 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre May 02 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Pavillion May 03 - Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theater May 05 - Chicago, IL @ All State Arena May 06 - Minneapolis, MN @ Theatre @ Target Center May 08 - Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Arena May 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Arena May 11 - Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Amphitheatre May 12 - Detroit, MI @ Cobo Hall May 14 - Albany, NY @ Times Union Center May 15 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena May 17 - Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Arena May 18 - Baltimore, MD @ Merriweather Pavilion May 19 - Holmdell, NJ @ PNC Arts Center |