BLACK SABBATH NEWS

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From www.black-sabbath.com:

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:

Tony Iommi

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 U.S., 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 April 3, 2007 on Rhino/Warner Bros. Records.

The Iommi.com camp also released ticket pre-sale information, here are those details:

As we said in our mailout last week, we will be running a presale facility for fans of Tony and Heaven & Hell. The presale will start on Wednesday, 24th January 2007 at 12 noon EST (which is 5pm UK time), two days before the tickets go on general sale. To access the presale site go to: heavenandhell.frontgatetickets.com.

You will need to register for the site to purchase tickets. Tickets are limited to 6 per person. Please note that this presale is for fans of all four members of Heaven & Hell, not just Iommi.com members, so we're expecting considerable demand for the tickets, particularly for the New York show, and can't guarantee that everyone will be successful. Good luck!

http://www.black-sabbath.com

[Published on: 1/23/07]

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Comments

MFF0RD6

Tue 1/23/2007 11:25AM

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great lineup - sabbath, megadeth, down. but no west coast yet :(

Whiggy

Tue 1/23/2007 11:33AM

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I think it's interesting that their touring with Dio as their singer this time around. I didn't think anybody actually liked Sabbath after Ozzy left.

Rebacreates Tue 1/23/2007 12:28PM

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Holy Shit!!

Thats fucking awesome!!

livin_grateful

Tue 1/23/2007 12:34PM

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No Ozzy?

m00ns

Tue 1/23/2007 12:39PM

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wtf no ozzy

Astronaut Jones

Tue 1/23/2007 01:14PM

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Okay so where are the haters bashing jambase for having an article on Sabbath??????? Too soon?

Bylimb Tue 1/23/2007 01:17PM

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You're a bunch of nay-sayers...Waaaaaa! no Ozzy?
Ronnie James Dio is the f--cking man! Yeah, maybe they were not as popular after Ozzy left, but they still rocked! Ozzy is getting too old, besides the first amazing Ozzfest in '97, Ozzy sounded weaker and weaker each time around. They practically had to change the key of every Sabbath song! New old Sabbath Bloody Sabbath!!!

jhrt3349 Tue 1/23/2007 01:23PM

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bro i saw Sabbath at Ozzfest 05.... Ozzy really really sucked bad. This is a veryyy smart move indeed.

Luthur

Tue 1/23/2007 01:42PM

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Ozzy is done. He's been done. He's actually been dead for 5 years but Sharon keeps rolling his stuffed ass out there. I'm sure the rest of the guys would rather tour with talent this late in their careers. They don't need Ozzy for the paycheck.

Don't ever speak ill of Ronnie James Dio.

blower

Tue 1/23/2007 01:55PM

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But, but, but they are not a jamband, why are we discussing them!! You are all just a bunch of rednecks or some shit like that. What about Trey, the article does not mention Trey or the Biscuits. Worst peice of shit article ever. (Sarcasm off!) Sorry, it just did not seem like a jambase forum without it.

Ozzy claims a Black Sabbath tour is in the works as well. Presumably why they are not touring as Sabbath. We can only hope. Bring on the US dates for Heavan and Hell and then Sabbath! After seeing both then we can duke it out over who was better. One thing for sure if Geezer and Iommi are playing together it won't really matter who sings, Sabbath kills it.

banjo45 Tue 1/23/2007 02:19PM

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all well and good, but where's Bill Ward

Boedi

Tue 1/23/2007 02:52PM

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To anybody that doesn't think Black Sabbath is not a "Jamband",I recommend the following: Go on to DB.etree,and do a trade with someone that has a Sabbath show.Some of the especially 1973-77 shows are very improvisational--Long,long Jams,Lots of extended versions of songs,etc.

TimCorcoran

Tue 1/23/2007 04:09PM

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ooooh yes, the music keeps on rolling along!!! This tour sounds like fun indeed!!!

jahrome17

Tue 1/23/2007 04:41PM

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Hm, I guess I should be bashing Jambase for having an article on Sabbathd...but I'm not. They are legit. Some of their old stuff is incredible - and they do jam. I don't know if they can still hold their own, but I can say that they are Jambase worthy.

custiechump Tue 1/23/2007 09:38PM

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ozzy was better on tv...

BlowsAgainsttheEmpire Wed 1/24/2007 03:54AM

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Saw Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Bill, Tony, & Geezer (from 6th row center). *AND a vocalist and also a keyboardist* behind the curtain. The vocalist WAS needed to help Ozzy. Still a good show. Dios voice is in good shape still.

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Wed 1/24/2007 05:45AM

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$‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^› {¬¿¬}$

This will be some sick ass shows. If I didnt live in the SE, I would certainly find a way to attend at least one of these shows. peace ya'll

FormulaOBX Wed 1/24/2007 05:56AM

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C.O.C. kicks major ass......

dedhed6111

Wed 1/24/2007 07:51AM

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ALL BOW DOWN TO THE MIGHTY AND POWERFUL DIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously though Dio is the fucking shit.

livin_grateful Wed 1/24/2007 08:30AM

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Ozzy made Black Sabbath for who they are, y replace the orginal singer?

Lespaulman

Wed 1/24/2007 08:53AM

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HELL YEAH!!!!
Down, Megadeth...shit, I'd pay top $$ just to see them together! Then you throw a little Sabbath with DIO??? WOW! Do you think he'll whip out Holy Diver?

Road To Shambala Wed 1/24/2007 09:04AM

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Sabbath- Original Jam Band

Bill Ward opted out of this show and will only do a full Sabbath reunion tour/album.

Ozzy is done, its a shame it was "real drugs" that did him in mentally not the recreational ones. Thanks Zoloft. A full Sabbath reunion circa 85 would have been the shit.

jackiesoup

Wed 1/24/2007 09:56AM

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Canada dates comfirmed first - The way it should be.
I liked the Dio years almost as much as the original lineup. Looks like these guys did not DIE YOUNG.
See you in T.O.

Heyguy1987

Wed 1/24/2007 10:37PM

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SWIFT ROBINSON. THE SABBBATH IS GREAT> LOOK UP SWIFT ROBINSON ON JAMBASE. they are amazing, the new sabbath in otherwords

JakeCinningerisgod

Thu 1/25/2007 09:48PM

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Love Black Sabbath but boknows original jam band dont make us all laught dude

skunkape Sun 1/28/2007 11:33PM

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Mob Rules.

Jack Straw Berry

Wed 1/31/2007 05:46PM

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r u kidding? not a jamband...go listen to live at last...and various other early/mid 70s recordings...where do you think wolfmother, deadmeadow, (and several other bands less obviously like my morning jacket, and even our beloved mother hips) cop those blues/headbanger riffs? yes, poor man's zeppelin, but classic riff rock...something that makes the world a better place (plus you gotta love that everyone thinks they are satanic...haven't they ever listened to children of the grave? "tell the world that love is still alive you must be brave...or you children of the world are children of the grave" Bring on the industrial euro blues jam!

Jack Straw Berry Wed 1/31/2007 05:48PM

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oops forgot to mention that ronnie is a parody of spinal tap...other than that, sabbath rules!

ps: ian gillan...now there was the ozzy replacement back on the born again tour!

sunnbear Fri 3/9/2007 10:55AM

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I saw Sabbath several times in the 70's. The music was always great. Sometimes Ozzy would blow you away, other times he was just blown away! That man could make Tony Montana blush with the amount of cocaine he could do. Ozzy would manically pace from one end of the stage to the other, occasionally diappearing stage left and returning with powder covering his face. The only words that he could form for the next 10-15 minutes seemed to be "I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ALL!!" This, my friends, is when Sabbath became a jam band. They had no choice, but to continue playing until Ozzy quit grinding his teeth and could sing again. Wow...Ozzy was a beast! Horribly reduced to a comic book character in his latter years. SAD!!!