Dio To Play New Song Live; H&H Tour In February
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Dio fans are guaranteed something special when the band tour next month.
Check out Dio�s tour dates here.
Talking exclusively to Classic Rock, Ronnie James Dio revealed that
they�ll be playing a new song on tour.
�It�s called Electra, which will be released as a limited-edition
single, although I�m not sure as yet just how we intend to put it out.
�However, it was important to me that Dio didn�t just come over on the
back of the old material, but that we had something fresh to offer.�
Live, the band � also featuring guitarist Doug Aldrich, bassist Rudy
Sarzo, drummer Simon Wright and keyboard player Scott Warren � will be
concentrating on their own back catalogue this time around, with nothing
at all included from Black Sabbath.
�We�ll probably do a coupe of things from Rainbow, but there�s no point
in doing anything by Sabbath. I�ve been doing that with Heaven & Hell.
There are a lot of people out there who are fans of Dio the band, rather
than of me as the former singer with Rainbow and Black Sabbath, and for
them we�ll do some material we�ve not done for a long time from the Dio
era.�
The band are also planning a new album � or rather two. The aim is to
record these simultaneously next year.
�I want to finish the story started with the Magica album [released in
2000]. There are two parts left, and we�ll do those together. At moment,
though, I�m not sure when we�ll be recording. Part of the reason for
this is that there�s more happening with Heaven & Hell.�
On the H&H front, Classic Rock can reveal that Dio and his bandmates �
guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Vinny Appice �
will be touring the UK early next year.
�I�ve heard we�ll be over in February, and knowing the way things work
with this band we�ll probably do a lot more touring on the back of that.
Not that I�m complaining. Working with these guys again has just been so
much fun, and very rewarding. There are no egos getting in the way now.
We�ve all grown up a lot.
�I�m delighted with the reaction to our album [The Devil You Know]. We
knew it was good, but everyone has been so positive about it� � that�s
just so gratifying. The challenge now is to better it, and also to do
something a little different.�
As if all this wasn�t enough to keep the celebrated vocalist busy,
Ronnie Dio�s still working on his autobiography ["It's on the back
burner right now, because of everything else that's going on"], plus
there�s the real prospect of an Elf reunion.
�I�ve been talking to my cousin �Rock� [guitarist David 'Rock'
Feinstein] about getting that band back together, and it�s certainly on
the cards. But, as usual, it�s dependent on schedules coinciding.�
Elf were the band with whom Dio sung prior to joining Rainbow. They
released three studio albums, and Ronnie�s ambition is to re-record some
of those songs.
�I�d only want to do an Elf tour if we could come up with a new album.
That would include reworkings of some of the older songs, which I don�t
think we ever did justice in the studio, plus also a few new tracks.�
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