Heaven And Hell To Cross Canada With At Least Three New Songs

02/15/07 6:30pm

Just like The Police, the Ozzy Osbourne-less Black Sabbath reunion known as Heaven And Hell will begin their world tour in Vancouver.

Singer Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Vinny Appice will tour together for the first time in 15 years. The diminutive Dio replaced Osbourne as Sabbath's frontman in 1979 before leaving in 1982 to lead his own band, but he returned in 1991 and lasted until 1993. The first incarnation of the band with Dio recorded the Heaven And Hell album in 1980, so they've adopted it as their new band name.

Megadeth and Down (featuring Pantera's Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown and Corrosion Of Conformity's Pepper Keenan) will open all of the shows.

A Rhino compilation titled Black Sabbath: The Dio Years will be released on April 3 to coincide with the tour. It will include three new studio tracks ("The Devil Cried," "Shadow Of The Wind" and "Ear In The Wall") as well as catalogue material.

Here are Heaven And Hell's Canadian tour dates:
March 11 Vancouver, BC @ P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum
March 13 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
March 14 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
March 16 Regina, SK @ Brandt Centre
March 18 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
March 20 Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ Steelback Centre
March 22 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
March 24 London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
March 26 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
March 27 Quebec City, QC @ Colisee Pepsi
March 28 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Civic Centre Arena

Here are the songs on Black Sabbath: The Dio Years:
"Neon Knights"
"Lady Evil"
"Heaven And Hell"
"Die Young"
"Lonely Is The Word"
"The Mob Rules"
"Turn Up The Night"
"Voodoo"
"Falling Off The Edge Of The World"
"After All (The Dead)"
"TV Crimes"
"I"
"Children Of The Sea" (live)
"The Devil Cried"
"Shadow Of The Wind"
"Ear In The Wall"