Dio tour...

[BlindGuardianKill]

Budgie are great hard rock style. Very much old school and I would agree ahead of their time early 70s thru to the 80s. Went quite commercial in the end. Great cover art work for any of you into that aspect too.

Ps. and let me correct that it was actually "White" Widow that supported Dio in Sydney. WW drummer Nash went on to play in a later version of Mortal Sin.

 

[Bucko]

thanks guys

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Maiden covered a Budgie song - I Can't See My Feelings. I get the feeling there was another one but I can't remember what it was.

That is one of my favs from the Best Of The B-sides album.

 

[Winmar]

If Dio came out here he'd better not play at the Palace, because he just wouldn't be visible to anyone from the third row back.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

DIO To Play 'Holy Diver' In Its Entirety On Upcoming U.K. Tour - Feb. 28, 2005

According to a posting on Live 4 Metal, DIO's upcoming U.K. tour is being billed as "An Evening With Dio" tour and it will feature no opening acts. DIO will perform two live sets at each concert, including not only a host of classic songs from across his huge back catalogue, but also his classic 1983 solo debut, "Holy Diver", in its entirety. Confimed dates are as follows:

Oct. 09 - Sheffield, UK @ Foundry
Oct. 10 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
Oct. 11 - Norwich, UK @ UEA
Oct. 13 - Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle University
Oct. 14 - Glasgow, UK @ Academy
Oct. 15 - Manchester, UK @ Academy
Oct. 17 - Exeter, UK @ Exeter University
Oct. 18 - Bristol, UK @ Academy
Oct. 20 - Southampton, UK @ Guildhall
Oct. 21 - Birmingham, UK @ Carling Academy
Oct. 22 - London, UK @ Astoria

As previously reported, DIO's 2005 tour schedule is being worked out now and it looks like the band will be playing South America in April, Asia in May, European festivals in June and July, Russia in September and the U.K. in October, followed by Christmas shows in Germany in December. An anthology of all the DIO videos, entitled "Stand Up & Shout", will be released in June. DIO's new live album, "Evil or Divine: Live in New York City", has just been issued via Spitfire Records. This is the companion CD to the DVD released in 2003.

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Sounds cool. Although the setlist he has been playing lately is awesome anyway. Go Ronnie!