I may get tickets to the tour Black Sabbath/Dio are doing. Is anybody else planning on going if/when it gets to their area? I tolerated a full day of Ozzfest crap a couple years ago to catch the original Sabbath lineup.
FACT: Tony Martin is truly underrated. Listening to this post-Dio sabbath stuff these days, and it's clear that Martin was the perfect follow up to Dio.
although i haven't heard the entire album, i know cross purposes has at least one good song ("immaculate deception") and therefore is probably worth buying considering you can likely get it for $0.10 on eBay
edit: and the song is super cool too. tony iommi is 60 years, invented heavy metal in something like 1968, and still writes these fucking riffs? this guy is the MAN.