Ronnie James Dio would have turned 80 years old on July 10. To celebrate this historic day, the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood will host At The Rainbow In The Dark, a special event for Dio family, friends, and fans, on July 7 from 7-9PM PT. The event will be open to the public with limited capacity. Click here for more details. At The Rainbow In The Dark will be hosted by one of Dio’s dear friends, SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk, who will spend the evening in conversation with some of Dio’s musical collaborators and friends, with a full list to be announced soon. […]
Ronnie James Dio
Dio ‘Holy Diver: Super Deluxe Edition’ Announced
Rhino celebrates Ronnie James Dio’s 80th Birthday with a 4-CD collection featuring remixed and remastered versions of Dio’s 1983 Platinum debut, along with unreleased outtakes, live recordings, and rarities Joe Barresi’s newly remixed version of ‘Holy Diver‘ will also be available as a 2-LP set on clear vinyl. Both ‘Holy Diver‘ releases will be available on July 8th, 2022. The new […]
Michael Schenker Group Release New Single ‘A King Has Gone’ Feat. Michael Kiske (Helloween)
The rock anthem ‘A King Has Gone’, taken from MSG’s new album ‘Universal’, and its intro ‘Calling Baal’, also available on ‘Universal’, both have a special significance: The track, sung by Helloween frontman Michael Kiske, is a tribute to the immortal Ronnie James Dio, and in particular to his performance on the 1976 hard rock classic ‘Rainbow Rising‘. For this reason, Michael Schenker has brought together an original Rainbow rhythm section consisting […]
Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell And Mob Rules Deluxe Editions Available March 5th
Singer Ronnie James Dio joined Black Sabbath in 1979 which resulted in two back-to-back classic albums: ‘Heaven And Hell‘ and ‘Mob Rules‘. On those memorable albums, Dio’s soaring tenor and gothic songwriting were the perfect foil for the band’s bone-crushing mix of razor-sharp riffs, intense grooves, and dark imagery. Rhino salutes the long shadow cast by this short-lived lineup with newly […]
LeRoi XIII & Metal Community Record Benefit Cover Of Dio Classic ‘Stand Up And Shout’
The list of metal classics that the late/great Ronnie James Dio was responsible for penning or co-penning is endless– ‘Man on the Silver Mountain‘, ‘Heaven and Hell‘, ‘Holy Diver‘, ‘Rainbow in the Dark‘, ‘The Last in Line‘, etc. And now, in honor of the man (who passed away in 2010 at the age of 67, […]
Head Transfer Process – Stargazer. A Ronnie James Dio tribute.
In the Winter of 2011 the idea was conceived to do a remake of Rainbow‘s epic track “Stargazer“. The guys in Head Transfer Process, always with the drive to combine classic prog elements with metal stylings, were naturally attracted to the concept. The price is $1.99 – but you have the option to pay above […]
The Passing Of A Legend
Ronnie James Dio (Elf, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Rainbow) has lost his battle with stomach cancer at the age of 67. His wife/manager Wendy Dio has updated the Dio website with the following: “Today (May 16th) my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private […]
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