Iron Maiden and Heaven & Hell to play Dublin

IRON maiden are kicking off their European Tour in Dublin's O2 Arena with special guests Heaven & Hell a.k.a. Dio era Sabbath.

Date is 30th July...

Tickets on sale next Friday, with pre-sale for Fan Club members on Tuesday, priced 67.50 euros incl/ booking fee.

Official MCD release here.

More later!

Heaven and Hell problem

On a Bank Holiday, with rain pounding the DIY task at hand...organising the CDs (yes I am the sad one who puts them in alphabetical order). Problem: Heaven and Hell should be filed under 'H' but everyone knows it is Black Sabbath and would be known as that but for the law suit filed by Sharon Osbourne preventing anyone using the Sabbath name without Ozzy in the line-up.

Should I defer to Ms Osbourne's legal posturing, or file it with the rest of the Sabbath CDs where it belongs?

PS: It's a damn fine album...could even be said to be the album that should have been made after Mob Rules.

Returning to their roots

Download appears to be returning to its roots as a mainly hard rock and metal festival. Latest acts to be confirmed are Whitesnake and Def Leppard. Add into the mix headliners Heaven and Hell and Slipknot, and a line -up already including Motley Crue, Korn, Dragonforce, and Devildriver signs are that there will be a harder line-up than it has been for many a year now. Granted The Prodigy and Pendulum are also going to be there on the weekend June 12-14, but that gives a chance for a break to the beer tent!

Heaven and Hell for Download

Strong indications are that Heaven And Hell will play this year's Download Festival, which happens from June 12-14 at Donington. Rumours are the band - albeit Sabbath without the monicker - will be appearing on the first day.

The Dio, Iommi, Butler, Appice combination will be releasing a new album beforehand.