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THE BAND
- Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
- Tony Iommi - Guitar
- Geezer Butler - Bass
- Vinny Appice - Drums
- Scott Warren - Keyboards
SET LIST
- After All (The Dead)
- Mob Rules
- Children of the Sea
- Lady Evil
- I
- Sign of the Southern Cross
- Voodoo
- The Devil Cried
- Drum Solo
- Computer God
- Falling off the Edge of the World
- Shadow of the Wind
- Die Young
- Heaven and Hell
- Encore: Neon Knights
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FAN SUBMITTED TOUR REVIEWS & REMARKS
from Jay Wilcox <JWilcox@twelve.tv>
to siegler@black-sabbath.com
date May 7, 2007 12:19 PM
subject Concert review/ Mpls, MN USA 5/6/07
I didn’t see opener
Machine Head. Megadeth was good, and drew a stronger crowd response than
Sabbath. Arena was probably less than half full. Apparently not as many
people love these guys as I do!
After All seemed an
odd choice for an opener; too slow and unfamiliar to many fans.
Things picked up with
Mob Rules and Children of the Sea. “I” is my favorite track on
Dehumanizer and Ronnie delivered it with appropriate anger, perhaps
because he was pissed at people who tossed a plastic bottle on stage.
Sign of the Southern Cross was outstanding and Computer God as well. I
was really happy to hear Falling off the Edge of the World; it gets my
vote as underrated classic of Dio era. I don’t really like how Ronnie
sings Heaven and Hell; the original recorded version is too perfect to
mess with and it never sounds as good live.
They played for just
under two hours (about double what the shows with Ozzy have been
lately). It was a very good show, just short of great. Not a whole lot
of interaction between the guys or anything. They almost seemed like
business partners instead of old friends. Unfortunately I couldn’t see
Geezer for much of the show because speakers were blocking our view of
him.
Definitely a show
worth seeing and the setlist was just about what I would have chosen for
them (except a more up-tempo opener.)
from Robert Landvik <starwars_ww2@yahoo.com>
to siegler@black-sabbath.com
date May 7, 2007 3:24 PM
subject Concert Review May 6th 2007 MN, Target Center Heaven and Hell!
With Ticket Stub
OH MAN!!!! DIO at the Minnesota Target
Center once again on his Heaven and Hell 2007 Tour!! But we still call
them BLACK SABBATH!!
Opening Acts where Machine Head and the great Megadeth!
Machine Head really got the blood flowing getting the crowed into a
frenzy!!!! and they had paid a tribute to a dear friend of theirs
Dimebag Darrell!
Megadeth on next really got us headbangers goin!!!! They got us standing
and really warmed us up for the next band up!!! BLACK SABBATH!!
And right when those house lights of the Target Center went to black and
the speakers blarred the first tone of E5150 sounded the Target Center
was then in Hell!!!!! Dio then took us on a running riot round trip from
Earth and to Heaven and Hell and back!!!! It was one of the greatest
expirances i have had in my whole life!!!! The crowd participation in
Heaven and Hell was just fantasic!!! especially in the begining! he did
the OHHOHH ohh even when Ronnie never told us to do anything!!!!!!! It
was one hell of a concert begining the night with After All (The Dead)
and ending with Neon Knights!!!! It was just fenominal!!!!
Rob. L
from "Davis, Tony X (GE Money)" <Anthony.X.Davis@ge.com>
to siegler@black-sabbath.com
date May 10, 2007 4:11 PM
subject Heaven And Hell 5/6/07 Minneapolis, MN Target Center Concert
Review
Wow am I sore right now and this is two
days later! I'm pretty sure I did more headbanging Sunday night than I
probably ever have in my life. My neck and lower back would surely
agree. Three hours straight almost non stop! If I even came close to
giving back half the energy that was coming off of the stage Sunday
night I'd be happy though. If I had to do it all over again I can
guarantee you I would too. Pain be damned!
I'm talking of course about the fact that I went to the Machine Head/Megadeth/Heaven
And Hell show on Sunday night at Target Center. I can say without a
doubt that this was the best show I've ever seen. I've been to hundreds
of shows in my lifetime, but I have never once seen a performance as
(hate to sound cheesy here but I'm going to anyway) magical as this one.
Ronnie James Dio is my all-time favorite singer. The minute I heard that
the guys in Sabbath were reuniting with Dio to do a tour a few months
back I nearly had a coronary. I stated then that I would have traveled
to Guam to go see this show, and after Heaven And Hell's performance
Sunday night, I can honestly say that it would have been 100% worth it
even if I had been forced to go that far! So with my anticipation for
this show well known I want to make it perfectly clear that I was
slightly concerned that it might not live up to my expectations. Not
because I have EVER been let down by Dio or the Sabbath guys even once
live either. I've seen them all multiple times before this show (with
Dio's solo band, and of course Sabbath with Ozzy) and they've always
been nothing less than fantastic. No, it was because I had built this
show up for so long in my head that I didn't possibly think it could
live up to my godlike expectations. Thanks for proving my worries to be
not only unnecessary, but also a little bit foolish guys...This band
absolutely destroyed on Sunday night. To think that these guys are all
in their late fifties, or in the astonishing case of Dio mid sixties, is
truly fucking amazing! They played with a fire and level of
professionalism that I would think hard rock/metal bands young and old
would kill to have.
I've seen Sabbath with Ozzy many times, but after seeing this show there
is clearly no reason that lineup ever needs to trot out the same stale
10 song setlist ever again. Nothing against Ozzy, but he's clearly lost
a step and should just stick with his solo career. These guys should end
Sabbath on a note as high as the one I saw on Sunday night. We all know
that probably isn't going to happen because of the Ozzman's wife, but
that's another issue altogether that I will not even bother with in this
review. I want to remain positive here.
The bottom line is Tony "Riff God" Iommi and Geezer "Low End Lord"
Butler were clearly enjoying themselves just as much as the rabid crowd
that was witnessing this special event. I haven't seen them having that
much fun at ANY of the Sabbath performances with Ozzy, and quite
frankly, I as a member of the audience haven't either. The three studio
albums worth of material with Dio (Heaven And Hell, The Mob Rules, and
1992's Dehumanizer) have been favorites of mine for many years now. Not
a week goes by where I don't listen to at least one or all of these
gems. I wondered how they would come across in a live setting, and I can
tell you they sounded as monstrously heavy as they do on the al> bums to
these ears. Dio was pitch perfect (as usual) and the band was extremely
tight. Even though they were competing with Target Center's notoriously
muddy sound, everything still sounded amazing. As I predicted to Brenda,
I knew I would have tears in my eyes when they played "Children Of The
Sea". This song has a very special meaning for me as it got me through a
very tough time I was having with something many years back. It made me
realize that I was not the only one who had ever felt that way (whether
that was Dio's intention with his lyrics or not doesn't matter to me) so
it was almost surreal for me to be hearing it live when I never in a
million years thought I would. Dio has played snippets of it in a medley
a couple of times when I've seen his solo performances, but to hear the
actual Dio era Sabbath band playing it together was a whole different
story. That is something I will never forget for as long as I live! It's
not very often you get something that personal out of a rock show, and I
can definitely appreciate that. Even though I know they'll never read
this, I would like to thank Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinnie
Appice from the bottom of my black heart for delivering what will be the
best ever live performance I ever get to see. This is how it's supposed
to be done folks.
Heaven And Hell setlist:
* After All (The Dead)
* The Mob Rules
* Children of the Sea
* Lady Evil
* I
* The Sign of the Southern Cross
* Voodoo
* The Devil Cried
* Vinny Appice Drum Solo
* Computer God
* Falling Off the Edge of the World
* Shadow of the Wind
* Iommi Solo
* Die Young
* Heaven and Hell
Encore:
* Neon Knights
I definitely do want to bring one thing up that annoyed me when Heaven
And Hell first started playing before I move on. During their opening
song "After All (The Dead)", some moron who apparently doesn't have a
brain in their head decided it would be a good idea to throw two plastic
cups at Dio. Why people do things like this at rock shows never ceases
to baffle and infuriate me. What purpose does throwing things at a
performer serve? I've stood in front of many bands I don't like, and I
wouldn't even dream of doing something so completely idiotic. If you
don't like the band, than why (especially if they're headlining) are you
still here you piece of garbage? Thankfully Dio handled it like a pro
and basically said when the song was done that if anyone saw someone
throwing something they should "take care of it for him". I never saw
anything thrown up there after that, and if someone did try, I hope they
got the shit beaten out of them. That would be the only bad thing that
happened at the show and thankfully didn't ruin it in any way for me. It
just caused me a few moments of anger at whatever fool it was that
pulled that little stunt...
I haven't forgotten about Megadeth and Machine head opening this show
either. I'm a huge fan of both bands, but the night was about Heaven And
Hell for me! They were just cherries on top, but they both delivered
solid performances.
Megadeth pounded through a blistering set with quite a few classic songs
mixed in. They even played three songs from my favorite Megadeth album
(Rust In Peace) so I definitely enjoyed their set. The new band Dave's
put together is definitely solid, and I can tell he knows what a huge
task he has ahead of him opening for the likes of Heaven And Hell! He's
playing with a ferocity that I haven't seen out of him in a while. He
hardly talked in between songs, and I'm sure this is because of the fact
that it's obvious that they want the opening bands on this tour sticking
with the set times. I have to admit to being curious as to why Dave
decided to open the set with a brand new one (Sleepwalker) though. The
album isn't even out yet so that seemed odd to me. I would think you
would want to get the crowd pumped up with a fan favorite right out of
the gate. I know there were a lot of Megadeth fans there, but I still
thought it was kind of a strange choice. Still a gr> eat set though and
I can't wait to pick up the new album next Tuesday. Brenda and I did
have one odd thing happen during Megadeth's set that I should point out
before I move on. Some guy (in a Megadeth shirt no less?!?!) had the
audacity to attempt to ask us if we could "please sit down"...Before I
could even get the full "YOU'RE AT A F'ING METAL SHOW, FORGET IT PAL"
out he already retreated with a "never mind" and sulked back to his
seat. I still can't believe the guy even bothered to ask that. I made
sure to shoot him a couple deserved dirty looks after that. I understand
this was an older crowd but give me a break! He has to know that was a
pretty douchey move. Either way though Megadeth kicked ass as usual and
that's the important part.
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