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Can’t make it to Europe this June for one of the seven Sonisphere “Big Four” shows featuring us along with Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax? No problem . . . we’ve got the next best thing through the magic of satellite technology with a special HD simulcast from Sofia, Bulgaria on June 22!
Ronnie James Dio
There will be a Public Memorial Service for Ronnie James Dio on Sunday, May 30th at 2:00 PM at The Hall Of Liberty located at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068.
This will be a celebration of the life and music of Ronnie James Dio and is open to all of his friends and fans from around the world.
For those of you that will be flying in from out of town or out of the country, we have made special rates at various local hotels available to you! Just got to our official Facebook Page for hotel information!
I came of stage in Zagreb with the biggest smile on my face because I/Volbeat had just been playing a great show with Metallica. My drummer Jon Larsen was the first guy in the dressing room after the show, and he looked at me with a very sad face and said : Michael, DIO is dead. And I went into a black empty hole in my mind. WHAT, FUUUUUUUUCK, was the first words. Jon knew I was , and still is a very big Dio fan. It almost felt like the Heavy Metal scene music died that second and everything will be over. Because WHO the hell’s gonna take over the greatest voice of all time in heavy metal music history? HE WAS THE CHOSEN ONE , THE BEST, AND FOR REAL. For me DIO was the greatest songwriter and front man a heavy Rock band could wish for. He sang like he was 20 years old to the end, I was asking myself every time I saw him live, how the hell does he do that? DIO was the was the first Heavy thing I was listening to. His work in Elf, DIO, RANBOW, BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL truly inspired me and will do for the rest of my life. There was only one king of ROCK’N’ROLL = ELVIS PRESLEY. And there was only one KING of heavy Rock Music = Ronnie James Dio. And there will be no one like him again, his throne will be empty. Dio will be missed forever, may you rest in peace Ronnie, we will all proud keep the horns up and the DIO flag high. I wish you a good and safe journey, follow the rainbow.
With love and respect Michael Schøn Poulsen / Volbeat
All Access Magazine interview with Michael Poulsen from the studio.
http://allaccessmagazine.com/2010/05/13/michael-poulsen-volbeat/
We’re really happy to announce that our forthcoming album “Beyond Hell/Above Heaven” will be released in Germany on September 10th and in most parts of Europe and UK on September 13th by Vertigo/Universal.
We’ve just left the studio and are on the road with Metallica these days, while the mixing of the album is well on its way. And we’re equally thrilled to present a handful of European dates – first up is Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria.
We’re bringing the biggest live production we’ve ever toured with, a fistful of new songs, a bunch of classics and hunger for some serious “Halle” action. The dates are: