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QUEENSRŸCHE Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

July 18, 2010

Fan-filmed video footage of Seattle progressive hard rockers QUEENSRŸCHE performing a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Neon Knights" as a tribute to legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) on July 17, 2010 at this year's edition of Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany can be viewed below.

QUEENSRŸCHE previously recorded a version of "Neon Knights" for its November 2007 collection of covers, "Take Cover", which sold 5,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 173 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Back in May, QUEENSRŸCHE released the following statement regarding the passing of Ronnie James Dio:

"Ronnie James Dio was undoubtedly one of heavy metal's greatest performers and will continue to influence the world of heavy metal forever. He was certainly a very big influence on QUEENSRŸCHE and along the way became a cherished friend too. We will all miss him greatly, but Ronnie will live on every time we raise our metal horns high! The man on the silver mountain will always be our rainbow in the dark."

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