RIDE FOR DIME Organizers: We've Been Scammed

March 19, 2008

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) will ***NOT*** perform at the fourth annual Ride For Dime charity concert which benefits Little Kids Rock. "This comes as devastating news to Ride For Dime," Rob Eichelberger, Vice President of Ride For Dime, Inc., told BLABBERMOUTH.NET in a statement. "We put our faith in a person that represented himself as 'Doug Goldstein', management for RJD. I actually paid a deposit to the gentleman to secure the date and he went so far as to give me his federal tax ID and have a signed contract from him of which I will post the signature page with all the info. Again we are very sorry to have misled anyone it was not done intentionally. I hope the RJD management will forgive any embarrassment our site may have caused them. We will pursue this matter."

Check out the signed documents (courtesy of Ride For Dime): Image#1, Image#2.

Ride For Dime (RFD) is an annual charity remembrance ride and concert event held in memory of the victims of the December 2004 Alrosa Villa shooting "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, Jeff Thompson, Nathan Bray and Erin Halk.

This year's concert will take place on Saturday, August 16 at an as-yet-undisclosed venue. Artists scheduled to appear include HABIT OF FORCE, BLOOD OF THE SUN, HELL GOAT and PUMPJACK.

For more information, visit RideForDime.com.

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