RONNIE JAMES DIO: ROCK HARD Interview To Air On Thursday

An audio interview with Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, ELF, HEAVEN AND HELL) will air on Thursday, September 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST / 8:00 p.m. CET at Hard Rock Radio Live. The interview was conducted by DJ Painkiller (real name: Orpheus Spiliotopoulos) of the Greek edition of the Rock Hard magazine on June 30, 2007 at the Rockwave festival in Greece prior to HEAVEN AND HELL's headlining appearance that day. This particular interview has already been published and is part of the magazine's special issue on BLACK SABBATH, currently available all over Greece. The interview is approximately 25 minutes long and will air in four parts during DJ Painkiller's show (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.). Orpheus Spiliotopoulos commented: "It was a great honor getting to chat with one of rock and metal's actual fathers! Dio is one of the friendliest, humble and kindest human beings out there. I think people will really enjoy what he had to tell me, especially the parts during which he spoke about his future with BLACK SABBATH, the upcoming sequel to [DIO's] 'Magica' and a new HEAR N' AID effort!"

HEAVEN AND HELL's "Live At Radio City Music Hall" DVD has been certified gold in the United States for sales in excess of 25,000 copies. The accompanying two-disc CD set, which also came out on August 28, is available for streaming in its entirety at MP3.com.

As previously reported, the "Live At Radio City Music Hall" two-disc CD set and DVD has registered the following first-week chart positions:

Music DVD charts:

Sweden: #1
Finland: #1
Greece: #1
Germany: #2
UK: #2
Norway: #4
Holland: #12
USA: #2

Album charts:

Germany #18 (Media Control Chart)
UK: #22 (Rock & Metal Album Chart)
Greece: #27
Switzerland: #77 (Media Control Chart)

Four preview clips from the "Live At Radio City Music Hall" DVD are available for viewing at the Clear Channel Music web site. Check out the songs "Falling off the Edge Of the World", "Shadow of the Wind", "Die Young" and "Heaven and Hell" at this location.

HEAVEN AND HELL's "Live From Radio City Music Hall" is available at regular retail outlets both as a two-disc CD set and as a DVD for a suggested list price of $19.98 and $19.99 respectively.

"Live From Radio City Music Hall" captures the band bashing its way through some of the Dio era's best including "Mob Rules", "Die Young", "Neon Knights", "Children Of The Sea" and an epic 15-minute-plus version of "Heaven And Hell". The quartet also performed a pair of new songs — the hit single "The Devil Cried" and "Shadow Of The Wind". Both songs debuted earlier this year on "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years" (Rhino/Warner Bros. Records),the first comprehensive introduction to the Dio era's legacy. The DVD includes the entire show shot in breathtaking HD as well as a tour documentary and other bonus footage.