Heaven & Hell Update

The Devil You Know

With the last show of the US tour wrapped up at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, August 29th, 2009  in support of their awesome album ‘The Devil You Know’ (see my review) Heaven & Hell is on hiatus while guitarist Tony Iommi recovers from hand surgery. (see the video about the making of  ‘The Devil You Know’ below).

Here’s an excerpt from a recent interview with legendary guitarist Tony Iommi regarding his hand surgery with JJ Koczan of The Aquarian Weekly below:

The Aquarian Weekly: Do you know what you’re doing after this U.S. run?

Tony Iommi

Iommi: After this U.S. run, yes, we’re going to have some time off. I’ve got to have an operation on my hand, and that’s sort of a major thing I need to get done and I’ve been putting it off now. So we’re going to have some time off while I get that done. That’ll be a bit of a break, I think. Not for everybody, but it’ll be some time off from touring for me for sure.

The Aquarian Weekly: What happened to your hand?

Iommi: The cartilage is gone from the thumb in my fingering hand. It’s been like that now, to be honest, for a year and I’ve been taking anti-inflammatories and all sorts of stuff to try and calm it down, but it’s inevitable I’ve got to have the operation because the bone is rubbing on the bone. Funny enough, I talked to Eddie Van Halen this morning, because he’s had the same sort of problem, so I’m seeing him to have a chat about what happened to him. He thinks it’s very successful, so we’ll see.

Click here for the entire interview.

In the meantime lead vocalist, Ronnie James Dio is touring Europe with his band mates, Doug Aldrich (guitar) Rudy Sarzo (bass) Simon Wright (drums) and Scott Warren (keyboards).

Below is the latest in the series of videos from the last night of the tour that just ended. This one is cool, it’s Damian (of Black Sabbath.com) onstage a few hours before the concert, showing where the various bits of equipment for the band members are, and shows you some places you would probably never see otherwise. It’s a really cool little tour of the stage area.

One Response to “Heaven & Hell Update”

1. Chrystal Hotaki says:

   June 9, 2010 at 10:16 am

   One of Metal’s true forefathers. He will never be forgotten and only missed. Rock on Dio!