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NYC's Roseland Ballroom on Friday the 13th, of December 2002

The DIO band circa 2002 consists of long-time bassist Jimmy Bain, ex-AC/DC drummer Simon Wright, guitar player Doug Aldrich, and Scott Warren on keyboards. This incarnation of DIO are all accomplished musicians who put quite a polish on the DIO tunes of old. Both the new songs and the catalog material are performed heavily and tightly, with the band getting into the music physically spurring on and reacting to the worshipping audience. The show and performances are so on target that you forget the ages of Ronnie James Dio (who looks great!) and his bandmates. The feeling of watching EVIL OR DIVINE is like traveling back in time to those days where DIO was selling out Madison Square Garden. The music, the performances, the conviction; this DIO lineup certainly delivers the goods. The only thing that's missing is the mega-buck stage show of old; only the Roseland Ballroom's stage is too small for such antics. The band performs a ripping set, including not only DIO's hits and fan favorites, but also the songs he composed with RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH:

Killing the Dragon (title track of new album)
Egypt (from THE LAST IN LINE)
Children of the Sea (BLACK SABBATH classic)
Push (KILLING THE DRAGON)
Stand Up and Shout (from HOLY DIVER)
Rock & Roll (from KILLING THE DRAGON)
Don?t Talk to Strangers (from HOLY DIVER)
Man on the Silver Mountain (RAINBOW classic)
Long Live Rock & Roll (RAINBOW classic)
Lord of the Last Day (from the MAGICA album)
Fever Dreams (from MAGICA)
Holy Diver (DIO classic)
Heaven and Hell (BLACK SABBATH classic)
The Last in Line (DIO classic)
Rainbow in the Dark (from HOLY DIVER)
We Rock (from THE LAST IN LINE)

Note: Simon Wright performs a drum solo before Stand Up and Shout. Doug Aldrich shreds out some mean solos during Long Live Rock & Roll.

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