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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:15:35 GMT en-US hourly 1 https://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2011/09/WGRD_LOGO-v2.png Ronnie James Dio > 97.9 WGRD https://wgrd.com Carbon 20 Best Rock + Metal Entertainers of the 1980s https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/best-rock-metal-entertainers-1980s/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:53:08 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> YouTube: Guns N' Roses / YouTube: Van Halen / YouTube: Bruce Springsteen https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000576350 wgrd.com grand-rapids Megadeth, Anthrax, RATM Members + More Roll for the Cause at 2023 Bowl for Ronnie – PHOTOS https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/megadeth-anthrax-ratm-members-more-2023-bowl-for-ronnie-photos/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:16:45 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Stephanie Cabral Photography (3) https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000573941 wgrd.com grand-rapids Wendy Dio Shares Her Favorite Late Era Dio Song https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/wendy-dio-favorite-late-era-dio-song/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:50:28 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Chad Childers, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000572654 wgrd.com grand-rapids Win a ‘Dio: Dreamers Never Die’ Deluxe Edition Box Set! https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/win-dio-dreamers-never-die-deluxe-edition-box-set/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:06:22 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Robert Cianflone, Getty Images / Mercury Studios https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000567435 wgrd.com grand-rapids 8 New Tours That Got Announced This Week https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/new-rock-metal-tours-announced-sept-1-7-2023/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:10:20 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Kevin Winter / Ethan Miller, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000564906 wgrd.com grand-rapids Rock for Ronnie 2023 Raises $50K for Cancer Research – See Concert Photos https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/rock-for-ronnie-2023-raises-50k-cancer-research-concert-photos/ Wed, 17 May 2023 15:31:18 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> PG Brunelli https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000553612 wgrd.com grand-rapids Rob Zombie Shouted Out on Two TV Shows in the Same Week https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/rob-zombie-shouted-out-jeopardy-american-idol-same-week-2023/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:28:47 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Ethan Miller, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000546495 wgrd.com grand-rapids Dee Snider Disses Todd La Torre for Challenging His Plant + Dio ‘Real Performer’ Statements https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/dee-snider-disses-todd-la-torre-challenging-plant-dio-real-performer-statements/ Sat, 07 Jan 2023 18:45:42 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> RatPak Records / Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images / Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Images / Eric McCandless, ABC/Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000537788 wgrd.com grand-rapids Dee Snider Says Ronnie James Dio + Robert Plant Aren’t ‘Real Performers’ But ‘Great Singers’ https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/dee-snider-says-ronnie-james-dio-robert-plant-not-real-performers/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:20:16 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images / Ethan Miller, Getty Images / Paul Kane, Getty Inages https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000537475 wgrd.com grand-rapids 10 Bands Who Nailed Seemingly Impossible to Cover Rock + Metal Songs https://wgrd.com/10-bands-who-nailed-seemingly-impossible-to-cover-rock-metal-songs/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:01:53 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Mark Metcalfe / Gie Knaeps / Ethan Miller / Brian Rasic, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=564133 wgrd.com grand-rapids Bob Dylan Reveals He’s Seen Metallica Twice + 5 Other Revelations From Rare New Interview https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/bob-dylan-wall-street-journal-interview-2022-metallica/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:58:12 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Richard Rodriguez / Christopher Polk, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000536267 wgrd.com grand-rapids Vinny Appice Calls Rock Hall ‘F–king A–holes’ for Excluding Ronnie James Dio https://wgrd.com/vinny-appice-rock-hall-a-holes-excluding-dio/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:51:14 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Jason Squires / Ullstein Bild, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=568341 wgrd.com grand-rapids Ronnie James Dio Documentary Coming to Cinemas Worldwide for Two-Day Exclusive https://wgrd.com/ronnie-james-dio-documentary-cinemas-2022/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:36:21 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> urfinguss, Getty Images/iStockphoto / Chiaki Nozu, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=565326 wgrd.com grand-rapids Wendy Dio Says Ronnie Originally Wrote ‘Holy Diver’ For Black Sabbath https://wgrd.com/ronnie-james-dio-write-holy-diver-for-black-sabbath-wendy-dio-interview/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:32:01 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Fin Costello, Getty Images / Warner Bros. https://wgrd.com/?p=561457 wgrd.com grand-rapids Wendy Dio Says Ronnie Would’ve Loved ‘Stranger Things’ Dio Reference https://wgrd.com/wendy-dio-ronnie-james-dio-would-love-stranger-things-reference/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:49:51 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Ron Galella, Ltd., Getty Images / YouTube: longbttms https://wgrd.com/?p=558931 wgrd.com grand-rapids Dio Back Patch on ‘Stranger Things’ Jacket Donated by the Late Singer’s Estate https://wgrd.com/stranger-things-eddie-munson-dio-jean-jacket-back-patch-donated-metallica/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 18:29:17 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> YouTube: longbttms / Mark Weiss, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=557836 wgrd.com grand-rapids 10 Rock + Metal Bands Who Had 3 Great Singers (At Different Times) https://wgrd.com/rock-metal-bands-three-great-singers-different-times/ Fri, 27 May 2022 18:41:38 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Chris Walter, Getty Images / Lexie Alley for Aftershock Festival / Frank Hoensch, Redferns/Getty Images / Kevin RC Wilson, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=557340 wgrd.com grand-rapids Report: Dio’s ‘Holy Diver’ Album Now Certified Double Platinum https://wgrd.com/dio-holy-diver-album-certified-double-platinum/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:22:20 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Robert Cianflone, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=554236 wgrd.com grand-rapids It’s Difficult for Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro to Name His Favorite Metal Album https://wgrd.com/megadeth-kiko-loureiro-favorite-metal-album-black-sabbath-dio-iron-maiden-saxon/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:02:37 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Suzanne Cordeiro, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=553184 wgrd.com grand-rapids 10 Best Albums By Singers Who Left Big Rock + Metal Bands https://wgrd.com/best-albums-rock-metal-singers-left-big-bands/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:27:17 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Didier Messens, Redferns/Getty Images / Medios y Media, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=551945 wgrd.com grand-rapids Hear Ronnie James Dio Sing ‘War Pigs’ Seven Years Before Joining Black Sabbath https://wgrd.com/ronnie-james-dio-black-sabbath-war-pigs-elf-1972/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:35:05 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Vertigo/Waner Bros. / Fin Costello, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=550359 wgrd.com grand-rapids 60 Rockers Who’ve Been in Multiple Successful Bands https://wgrd.com/rockers-multiple-successful-bands/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:00:10 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Theo Wargo, Getty Images / Robert Cianflone, Getty Images / Miikka Skaffari, FilmMagic/Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=463512 wgrd.com grand-rapids 42 Years Ago: Black Sabbath’s ‘Mob Rules’ Proves Dio Success Was No Fluke https://wgrd.com/black-sabbath-anniversary-mob-rules/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:10:57 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Vertigo / Warner Bros. https://wgrd.com/?p=572397 wgrd.com grand-rapids Wendy Dio Explains Problems With Ronnie James Dio Hologram Tour https://wgrd.com/wendy-dio-problems-ronnie-james-dio-hologram-tour/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:12:06 GMT 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Hogan, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=526881 wgrd.com grand-rapids Ronnie James Dio Cancer Fund Virtual Birthday Fundraiser Adds Rob Halford, Lzzy Hale + More https://wgrd.com/ronnie-james-dio-2021-virtual-cancer-fund-birthday-fundraiser/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:08:04 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Paul Natkin, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=526641 wgrd.com grand-rapids Wendy Dio to Take Part in Virtual Signing Event for Upcoming Ronnie James Dio Autobiography https://wgrd.com/wendy-dio-virtual-signing-event-ronnie-james-dio-autobiography/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:25:49 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Chad Childers, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=526197 wgrd.com grand-rapids Tony Iommi ‘Not at All Happy’ About Leaked Black Sabbath Song ‘Slapback,’ Claims Dio Played Bass On It https://wgrd.com/tony-iommi-not-happy-black-sabbath-slapback-leaked-dio-played-bass/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:11:20 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Kevin Mazur, WireImage/Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=516962 wgrd.com grand-rapids Geezer Butler Confirms + Comments on Unreleased Black Sabbath Song ‘Slapback’ https://wgrd.com/geezer-butler-black-sabbath-slapback-song-comments/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:18:33 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Frazer Harrison, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=516747 wgrd.com grand-rapids Geezer Butler Claims He Showed Ronnie James Dio the ‘Devil Horns’ Gesture https://wgrd.com/geezer-butler-claims-showed-ronnie-james-dio-devil-horns-gesture/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:24:01 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Paul Kane (2), Getty Inages https://wgrd.com/?p=516643 wgrd.com grand-rapids Ronnie James Dio Demo Could Be Lost Black Sabbath Song https://wgrd.com/ronnie-james-dio-demo-black-sabbath/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:28:05 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Robert Cianflone, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=516473 wgrd.com grand-rapids Here’s a First Look at the New ‘Holy Diver’ Dio Graphic Novel https://wgrd.com/dio-holy-diver-graphic-novel-z2-comics-photos-first-look/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:05:18 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Paul Natkin, Getty Images / Mercury Records https://wgrd.com/?p=515984 wgrd.com grand-rapids