Remaining Heaven & Hell members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice are set to play a one off show to celebrate Ronnie’s life and work at High Voltage Festival, London on 24th July 2010. The band will be completed by Glenn Hughes and Jorn Lande who will both contribute vocals. Former Deep Purple / Black Sabbath star Glenn Hughes was a close friend of Ronnie’s for many years and performed a musical tribute at Ronnie’s funeral service in Los Angeles. Norwegian Jorn Lande is best known in the UK as the vocalist for power metal band Masterplan, he has also released many solo albums including a tribute to Ronnie. It promises to be a fitting celebration to a man that the metal scene owes so much. >p> There will also be an opportunity to pay respects by signing a condolence book in the Ronnie James Dio Tribute Gallery, which will be presented to members of the Ronnie James Dio “Stand Up And Shout” Cancer Fund the official festival charity, and join thousands of fans for what will be a very emotional performance.

For more information and to be part of this special occasion visit www.highvoltagefestival.com

Ronnie will live on forever in our hearts and through his amazing, timeless music. We Love You! Happy Birthday Ronnie!

You can use the donation button at the bottom of the home page of www.ronniejamesdio.com and use PayPal or your credit/debit card or you can send a check/money order payable to:

The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund 12400 Ventura Blvd. #837 Studio City, CA 91604 USA

The specific purpose of this corporation is primarily to provide free cancer screening programs and testing to the public regardless of any individual's ability to pay for same, to provide financial assistance to cancer patients who are burdened with the cost of health care. Additionally this corporation may engage in activities that are reasonably related to or in furtherance of its stated charitable purposes or in any other charitable activities. This Corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).

The Board of Directors are as follows, Gloria Butler, Wendy Dio, Dr.Lois Lee, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Stanley J. Diamond (attorney at law) John Doran CPA, Adam Parsons, Tim Murch, Paul Newman, Nick Jackson, Neil Warnock, Robin Shaw, Maureen O'Connor, Dean Schachtel and Sheila Melody.

The funds are being held in Wells Fargo Bank, to date we have received donations of $170,620.69 through PayPal, and $38,003.05 in cheques. We received a $10,000 donation from Metallica, and generous donations from Deep Purple, Slash and Metal Blade Records and from all the wonderful friends and fans.

We held our first Board meeting on June 9th and discussed our first release of funds going to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas, The T.J. Martell Foundation and other Cancer Centers, we will be requesting proposals from each organization as to how the donation will be spent to be considered by the Board, before any funds are released to them. I will keep you updated of where your money is going, and can assure you it will NOT be going into any administration costs, but to the people that need it. This is the main reason I wanted to form this Fund, so we do know where the money goes and not eaten up by a big corporation that does have administration costs.

The T-shirts and buttons were made and sold to us at cost by Blastwaves Merchandise, the Memorial books I personally paid for, and we have to charge postage, as the Post Office does not mail out for free, there are NO other administration costs. The Memorial packages are packed and addressed at my office by friends and Board Members who volunteer their time. Wendy Dio

As usually you didn’t let Ronnie down you came out in full force and with all the respect in the world. It was the biggest memorial forest lawn has ever done and their staff were all extremely pleased with the way you all listened and helped us make it the easiest as well .I was personally touched by all of your memories that you shared , and honored that some of your memories of Ron included me I am truly not worthy.

Your concern for the Dio family, especially for Wendy is appreciated more than you know , and you can be sure that Ronnie was right next to you all as you cheered “Wendy Wendy Wendy” as she came out to greet and thank you all

To the crew, Well boys Ron’s final show was beautiful, so to all crew past and present thank you so much for being a part of his life, we all gave Ronnie so much happiness, and he loved us so very much . For those who made it this weekend , thank you for your hard work and whatever it takes attitude . For those who couldn’t be here , don’t beat yourselves up about it, Ron was our partner out there on the road and understands that the show must go on and he loved you for your dedication to your jobs, you will always

And for Wendy, I Know I speak for everyone when I say thank you for giving us a chance to say goodbye to Ronnie in such a beautiful and deserving way, and for keeping his music and legacy alive for many more generations to love as much as we have

In short, I can’t thank everyone enough for all the support , emails, website posts, gifts , cards, and flowers since Ron’s passing and all the support we received for the cancer fund both online and at the memorial , like Danny said “Cancer this means war!!!”

My life was forever changed by Ronnie and Wendy Dio

I miss you so much my friend, I love you,

Big Scott

Ronnie was carried to his final resting place by his friends, Vinny Appice, Geezer Buttler, Craig Goldy, Steve Mignardi, Scott Warren and Simon Wright.