Altsounds — The* Ronnie James Dio* Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund hosted its first Awards Gala on Tuesday evening (November 1) at the famed Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles to raise funds for its commitment to cancer prevention, research and education. Founded in ... more info

ContactMusic — A 26-year-old charity album featuring heavy rock icons like Ronnie James Dio and members of Motley Crue and Iron Maiden is to be re-released as a CD and Dvd to raise cash for African famine relief The Band Aid-style project organised by Dio and dubbe... more info

Guardian Music — Dave Grohl's band serenade anti-gay protesters with song about 'man muffins'Foo Fighters fought back against anti-gay protesters at a concert this weekend, singing in celebration of "man muffins". The rockers held a surprise gig outside their tour ve... more info

Metal Injection — Scott Ian of Anthrax likes to keep a blog and not only is he a good writer, he is a good salesman. Ian shed some light on a track off the band's upcoming release, Worship Music, called In The End. It was written in honor of "Dimebag" Darrell an... more info

ContactMusic — Ronnie James Dio's family members and close friends gathered at his graveside on Monday (16May11) to mark the first anniversary of the heavy metal icon's death. The Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow frontman lost his battle with stomach cancer last y... more info

Altsounds — Following the departure of lead singer Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinnie Appice after the studio mixing of the Live Evil album, Black Sabbath were once again on the lookout for yet another lead vocalist to fill the significant void left at stage ... more info

NME — NME Godlike Genius joined by Alice Cooper and Lemmy on album more info

ContactMusic — LIV TYLER's mum BEBE BUELL has signed a major new management deal with rocker RONNIE JAMES DIO's widow.Wendy Dio has signed the singer/songwriter to her Niji Management. Dio tells WENN, "I went to New York City to see Bebe Buell perform live and I kn... more info

Metalsucks — I remember a time when if a singer couldn’t sing, they either a) did not get to have a career, or b) fronted a really dirty-sounding band so that it didn’t matter that they sounded kinda, uh, off. I mean, Tom Araya was never exactly Ronnie James ... more info

Guardian Music — So Neil Young was wrong. "Rock and roll will never die," the whiny-voiced old coot told us, and we believed him. But now along comes Paul Gambaccini, the self-styled "Professor of Pop", to announce that, since only three rock songs appeared in last y... more info