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Opeth Pays Tribute To Ronnie James Dio At Bloodstock Open Air Festival

posted Aug 17, 2010 at 7:23 AM by Diamond Oz.  (3 Comments)

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During their recent headlining performance at England's Bloodstock Open Air festival, Swedish progressive metal outfit Opeth payed tribute tofallen metal icon Ronnie James Dio, whose band Heaven & Hell were originally supposed to headline the event, by performing the song, "Catch The Rainbow." You can check out fan filmed footage of the cover below, along with the speech frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt made about Dio.

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3 Comments on "Opeth Pays Tribute To Dio At Bloodstock"

KickAssDuke's avatar

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1. KickAssDuke writes:

Very cool

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2. Jackrum writes:

Was an alright set.. Bloodbath were better than Opeth though

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3. EsotericSurgery writes:

Awesome tribute from an amazing band. R.I.P Ronnie \m/

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