Ronnie James Dio's Final Concert - Aug 29, 2009
4,807This is video from Ronnie James Dio's final concert ever fronting "Heaven & Hell" (aka the Dio version of Black Sabbath). It was in Atlantic City, NJ on August 29, 2009 - the final date of the "The Devil You Know" tour. I had two friends travel there in my name and filmed some footage, mostly of the interview type. However, my friends were granted permission to film one song, that being the first one, "The Mob Rules". What we didn't realize at the time was that this clip ended up being the final time that Ronnie ever took the stage for a concert ever.
Those of us at black-sabbath.com are glad to finally be able to bring this video to you. Thanks to Gloria Butler, Wendy Dio, & Ralph Baker for allowing me permission to use this online. A huge thanks to Damian for actually going there and filming this stuff.
I get a lot of questions about what the deal is with him flipping off someone in the crowd. Ronnie was a heavy duty New York sports fan. This show was filmed in Atlantic City NJ, an hour drive or so from Philadelphia. To that, the shirt thrown on stage was a Philadelphia Eagles shirt - and had 94 WYSP on it (their broadcast station). He was flipping them off for that reason, as Ronnie was a NY Football Giants fan. :) He even mentions WYSP at the tail end of the video when it is fading out.
I hope you enjoy this footage from Ronnie's final concert. The band did not professionally film this concert, so other than a few short clips from people's iPhones and whatnot, this is the only video clip that you'll see from Ronnie's final concert.