Dio concert review; Three German shows by Volker van der Putten

The following is a review of the three last Dio shows on the first leg of Angry Machines European tour, originally mailed to me. Republished here with permission from the author. I had to edit the layout a little bit for better outlook on web, but all the information is still intact.

From: diodio@t-online.de (Volker van der Puetten)
Subject: Dio concerts in germany
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 23:21 +0100

Hello you great defender, know i say it,know i do it: i have seen three concerts

• 21.12.96 Hannover Music-Hall 5000 thousend people
• 22.12.96 Hamburg Gaswerk 3500 thousend people
• 23.12.96 Bonn Biskuithalle sold out
...the different from bonn to hamburg and hannover was the last song in bonn was for me an surprise,because the little big man sing Rainbow in the dark and not mob rules that he sing in hannover and hamburg.

So,all three shows was very,very great,i think greater than the strange-highways tour,because you can all time see on ronnies face,that he was lucky!!! At the beginning they comes a mystifie intro,and than (I wait three years) he comes with Jesus,Mary&the Holy ghost and after that what ca my ears hear,yes Straigt throug the heart,all people shout and shout we all so lucky,from the rainbow ära he sing mistreated,from the Black Sabbath time Mob Rules and heaven&hell,from the new great Angry machines they play double monday and hunter of the heart,and the other songs was the last in line.holy diver,stand up and shout,tracy make a very nice solo at the time of mistreated,an the vinnie solo was so good,that all people shout his name again and again.Know i can say ronnie is the greatest and i think he plays 20 years more.....

know he comes again to germany and i see all shows and go to france,belgium and holland.

diodio@t-online.de(Volker van der Pütten)