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The Prince of Darkness will retake his rightful place on the Ozzfest throne sooner than expected. Last week when Ozzy Osbourne first announced his departure from the trek to be with wife/manager Sharon during her first chemotherapy session in her battle with cancer (see “Sharon Osbourne Completes First Chemo Session; Ozzy, Sabbath Come Home”), he said he planned to rejoin the tour August 22 in Denver. He will now return and resume his headlining slot August 7 in Clarkston, Michigan, according to an Osbournes spokesperson. The new restart date means Osbourne will only miss two dates of the tour: August… Read more »

Florida rockers, Neurotica, have jumped to the main stage on the August 3rd Ozzfest date at the Polaris Amphitheatre in Columbus, OH. The band will kick things off at 5pm. Audience reaction to Neurotica’s blistering set has been so intense that a few weeks ago tour organizers bumped up the band’s performance to a later, more desirable timeslot on the second stage. After Ozzy Osbourne announced last week that he’d be leaving the tour for three weeks in order to be with wife Sharon while she undergoes chemotherapy treatments, tour organizers made some adjustments to the lineup. “We feel proud… Read more »

Ozzy Osbourne will leave his post as the headliner of his annual Ozzfest for three weeks to be with his wife Sharon as she battles cancer. Osbourne plans to leave his namesake tour after Sunday’s show in Atlanta to join his wife as she begins chemotherapy treatment. He hopes to return for the tour’s August 22 stop in Denver. “This is one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make in my life, but I’m sure that everyone out there will understand,” Ozzy told an MTV film crew on Thursday. “I’m putting on a brave face here, guys, but… Read more »

K elly Osbourne got up on stage and sang with super-hyped rocker A ndrew W.K. on Friday evening (July 19) when OzzFest hit the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey. She chimed in on vocals for “She Is Beautiful,” which is found on Andrew W.K.’s debut, I Get Wet. “It was a very organic, circumstantial kind of thing,” said Andrew W.K. “It was sort of like, she’s here, I’m here. It’s her family’s whole operation. She seems like she might be sitting around wanting to do something. Maybe she would like to sing a song. ‘Kelly, would you like… Read more »

When Ozzy Osbourne was chiefly known in middle America for decapitating winged creatures and urinating on the Alamo, he and his annual hard rock hoedown were greeted with protests, boycotts and prayer meetings. But, oh, what a difference a year makes. The former most-feared man in rock has now become its most beloved father figure, courtesy of the rib-tickling warts-and-all series “The Osbournes.” So as he returns to the road for the first time since becoming the toast of prime time, Ozzy and Ozzfest 2002 are being greeted not with protests but with open arms, and at least a few… Read more »

OzzFest 2002 kicks off today (July 10) in Scranton, Pennsylvania, after the first two dates of the tour were postponed due to cancer surgery performed on tour mastermind Sharon Osbourne. This year’s festival faces heightened media scrutiny due to the unexpected success of the reality-based TV show The Osbournes. Sharon was asked if the show’s success will add to the success of this year’s OzzFest. “No, because it’s sold out for the last seven years, and it’s selling out this year,” she said. “So as far as Ozzy’s musical career, it’s as big as it ever has been. So, this… Read more »

Sharon Osbourne, the wife/manager of metal pioneer Ozzy, will undergo surgery to heal an unspecified but treatable form of cancer, according to the Osbournes’ publicist. She’s expected to make a full recovery. The operation, which is taking place Wednesday (July 3), prompts the postponement of the first two dates of Ozzfest – originally scheduled to begin Saturday in Bristow, Virginia – as Sharon’s immediate family (Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Ozzy) is at her side at this time. Ozzfest 2002 will now begin July 10 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Bristow show and the one scheduled for the following day in Pittsburgh… Read more »

The final seven dates of the European Ozzfest tour have been canceled after guitarist Zakk Wylde departed due to illness. Wylde, who has been playing with Ozzy’s band as well as his own Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, was on his way back to the United States at press time, according to his publicist, who said the specifics of Wylde’s condition were unknown. The dates affected were in Zurich, Switzerland (June 8); Copenhagen, Denmark (June 10); Stockholm, Sweden (June 11); Helsinki, Finland (June 13); St. Petersburg, Russia (June 15); and Moscow, Russia (June 16). A show was also scheduled for… Read more »

Strahov Stadium has had it all – communist rallies, anti-globalization protests, gymnastics exhibitions, drive-through movies and, now, Ozzfest. The crumbling structure, which stands as the largest stadium in the world per square foot, lent itself well to Ozzy Osbourne and his latest touring comrades, who hit the venue Thursday night for the seventh stop on the metal tour. With their stage parked in the middle of the field, the hard rockers used only half of the 200,000-capacity stadium, carving out an almost cozy cradle for Bohemia’s metalheads within the concrete monolith. While the tour got off to a less-than-grand beginning… Read more »

It seems Ozzfest, like any good corporation, promotes from within. Former second-stage headliner Rob Zombie will fill the main-stage slot vacated by the untitled Chris Cornell-Rage Against the Machine collaboration, which forfeited the slot after the ex-Soundgarden singer announced he was “no longer moving forward” with the project, according to tour organizers. Although appearing on the larger stage, Zombie will still perform the stripped-down set he planned for the second stage. The move now allows Down – a group composed of Pantera’s Philip Anselmo and members of Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar – to headline the second stage, while… Read more »