Ozzfest to be free this summer

[buckeyefool]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/07/music.ozzfest.reut/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- British heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne surprised the music industry Tuesday with plans to stage this year's Ozzfest, his annual U.S. summer hard-rock extravaganza, as a first-of-its kind free event.
The 12th annual rock festival headlined by the onetime reality TV star and self-described Prince of Darkness will kick off July 27 in the Los Angeles area and play 25 dates, Osbourne and his wife/manager, Sharon, told a news conference.
The announcement, which opened with Osbourne spray-painting the word "FREE" in black letters across an Ozzfest 2007 poster, came on the first day of the Concert Industry Consortium, an annual gathering of tour promoters and producers

 

[scooter1369]

I saw that in yesterday's Dispatch. Very cool indeed. They have 6 corporate sponsors lined up to cover the costs of the tour and the smaller bands. Ozzy is going to make nothing.

 

[Thump]

I would only go if it's promised that Sharon bad-mouths Iron Maiden on stage again and unplugs their shit.