Metallica, Ozzy For One-Day Ozzfest

Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Serj Tankian, Hellyeah, Sevendust and Shadows Fall, among others, are scheduled to appear at this year's one-off Ozzfest, scheduled for August 9 at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas.

Other main-stage acts on the bill are Cavalera Conspiracy, Apocalyptica, In This Moment and an all-star tribute to late Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.

Second-stage acts are Devildriver, Kingdom of Sorrow, Soilent Green, Witchcraft and Goatwhore. The Sword, Drowning Pool and Rigor Mortis will handle duties on the third stage.

"We're going to be a stadium destination festival for now -- we have gone past doing the sheds every summer," says Ozzy's wife, Sharon Osbourne, who is producing Ozzfest with AEG Live. "We've given everyone else the blueprint and we have to keep evolving Ozzfest. This is just the beginning; AEG Live and I have a lot of new ideas for Ozzfest."

Ozzfest will be Ozzy Osbourne's only concert performance this summer. Tickets for the one-day festival will go on sale May 31 via Ozzfest.com; prices have not yet been announced.

Thanks for the info to Reuters.com.

Comments

[sowhat360]

all-star tribute to dime?? sounds pretty cool to me

[F8iscruel]

i wish they would do like five concerts at major cities

[Andras5soul]

**** metallica never playing anywhere I am. You would think NYC is the greatest place for concerts, and it is, but they havent been here since october 2004.

[halffast]

**** NYC how often do they come to OKC? At least, Dallas is close to me. I heard this already, about 3 days ago.

[jonnyharris1]

am i the only one who cant comprehend how sharon osbourne can help organise a line up like this, yet still be into the whole pop idol crap. Its such an oxymoron

[ValoRhoads]

Man! This is the second Ozzfest I have ever missed since the begining and if this continues, it looks like I'll never see another. Thanx... that just fine... DAMN IT!

[Kelicon]

this is bullshit... oh and btw it may also be fake... the news was posted on ozzfest.com 2 days ago and by the time i came home last night it was removed. there have been thousands of hate posts on the official forums removed. they have really pissed off a shitload of people with this little stunt...

[FadeToBlack2404]

wow this should definetly be the new Ozzfest lineup

[Onzaso]

Thats an awesome line-up...!
I just wish it was any where remotely near me.

[wildchild6660]

Theres a band called Goat*****? There do seem to go out of their way to make us go "What the F**K?!?!?"

[666Sabbath666]

jonnyharris1 wrote:

am i the only one who cant comprehend how sharon osbourne can help organise a line up like this, yet still be into the whole pop idol crap. Its such an oxymoron

How the hell is that an oxymoron. So what she is involved in metal and pop

[Dog454]

I knew the "all-star tribute to Dimebag Darrell" had to be Hellyeah, I saw them on Halloween night here in Indy. They kicked ass, played all of their songs, including their cover of Stone Cold Wasted. Great live band.

[ttray42]

This is bullshit. I think that innovation is great and all for tour, like last year's freefest was an awesome idea. But how the hell can they simply play one show. For over a decade it has been like a 30 date tour and now they change it up to one show. That is complete bullshit

[EndOfNothing656]

Man, ever since 2005 Ozzfest has been goin to shit, last year it was free and crappy bands, not to mention they didnt go to alot of places. Now they have even a crappier line-up... Man im disappointed in Sharon

[EndOfNothing656]

ttray42 wrote:

This is bullshit. I think that innovation is great and all for tour, like last year's freefest was an awesome idea. But how the hell can they simply play one show. For over a decade it has been like a 30 date tour and now they change it up to one show. That is complete bullshit

Thats mad true too, wtf is only 1 date, are they serious?

[z4twenny]

you all hate cuz you don't live in TX lol. that is kinda screwy to just have 1 date but y'know i live 30 minutes away so its no biggy to me. ozzy + metallica + hellyeah + sevendust + apocaplyptica = worth the cost of the tickets

[KingSquall802]

Ozzy and Metallica, thats BIG!
wish metallica play new songs!

[rodgab3]

DUDE!!! HELL YEAH DALLAS TEXAS!!!!

[rodgab3]

well, actually its in frisco, but still, its in texas!

[duncang]

jonnyharris1 wrote:

am i the only one who cant comprehend how sharon osbourne can help organise a line up like this, yet still be into the whole pop idol crap. Its such an oxymoron

Maybe she likes more than one type of music?

[mrfinkle213]

You'd think they'd go to more than one city. That'd be best to make money.
Still. Maybe I can get there. Not getting my hopes up.

[Bambi Slaughter]

i would very much like to attend this prestigious event.

[\m/Torin\m/]

hell yeah!!!!!

[recliner33]

Fuck, I'd go just to see the second stage play. Witchcraft is probably my favourite new band and the sword is pretty good too. It's about time they got some kickass bands on ozzfest again. Witchcfraft has that early sabbath and pentagram sound, they are amazing.

[Folkrockrevival]

i want to go but, i live in vermont.

nuff said.

[guitgrinder]

Great line-up! Only thing I'm NOT jealous of is being at "Pizza Hut Park"
Makes me think of pizza-themed merry-go-rounds and stuff... Cheesy Bread Teeter-toters. Instead of a sand box they have a Ranch box

[Ichimaru]

The Dime tribute should be interesitng.

[areese82]

Wish I lived in Texas!

[i_am_metalhead]

Ozzfest is only one day this year!??

[BriGuy7727]

Kelicon wrote:

this is bullshit... oh and btw it may also be fake... the news was posted on ozzfest.com 2 days ago and by the time i came home last night it was removed. there have been thousands of hate posts on the official forums removed. they have really pissed off a shitload of people with this little stunt...

I'm friends w/Ozzy & Metallica on myspace.com & they both posted bulletins regarding the 1-Day only festival. Too bad it's in Texas I've never seen Sevendust & Drowning Pool.
I saw Metallica in 2004 (prolly when the other guy from NYC saw them last), Shadows Fall & Mudvayne for Ozzfest 2005, Korn for Projekt Revolution tour...those are the only ones that catch my attention anyways...

[Illigx]

One day show... wow, there getting cheaper and cheaper every year. Next year they might stoop as low to do a show in Antarctica...

[RUSTDOGG666]

wildchild6660 wrote:

Theres a band called Goat*****? There do seem to go out of their way to make us go "What the F**K?!?!?"

You never heard of goat*****? man thats a great band. I've known about them since 2002 when they opened up for GWAR in my town.

Anyways I already knew about this lineup it was on metallicas website. and yeah this is awesome. I wish it would be in more than one city but oh well.

[ParkerScks]

Theres a band called Goat*****? There do seem to go out of their way to make us go "What the F**K?!?!?"

never herd of goat*****??? wow.

[Back in Red]

RIP DIMEBAG

[this&that]

OLD NEWS, NEWS IS OLD


it was all over the news in the subway yesterday, and im talking about train stations, i thought UG was supposed to be faster than this.

[TGautier13]

Wow, I see a bunch of little middle school haters in here. Let me just give you guys a word of advice before any of you make yourselves look like idiots further.

Ozzfest is on the way out, just like Lollapalooza was. Newer, trendier festivals like Taste of Chaos, SotU and what have you are starting to sell more tickets then ever before. The only way Ozzfest will make any money anymore, just like Lollapalooza, is to change from a touring festival to a one stop show.

They milked this baby for all its worth. Maybe they can come up with fresh ideas to keep Ozzfest going, but within a decade (aka when Ozzy retires) Ozzfest will go with him. Good riddance I say too, their lineups for the past 3 or so years have been completely horrible.

[Lgndkllr777]

Rockstar Mayhem killed Ozzfest

[Gargantuan]

this&that wrote:

OLD NEWS, NEWS IS OLD


it was all over the news in the subway yesterday, and im talking about train stations, i thought UG was supposed to be faster than this.

Yeah, like 3 days old!

[DouglasDisaster]

Ozzfest will be Ozzy Osbourne's only concert performance this summer.

The man is getting old....
I'm bummed it's not coming to my town, but after last year's sod war I can see why. It was the best Denver Ozzfest ever!

[Wakisazhi]

Wow what whining, you do know back in the day even the best festivals weren't frickin 30-stop tours. It's nothing new, Metallica probably took up most of the budget so they may have had to just do a one-off. Either that or they have something else planned for Ozzfest and will announce it later(one show is kinda lame and won't get them much revenue unless tickets are pricy).

[kgesme21]

ha! inovative sharon says, yet wasn't ozzfest a response to lalapalooza. taking their blueprint and doing the same thing with metal as opposed to alternative music and rap? the only thing inovative (and it was a big inovation mind you) was being free last year. that was just amazing.

Checked.

[jakewynnrocks]

im sick of hearing about dimebag so much. yeah hes dead but why must there be so many tributes and everything? it just gets annoying.

[uberphreak]

Bambi Slaughter wrote:

i would very much like to attend this prestigious event.

Your name is fantastic.

Anyway I think it's pretty ****ing lame that they're only doing one date. Figures, the year after I really get into Ozzfest is when they do the dumb ****ing free thing, and then this? Fucking shit. It really pisses me off that this is happening.

† Metal Matt †

[dwink1217]

ugh the bands were so good last year. Nile, Behemoth, Daath, hell even lordi put on a good show.

and now look. back to crappy money hungry mainstream bands (devildriver is exempt from that list for actually having talent).

ugh.

[TGautier13]

Shadow's Fall has ridiculous talent. And lulz to Drowning Pool on the third stage.

[uberphreak]

Wakisazhi wrote:

Wow what whining, you do know back in the day even the best festivals weren't frickin 30-stop tours. It's nothing new, Metallica probably took up most of the budget so they may have had to just do a one-off. Either that or they have something else planned for Ozzfest and will announce it later(one show is kinda lame and won't get them much revenue unless tickets are pricy).

Yeah, BACK IN THE DAY. Back when they didn't HAVE the ****ing resources to move that much shit from place to place, and when the artists got themselves there rather than travel with a bunch of other bands. Now things are different. People are complaining because Ozzfest in the past has been a big tour, and the sudden switch-up is a big change, and a lot of people go to Ozzfest religiously.

jakewynnrocks wrote:

im sick of hearing about dimebag so much. yeah hes dead but why must there be so many tributes and everything? it just gets annoying.

Probably because he was a great guy and an incredible guitarist that inspired millions of people, and he was killed while he was fairly young. Have some ****ing respect, you twat.

[kennyvspenny]

ummmm...****ing a?

[DimebagRob]

I dont get it Ozzys from england!! why doesnt he come home and bring all those awesome bands with him?! (and make the festival free again)

[DimebagRob]

uberphreak wrote:

Wakisazhi wrote:

Wow what whining, you do know back in the day even the best festivals weren't frickin 30-stop tours. It's nothing new, Metallica probably took up most of the budget so they may have had to just do a one-off. Either that or they have something else planned for Ozzfest and will announce it later(one show is kinda lame and won't get them much revenue unless tickets are pricy).


Yeah, BACK IN THE DAY. Back when they didn't HAVE the ****ing resources to move that much shit from place to place, and when the artists got themselves there rather than travel with a bunch of other bands. Now things are different. People are complaining because Ozzfest in the past has been a big tour, and the sudden switch-up is a big change, and a lot of people go to Ozzfest religiously.


jakewynnrocks wrote:

im sick of hearing about dimebag so much. yeah hes dead but why must there be so many tributes and everything? it just gets annoying.


Probably because he was a great guy and an incredible guitarist that inspired millions of people, and he was killed while he was fairly young. Have some ****ing respect, you twat.

(dimebagrob highfives uberphreak)

[silent caution]

f---ing dallas....i guess i'll have to wait til somebody youtubes it to see it

[Soma3009]

I honestly hope this is the last Ozzfest I ever hear about. Last year's freefest was alright, but this one day festival crap? Radio stations in my town throw better line ups than Ozzfest.

[uberphreak]

DimebagRob wrote:

uberphreak wrote:

Wakisazhi wrote:

Wow what whining, you do know back in the day even the best festivals weren't frickin 30-stop tours. It's nothing new, Metallica probably took up most of the budget so they may have had to just do a one-off. Either that or they have something else planned for Ozzfest and will announce it later(one show is kinda lame and won't get them much revenue unless tickets are pricy).


Yeah, BACK IN THE DAY. Back when they didn't HAVE the ****ing resources to move that much shit from place to place, and when the artists got themselves there rather than travel with a bunch of other bands. Now things are different. People are complaining because Ozzfest in the past has been a big tour, and the sudden switch-up is a big change, and a lot of people go to Ozzfest religiously.


jakewynnrocks wrote:

im sick of hearing about dimebag so much. yeah hes dead but why must there be so many tributes and everything? it just gets annoying.


Probably because he was a great guy and an incredible guitarist that inspired millions of people, and he was killed while he was fairly young. Have some ****ing respect, you twat.

(dimebagrob highfives uberphreak)

(uberphreak highfives dimebagrob back)

Seriously though, I understand if you dislike his music, it's not for everyone, but at least have respect for the guy.

Anyway, now that I think about it, I've already seen Ozzy before, so the only two bands I'd be going to Ozzfest for are Shadows Fall and Metallica... I don't know if that'd be worth the money. Although I am interested in what this Dimebag tribute is... gah. Oh well. Maybe they'll change their minds.

† Metal Matt †

[Warheart1188]

Screw you Ozzfest! You totally f***ed me over last year with those stupid free tickets! I waited online for 3 days and tried it on 3 different computers to get my tickets and did I get them? NO! So screw you Ozzfest and your one day BS.

[Warheart1188]

jakewynnrocks wrote:

im sick of hearing about dimebag so much. yeah hes dead but why must there be so many tributes and everything? it just gets annoying.

Obviously you weren't inspired by Dime. I listened to Pantera since I was a kid when Vulgar Display of Power came out and the day he died was the day my world was turned upside down. He was a huge inspiration on my guitar playing and the music I write and pretty much how I am as a person. He was a good hearted man and the more tributes, the better.

[nowtheworld91]

Pizza Hut Park is actually located in Frisco, Texas which is about a 40 minute drive north from downtown Dallas. This is great for me cause i live in Frisco.

[CrackersGraham]

jakewynnrocks :
im sick of hearing about dimebag so much. yeah hes dead but why must there be so many tributes and everything? it just gets annoying.

because he pwned way to much

[SDMF_matty]

666Sabbath666 :
jonnyharris1 wrote:

am i the only one who cant comprehend how sharon osbourne can help organise a line up like this, yet still be into the whole pop idol crap. Its such an oxymoron

How the hell is that an oxymoron. So what she is involved in metal and pop

She's just a goldigging annoying little ****

[PAsistem]

maybe next year theyre gonna do a free one day festival

[peewt]

Fukking Rigor Mortis!

[DeDperson]

why only texas!!!! come to chicago again!!!

[zombie_monster]

Man, ozzy must be getting too old to tour the whole country

I hope it's just this year and doesn't continue

[Toker420]

Wtf kind of place do you call pizza hut park?

[Gregray88]

Damn it I would really love to see Metallica dn Shadows Fall. Only one show tho, thats ****in stupid.

[14shadesofblue]

**** ozzfest with this one date bullshit

last year they said "free" but all those mother****ers got em all and sold them for more than they were ever worth

ozzfest will suck now forever since that ****ing free fest and one stops are even worse

FUCK YOU SHARON

[TehPwn3r]

this is gay ther should have like 5-10 concerts around the U.S like east coats west coats, down south etc.

[cotton3434]

Sounds like a great lineup...

Too bad it's only one stop. Probably wouldn't have come to Atlanta anyway. Would've loved to see Shadows Fall and Metallica, along with some of the other bands.

Ozzfest looks like its pretty much screwed over.

[GibsonMan321]

lol pizza hut park is a soccer field, but WTF's up with the one day thing? Wouldn't they be able to make more money and pay greedy metallica more if they had more tour dates?

[Dallasdime]

FUCK YEAH!


Can't wait for this


Anyone else from the Dallas area know if pizzahut park is a good concert arena?

[Uranutan]

Ozzfest is synonymous with mediocre crap.

[uberphreak]

zombie_monster wrote:

Man, ozzy must be getting too old to tour the whole country

I hope it's just this year and doesn't continue

Yep, Ozzy will get younger next year, so he can keep touring, -_-

TehPwn3r wrote:

this is gay ther should have like 5-10 concerts around the U.S like east coats west coats, down south etc.

I ar teh gud at inglesh.

GibsonMan321 wrote:

lol pizza hut park is a soccer field, but WTF's up with the one day thing? Wouldn't they be able to make more money and pay greedy metallica more if they had more tour dates?

lol So they're seriously gonna have Ozzfest at a soccer field? I just got this funny-ass mental picture of some soccer mom walking up and hearing Shadows Fall, and going "Wait, this isn't pee wee soccer!"

† Metal Matt †

[GREENWARRI0R]

Ozzfest just gets shittier every year it seems.

[troyponce]

Wow. I can't believe that Ozzfest was part of the reason that Sounds of the Underground is cancelled for this year. The summer tours, other than Summer Slaughter and I guess Gigantour are pretty godawful this year.

[babyfacepace]

Andras5soul wrote:

**** metallica never playing anywhere I am. You would think NYC is the greatest place for concerts, and it is, but they havent been here since october 2004.

Metallica hasn't come to Columbus since 1998!

[recliner33]

uberphreak wrote:

Bambi Slaughter wrote:

i would very much like to attend this prestigious event.

Your name is fantastic.

Anyway I think it's pretty ****ing lame that they're only doing one date. Figures, the year after I really get into Ozzfest is when they do the dumb ****ing free thing, and then this? Fucking shit. It really pisses me off that this is happening.

† Metal Matt †

Bambi Slaughter is the name of a song by fecal matter. If you don't know who fecal matter was, well it was Kurt Cobains first band before Nirvana.

[blasphemus666]

damn. well this sucks

[iluvmyibanez]

yo metallica, come to new york
and the idea of a free ozzfest last year, that was amazing come do one in new york

[MetalliRage]

COME TO NY. im part of the fan club and they hinted a possible ny date this summer and i thought it might be ozzfest. but it looks like ozzfest isnt even coming to ny.

[musicjunkie12]

damn...to far for me to travel

[gunnabefamous69]

wish they could come do a show in Canada but nooooo nobdy like those nice people up north

[0h The Horror]

Lamb of God =[

[megatallica666]

i would love to see this.

[gibsonboy3]

i hope they do a whole tour like they always have, and keep it outside no ****ing stadiums their no fun

[Rooster666]

halffast wrote:

**** NYC how often do they come to OKC? At least, Dallas is close to me. I heard this already, about 3 days ago.

yeah dude they need to come back to OKC soon

[Viking_Swede666]

damn, Apocalyptica was the only band I wanted to see on that tour :/

well, I wasn't going in the first place, I don't live in Dallas, and Ozzfest kinda sucks.

[Misfortune King]

Annoyed Ozzfest 2008 Is one day? Can't make it? Can't afford it? Come sign this petition to get it to be a full tour.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ozz08/petition.html

DON'T SIT THERE AND BITCH, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SPREAD THE WORD.

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT SIGN THE GREATER THE CHANCE WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

[insatyrguitar]

With a line up like that, I wouldn't go even if it was free.

At least last years had Behemoth and Chthonic

[83lespaulstudio]

Dallas(Frisco),Texas baby! i'm soooo there! times are changing. and Dallas(DFW) is a major metal market. i say it's about time the world took notice. this is Dimebag land, not to mention Rigor Mortis. just a friendly family reunion. can't wait to see HellYeah!
i bet Vinnie and the boy's bring down the house.

[NoiseBox]

Fuck metallica at ozzfest. And I'm so tired of this dimebag tribute load- the horse is dead; lets stop beating it for christ's sake!

[metal_maniac#1]

Sharonfest?

Ahwell, I'd give anything to see The Sword live.

[metal_maniac#1]

I also kind of agree with noisebox, and they're just trying to use dimebags name to get more attention. Let the man rest in peace.

[Sickwithline6]

aw.. horseshit! every year... worse and worse.. 1 day wtf is that!

[Child Of Maiden]

Jesus Christ this lineup sucks. And for the love of god stop milking the Dimebag angle.

[horloko]

hmmm i agree that they should leave Dimebag rest in peace, but the line up doesn't seem that bad. i'd go just for metallica. then i'd probably leave.

[horloko]

nvrmind i left out ozzy. everyone hail god ozzy!!
...sorry i just couldn't leave it like that. it would of been blasfemy.

[Lauri]

Andras5soul wrote:

**** metallica never playing anywhere I am. You would think NYC is the greatest place for concerts, and it is, but they havent been here since october 2004.

Try NZ. When the hell was the last time Metallica came here?

Good lineup though.

[$Roland$]

goat*****...lol.

texas is lame

[kcrockfan17]

1 day? Everyone needs to relax. Ozzy is almost 60 years old!!! He has been consistently tourning non-stop for about the last 17 years so I think the God of Rock and Roll can take a break. Give him some slack. And how is Jonathon Davis, Serj , Metallica and Ozzy a bad line-up?

[meonme]

kinda saw this coming actually... ozzy is now way to old... 'tallica will be following the footsteps here soon...

[metallica_121]

Child Of Maiden wrote:

Jesus Christ this lineup sucks. And for the love of god stop milking the Dimebag angle.

they do the same with every dead legend e.g elvis!! marilyn monroe i bet in like 20 years it'll b the same

[eclectic_al]

hey at least all you guys in the U.S get a chance to see ozzfest, seems ozzy has forgotten his roots, never seems to play in the U.K!!!

[soundoftruth821]

thats so ****ing gay
its not fair to people who dont live in texas

[adamdrulz]

just do a tour
this is crap
ozzfest is dead
last year there was SOTU and Ozzfest, this year is just Rockstar, lame

[SharpObject]

I saw In This Moment opening for Megadeth in sept. Why they continue to get signed to metal events is WAY beyond me

[DemonGSD999]

It will be in the middle of the Rich Suburbian Frisco Soccer Park and not at Superpages Center near Dallas where it usually is and closer where Pantera used to play clubs. That would seem like a better tribute to Dime to me holding it there. Frisco must have stole this because thier soccer team is called Dallas and the city isn't even in Dallas County, but I think they used to play at the Cotton Bowl near the Superpages Center. I'd rather see it at Superpages or Texas Stadium where Metallica used to play.

[korn2601]

dud **** dallas they should play in okc i havent seen a decent band in years but finally 07-08 pulled around but metallica should stop playing in the uk come to AMERICA ever heard of that guess not since you guys havent been here for like 5 years or something but they need some better shit this new shit aint cutting it they need to work really hard like remember the good old days like master of puppets or jump in the fire or entersand man wtf man that the shit you need to be making not like "no leaf clover" **** that song you need to work in that studio and dont come out until theres a better album.