It's Official: Ozzfest Dates

Ozzfest — the king of festivals — triumphantly returns this summer to celebrate its hard-earned 10th anniversary with the staggering line-up of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Black Label Society. The summer's premier concert festival — which has propelled many of today’s rock bands to superstardom while paying close attention to its discerning fans — will roll out July 15 in Boston and visit 26 cities by the time it reaches West Palm Beach on September 4. The Hot Topic Second Stage will be headlined by Zombie and feature a preview of rock's rising stars, including As I Lay Dying, Mastodon, The Haunted, In Flames, Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bury Your Dead, Soilwork, Trivium, It Dies Today, A Dozen Furies and more.

"I'm most proud of the success of Ozzfest," says founder Sharon Osbourne. "Everyone said it would never happen and 10 years later we are still in business." In fact, 125 bands, 238 shows and over 4 million fans later, the all-day extravaganza of music and deranged merriment is roaring louder than ever. History in the making, 2005 marks the first time metal legends Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden have toured together and also represents Iron Maiden's first Ozzfest appearance.

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson said, "This summer's Maiden touring is based on the recent 'Early Days' DVD and all the songs we do at Ozzfest will be from our first four albums — 'Iron Maiden', 'Killers', 'Number Of The Beast' and 'Piece Of Mind'. We will be bringing over our full European show, naturally including as special guest Eddie in various appropriate guises!! The stage sets, production and backdrops will recreate aspects of the shows on the tours around those albums — only bigger… much bigger!!! We don’t know if anyone has done anything like this before but we think it’s something the fans will really appreciate both in the choice of songs and in the production values."

Also debuting on the tour will be Texas-based band A Dozen Furies who landed their coveted Hot Topic Second Stage slot after winning Ozzy and Sharon's MTV "Battle For Ozzfest" reality series competition. Debuting last fall and lasting right up until the February launch of the fourth and final season of the Emmy-award winning "The Osbournes", "Battle For Ozzfest" is the ultimate battle of the bands, with contestants having survived 2004's grueling Ozzfest challenges.

This year, a limited number of fans who purchase Ozzy Osbourne's first-ever 51-song, four-CD retrospective box set "Prince Of Darkness" (out March 22 of Epic Records) will be able to obtain one free Ozzfest ticket. The initial pressing of the box set will feature a precedent-setting promotion allowing fans to buy one Ozzfest general admission ticket and get one free.

Ozzfest, originally launched in 1996 as a limited two-city trek, has become a virtual breeding ground for up-and-coming bands. The renowned second stage has been instrumental in catapulting the careers of System Of A Down, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Incubus, Slipknot, Disturbed, Godsmack and Chevelle. "Playing Ozzfest — twice — will always be among the highlights of our career," notes drummer Samuel Loeffler of Chevelle, who most recently appeared in the festival’s 2003 line-up. "Personally speaking, I was honored and somewhat nervous about sharing the stage with Ozzy, but finally felt comfortable after both he and Sharon patted me on the ass."

The heavy metal juggernaut has earned a hallowed position in the busiest tour season with a relentless commitment to its core fans and the consistency of quality they demand as their birthright. Just as the festival is committed to presenting the best music, it also provides an interactive, multi-sensory experience for concert-goers with a wide-range of attractions. The traveling show’s notorious "Village Of The Damned" — alive with tattoo artists, piercing booths, state-of-the-art video games, a wide range of vendors and much more — promises to be wickedly tempting.

Judas Priest — one of the biggest attractions on last year's tour — declared: "We were thrilled to be part of such a unique moment in heavy metal history that will be remembered forever!" Jonathan Davis — lead singer for Korn, who pounded the main stage in 2003 — added, 'Ozzy and Ozzfest are some of the cornerstones of metal. I loved playing in front of the Ozzfest crowd, the fans at those shows were f$*#ing amazing."

In addition to drawing vital hard rock acts, Ozzfest has always attracted a variety of select sponsors devoted to the tour's core fan base. Hot Topic — returning to host the second stage — will be the festival’s official soft line teen retailer. Throughout the day, Tama drums and Ibanez guitars will proudly showcase their arsenal in the Village. F.Y.E. (For Your Entertainment) is on board for the fifth consecutive year as the official music retailer and will host the FYE autograph tent giving fans the opportunity to meet some of their favorite Ozzfest artists. Trojan brand condoms will also have presence in the Village as the official latex condom of Ozzfest. Jagermeister will once again bring the backyard BBQ party back to Ozzfest and prove their commitment to metal music with artist autograph signings and tons of free swag for attendees 21 and over.

Here are the Ozzfest tour dates:

07/15 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center
07/17 - Hartford, CT @ Meadows
07/19 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Waterfront
07/21 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lakes
07/23 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette
07/24 - Washington, DC @ Nissan
07/26 - New York, NY @ PNC
07/30 - Chicago, IL @ Tweeter Center
07/31 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
08/02 - Columbus, OH @ Germain Amphitheatre
08/04 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/06 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley
08/07 - Minneapolis, MN @ Floatrite Park
08/11 - Seattle, WA @ White River
08/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
08/14 - Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train
08/16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Pavilion
08/18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket
08/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen
08/23 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
08/25 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff
08/27 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia J. Woods Pavilion
08/28 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08/31 - Nashville, TN @ Starwood Amphitheatre
09/02 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon
09/04 - West Palm Beach @ Sound Advice

Comments

[pill2comawhite1]

f*ckin sweet, black dahlia, in flames, the haunted, soilwork, shadows fall will all kick ass, iron maiden will be great as well

[kjohnson08]

why do all washington dates for just about everything have to be in fucl

[kjohnson08]

^oops. what i meant was why does everything have to be in ***en seattle.

[metalphor]

I'm...like...definitly gonna go...I wish they had a date in tampa though...it sucks having to drive all the way to west palm beach when I'm onoly 30 mins away from tampa. Oh well. THE LINEUP KICKS FUCKING ASS! (most of it)

[DumbKids]

I'd go to see Maiden, but that's pretty much it.

[jasonhutchcraft]

Why is there no Children of Bodom?!?!

[nirvana666]

good lineup but i wanna see the full one.....bls is always cool

[TheMutts]

sacramento here i come

[dre-0]

CAMDEN NJ!!!!

[cloudnine]

Why doesn't Ozzfest EVER come to Canada? Fucksake.

[irbrent]

^ no ***in kidding eh?

[The Powerslave]

So will Maiden be at Donington. Ozzfest is there, Maiden are at Ozzfest, but still no official confirmation, saying Maiden will be there??

[UG-ll=llore#2]

Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Black Label Society... Kick ass. I would go to the 08/07 - Minneapolis, MN @ Floatrite Park but the day B4 is my 21st Bday and I'll be at WeFest Kikin it Country Music Style. Oyeah 3 days of the 20 biggest county bands in the states and add about 5,000 18-23 yr old hot ass women all drunk an lookin for a good time. Humm fock ozzfest!

[Buck.45]

WTF o stop in philly now i need to go all they way over to pittsburgh, screw that.

[Voodoo Chile]

Damn, why can't they come to the UK?

[the_clairvoyant]

f8ck yess im due last!!! that means its goin to be the best show WOOO..HOOO..!!!..

[lifeofagitbox]

.....and! there's no Oregon *tear*

[the_clairvoyant]

i dont give a dam about those bands....im only goin for MAIDEN,OZZ,ROBZOMBIE,and scott ian

[Cookie_master]

Do they come to Europe?

[axe in hand]

im definatly going. too bad maiden is only going to perform songs from thier fisrt 4 albums

[darkstar9814]

buck.45 the freakin tweeter center isnt that far away from philly, make the drive.

[unknownalone]

Why doesn't Ozzfest EVER come to Canada?

because canada sucks

[in_flames_001]

because canada sucks

haha good one buddy ur real funny. you must be American, I feel sorry for you. you probably call yourself a metalhead and you listen to As I Lay Dying and Killswitch engage. guess youve never heard of Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, Annihilator, Into Eternity, Heaven Ablaze.....all the great metal bands come from the Great White North.

[XDOWNSTLX]

i seen south park i know what canadians look like and they dont play in metal bands

[XDOWNSTLX]

just playin try not to feel it too hard

[southern_stylin]

What are you talking about? Ozzfest was in Toronto a couple summers ago, and Van I think.

[4evermetal]

I think they've had better lineups.. but Iron Maiden and killswitch are still cool... but I did just see Killswitch in concert so forget it.

[redshademotion]

Why is everyone skipping over St. Louis?

[snbritishfreak]

Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Black Label Society... Kick ass. I would go to the 08/07 - Minneapolis, MN @ Floatrite Park but the day B4 is my 21st Bday and I'll be at WeFest Kikin it Country Music Style. Oyeah 3 days of the 20 biggest county bands in the states and add about 5,000 18-23 yr old hot ass women all drunk an lookin for a good time. Humm fock ozzfest!

is this guy serious?!?!?!?! you get like 10, 000 people at ozzfest and at the last ozzfest i went to b4 slipknot i saw like 50 tits and hot girls making out for our erection's pleasure. COMMON MAN METAL KIKS COUNTRY'S ASS!!! ozzfest is the way to go

[VelvetÆnema33]

I'm goin for sure to floatrites show. No way am I gonna miss Sabbath and Maiden at the same show.

[Nirvana_GodSmak]

i saw like 50 tits and hot girls making out for our erection's pleasure.

He's looking to get laid, not just to see tits. I don't even like country that much but there won't be any 'gothic' fat chicks there which make me want to puke, and for that I'd rather go to what he's going to than Ozzfest.

[killer_mop]

Well its not ozzfest without Black sabbath, and its not ozzfest without zakk wylde, BLS and BS are all i really am looking forward to

[Mr.Crumbum]

Can't wait to see what the big deal is about Arch Enemy,maybe my opinion will change when I see them. Should be a good show!

[southern_stylin]

What do you mean? Ozzfest played Canada before.

[southern_stylin]

oops didn't mean to post that again....

[#_of_the_beast]

ITS ALL ON OZZFEST.COM SO ITS DEFINITLY TRUE

[Postmortem]

NO SLAyER.. wtf

[beers]

jasonhutchcraft:
Why is there no Children of Bodom?!?!
[POSTED: 16 March 2005 - 09:55]

i was ***ing just about to say that. and what about canadian dates??? i remember when ozfest used to come to TO. shit.

[giannini1222]

man id love to go see this, but id leave right after black sabbath played and maybe stick around for black label society and iron maiden cause the rest of these bands arent worth stickin around for

[strider_hein]

HOLE FUCK AMAZING LINEUP
id go just for sabbath and maiden

[DeVaSt8Or]

WooHoo fist time OZZfest is in Salt Lake City!! cant wait!!!

[roo6339]

dammit! come to australia ozzfest! i wanna see all those bands so bad...

[Emo Elmo03088]

It Dies Today AND Trivium... yes....

[S.M.F.666]

YAY!!!..

[ArtOFGuitar?]

No Tampa?!

[irishmanishero]

ozzfest is were hagered ass sluts are warped tour is were the hot chicks are

[Martyrion]

Maiden..? YES! The lack of Blind Guardian is sad though... Good article.

[Brooky22888]

So will Maiden be at Donington. Ozzfest is there, Maiden are at Ozzfest, but still no official confirmation, saying Maiden will be there??

I think Maiden have a gig same day as Download. not sure though so I doubt they'll be there. Would be a great line up if they were though: Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, HIM plus Maiden if they were playin.

[Brooky22888]

ooops. messed up the quote there but the top bit was said by The Powerslave.

[OaklandRaider24]

what the ***? No 2 minutes to midnight? Fear of the dark? wicker man? futureal? can i play with madness? I dont call that a maiden show.

[In_Flames832]

OMFG HOLY FUCKING SHIT, IN FLAMES AT OZZFEST, AND ARCH ENEMY, and shadows fall, and killswitch, and *** it there are too many amazing bands this year, plz excuse me while i go piss myself then cry out of joy

[riffamortis221]

BUFFALO!!!

[OaklandRaider24]

maidens only playin cali area and north north north east. so us in the south are in bad luck. At least now they might come when they decide to play all their good songs

[Tremor_bassist]

In Flames!!!.. Very nice!

[Anaxagoran]

jasonhutchcraft:
Why is there no Children of Bodom?!?!

duhhh......if you were a real Children of Bodom fan you would know that Alexi just recovered from a broken hand and is busy writing albums for Sinergy and C.O.B. as well as their other tour dates in Europe. That Alexi is a busy busy man.

[FlashFire]

WTF o stop in philly now i need to go all they way over to pittsburgh, screw that.

LOL!!!.. Ever hear of Camden NJ? Its like 2 mins from Philly where Ozzfest has ALWAYS been.

[Dead2TheWorld]

alexi is my god btw.. but neways its too bad iron maiden wont be playing in the last 7 tour dates

[Piggy088]

tour sux this year, last year was good tho

[nemesis666]

why cant they have some death metal like cradle of filth or king diamond!

[bootyguard]

Damn, I just hope I can have the money when they come over here. I so wanna see Iron Maiden and some Sabbath. That's about it though.

[poisonthewell19]

it looks pretty good,but of course they aren't coming to fargo,not that i blame them

[walla]

a dozen furies whoop ass

[Metalgod16]

i am so going this year!!

[klownthekiller]

no love for FL

[UG-ll=llore#2]

is this guy serious?!?!?!?! you get like 10, 000 people at ozzfest and at the last ozzfest i went to b4 slipknot i saw like 50 tits and hot girls making out for our erection's pleasure. COMMON MAN METAL KIKS COUNTRY'S ASS!!! ozzfest is the way to go

Dude i've been to both, and Wefest has way more girls and they are way hotter. U dont even know.

[The_Wicker_Man]

SWEET!!!..

[Gr1m R34p3r]

YES! SACRAMENTO!!! It's about f*cking time!

[SatanIsMyHomie]

must buy tickets @_@

[x_themetalfan_x]

all bullshit to me. *** it all, no canadian dates FUCK YOU AMERICA!!!

[watchurback]

Klownthekiller:
no love for FL

while I agree I can't complain cause I live in West Palm

[areguzanda]

i dont have the money for that i would ojnly go if CoB was there but of course alexi and hit arm .. but he is making a new CD so that should be AWESOME !!!

[#_of_the_beast]

omg, this sux they r only playin stuff from there first 4 albums. I hope to dear god that they play some of the other stuff as encores

[guitarplaya1217]

how come there's no dates in Louisiana?

[EtTuBrute]

I went last summer, and Ozzy was sick and didn't show up, so I'm definately goin this year to see the Ozzman!

[Inimical]

Well slap my ass and call me Judy, they actually have more metal bands on this tour.

I might actually consider seeing it.

[psychodelia]

It's actually a decent lineup, would be nice if Mastodon joined though.

[RHCPhysco8]

ummm they did....^

last years 2nd line up seemed better though.

[Unforgivensoul]

wheres mudvayne they should be there

[blazelust]

No Reno? Grr. I am not driving to Cali, mother***ers.

[SvnStringMaster]

you stupid ass americans, quit giving me a bad name, canada kicks ass... and i'm from america, i know that canada kicks ass because i've been there. way better than this shit hole. ozzfest doesn't go to canada because of south park probably, south park gave canada a bad image, and ozzfest is all about image because ozzy is the biggest sell out since every member of KISS.

[ThisPerishedMin]

^^^^ hahahaha fol, good point...but maiden + bdm...hot damn.....

[cpt_pimp]

Los Angeles 8/20, watch the f|_|ck out. The first and only time i'm going to get to go to see Iron Maiden. Up the FUCKIN IRONS HOOKERS!!!!

[Vinura]

one word.

metallica.

everyone in that line must be great..i mean they wouldnt be playing at ozzfest if they werent..but no metal show is complete with out them or megadeth

hail to the gods of metal

[HairierThanPwn]

If metallica WAS there, vinura, i would despise going.

[metalhead_99801]

if they had SLAYER i would think about going, but that lineup isn't that great.

[metalhead_99801]

as for the gods of metal thing, SCREW metallica, SLAYER RULES!!!..

[Raistlin27]

UP THE IRONS!

[CBGBGuy]

IRON MAIDEN \m/(>_

[CBGBGuy]

aww, it cut off half of his face...

[Nirvana101]

Seattle isn't that far from Vancouver... I live in Powell River and I'm gonna try and make it

[Scourge]

damned yankees getting all the ***ing good bands. ever since i started listening to Black Sabbath i had wanted to hear them live. why the *** cant they do a tour in Aus???? oooh, just coz theres about 10 times the amount of people in the US than there are in Australia. who cares? theres still millions who listen to Black Sabbath. and yep 10s of thousands, possibly 100's of thousands would actually try to get into the concerts. not like theyd lose $$ for touring Oz. only 8 states and territories in Aus, and really 5-6 ud need to actually perform at lol. but yeah seriously dudes B.S. really really needs to tour Aus. not sure why i said that coz its not like its gonna change anything but what the hell. vent my rage.

[xenophon]

I'd go just to see Iron Maiden....IRONS UP!

[unknownalone]

all the great metal bands come from the Great White North.

yea, whatever you say aye, i think ive heard of a few of those bands aye, but i still stand by statement of canada sucking aye, and the only good thing that comes from canada are mooses aye, and lets not forget the word aye aye

[kornatemymum]

i hate to say it, but the ozzfest line up seems kinda weak this year, sure there are several great bands in the line ups. it doesn't seem to compare to ozzfests of the past.

[adeez]

kjohnson08:
^oops. what i meant was why does everything have to be in ***en seattle.

Two things. It's not in Seattle, it's at the White River Amphitheatre. Second, that's all Washington is--Seattle and then eastern Washington, and we both know theres nothing out there. It's just a republican extension of Idaho.

[in_flames_001]

lets not forget the word aye aye

if your gonna use our word, spell it right, eh?
and dont forget the beer and the bud, we got the best of that shit eh.

[mer_der_noms]

ALRIGHT! FUCKING OZZFEST KICKS ASS! IM GOING TO THE COLUMBUS SHOW!

[love_metal36]

decent main-stage line-up with Maiden, Sabbath, and BLS, i thought Anthrax's "among the living" line-up was confirmed. Would be better with Slayer and Megadeth. I hope to make the Seattle or Salt Lake show. Can't wait!!!

will someone please answer my question if Anthrax is playing or not?
peace out

[BucketheadRules]

aw, christ, Bury your dead sucks balls. I'll be sticking to the main stage and trying to see Rob Zombie

[StCloudMN]

I will also be going to WEFEST over OZ

[ANewFoundPride]

id pay somebody a $100 to go to ozzfest with a new found glory shirt on...or blink 182

[the_cheat22]

^not enough money for me to do that buddy

[alex_haeni]

if you gimme 10,000$ then maybe...

[bang_your_dead]

AWESOMEEE.. EDDIE ROCKS