Ozzy Osbourne will return to North America for a month-long arena tour launching November 12 in Victoria, B.C. and concluding December 12 in Minneapolis. These shows - in support of his album Scream (Epic Records) and latest single “Life Won’t Wait” - are part the of the Rock Legend’s in-progress 18-month world tour on which he’s earning some of the best live reviews of his career (including raves for new guitarist, Gus G).
Halford, featuring legendary
Judas Priest front man,
Rob Halford, will perform on all dates. The first leg of arena dates will mark Ozzy’s first headlining North American tour since 2007’s trek for his
Black Rain album. Tickets for the Live Nation-produced tour go on sale beginning Friday, September 17.
Ozzy is now on a run of acclaimed festival appearances and headlining overseas performances, including two Ozzfest dates: London at O2 Arena September 18 and Tel Aviv, Israel at Heyarkon Park September 28. This overseas trek includes stops in Russia, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Finland, Norway, Germany, Romania and Turkey, before wrapping October 4 in Hungary. OZZY then heads to Japan (October 13, 16 and 17) before returning to the U.S. to headline the Voodoo Experience festival Halloween weekend in New Orleans, LA.
A limited number of VIP tickets are available for each show on the North American tour through two unique “Meet & Greet” packages. VIP packages go on sale Monday September 13 at 10:00 AM (local venue time) and are limited to 4 per show date for the M&G package and 8 per show date for the party package. Descriptions of the two VIP packages are as follows:
The “Ozzy Osbourne Meet & Greet Package” is limited to 30 tickets per show and amenities include: premium seating within the first 3 rows of the stage, Meet & Greet and personal photograph with Ozzy, VIP access to the exclusive pre-concert party hosted by MC Big Dave and a variety of Ozzy tour - related items.
The “Ozzy Osbourne Possessed Party Package” - available to the first 200 buyers - includes a ticket located within the first 10 rows of the stage, VIP access to the exclusive pre-concert party hosted by MC Big Dave and a variety of Ozzy tour-related items.
The fall dates will coincide with the October 5 release of an expanded two-CD version of the Scream album. This “Tour Edition” package will feature seven bonus songs: a mix of previously unreleased tracks and live recordings. Epic will also issue a four-sided vinyl edition that includes five bonus tracks: the three aforementioned songs from the Scream sessions and the live version of “Let Me Hear You Scream,” along with the single version of “Life Won't Wait” (the second single from Scream).
The preliminary tour dates are as follows (with more dates TBA):
11/12 - Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
11/14 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
11/16 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
11/18 - Edmonton, MB - Rexall Place
11/20 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
11/23 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
11/25 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
11/27 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
12/01 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena
12/03 - E Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
12/05 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
12/12 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
