Ozzy Osbourne – Headlining Ozzfest 2nd Stage In California
The following article is from MTV.com:
Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne’s namesake festival’s still seven weeks away from its June 29 launch in Auburn, Washington, but the 11th installment of the often-imitated mammoth known as the Ozzfest is already shaping up to be one highlighted by several firsts — most of which involve the Ozzman himself.
For instance, this summer’s tour will be the first in the festival’s history that Ozzy doesn’t plan on closing out each night; he’s committed to headlining just 10 of the tour’s 24 stops, leaving SYSTEM OF A DOWN and DISTURBED to handle the rest of the trek’s dates. What’s more, Osbourne revealed late Thursday night that, for the first time since Ozzfest launched in 1996, he’d be closing out not the fest’s main stage, but it’s much smaller — and generally much dingier — second stage.
Osbourne plans to headline the second stage during the festival’s July 8 stop at San Bernardino, California’s Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen. For each of the last ten years, Ozzy has headlined the main stage either as a solo artist or with BLACK SABBATH.
“After 10 years of headlining Ozzfest’s main stage, I think it’s time for a change,” Osbourne said, in a written statement. “I haven’t had a chance to play this close to an audience in years, and I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to it.”
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