As next Tuesday draws closer when media mogul Sharon Osbourne will sit down with husband and metal Godfather Ozzy Osbourne to announce the 2007 installment of heavy music’s longest running festival, OZZFEST, people are wondering what will be revealed. Rumors are abound that the show will transform into an indoor arena-esque format, with considerably less bands on the bill. Reaching back to 2001’s multi-leg format, the bill could feature a revolving door of artists who will pick up at different points along the shortened trek. With rumored headliners ALICE IN CHAINS seemingly squared away, other names that have had attention focused on them include:

• KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – New album, hot sales, and increased awareness. The MA based lot fits the mold in terms of drawing the right demographics.
• HELLYEAH! –An all-star lineup of Vinnie Paul plus Mudayne duo Chad Gray/Greg Tribbet and Nothingface pair Tom Maxwell/Jerry Montano could be a direct shoe in.
• DOWN – Never forget the Anselmo influence, but is it too soon for the paths of Phil and Vinnie to cross?
• MASTODON ­– Metal’s hottest property. After supporting Slayer and firing out a crushing new disc, some would think they’re a shoe-in for a spot.
• STATIC-X – With 3 million sold for “Wisconsin Death Trip” and a new disc on the way, these Ozzfest vets may have a way in. However, they could be cast aside to make way for fresher talent.
• OTEP – Blood pigs. For the 8^th time. Why not?!

Without laboring on an extensive list of bands + questions, it depends on which route the festival takes (underground & heavy; blockbuster bands; popular acts; European driven), and depends on who appears on the bill.

• Will ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR, SLIPKNOT, MEGADETH or METALLICA pop along to join the likes of OZZY OSBOURNE on the main stage?
• Will it be littered with the Gothenburg scene?
• What of LINKIN PARK and KORN in years past – will someone step up to the plate from analogous genres…maybe new kids on the block MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE or top sellers like BUCKCHERRY and HINDER?
• Would a RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE or THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (Sharon vs. Corgan!) reunion be worth your hard earned dollars?
• How underground will the festival actually be? Will we see Century Media and other indie labels getting some of their developing artists onto the bill? Perhaps on some stops…
• How will HEAVEN & HELL figure into everything?

A laundry list of question marks also comes into play with regards to the fringe acts who have previously done traveling shows/festivals like the OZZFEST:

CHIMAIRA, DARK TRANQUILLITY, ROB ZOMBIE, HORSE THE BAND, AS I LAY DYING, HATEBREED, AVENCONVERGE, LAMB OF GOD, SHADOWS FALL, LACUNA COIL, DEVILDRIVER, etc.

The biggest question of all is – will this [finally] be the last one? With such few bands tipped to perform, odds are it will be a blowout event that could see the last of OZZY OSBOURNE atop the bill. You could potentially see `07 being the final year for OZZY OSBOURNE. With the summer performances acting as the perfect segue into a BLACK SABBATH reunion which will cap off a fine career for one of heavy metal’s most beloved stars, let’s just hope it’s not a poor man’s Gigantour.

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Crucified Coma wrote:

needs more wu tang

February 2nd, 2007 at 3:59 pm

Lumbergh wrote:

they should just cancel ozzfe$t for good.

February 2nd, 2007 at 4:01 pm

Exactly wrote:

So they are changing it from Ozzfest to a show regular show with Ozzy headlining and acting as if its still a festival. Great idea.

Ok Sounds Of The Underground, time to pick up the slack.

February 2nd, 2007 at 4:26 pm

theWolfisLOOSE wrote:

Haha, if they shrink the band list it’s only to give the Unholy Alliance tour a run for it’s money, because Ozzfest bombed this year. Now it’s becoming Ozz minus the fest. Unholy Alliance is taking over and like said above: time for Sounds to take a leap with the leftover bands.

February 2nd, 2007 at 4:40 pm

CannibalCFH wrote:

AIC would be fine choice, i love Down but i would rather see them do there own tour, im stil waiting to here about Sounds of The Underground 07…

February 2nd, 2007 at 4:56 pm

57Sprinklesofpain wrote:

First off the fest has never bombed. They always make money so there would be no reason to stop doing it.

Please dont put that lump of shit known as RAGE on.

February 2nd, 2007 at 5:14 pm

screename1414 wrote:

Oh man, billy corgan would not take any of sharons shit.

February 2nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm

soilworkerben wrote:

if they put HINDER on Ozzfest, I will kill myself…right after I kill Sharon…and Hinder

February 2nd, 2007 at 6:10 pm

sic semper tyrannis wrote:

It’s going to be interesting to see how this will turn out. But first, I’d like to say that the indoor arena venue is just silly. Ozzfest has always been outdoors. Fun time in the sun. Plus, that’s what makes the painted titties useful.

February 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm

Fred Durst wrote:

I don’t think Anthrax will be on the tour, cause they need to get a new lead singer first. Slipknot on hold, but maybe Stone Sour will be on it. I highly doubt Metallica would ever do it. Megadeth probably won’t cause of Gigantour. I’m really not happy about AIC. Don’t get me wrong, I love AIC but without Layne it’s not the same.

February 2nd, 2007 at 6:42 pm

Wowza wrote:

If there is HELLYEAH - you know you will see Bloodsimple - they are very close, same mgmt - maybe even same tour materials

BLOODSIMPLE FOR OZZFEST ‘07!!! I also like Shadows Fall here and Chimaira

February 2nd, 2007 at 8:33 pm

ThisIsNot wrote:

I don’t know, this Ozzfest has me guessing. For the past couple of year, I have been able to narrow down at least 50% of the acts that will appear on stage. This year, I have no idea. I don’t want to get my hopes up for Hellyeah!, Anthrax, Heaven and Hell, or Static-X appearing on the tour as they may not be on the tour.

I hope that they keep Ozzfest as an outdoor tour and keep the band list up. I just couldn’t see Ozzfest being a big summer “festival” with only 10 bands or less on the tour. Now, if they make it an indoor tour but still keep the same amount of bands, then that might work but Ozzfest has always been outdoors. That way you get to experience the 100+ degree temperatures on the second stage and cool down a little when the main stage acts come on and the sun goes down.

February 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm

rammstien wrote:

rammstein has to be there and i hope himsa

February 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 am

SalsaShark wrote:

Holy shit, Lumbergh is the most clever guy I have ever seen! You guys see what he did? “Ozzfe$t”! That is so clever! Because, you know, they make money off of it. And the tour name happens to have an ’s’ in it. That is so clever! I wish I was able to come up with something like that, but I just lack the creativity. That is so clever! You know, because they make money and the dollar sign looks like an ’s’! You are so clever!

February 3rd, 2007 at 1:17 am

ADD wrote:

Indoors would make sense. Not filling 30,000 seat amps, fill 16,000 seat arenas.

February 3rd, 2007 at 3:49 am

dalenkwint wrote:

Ozzfest shouldnt be in theaters or arenas, it should be 100% GA standing room outdoors.

like randalls island WITHOUT roping off half the place, but I didnt go to randalls because ozzfest ‘06 sucked I went to gigantour instead and missed basically every band i wanted to see because my girlfriend kind of got alcohol poisoning and ended up in first aid for a while, but she was better when megadeth came on, go figure.

now the possibilities

Black Sabbath/Heaven&Hell: Tony, Bill, Geezer, Ozzy +Dio??(if anything just think of the profit of such an event)

Sabbath/Ozzy
Heaven and Hell?
AIC
RATM
Smashing Pumpkins

if 3+5 6f the above are true it would make it be soooo huge and Sharon could get all of the following

-even bigger breasts for herself
-the sex change operation jack has been begging for
-Stomache stapling for kelly
-Old folks home for Ozzy

February 3rd, 2007 at 7:45 pm

dalenkwint wrote:

error correction: if 3/5 of my list are true it would be so fucken huge

February 3rd, 2007 at 7:47 pm

ASOmartin wrote:

i don’t even care, i want to find out who’s on the next unholy alliance or gigantour. they’ll end up being far better tours i’m sure.

February 3rd, 2007 at 10:26 pm

Anti-Aldo wrote:

This tour is a waste of a post. Nont of those bands above are any good.

February 4th, 2007 at 12:21 am

rammstien wrote:

Anti-Aldo sounds like he needs a whambulince

February 4th, 2007 at 1:46 pm

dalenkwint wrote:

awww, dont cry aldo.

February 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

scartr3k wrote:

Can’t really tolerate Ozzfest anymore, but if Dark Tranquillity decided to go with it, I might consider, even if it is outdoors. Since (it looks like) they’ve decided not to stop in AZ for their tour with Into Eternity.

February 5th, 2007 at 10:37 am

mott6663 wrote:

I have been to most of the ozzfest shows and even with some of the lame acts I have seen, it has always been a great show and a place to see up and coming bands. Most of you sound like spoiled lil school girls not getting your way, as all you seem to do is moan and groan…

February 5th, 2007 at 11:48 am

soilworkerben wrote:

that is soooo not true!

February 5th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

soilworkerben wrote:

^^^sarcasm^^^

in case u missed it

February 5th, 2007 at 6:32 pm

mott6663 wrote:

I bet Soilworkerbetty will be at the freefest(ozzfest) now…….

February 7th, 2007 at 2:59 pm

metalfrost wrote:

so does anyone know for sure what any of the bands are going to be. I think they need slipknot because they just straight up kick fuking ass. Plus some soilwork and In flames

February 21st, 2007 at 6:34 pm

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March 14th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

sackings_fan wrote:

i wanna see Rage Against the Machine up there along with Static-X…bring bak the old timers hell yea

March 28th, 2007 at 10:18 am

Dj_Razor wrote:

Ok you all for sure Otep is going to be there wooot!!! A little bired told me that Evanescence might be there

April 13th, 2007 at 9:35 am

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