Ozzfest 2007 – “Freefest” Details Revealed – Tickets are FREE(!); Ozzy to Headline 25-Date Tour…and More
Details regarding OZZFEST 2007 have been officially released! A few key points from the press release, as pasted below, are as follows:
1. Tickets/Entrance will be free
2. Ozzy Osbourne will headline and debut new music
3. It will be a 25-date haul; kicking off in LA on July 7
4. Headliners are committed (ALICE IN CHAINS highly rumored…)
5. Tentative city list has been revealed for the tour
…with more details forthcoming.
“This will change everybody’s impression of the way touring in the summer in
- Imagine a day of wall-to-wall hard rock.
- Imagine the world’s greatest headliner sharing a bill with cutting edge new artists.
- Imagine if this brass-knuckled beast was hellbent on coming to your town.
- Imagine this earth-pounding event…FOR FREE.
2007 will forever mark the year OZZFEST spiked the concert industry’s punch and gave every head-banging American kid a reason to strap on an air guitar with the historic announcement that tickets to the summer’s premiere touring concert festival won’t cost fans a dime.
That’s right, OZZY and SHARON OSBOURNE and tour producer LIVE NATION broke the news today at the Concert Industry Consortium in Los Angeles that their 12th annual hard rock spectacular–a 25-date extravaganza launching July 7 in Los Angeles–is pulling the plug on ticket prices and giving the power back to the fans calling this summer’s OZZFEST “FreeFest.”
The other OZZFEST cities as of now are San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Kansas City, St Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Charlotte, Atlanta, West Palm Beach, Nashville.
Note: A final confirmed list of cities and dates is forthcoming.
“For the last few years,” says
Cited as “one of rock’s biggest juggernauts” in the cover feature of Sunday’s New York Times’ “Arts and Leisure” section (6/25/06), OZZFEST and Live Nation will turn to sponsors to provide added support for the festival’s new incarnation. This summer’s OZZFEST will provide select sponsors with a unique opportunity to engage fans one-on-one utilizing one of music’s best known brands.
“We’re reaching the same point we did years ago when kids no longer wanted to pay for overpriced CDs,” compares
“For the past 11 years, music fans have made OZZFEST the most successful and enduring rock music festival in the
To gain entry into the event, fans will go to www.ozzfest.com or www.livenation.com to find links that will direct them to special sponsor sites where tickets can be secured. More details regarding the process are forthcoming.
As OZZFEST’s founder and namesake, OZZY will make his triumphant return to the headlining position on this year’s mainstage after surprising fans last year by performing on the down-and-dirty second stage at a handful of dates. Audiences can expect the Prince of Darkness to unveil new songs from his forthcoming studio album, OZZY’s first disc of new material since 2001. While the rest of the in-progress bill is under wraps,
Since 1996, OZZFEST has been a virtual breeding ground for rising bands. The festival has been instrumental in igniting the careers of platinum-selling artists like System of a Down, Disturbed,
“OZZFEST was created to keep this genre of music alive by showcasing new talent,” states
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Ive gone the last 6 years in a row, since i paid my dues, this “freefest” is great, but i hope since it is free, everything (including the music) better not suck ass.
Ozzfest 2007… ill go
OK, I will definately go. Free hard rock/metal (even if it is mainstream) music is always good. It may not have the best artists since it will be free but who cares? Free is free. I just hope that it isn’t too hard to get free tickets to the events.
Honestly, I would rather pay the $45 to secure my seat instead of having to fight every person out there trying to score free tickets.
i’ve been to the last 5 in a row badass shit buy 5 get 1 free sweet but i hope buch of little kids and people who dont deserv it get all the tickets. or a buch of scamers find a way to reserve them all
thats pretty awesome
hope there’s good bands this year
wow. now there’s something i’d never have guessed would happen.
Hopefully the food and drinks theres at the venues will be free too, hah
^^ haha, increase to $15 for a hot dog i bet.
$90 t-shirts!
I can see this free ticket thing being a huge mess.
and I bet every band this year will suck. unless they get some really awesome bands, i’m not going. even if it is free. fuck sharon. this just damage control for the osbournes, fuck them
Dio > ozzy
*Sigh* I still don’t see why there’s still complaints about this. A free concert is a free concert. Even if there is a couple of shit bands, who cares? I’m not paying for it, and we’re not paying for it. People will find anything to bitch about. All I know is that I’ll be at the Albuquerque show having a great time.
Good god Lumbergh is an idiot.
awesome idea..hope the bands are good
how am I an idiot? i would have to drive 7 hours to go to this shitfest. even if it is free its not worth it.
if you don’t mind being packed in like a sardine can surrounded by scum (and yes, since this show is free, there will be a lot of scum at these shows) then more power to you.
and here come the hooks…
Buy 3 Ozzfest artists albums per 1 free ticket ($60)
Buy 10 cases of Pepsi for 1 free ticket ($50)
etc. Nothing’s “free” Sharon. If it sounds to good to be true, but judging on most of the people at Ozzfest, they’ll eat this up.
This year being free proves the ticket prices the last couple years were way too high.
ADD i think is right there will certainly be a catch to this, nothing is free, youre gonna have to buy something in order to get a free ticket, if not this is going to certainly be cut throat trying to secure one, ill go if im interested in the bands i suppose and the catch isnt too outrageous
Unless the hook’s gonna be lawn and bad seats are free, and then you can “upgrade” to a better seat by paying or buying the “Party Like A Rockstar” package. I really want this to be a good thing, but I just can’t see a tour like Ozzfest ever being “free”.
yeah dude buy half gallons of jagar get free ticket
Well that’ll happen for me with or without a ticket
so, i heard that it’s Black Sabbath, METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER, lamb of god, IN FLAMES, Children Of Bodom, TRIVIUM, chimaira, ARCH ENEMY, IT DIES TODAY and then i come home and find that the line up’s not even announced yet or some shit
“if you don’t mind being packed in like a sardine can surrounded by scum (and yes, since this show is free, there will be a lot of scum at these shows) then more power to you.”
So venues are going to somehow allow more people in just because nobody had to pay for the tickets? I was referring to your Dio > Ozzy comment before but that one really sealed the deal.
Metallica won’t be on Ozzfest
how about have sexy time with sharon for free tickets
Thats cool that its free,but Alice in Chains will never be the same w/o Layne!!!
Whoever said that The Ozzman should give it up should go to hell!! I’d like to see them at his age rock as hard as he does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Metallica will never play a show for free.
“Metallica will never play a show for free.”
11.11.97
Metallica’s free concert, dubbed the “Million Decibel March,” was held in Philadelphia parking lot and was a great success. For the show’s intro, they showed Jaymz playing the famous ESPN commercials’ “Da-na-na, na-na-na” from the Sportscenter music on his guitar.
Excuse me while I finish my crow sandwich…
This is kinda of badass and shows that they really do this for the fans.
As for the dumbass who thinks Dio is better then Ozzy let me tell you this. First Off Dio was nothing more then an 80s trend voice. He turned the heaviest band of all time into another typical 80s band. He never made an album like Paranoid or Masters of Reality, you know albums that meant something, albums that changed the face of music, albums that will be remembered, albums that every metal band is influenced by.
You might like his voice better, ok whatever, but let me ask you this, Ozzy and Dio are playing the same venue whos opening for who?
*Master
this is a cool idea, i just hope it means there will be good bands. im sure they make enough money off percentage of merch sales/second stage bands paying like 90 grand to play. ive never been toa single ozzfest but this is one id go to.
Metallica has played a lot of free shows. And I’m glad someone else agrees with me on Dio Sabbath. A lot of people consider Dio Sabbath to be just as good (sometimes better) than Ozzy Sabbath. So I went out and bought Heaven and Hell (widely considered the best Dio Sabbath album), and I was very disappointed. I don’t see how anyone could possibly compare this to Ozzy Sabbath. They sound like a slightly heavier version of Kiss, not nearly as dark, heavy, evil, or intense as Ozzy Sabbath. When I first heard Master of Reality, it was like a kick to the ass, where as listening to Heaven and Hell makes me feel like I should be lying on the beach in speedos getting a tan.
Ozzy > Dio. True Story.
this will be a great thing for any band that takes part of this because it shows that there more about the music than the money and seeing a band play live always makes me want to buy there albulm
The bands will still get paid
OK I’ve go to say it to all u Ozzy heads out there . Yea Ozzy is more popular in the U.S then Dio but so is Hilary Duff. Whats your point? All you ever do is name old Ozzy album’s because today he’s a commercial metal sell out. Dio never sold out! “Sacred Heart, Lock Up The Wolves, Last In Line, Dream Evil” and even recent album’s ” Magica , Master Of The Moon, Killing the Dragon” are all true to Dio and his fans. Big money companies will not promote you if thay cant rite your songs so kids will watch MTV and sell pimple creams and cola’s etc.etc. As far as historic metal album’s go you’ve let us all know your not a metal fan your an Ozzy fan. Dio actually hase what are recognized as three of the all time greatest metal album’s “heaven and hell” the mob rules and holy diver” Now as far as influence is concerned listen to today’s metal vocalist and tell me whew they’re trying to sound more like? The slow droning every one can sing along voice of Ozzy or the power vocals of RJD! Popularity means nothing but advertising sellout in the U.S today. If u want original lyrics and powerful singing with awesome highs and grinding lows that no one has matched to date RJD is for you! If you want shit your old lady sings along with then its Ozzy all the way!
Cool..rid