Ozzfest 2006 Thread- Bands & Dates Announced

[mrlee]

why the hell are bls on second stage, who the hell can say lacuna coil and system are better than bls.

[Malcolm]

In an Ozzfest first, OZZY OSBOURNE has decided not to perform on the main stage at the festival's July 8 stop at San Bernardino, CA's Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen. Instead, the rock icon has chosen to get right in the face of fans on the frontline by headlining the down and dirty second stage located in a field adjacent to the venue's proper amphitheatre. For each of the last ten years, Ozzfest's founder and namesake has headlined the main stage of the summer's premiere touring concert festival. At this time, Ozzy is scheduled to headline the main stage at his other nine Ozzfest performances slated for this year.

Announcing his decision, Ozzy says, "After 10 years of headlining Ozzfest's main-stage I think it's time for a change. 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. So look out, L.A."

[Malcolm]

Ozzfest has added a stop in Toronto on July 25

[BLS-Pride]

For those who do nto know.. Zakk Wylde will pull double duty and play with the Ozz man as well as BLS.

[BLS-Pride]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For OZZFEST Main Stage - May 18, 2006
AVENGED SEVENFOLD and DRAGONFORCE have been added to the main-stage lineup of this year's Ozzfest, which is scheduled to kick off June 29 in Auburn, Washington. The festival billing is now as follows:

Main Stage:

OZZY OSBOURNE (10 dates only)
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
DISTURBED
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
HATEBREED
LACUNA COIL
DRAGONFORCE

Second Stage (non-rotating):

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
ATREYU
UNEARTH
BLEEDING THROUGH
NORMA JEAN

Second Stage (rotating):

A LIFE ONCE LOST
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
THE RED CHORD
FULL BLOWN CHAOS
WALLS OF JERICHO
ALL THAT REMAINS
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
BAD ACID TRIP

Ozzfest 2006 dates:

Jun. 29 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre *
Jul. 01 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater *
Jul. 02 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater
Jul. 04 - Albuquerque, NM - The Journal Pavilion
Jul. 07 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
Jul. 08 - San Bernardino, CA - Hyundai Pavilion **
Jul. 14 - Kansas City, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 15 - St. Louis, MO - UMB Bank Pavilion
Jul. 16 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre *
Jul. 19 - Detroit, MI - DTE Music Energy Center
Jul. 21 - Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheatre
Jul. 22 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre *
Jul. 23 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Jul. 25 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
Jul. 26 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
Jul. 27 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul. 29 - New York, NY - Randall's Island *
Jul. 30 - Hartford, CA - New England Dodge Music Center
Aug. 01 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts *
Aug. 04 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center - The Waterfront *
Aug. 05 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
Aug. 06 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Virginia Beach *
Aug. 09 - Raleigh, NC - Alltel Pavilion
Aug. 13 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphiheatre *

* OZZY OSBOURNE headlining dates
** OZZY OSBOURNE headlining second stage

It as A7X, Like I thought. Guitar work in that band is really good.

[Malcolm]

According to an Ozzfest.com newsletter, OZZY OSBOURNE will headline the Monster Energy second stage on three additional Ozzfest 2006 dates:

Jul. 04 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
Jul. 18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
Jul. 27 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

This in addition to his previously announced second stage appearances:

Jul. 08 - San Bernardino, CA @ Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen
Jul. 11 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 22 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Ozzfest 2006 dates:

Jun. 29 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre*
Jul. 01 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre*
Jul. 02 - Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Jul. 04 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion**
Jul. 07 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
Jul. 08 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen**
Jul. 09 - San Diego, CA @ Coors Amphitheater
Jul. 11 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre**
Jul. 15 - St. Louis, MO @ UMB Bank Pavilion
Jul. 16 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amph.*
Jul. 18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion**
Jul. 19 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jul. 21 - Columbus, OH @ Germain Amphitheatre
Jul. 22 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre**
Jul. 23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
Jul. 25 - Toronto, CAN @ Molson Amphitheatre
Jul. 26 - Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion @ Montage Mtn
Jul. 27 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Six Flags PAC**
Jul. 29 - New York, NY @ Randall?s Island*
Jul. 30 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Cntr
Aug. 01 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center*
Aug. 04 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center @ the Waterfront*
Aug. 05 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amp
Aug. 06 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion*
Aug. 09 - Raleigh, NC @ Alltell Pavilion @ Walnut Creek
Aug. 13 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheatre

* indicates OZZY OSBOURNE headlining main stage
** indicates OZZY OSBOURNE headlining second stage

[AxlsMainMan]

Are tickets already on sale for these shows?

I dont recall Ozzfest ever having a Canadian date the last several years, so I definately dont want to miss out on the one in Toronto...

[Malcolm]

OZZY OSBOURNE and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY have announced an Ozzfest "off" date on Friday, July 14 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Kansas City in Bonner Springs, KS. Also appearing on the bill are ATREYU and UNEARTH. Tickets go on slae today (June 26) at 12:00 p.m.

The Bonner Springs is a last-minute addition to OSBOURNE's itinerary following the cancellation of the July 14 Ozzfest date in Somerset, Wisconsin due to "slow ticket sales," according to the local promoters.

As previously reported, OZZY OSBOURNE will now headline the Monster Energy second stage on a total of six Ozzfest 2006 dates:

Jul. 04 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
Jul. 08 - San Bernardino, CA @ Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen
Jul. 11 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
Jul. 22 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Jul. 27 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Ozzfest in Toronto only features certain bands...Does not feature BLS

[Neemo]

Ozzfest in Toronto only features certain bands...Does not feature BLS

fucking figures....the only bands i'm interested in are Ozzy and BLS

[Malcolm]

Launch Radio Networks reports: The 11th annual Ozzfest gets underway today (Thursday, June 29) in Seattle, Washington, and for the first time in the tour's history, neither OZZY OSBOURNE nor BLACK SABBATH is headlining the main stage for the entire duration. OSBOURNE is sharing those duties this year with SYSTEM OF A DOWN and DISTURBED, whose frontman David Draiman told Launch that he doesn't see the change as any sort of major challenge. "We deliver 110 percent whether Ozzy would be playing a full set any given night or whether he's not playing in a given night or whatever the case may be," he said. "Ozzy's earned the right to do whatever the hell Ozzy wants to do. If he wants to play six shows, so be it, if he wants to play a dozen shows, so be it. He's paid his dues and he's done what he's needed to do."

Osbourne announced yesterday (Wednesday, June 28) that he will headline the tour's second stage on July 1 in San Francisco instead of the main stage. The singer is now playing six dates on the main stage, seven on the second stage, and one solo headlining concert on July 14 in Kansas City.

[Malcolm]

Ozzys Setlist from Shoreline

1. I Don't Know
2. Mr. Crowley
3. Flying High Again
4. Suicide Solution
5. Into the Void
6. I Don't Want to Change the World
7. Road to Nowhere
8. Crazy Train
9. Mamma I'm Coming Home
10. Paranoid

[Malcolm]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY (SEATTLE, WA)
-------------------------
The Beginning... At Last
Suffering Overdue
Fire It Up
Bleed For Me
Suicide Messiah
Been A Long Time
Say What You Will
Stillborn

[DEAD HORSE]

Goin to Ozzfest Tomorrow Saturday!!! 


GET READY FOR OZZY!!

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Goin to Ozzfest Tomorrow Saturday!!!?
GET READY FOR OZZY!!

So how was it? 

[Malcolm]

 With thundering metal guitars and some old Black Sabbath favorites, Ozzy Osbourne worked the heavy metal fans into a frenzy at his 11th annual Ozzfest at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Tuesday afternoon.

Impressive was Osbourne's energy. After all, the man is 57.

But there he was in black shirt and jeans on the Munster Energy Second Stage, kicking off his 4 p.m. set. Because the stage faced south, he performed under a merciless sun.

Yet he seemed well-rested, and he acted like an enthusiastic young rocker, jumping, screaming and exhorting the fans to "let me hear you!"

He opened with the haunting tones of "Mr. Crowley" as the crowd roared its approval.

Also impressive was the turnout, estimated at about 18,000 by security officials. This despite the fact that the concert took place on a weekday and on an asphalt parking lot under a blazing summer sun.

Other marquee names still to perform on the amphitheater main stage Tuesday included Avenged Sevenfold, Hatebreed, Disturbed and System of a Down.

Yet the 2006 Ozzfest was about a lot more than just Ozzy or heavy metal music.

Like the Warped Tour, which stopped here two weeks ago, Ozzfest is a cultural festival where Mohawks and green hair, nose rings and punk attitude seem perfectly at home. There were dozens of busy booths providing tattoos, piercing and body painting. There were souvenir, merchandise and CD booths galore.

And of course, there was music ? lots of it.

A roster of some 20 bands started as early as 9:30 a.m. Beyond the rock metal veterans, fans also came to see new, upcoming talent such as A Life Once Lost, All That Remains, Walls of Jericho and Full Blown Chaos.

"We came early to see Atreyu," said a red-faced Jaime Salgado, 20, of Dallas, and a student at Texas State University-San Marcos. "It would be nice if we had brought umbrellas though. Man it's hot."

Elsewhere, music fans toured the sideshows of this musical circus.

One big tent offered a few oddities: the Two-Headed Boy, the Giant Snake and the World's Smallest Horse. In the nearby Bros. Grim tent, attractions included Melinda the Bearded Lady ? Alive, Wolf People of M?xico and the Lizard Man.

But the main attraction was still Ozzy.

And after plowing through another classic, the maudlin "Road to Nowhere," Osbourne addressed the animated crowd.

"They just told me I can only do one more song! I told them F you!" Osbourne shouted.

Of course, there was never any danger of the festival's namesake getting thrown off the stage, but the fans ate it up.

"If you want to hear some more music, you gotta let me F hear you," he shouted.

They did. Chants of "Ozzy Ozzy! and "Otra Otra!" went up.

Osbourne and his band cranked into another crowd favorite, "Crazy," and everywhere fists started pumping and heads started banging.

After Osbourne's set, the huge mass of fans moved to the amphitheater to continue the party and catch Dragonforce rip into "Valley of the Dead."