Ozzfest 2010 Lineup And Dates Officially Announced
The leaked lineup for this years edition of the “Ozzfest” tour has turned out to be true with the official “Ozzfest 2010” press release now available online below:
“More than 15 years after OZZY OSBOURNE debuted OZZFest, the defining blueprint for hard rock tours and festivals returns this August in six American cities with an explosive bill co-headlined by OZZY and, in their first-ever OZZFest appearance, Mötley Crüe—touring together for the first time with OZZY since he invited the group on their now legendary 1984 arena tour. Expect the energy to go way off the charts at the all-day extravaganza of music and deranged merriment.
The 2010 OZZFest–back after taking a year off in 2009 and the 2008 one-off stadium spectacular in Dallas, TX with OZZY and Metallica headlining–will kick off August 14 in San Bernardino (the birthplace of the first OZZFest in 1996) and then make stops in Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, Camden, NJ, Pittsburgh, PA and Boston, MA. Live Nation will promote the tour nationally.
The main stage will feature full sets from Ozzy, Mötley Crüe and Rob Halford (who last appeared on OZZFest in 2004 with Judas Priest), performing songs from his solo career along with material from Judas Priest and Fight. DevilDriver and Nonpoint will round out the main stage line-up. Second stage headliners and six-time OZZFest veterans Black Label Society will be joined by Drowning Pool, Kingdom of Sorrow, and Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch, Saviours and Kataklysm.
Each OZZFest date will include 13 bands on two stages with music beginning at 1:00 PM. In addition, concert-goers can once again visit the OZZFest “Village of the Damned” featuring a mix of interactive activities, shopping and entertainment throughout the venue concourses.
These OZZFest dates mark the first concerts in the U.S. in connection with the June 15 release of SCREAM (Epic Records), the OZZFest’s founder’s first album in three years and 10th studio album overall. OZZY’s band consists of his OZZY’s new guitar player, Gus G., bassist Blasko, drummer Tommy Clufetos and keyboardist Adam Wakeman.
Tickets for the show’s go on sale May 22 at www.OZZfest.com and www.LiveNation.com.
The 2010 OZZFEST dates are as follows:
Sat, Aug 14 – San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
Tue, Aug 17 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amp.
Thurs, Aug 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
Sat , Aug 21 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theater
Sun, Aug 22 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna
Tue, Aug 24 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center”
COMMENTS
Wow, talk about your all-time disappointments in regards to both line-up and dates.
You know what this means? The only other summer concert festival I have left is Warped Tour, and if I have to be surrounded by emo kids and Kayne West shades again, I offically announce my retirement from the summer music festival scene.
Hooooly shit, Pittsburgh doesn’t get fucked for once!
Yeah I couldn’t agree with rasputinmetalguy more
Any festival with Nonpoint on the Main Stage has got to be shitty.
a wise man once said “WORST. OZZFEST.EVER.”
It’s pretty sad when Warped Tour beats out Ozzfest and Mayhem combined.
Looks like they did a fine job scraping the bottom of the barrel for this one.
maybe they should have taken another year off
Hang in there everyone, there’s still a chance Methods of Mayhem may join the tour!
Hey everybody! Hop on a bus and come down to Heavy Montreal at the end of July! That’s where metal went! Slayer! Megadeth! Mastodon! Lamb of God! Hatebreed! High on Fire! Fear Factory! More More More!
wait a sec…I just read the press release again…are there only 5 tour dates period or are they adding more?
pretty sad that the second stage is better then the first
Im from BC and heavy Montreal is sounding better by the day.
I assume that’s it, because the last one was a 1-off in the South (Dallas) they are keeping it towards the North now. But why Hartford and Camden over Detroit is beyond me.
Ozzfest’s main stage hasn’t really appealed to me since the year Sabbath, Deftones & Slayer played. I would never go to this BUT the 2nd stage line up is A LOT better then the past few yrs have been. That 2nd stage has basically been mini Hellfest since like 2003. Bunch of mall core bands like Throwdown & Atreyu.
Throwdown > Anything on the second stage
It’s just not cool anymore to play Ozzfest. Bands make summer touring plans early in the year just to avoid having to resort to having to play this shitfest. It’s not very lucrative apparently either, because I remember back in 06 I think, Bad Acid Trip was selling everything they could just to raise enough money to get on the tour. I bought another one of their cds to help out, even got a hand written thank you letter from Dirk the singer. I think they had to come up with like 20k to be part of the tour. That’s fucked up.
Yep. I used to Tour Manage bands. The entire second stage with the exception of the headliner & sometimes co-headliner is Pay to Play. It’s basically part of the reason labels like Trustkill and Ferret are no longer big indie labels. It’s a crapshoot. You pay for a few of your labels bands to get on there and basically hope for the best. If the bands don’t blow up and recoup it was a total waste of money. Spending / Losing 20 G’s a band for a major label that has fuckin’ Jay-Z or Lady Gaga on it isn’t a big deal but to the above mentioned labels that’s a huge blow. The only “indie” label that survived that whole “Nu Hardcore” wave is (Unfortunately…VERY Unfortunately) Victory.
How is nu-metal still holding on? That shit just won’t completely die. As I’m typing I am looking at a huge banner ad advertising KoRn as a headliner over Rob Zombie and Five Finger Death Punch opening. While I’m on it, I don’t get this excitement for new Limp Bizkit. I grew out of that shit 10 years ago. I only have a totally nostalgic soft spot for $3 Dollar Bill.
I too grew out of nu-metal as an overall subgenre, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still like certain bands from that scene. Some died out after one album that well and truly rocked, and some are still going. And that’s fine with me. It’s the same in any genre: some bands imitate and suck, and others have more to offer. Nothing wrong with appreciating certain bands of the nu-metal variety if they manage to carve out a sound of their own.
But the excitement over LB… yeah, I don’t really get that either. That’s kinda pushing it.
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