OZZFEST tickets will be free this year!!!

mark13

http://www.ozzfest.com/news_2006.html

:eek: OZZFEST 2007...FOR FREE:eek:

GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT
PULLS PLUG ON TICKET PRICES

"This will change everybody’s impression of the way touring in the summer in America should be."--Sharon Osbourne

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.

Testing one, two, three...

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 SHARON, "ticket prices have steadily climbed as artists demand more and more money for summer tours. We certainly want everybody to make money, however we also want the kids to be able to afford to come out and have an incredible experience. If we continued with the traditional touring festival model, we would have no choice but to raise ticket prices again this year."

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 Sharon. "As a result, they found alternative ways of getting music. That’s what’s happening with summer touring in this country, it’s out-pricing itself. We started this and we want to keep it and we want to make it bigger and bigger each year by getting bigger sponsors to be involved with the festival and underwriting the festival. That’s what it’s about."

“For the past 11 years, music fans have made OZZFEST the most successful and enduring rock music festival in the United States,” said Jason Garner, Live Nation President of North American Concerts. “What better way to say ‘Thank You’ to the music fans who have made this possible than inviting them to attend OZZFEST for free.”

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, Sharon points out, "we have bands committed, but we’re hoping that after today's announcement we’ll have a whole influx of artists who want to be a part of something this ground breaking. We know there aren't any major headlining acts that would tour all summer for nothing, but we're confident we can turn some of the genre's biggest bands on to what we're doing and have them come out to play a date or two. If they're in town and want the rush of performing in front of 20,000 frenzied kids, they're more than welcome to join us. They can sell their t-shirts, CDs and whatever else they've got. They're also welcome to book their own shows in local venues on the day of OZZFEST. I’m not stopping them. People have to be creative and think of alternatives."

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, Linkin Park, Incubus, Slipknot, Queens of the Stoneage and Godsmack. Along with supporting bands on the rise including Avenged Sevenfold, Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage and Lacuna Coli, among others.

“OZZFEST was created to keep this genre of music alive by showcasing new talent," states Sharon. "You better believe we’re going to keep perpetuating that by hand-picking compelling new bands that are hungry for OZZFEST's career-making exposure."

Ph3n0m

And this has what to do with Ireland

Last time - Ozzy couldnt be bothered to turn up

Motley Crue

Feck all to do with Ireland, but certainly the biggest news in Heavy Metal this year!

Ph3n0m

Motley Crue wrote:

Feck all to do with Ireland, but certainly the biggest news in Heavy Metal this year!

even bigger then Gojira supporting a certain someone when they play here soon?

MoominPapa

I'd rather pay extra to have no commercial sponsorship at festivals, just local organically grown hippies plying their wares in wigwams:) Seriously, the kids will be ripped off one way or the other, this will give the corporations a complete strangle hold on the events, you'll have to sign up to the marines for a 7 year stint in Iraq to get into the main stage area

Alucard II

Ph3n0m wrote:

even bigger then Gojira supporting a certain someone when they play here soon?

most definitely NOT. the line up for Ozzfest wont be worth travelling for, tho if you were in America, nearby, you could pop in for SYL or some such.
but yes, i cant wait for that which we cannot mention, tho i wont be staying for the headliners

Karl Hungus

Ph3n0m wrote:

even bigger then Gojira supporting a certain someone when they play here soon?

Ah! Gojira? :eek:
When?
Where?
Who?
How much?

Nevyn

AT a gig we can't discuss here.

Fad

Gojira are playing that gig?:eek: and im going to that:p
*pelvic Thrust*
but the headliners are the main attraction for me in all fairness

Motley Crue

Fad wrote:

but the headliners are the main attraction for me in all fairness

If these are the same headliners im NOT thinking of, then I think you might be a little misguided in your judgement of bands. Besides, the first support act outways both the headliner and the second support act. Sorry, but thats my opinion. And as for Ozzfest this cant but be a good thing. Accept if it came to Ireland, then there'd be trouble, and you'd have grannies on the news complaining about the fact that Ms O Reilly in the line ahead of her got 7 tickets when they're only supposed to give out 4 pp ala Robbie Williams lol

MagnumForce

Ph3n0m wrote:

And this has what to do with Ireland

Nothing, but why should it have to?

In relation to Free Ozzfest, fair play to them, ticket prices are ridiculous, can't see them getting the top acts for a free show though. But you never know.

Alucard II

Karl Hungus wrote:

Ah! Gojira? :eek:
When?
Where?
Who?
How much?

April 8th & 9th
Metalcore band, popular among the metal n00b youth
the top of O'Connell Street
€30 i THINK.

should be enough info

Mushy

In relation to Gojira, phew, not going to that gig. Thankfully, its Easter so I cant be dragged along to it. As for Ozzfest, fair play to them, good thinking. So it all rules Metallica out yeah?

Fad

n00b? seems a tad harsh.
my geuss is your an elitist who like to call bands sell outs to sound intelligent:p

[on topic] yay um...ozzfest

Beekay

Alucard II wrote:

April 8th & 9th
Metalcore band, popular among the metal n00b youth
the top of O'Connell Street
€30 i THINK.

should be enough info

yes it was!i'll be leaving that gig early!haha

It wasn't me!

Annihilator too?! ****!! Looks like I may be obliged to go to this I'm afraid... Time to suck it up.