In a brand new interview in the present day (Nov. 5) with Hits Each day Double, Sharon Osbourne revealed how a lot of subsequent yr’s Ozzfest lineup has already been confirmed.
“Fifty %,” the Osbourne household matriarch mentioned after she expressed hope that the lineup would not fluctuate an excessive amount of between the U.Okay., U.S. and Mexico exhibits in 2027. “For me, it would be rather a lot much less work.”
The return of Ozzfest was a buzzing subject amongst steel followers after Sharon and her son Jack had extensively teased that it could be making its first in-person return since 2018 (a digital model was held within the Metaverse in 2022).
After all, it additionally marks the very first Ozzfest since Ozzy Osbourne’s loss of life in the summertime of 2015, simply 17 days after his last efficiency on the Again to the Starting live performance in his hometown of Birmingham.
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With Ozzfest now set for 3 areas worldwide, the hypothesis shifts to which bands will play? Will there be a particular Ozzy-related set? No different particulars have been confirmed, however it makes for an thrilling 2027 already.
When Sharon was requested why, in spite of everything she’s achieved, she’s pursue one other Ozzfest, the concept of legacy returned.
“I need to do it for my grandchildren. I need to do it for everybody who loves Ozzy. It’s his legacy, and I would like it to go on and on. He’s lifeless, however he’s not forgotten and he left an awesome physique of labor,” she shared, “There are so few actual characters left on this trade—real ones, not made up for the cameras. Nothing about Ozzy was contrived. He was by no means a kind of rock stars sitting entrance row at a style present making an attempt to be the best man within the room.”
An Ozzy Musical Is Additionally Coming
With a lot in play bearing Ozzy’s title (an AI avatar, the bodily launch of Again to the Starting, the Ozzy haunted home at Common Studios, a film with Sony Photos now in its fourth script), there’s much more on the way in which.
“I’m engaged on a musical,” Sharon revealed and added, “It’s going to be edgy and totally different, constructed round Ozzy’s music. We had three gives to do an Ozzy jukebox musical on Broadway, and I mentioned there’s no manner that may ever work — it’d be horrendous. You want credible gamers, not Broadway actors doing rock.”
Under, look again in any respect the band who performed Ozzfest, from A to Z.
Wanting Again At Extra Than 100 Bands That Performed Ozzfest
Ozzfest supplied a platform for established steel acts and people simply arising within the scene to succeed in a wider viewers as a touring competition. Here’s a look again on the greater than 100 acts that carried out throughout Ozzfest through the years.
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