mikechamp wrote: ↑February 5 25, 11:32 am
What a final concert this will be. I'm predicting tickets will go lightning quick:
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final show
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July. The concert will mark the first time that Black Sabbath's original line-up - Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - have played together in 20 years.
The heavy metal pioneers will headline a spectacular one-day festival at Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax. Other acts on the line-up include Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God and Mastodon. In addition, the concert will feature a "supergroup", with stars like Billy Corgan, Slash, Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Tom Morello.
Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who is serving as the event's musical director, said it would be "the greatest heavy metal show ever".
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ozz ... 38823.html
Sharon Osbourne hype machine strikes again.
They have already played down the actual amount of time Ozzy will be singing. I remember working with a guy who had tickets for a tour 6 years ago that kept getting put back and eventually cancelled.
It seems this is the way of music now, (turns into old man shouting at cloud).
There is no "small" music scene over here. I saw a lot of bands who went on to be huge, supporting other bands in relatively small venues.
Now there hardly seem to be any actual bands around (apart from ones who are still cashing in from the 90's) and any singers are either playing huge arenas or outdoor venues to make as much money as possible.
I am swerving the Oasis reunion shows as -
1. The ticket prices were insane, I saw them twice in 1997 when they were legit the biggest band in Europe for £15.
2. They are only playing a park in Manchester near me which immediately means any rain within 5 days of the concert and it will be a mudbath. That is before thousands of drunk/drugged idiots thinking they are one of the Gallagher brothers starting fights and throwing bottles of various liquids around.
3. Ticketmaster have made getting tickets impossible for these kind of shows, but hey, if you pay "VIP" you can get them for £1500 - no thanks
Most of the bands I bother with now still play relatively small venues and tickets are reasonable. Any Arena or outdoor shows are now for members of the royal family or the middle class and it stinks.
I bet there will be hundreds of celebrities there in Birmingham who maybe heard Crazy Train once, and are down front when real fans won't be able to afford a standard ticket.
Still, will be a few more million for Ozzy and Sharons retirement.