Black Sabbath to Reunite for Ozzfest

[ALinChainz]

Tue May 18, 7:39 AM ET



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath will reunite for the first time since 2001 for Ozzfest, which begins July 10 in Hartford, Conn., a spokeswoman for the annual road show said on Tuesday.



Ozzfest co-founder and headliner Ozzy Osbourne will revisit such hard rocking classics as "War Pigs" and "Paranoid" along with guitarist Tony Iommi and bass player Geezer Butler. But original drummer Bill Ward will be replaced by Mike Bordin, who backs Osbourne on his solo gigs.


Along with three-quarters of the original Black Sabbath, Ozzfest will also feature four-fifths of the original Judas Priest, and such acts as Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual (featuring former Pantera singer Phil Anselmo) and Zakk Wylde (news)'s Black Label Society.


Black Sabbath, with Ward on board, last played live during the 2001 version of Ozzfest, but plans to play its own shows afterwards were canceled because Osbourne had to finish work on his solo album.

[PHOENIX]

Cool!

[Mezro]

Great..can't wait to see Dio on stage!

Mezro..ducking from the bottles being chucked my way

[hot for david]

that's pretty cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Panamark]

That sucks. Why no Bill ?????

[Panamark]

Good news, however that Ozzy is able to perform again after his accident..

[FORD]

Sabbath and Priest at the same show??

Oh fuck yeah, I'm there!

[ELVIS]

Me too !!

FUCK Van Hagar !!!

:elvis:

[ELVIS]

July 10 Hartford, CT ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre

July 12 Boston, MA Tweeter Center

July 14 Wantagh, NY Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Amphitheatre

July 16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

July 18 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion

July 20 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre

July 22 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre

July 24 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre

July 27 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre

July 29 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

July 31 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion

Aug 3 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion

Aug 5 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center

Aug 7 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Aug 10 Kansas City, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Aug 12 St. Louis, MO UMB Pavilion

Aug 14 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Aug 17 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Center

Aug 19 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center

Aug 21 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center

Aug 24 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center

Aug 26 Camden, NJ Tweeter Waterfront

Aug 28 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion

Aug 31 Raleigh, NC Alltel Pavilion

Sept 2 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Amphitheatre

Sept 4 West Palm, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre



I WILL be at one of those shows !!

:elvis:

[Panamark]

Well when you put it that way... :D

Fuck yeah !!! Fuck Van Hagar !!!!

I still dont know why Bill Ward gets left out all the
time, did he fart on Sharon Osbourne's cornflakes
or something ????

[ELVIS]

He was about to die during the last reunion...

[Panamark]

Originally posted by ELVIS
He was about to die during the last reunion...

What was the problem ? He is obviously still alive now ??

[FORD]

White River??? God Damn It, why isn't a show of this magnitude at the GORGE??

Now I know.... you're thinkin... But FORD, isn't White River about 3 hours closer to your house than the Gorge is? And isn't that a good thing, when the BCE will have gas up around $3.50 a gallon by then??

Sadly, the answer is no. Because traffic on I-90 which takes me all but the last 2 miles to the Gorge moves a Hell of a lot faster than the one and only 2 lane highway going to White River. I'll probably actually burn more gas sitting in traffic there :mad:

[ALinChainz]

Originally posted by Panamark
What was the problem ? He is obviously still alive now ??

Not positive, but I think Oz said something about his heart.

[Panamark]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
Not positive, but I think Oz said something about his heart.

Thanks AL,

I would understand his omission if he is sick.

[lesfunk]

July 12... Section2... I'm there Beeeyotch!

[tobinentinc]

This Ozzfest should be descent this year. Priest and Sabbath reunions a classic heavy metal dream.