Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne seem open to reviving Ozzfest as a roadshow tour.
The last Ozzfest took place in 2018 as a one-off concert at The Forum in Los Angeles; However, the festival was originally conceived as a Lollapalooza-style roadshow and operated in that format for years after the inaugural Ozzfest in 1996.
Ozzy raised the possibility of bringing back Ozzfest in a new episode of The Osbournes podcast. While the family was talking about music festivals, Ozzy asked Sharon if he would ever consider hosting another Ozzfest.
“Not just one [at] the fucking Forum, but an entire Ozzfest [tour]?” she asked, to which Sharon responded, “Yeah, sure. Of course.”
Here, Kelly noted that hosting the festival would depend on bands and artists being “realistic” with their booking fees, prompting a response from Sharon.
“Why is it that when it comes to us everyone thinks we're billionaires, and every manager who wants their band at our festival wants one of the fucking billions they think we have to put into the festival?” Sharon mused.
Ozzy suggested booking smaller, more affordable acts (Sharon largely disagreed, saying they would still need proper “headliners” and a “baby stage” for smaller bands), while Jack made the comparison between the circuit current metal festival scene, namely Slipknot's “Knotfest.” ” – and the original Ozzfest format.
“Well, it's the same bands going around and around and around,” Sharon added. “But that's the cool thing, because we started something, people accepted it and it's still great for the genre. Is very good.”
Here's hoping there's another Ozzfest on the horizon. Headlining the festival, an Ozzfest tradition, would certainly be a way for Ozzy to return to the stage in style, as the 75-year-old singer has repeated his interest in eventually playing more concerts.
Watch the new episode of The Osbournes podcast below. The conversation about Ozzfest takes place at the end of the episode.
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