Thread: Ozzfest 2007

I wish! Seek, I have to say, I envy both you and your son.

We've been wanting to go for the past few years since we live REALLY close to the venue they play at, but the tickets are always pretty steep. Depending on how much they are this year, and when they're coming to town, we may actually go this year.

My dad met Ozzy. No, I don't mean he got an autograph. He was in a sauna in a Holiday Inn, somewhere in England, and out of nowhere Ozzy Osbourne walked in. He complained about how the power went out at a concert the day before.

Ozzfest? Nah, I don't like his music.

Originally Posted by Burns

We've been wanting to go for the past few years since we live REALLY close to the venue they play at, but the tickets are always pretty steep. Depending on how much they are this year, and when they're coming to town, we may actually go this year.
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Well, if you go, while you're rocking out, keep me in your thoughts. I only wish that someday, I will be able to go. If you do go, have massive amounts of fun!

Originally Posted by Gwendolyn

If you do go, have massive amounts of fun! [/b]

If we go, I'll post some pics for ya. If I can hold the camera steady, that is.

Ozzfest tickets are supposed to be free this year. Check it out:

http://www.ozzfest.com/news_2007.html

I've got a five hour drive to the closest venue. Gwen, there is one in Ohio, probably a 4 hour drive for you.

Originally Posted by Seeker

Ozzfest tickets are supposed to be free this year. Check it out:

http://www.ozzfest.com/news_2007.html

I've got a five hour drive to the closest venue. Gwen, there is one in Ohio, probably a 4 hour drive for you.
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Actually, I might be able to make it. Free tickets? That would be wonderful. Sounds like a great idea. And, there are a bunch of us college students that could probably band together and go.

Originally Posted by Seeker

Ozzfest tickets are supposed to be free this year. Check it out:

http://www.ozzfest.com/news_2007.html[/b]

Sweet! Thanks for the link

and wow, Seeker, a 5 hour drive to the closest venue? I'm about 1/2 mile from this place. LOL we could walk home if we wanted. And we live within 5 miles of the other major venue in our area, so we love going concert-hopping in the summer because it's so close.

Originally Posted by Burns

Sweet! Thanks for the link

and wow, Seeker, a 5 hour drive to the closest venue? I'm about 1/2 mile from this place. LOL we could walk home if we wanted. And we live within 5 miles of the other major venue in our area, so we love going concert-hopping in the summer because it's so close.
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You are so lucky! I could only wish I lived there! Sounds like it is a lot of fun.

I'm planning on going to the show in Mountain View, CA on July 19. I've been to the past 3 ozzfests. As for tickets the only way you can get them is through links on the ozzfest website or the livenation website. but tickets arn't supposed to be available till June.

Im going to the one in bosten i belive.
Its free this year i herd.


:-D CANT WAIT

YAY, I got my tickets! going to the one in Columbus OH on August 8.

I bought the special release Ozzy album that had a code to let me get tickets last night. Live Nation opened the books at 9pm. I had tickets in the lower section close to the stage by 9:10 and the friggin server crashed. I'm betting nearly 2 million rabid Ozzy fans pounced on the poor thing at 9pm.

Anyway, after about 25 timeouts, I finally scored my tics around midnight. Nosebleed section, but at least me and my son are in!

I feel sorry for everyone that was waiting to get tickets on June 12 since I'm pretty sure most venues are sold out now.

No Black Sabbath this year, no Slayer this year, no Judas Priest this year, no Iron Maiden this year, no Slipknot this year, noBODY this year. So with that and the difficulty of getting tickets for Dallas at this point, no me this year.

Children of Bodom, and Hatebreed are playing...thats enough,
I cant stand old metal anyway.
I like it more without slayer and sabbath.

My son is pretty excited about it. I've never heard of half the groups, but he listens to them regularly.

I did a quick check on e-bay last night. Over 1500 listings for Ozzfest tickets. Even the crappiest seats are going for $29+ a pair

The time is nearly at hand. In 24 hours, I will be in the Germain Amplitheater with untold thousands of rockers waiting for Ozzfest to begin.

Unfortunately, I have to sit through 9 hours of bands I do not know to hear Ozzy.

Enjoy.

I was just having a discussion with our shipping clerk about how many of these bands from our generation are still going so strong, and why that is so.

One of the reasons is that generation after generation "gets" their music. Junior high kids know who Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath and all the rest are, and recognize something in what they are/were doing.

Plus... those of us who didn't OD or fry our brains are still here and wanting to listen!

I ENVY YOU ALL. Children of Bodom is playing???
I want to go....

And Ozzy..... :sigh:

I'm BAAACK!!!

I'll post more when I get a chance. One word, wel; two about ozzfest. F-ING AWESOME!!!

Here is a pic of me standing in front of mainstage waiting for the four mainstage bands to start

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Nice! Seeker your so lucky, especially with the tickets being free this year, it would be a dream for me to see Ozzy Live, did Black Label Society play by any chance? Oh and i think reading this thread inspired my dream last night in which i saw Van Halen live, it was awesome! I hope you had a great time and lets see the pictures!

OK, my long promised Ozzfest 2007 Report!!

The alarm clock rings, it is three a.m. and I have only been asleep for three hours. I stumble to the shower, then brush my teeth and take a couple of Sudafed’s in an effort to wake up. My son and his two friends are downstairs and still awake. I kiss my wife goodbye, gather up the guys and go to the car. We start then engine, pop in a CD, and start our 7 hour, 450 mile journey to Columbus Ohio!

We arrive at the Germain Amphitheater at 11am, the temperature is already about 90 degrees. As we are standing in line, I take time to observe all of the people around me. All age groups are represented from young teenagers to people slightly older than myself. Every conceivable hairstyle is represented in every conceivable color. Some women have on almost nothing, some are in full Goth attire with full makeup, I feel sorry for those, it’s WAAAY to hot to be wearing that much black. I see T-shirts representing almost all metal bands. Yep, very individualistic crowd, I wonder if any of them are lucid dreamers….

A yell goes up, people near the gate are excited, could it be? Are they going to let us in early? Nah, the staff is just messing with the crowd, that’s a good way to get killed!!!

Finally, the gates open and we walk past the security points, emptying our pockets for inspection. It’s getting hotter by the minute. We stop at the T-shirt stand and purchase a tour shirt and then it’s on to Second Stage. When we get back there, 3 Inches of Blood is already tearing up the place. Egypt Central, Nile, Ankla were to be up soon. I didn’t want to cramp the guys style so I cut them loose and told them to meet up with me in few hours.

The temperature was now over 95 and we were on asphalt. Reading the paper the next day, I found that 7 people were treated for heat related problems.

I wondered around a bit more, it was unbearable to stop. I spent my time alternating between the shops and revisiting second stage. There was a large mosh going on the whole time in front of the stage. In order to keep them from dying, they were constantly being hosed down. I stopped by one time and watch ChthoniC, although I had no idea what they were singing, I was impressed with the structure of their music. I’ll probably buy one of their CDs.

Did I say it was hot? I mean brutally hot by this time!!!

I gathered up the guys and we went to get a bite, $4 for a coke and $4 for a small snack. While I was refilling my water bottle, one of the guys got sick from lack of food and the heat. He threw up three times, of course everyone thought he was way cool for partying so hard!!

A little after three, they opened the gates to the main stage. Main stage was to begin around 6.

Lordi was the opening act, interesting stage show, interesting use of pyrotechnics. I enjoyed them. Static-X was up next, very hard driving beat and my first real introduction to scream metal. They were louder and harder than Lordi, but I enjoyed them as well.
Lamb of God came up next and all hell broke loose. Extremely loud, extreme beat. At the beginning of their second song, they shouted out: “I want you guys to fuck up this place”. Now I digress, Germain Amphitheater is an interesting place, it is an open air amphitheater with seats under a roof and festival seating on the lawn. We were in the seats and there were about 1000+ people on the lawn.

At the start of the second song, stuff started flying. Bottles, grass clods, bottles filled with dirt, shoes! The air was full of projectiles. By this point, nobody was watching the stage, we were all dodging projectiles!!!
A huge mosh formed on the lawn, it was at least 50 x 200 feet and had 200-300 participants. Total madness, you could see streams of people running toward it from all directions! If Lamb of God had performed much longer, there would have been serious injures.

9:40 now and time for Ozzy. Of course, the crowd goes wild! I’ve got to say, I like the sober Ozzy much better, he put on an awesome show. Whenever a Black Sabbath number was played, it turned into a giant sing-along.

We made it back to the hotel by 11:30 and collapsed into bed, man what a day!

Now some of my personal thoughts on the whole thing. I heard the F-word used in every possible way, saw it printed on shirts in every possible form. I saw some people totally wasted, but most sober and enjoying their individualism. One thing that impressed me was the attitude and energy of the crowd. I am not afraid of what this next generation will do. In them, I recognized the same spirit that existed in my generation in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Of course the stupid ones will remove themselves from the gene pool by overdose or accident, but the others, I expect great things from them!!!

Wow, Seek. You're a totally awesome father. I've loved going to concerts with my dad, and I'm sure your son and his friends had a lot of fun with you. I'm glad you had fun, and that picture was awesome. I'm so glad you posted a full report.

Seeker, I agree with Gwendolyn!

To brave the drive, the heat and the crowds (with projectiles), you are one totally awesome father!
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I wish my dad was as cool as you, my dad thinks concerts are too loud, i'm not even going to start on his weird taste in music, say Seeker, fancy another child