Rumor: Ozzfest 2017 in the Works?
If the following Tweet by Ozzy Osbourne just moments ago is to be believed, there’s a 2017 edition of Ozzfest in the works… or at least one being considered:
"Hey Zakk, should we do an #Ozzfest this year?"
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— Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) June 9, 2017
It seems unlikely that Ozzy would bother to Tweet something like the above — with the #Ozzfest hashtag, no less — unless something were in the works. But you never know what’s going on inside the kooky old man’s brain.
Ozzy announced back in April that longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde would be returning to his solo band for some summer touring, and a headline appearance at the Aftershock Festival in California this fall was just announced this week.
Last year’s Ozzfest came in the form of the two-day “Ozzfest Meets Knotfest,” a combination of Ozzy’s namesake festival with that of Slipknot’s. The last two Ozzfests before that, in 2015 and 2013, took place in Japan only. The last time Ozzfest existed in its original U.S. touring package incarnation was 2007.
We’ll let you know as soon as, and if, we hear anything further.
