ledaemon

A friend e-mailed me this article he found on the upcoming Ozzfest tour
which would feature double headliner Sabbath/Maiden as well as the original
Anthrax lineup. I haven't seen anything about this on Ozzy.com or
Ironmaiden.com so I'm figuring it may just be BS. Anyone know anything else
about this? Because if it is true....I'm FRIGGEN THERE!!!
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February 15, 2005

Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, & Anthrax on US Ozzfest 2005

A news story posted this afternoon over at blabbermouth says that Ozzfest
2005 will hit the US with Black Sabbath & Iron Maiden headlining. Along with
that will be a "classic" version (read not the current version) of Anthrax.
While it's really cool we have Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden on Ozzfest, I'm
a little disturbed by the report that Anthrax has "secured a spot" by
putting together an old version of the band. I have been reading rumours
about that for some time now, and the one I've read the most is that Sharon
Osbourne (Ozzfest tour promoter) said that Anthrax could play, but only if
it was a version of the band that was responsible for their best selling
albums (meaning not the current John Bush fronted version). What bothers me
most about that is the precedent set where a tour promoter can say "Well,
you can play, but I only want the band if this guy, this guy, and this guy
are in there. The other ones can go sod off".
However, let me also add that these Anthrax/Sharon things are just rumour
and speculation. I have no proof that is really the way it comes down, but
even if it is just a rumour, I don't like the possibility of a tour promoter
dictating band lineups. This is all also unconfirmed by Black Sabbath
management, so I'm hoping to see some sort of official press release on all
this soon.
Still no word on the rumour that Tony Iommi & Glenn Hughes might also have a
slot on this coming Ozzfest, which for me would be a huge attraction.

http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/index.html

glenn

I saw this almost a week about and seeing as it's not mentioned on
im.com or ozzfest.com it's clearly a load of wank... mind you, the bit
about the Belladonna Anthrax lineup was enough to have me thinking
"yeah right!", but I immediately checked im.com (as the original msg I
saw claimed that it had been announced on im.com) and it wasn't
there...

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ledaemon

Get this, I heard an announcement on the radio about this today as well. It
was on the Dallas station 93.3 FM and they said there was going to be more
info coming this Monday.

Anyone else know anything or heard this???