OZZY OSBOURNE GIVES FANS FIRST CHANCE AT TICKETS FOR THIS SUMMER’S GROUND-BREAKING OZZFEST

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/SHAZILA MOHAMMED

In February, OZZY OSBOURNE made the ground-breaking announcement that OZZFEST will be free for all this summer. In continuing to give back to his fans, a limited number of specially marked copies of BLACK RAIN (Epic Records), OSBOURNE’s first studio album of all-new material in six years, will contain a code for a first chance at seats for the summer’s premiere touring concert festival.

Specially marked copies of BLACK RAIN will be available at participating retailers on May 22 and can also be pre-ordered now at www.ozzy.com.  Fans will use the code found in the CD’s packaging to redeem two tickets via www.livenation.com/ozzfest.  These codes will be effective Friday, June 8, at 9:00 PM (ET), four days before the general public log-in on June 12.  Tickets are available while supplies last.  For full details on this promotion, please log onto www.ozzy.com.
 
In addition to the festival’s namesake OZZY OSBOURNE, confirmed OZZFEST artists include Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Lordi, Behemoth, Mondo Generator, Nile, Ankla, Circus Diablo, The Showdown, 3 Inches of Blood, Daath, Chthonic and In This Moment.  The 24-city earth-pounding 12th annual OZZFEST will launch July 12 in Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheatre.  

BLACK RAIN finds two-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee OSBOURNE as vital, creative and evocative as ever.  OZZY fans can log onto www.ozzy.com to hear samples of tracks from the album.

For further press information re OZZY OSBOURNE and OZZFEST 2007, please contact MSO: Mitch Schneider (mschneider@msopr.com), Marcee Rondan (marcee@msopr.com), Shazila Mohammed (shazila@msopr.com).