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Chicago Sun-Times: OZZY's Shopworn Act Gets A Pass From Fans At Fest
Anders Smith Lindall of Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the Ozzfest 2003 tour when it came through town Sunday (July 20). "The Dark Wizard of Ozz brought his annual traveling show, Ozzfest, to the Tweeter Center on Sunday, but his headlining set showed he should have mothballed the microphone and mascara...July 22, 2003
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CHEVELLE To Begin Work On New Album In September
CHEVELLE plan on taking September and October off to work on the follow-up to their latest Epic set, "Wonder What's Next", according to Billboard.com. The upcoming CD, which will be recorded early next year, will feature material that drummer Sam Loeffler describes as "actually pretty heavy. We're a...July 21, 2003
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Hard Rock Among The Winners In The Hit-And-Miss Concert Tour Market
Billboard magazine is reporting that as 2003 enters its busiest concert performance window, it has already been a year of dizzying highs and disappointing lows. In the hard rock genre, METALLICA's Summer Sanitarium, the KISS/AEROSMITH tour and Ozzfest will be among the big winners this season. "This...July 21, 2003
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: OZZFEST 2003 Is As Predictable As A Rerun Of 'THE OSBOURNES'
Chris Riemenschneider of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune reviewed the Ozzfest 2003 tour when it came through town Saturday (July 19). "As unchanging and unkillable as its namesake headliner, OZZY OSBOURNE's eighth annual Ozzfest concert at Float-Rite Park loaded up on shock value but ultimatel...July 20, 2003
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DISTURBED Singer's Pre-Show Ritual Devoid Of Heavy Metal Clichés
Leanne Potts of Albuquerque Journal is reporting that DISTURBED frontman David Draiman prepares himself for a concert not by trashing hotel rooms in the wildest tradition of nilhistic heavy metal frontmen, or by sipping whiskey from right outta the bottle, or by fraternizing with groupies. Instead,...July 19, 2003
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 'It May Be Time For OZZY To Retire From Performance'
Brian Q. Newcomb of St. Louis Post-Dispatch reviewed the Ozzfest 2003 tour when it came through town Thursday (July 17). "[Ozzy] Osbourne's importance in the genre is unquestioned, but with the doddering, 55-year-old Ozzy a likely candidate for a 'this is your brain on drugs' public-service announce...July 18, 2003
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Rapper SIR MIX-A-LOT Talks About His Collaboration With METAL CHURCH
Seattle rapper Anthony Ray, a.k.a. Sir Mix-A-Lot, recently spoke to The Onion A.V. Club about his collaboration with METAL CHURCH on the track "Iron Man" (based on the BLACK SABBATH song of the same name) from his 1988 album "Swass". "In retrospect, I really don't like that song, and I'm very honest...July 18, 2003
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SHADOWS FALL Confirmed For TAKE ACTION TOUR 2003
Massachusetts-based thrash metal quintet SHADOWS FALL have just been added to the fourth annual Take Action Tour 2003 that launches September 11 in Minneapolis and wraps October 12 in Seattle. Confirmed artists on this year's tour include POISON THE WELL, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER...July 17, 2003
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VOIVOD Singer: 'Get Well Soon, OZZY!'
VOIVOD singer Snake (a.k.a. Denis Belanger) has posted the following message to the band's official web site: "Hello everyone. Here's to resume the last few days. Great show yesterday in San Francisco. But the show in San Bernardino was the best so far at Ozzfest. We played so tight. A lot of smog i...July 16, 2003
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SHADOWS FALL To Be Featured On FSN's '54321'
SHADOWS FALL will be featured on "54321", FSN's (Fox Sports Net) new daily extreme sports show this Tuesday, July 15. This feature will include an interview with the band along with some live footage from their Ozzfest performance in Los Angeles. "54321" airs at 5:00 p.m. PST on Fox Sports West. The...July 15, 2003
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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN: The Metal God Is Back
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian says that he "can't wait" to see JUDAS PRIEST performing live with Rob Halford again but insists that Halford's replacement in PRIEST, Tim "Ripper" Owens, "was and is his own man and he made those songs his when he sang them." In a posting to ANTHRAX's official web site,...July 14, 2003
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Las Vegas Weekly: KORN Fail To Do Anything New In Nine Years
Josh Bell of the Las Vegas Weekly reviewed KORN's concert at Rain in the Desert on July 7. "The set was brief and hit-packed, a slight extension of the set the band has been playing on Ozzfest," Bell wrote. "KORN blazed through radio tunes from 'Blind' to 'Here to Stay' and 'Thoughtless', both off t...July 13, 2003
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OZZY OSBOURNE Misses Another OZZFEST Date, Still Recovering From Laryngitis
OZZY OSBOURNE was a no-show at Saturday's (July 12) concert at the White River Amphitheatre near Auburn, Washington, reportedly recovering from laryngitis that had also sidelined him from a few previous shows. As was the case with Wednesday's (July 9) show in Maysville, California, KORN slipped into...July 13, 2003
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OZZFEST 2003 Traffic To be Documented By Opponents Of Seattle's Amphitheatre
Mike Archbold of King County Journal reports that opponents of Seattle's 20,000-seat White River Amphitheatre will be documenting traffic backups from the air during Saturday's (July 12) Ozzfest 2003 and next Wednesday's NEIL YOUNG concert, both of which are expected to nearly fill the facility for...July 11, 2003
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Contra Costa Times: OZZY OSBOURNE Isn't Aging Very Well
Tony Hicks of Contra Costa Times reports that Ozzy Osbourne isn't aging very well, based on his performance at Ozzfest 2003 in Mountain View, California Tuesday night (July 8) — he's shaky and almost lost onstage at times. Thankfully he's surrounded by one of the best hard rock bands ever assembled,...July 10, 2003
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