SHARON OSBOURNE WOULD LOVE TO THROW EGGS AT AC/DC
Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 11:40am by Axl Rosenberg
In 2004, Judas Priest went on before Black Sabbath at Ozzfest and pretty much decimated Ozzy and his cohorts; a year later, Iron Maiden did the same, and Sharon Osbourne got so pissy about it that she resorted to not-so-friendly “pranks” like having “X”s drawn through Maiden’s name on Ozzfest merch, cutting the band’s sound mid-song, and recruiting second stage musicians to help her throw eggs at Bruce Dickinson and company. Classy.
Now Sharon reportedly wants AC/DC to co-headline next year’s Ozzfest, when the festival will allegedly return to its status as a tour instead of a one-off gig, because they’re her “favorite band” (I’m sure Ozzy takes no offense at that statement).
The last time AC/DC toured the U.S., the only other band on the bill was Slash’s Snakepit (Version 2.0), and they were still selling out football stadiums. In other words, I think Ozzy probably needs AC/DC more than AC/DC needs Ozzy; I really just can’t imagine them wanting to go on before Ozzy to play an abbreviated set.
Still, maybe they will play Ozzfest. If they do, look for Sharon to be throwing eggs at them sometime in summer ‘09.
-AR
While I was really pissed when I heard about Maiden’s treatment, I was a little surprised at the reason behind it. Not that I wouldn’t believe Sharon was petty, but I actually thought Sabbath held their own going on after Maiden. Anyway, I highly doubt that AC/DC would agree to an Ozzfest tour.
I think an AC/DC Fest would decimate an Ozzfest. Maybe by next summer, the Perry Farrell fronted Velvet Revolver could co-headline and the retooled Wolfmother could open. I’d buy that for a dollar!
“I really just can’t imagine them wanting to go on before Ozzy and play an abbreviated set.”
This would fucking kill me.
“Sharon Osbourne got so pissy about it that she resorted to not-so-friendly “pranks” like having “X”s drawn through Maiden’s name on Ozzfest merch, cutting the band’s sound mid-song, and recruiting second stage musicians to help her throw eggs at Bruce Dickinson and company. Classy.”
I actually hadn’t heard this, but all I can say is, wow, what a bitch. I think we should all chip in to a Sharon Osbourne assassination fund.
Well, you, what word haven’t I used, cockshits? Can I go with cockshits? Maybe you should actually investigate the shit Maiden was pulling instead of the shit petty old bitch Sharon retaliated with, and then you’d understand why she went all bitch on them.
Try that instead of going baa baa baa in agreement.
Revrant, as far as I can tell, the press release Sharon gave was directed at Bruce Dickinson, saying that he was a jackass. But if that’s true, why take it out on the whole band? What am I missing?
36Thoughtless: As I recall, and I was reading about this back when it happened, Iron Maiden was smack talking everything from America, to it’s audiences, to most bands touring with them, and Sharon along with BLS Roadies(trucker/biker rejects) basically created a lot of conflict over it.
I don’t see this happening. I think the only time AC/DC have played a set shorter than 2 hours in the last ~15 years was when they played at the Vancouver-we-promise-we-don’t-have-the-SARS-please-come-visit-us festival.
Revrant: Do you really think that Maiden acted that way? I can’t claim to know them personally but they are generally renowned as being some of the nicest guys in the world. And Sharon is known as being, well, a bit of a bitch at times. Anyway, the official reports I heard said that Maiden slagged off the way the tour was being run which sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Plabebob: No they don’t, that’s like saying Trent Reznor is generally renown for being one of the nicest guys in the world, the band members have a decent reputation, and their singer has the reputation of fucking Dave Mustaine.
Fact of the matter is he slagged off quite a lot about a variety of things and made the tour shitty for everyone involved, and the fans, ugh, blabbermouth, hate this site, but the fans, http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40691 did not care for it, both parties had wrong doing of course, but Maiden is in no way exonerated, and are not part of the “nicest guys in the world” category. What rock legends are?
1.) MetalSucks, Bury Your Dead didnt get involved. Nor did anyone else but Sharon and Kelly. She DID act like a spoiled bitch though. 2.) i dont think AC/DC would be in for that kinda thing. Short set, smaller crowd, Sharon.
The only specific band I can recall being brought into this was in fact Bury Your Dead.
For the record, I don’t believe Bruce Dickinson’s name is, nor has ever been ‘Iron Maiden’.