Saturday 11th June
Ozzy Osbourne - Festival Stage (5/5)
It’s really ironic that with all the reruns of this year, an icon like Ozzy has never played this festival before. So it was about time he did!
With him he brought his new guitar player, Gus G, the replacement for Zakk Wylde. And with Zakk playing SRF with his band Black Label Society, we were many that hoped he would guest with Ozzy. That didn’t happen, but in all honesty, nobody cared. Gus, however, seemed to have settled fine in the Ozzy camp, looking cool and relaxed and played very well.
Ozzy himself, the true professional that he is, knew exactly what a festival audience wants, therefore he cut all the new songs, concentrating on only his classics, with only ”Road To Nowhere” as the only misjudgement of the night. The song is just too long, slow and obscure to really work here. But it is a good song. And no solo masturbation á la Coverdales little worm.
With the energy of a 20 year old he took the stage with a big grin on his face, squirting water from a hose on everybody and their mother. That included the roadies and the staff who were trying to clean the already wet stage and we got what we came for. ”I Don’t Know”, ”Suicide Solution”, ”Mr Crowley”, ”Bark At The Moon”, ”Crazy Train”, ”Fairies Wear Boots”, ”Iron Man” and ”Paranoid”.
Like a fist right at our jaws. Knock out! And how he manages to run around like a maniac, at his age and condition is beyond me!
Ozzy came, took the stage, kicked our butts and walked away as the big winner of this whole festival - A true hero.
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Review : Jon Wilmenius
Photos : Tallee Savage
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