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OZZFEST 2007 MAKES HISTORY AGAIN

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LIVENATION.COM DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN 428,000 FREE TICKETS OVER FOUR DAYS

When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world’s largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 OZZFEST as a free show, some industry people said it would never work.

Today OZZFEST yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken.

Over the past four days, tickets for all 24 shows were distributed to a frenzy of music fans. More than 428,000 tickets in all were given away through LiveNation.com, marking the largest number of free tickets distributed in the United States in the history of the concert business. In a staged release and via various sponsor sites, including Monster Energy, Jagermeister, FYE, Pilgrim Films, Hustler Lingerie and WWE, LiveNation.com enabled fans to enter exclusive codes to obtain tickets beginning Friday, June 8. More than 228,000 tickets were distributed yesterday alone, with the last ticket given away just after midnight. The tickets were completely free without surcharges of any kind.

For this year’s historic “Freefest”--which will give fans the rock experience of their lives at a price that’s hard to beat -- headliner Ozzy Osbourne will be joined by Lamb of God, Static X, Lordi, Hatebreed, Behemoth, Mondo Generator, Nile, Ankla, Circus Diablo, The Showdown, 3 Inches of Blood, Daath, Chthonic and In This Moment.

Sharon Osbourne said, “Ozzy is the first to take an entire tour and make it free to his fans and the fans of OZZFEST. More than 428,000 tickets were distributed free to fans. How amazing is that?”

“Together we have pulled off the ultimate gift for music fans this summer, a free OZZFEST,” said Bryan Perez, President of Global Digital for Live Nation. “Through LiveNation.com we connected OZZFEST with nearly half a million music fans to create an exciting moment for the live music business and we couldn’t be happier with the results.”

Since 1996, OZZFEST has been a virtual breeding ground for rising bands. The festival has been instrumental in igniting the careers of platinum-selling artists like System of a Down, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Incubus, Slipknot, Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage and Lacuna Coil, among others. It was cited as “one of rock’s biggest juggernauts” in the cover feature of Sunday's New York Times' “Arts and Leisure” section (6/25/06).  This year marks the 12th anniversary of the hard rock spectacular.  

The 24-city earth-pounding 12th annual OZZFEST will launch July 12 in Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheatre.  OZZFEST will also hit George, WA, Sacramento, CA, Mountain View, CA, Devore, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Denver, CO, Kansas City, MO, Dallas, TX, San Antonio, TX, St. Louis, MO, Columbus, OH, Tinley Park, IL, East Troy, WI, Indianapolis, IN, Holmdel, NJ, Hartford, CT, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Detroit, MI, Charlotte, NC and West Palm Beach, FL.

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  • No_avatar Belphegor666
    Posted over 2 years ago

    The whole thing was a bunch of bullshit. I sat at my computer all fucking day trying to get the tickets and I kept getting messages saying that they were having "technical difficulties processing my request"..yeah right. It said that if the problem persisted that I needed to contact them. I did about 20 times and asked them what the deal was but...hey...imagine that...I never heard from anyone. IAM VERY PISSED OFF AND DISAPPOINTED. Did anybody alse have the same problem? Let me know if you did. Later all.


  • 19973_square_thumb xpoptartx
    Posted over 2 years ago

    yea thats another thing that makes me mad for being a free concert besides live nation the other venues they gave tickets to made you buy something or put out money in some way or another just to get the code which as we can all see now didn't guarentee tickets which again should not have been allowed free is free no ifs ands or buts if they said it was going to be free than it should be free don't you hate when you see something on a box and its says something like "special code/prize/whatever inside" and then in small print somewhere it says no purchase necessary like what are you trying to say i steal the product to get whats inside why dont you just give it to me so i dont have to get this too but no that would make too much sense everything would take too much sense if something that is "free" was actually free


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago

    Ya we all want monster energy odes problem is they weren t distributed in NH where im from They Fucked the small Staes 4 days yes smokin crack if ya could find the new Ozzy cd you got a chance at tics thee day before d]from what I understood Sold out around here


  • 19973_square_thumb xpoptartx
    Posted over 2 years ago

    ugh this is making me so angry because im not spending money on tickets this year i simply dont have it im new to living on my own i have a cell phone to pay for food to buy and i just spent 50 for my graduation and ill be spending at least another 25 this weekend again for graduation every year i've gotten my ticket my boyfriends ticket and a ticket for a friend last year i spent over $150 just to go to the concert and i didnt get to get anything not even food all day cause i had no money left over after actually getting the tickets im not going to do that again im going to go this year and im actually going to walk away with a shirt at least if i can afford it that is the way things are looking at this point this ozzfest is going to cost us all more than ever before watch there wont be nearly as many people then there have been in past years because scammers got all the tickets


  • No_avatar BEYONDTHEMISTS
    Posted over 2 years ago

    I just entered my monster energy code from my 4 pack and got 2 tickets with no problem at all..... i agree, ticket vendors should not be allowed to resell these tickets.... a local ticket agency here in cleveland is selling tickets from $60 - $340 a ticket!


  • No_avatar haney72
    Posted over 2 years ago

    i think this guy is full of shit it says over 4 days they just started yesterday right


  • No_avatar haney72
    Posted over 2 years ago

    Attica,Attica,Attica


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago

    Crazy ain t it


  • 19290_square_thumb demonic_angel666
    Posted over 2 years ago

    eeeee new threat


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago


  • 19973_square_thumb xpoptartx
    Posted over 2 years ago

    they shouldnt have given any to venders to be sold this was supposed to be free so why is everyone having to buy tickets now because now people that have spent the past week sitting at their computers trying to get their tickets through these codes is going to end up paying anyway and just lost hours of their lives people have given up work, school, everything in order to get these tickets which shows how dedicated fans really are if you are willing to get fired to get an ozzfest ticket that is pretty damn dedicated so why are we now having to pay for something that we were told was going to be completely free to get in


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago

    Wow what planet are ya from


  • 12539_square_thumb pmann
    Posted over 2 years ago

    what fucking planet are u people from coz it sure the fuck aint the one ive been in for the last 24hrs


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago

    E bay Craigs list Bullshit


  • 12539_square_thumb pmann
    Posted over 2 years ago

    what fucking planet are u people from coz it sure the fuck aint the one ive been in for the last 24hrs


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago

    I agree remember Sharon allowed so many vendors tics I got mine through ticketmaster very legal


  • No_avatar TinaJStone31
    Posted over 2 years ago

    Its not Ozzy s fault Sharon runs the show


  • 19973_square_thumb xpoptartx
    Posted over 2 years ago

    i was just reading blogs of other sites and they were saying that ozzy or livenation or somebody should get together and stop the sale of tickets on ebay and everywhere else they are being sold and give them out free the same way as they have been on livenation even though they have been more trouble then neccessary but dont you think that would be good to do and that way these scammers and money hungry assholes would get the idea that yea this is going to be free whether you like it or not do they not realize by selling them they can legally be taken to court and fined and even do time it says so on the tickets themselves


  • 20218_square_thumb TheMetalChick
    Posted over 2 years ago

    Yup, the record has been set for the most tickets sold to scalpers with hundreds of hotmail accounts at one time. :(


  • 18970_square_thumb astro
    Posted over 2 years ago

    yeah it's not like now we can just pay $50 for a ticket since they are going for over hundreds of dollars... !!!!!