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ZAKK WYLDE Donating Million-Dollar Lab To St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde is in the process of donating a million-dollar lab to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital over a five-to-ten-year period. The foundation is in the process of becoming established and there have already been sizeable donations. St. Jude...

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OZZFEST 2007: More Ticketing Information Revealed

The Ozzfest 2007 Fans unofficial MySpace page has been updated with the following information regarding the ticketing system for this year's event: Q: Will OZZY OSBOURNE play at my show? A: Ozzy will headline ALL Ozzfest dates on the main stage. Q: How do I get tickets? A: Those signed up to Ozzfest...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says She Still Gets Hit On By Musicians

World Entertainment News Network reports that Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon was once approached by an aging rocker who wanted to wind up her husband Ozzy by sleeping with her. The 54-year-old wasn't flattered to be propositioned by the veteran musician, because she knew he was only attracted t...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's CATANESE Says Pneumonia Was To Blame For Abbreviated Acoustic Tour

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese was forced to leave the band's current radio promotional acoustic tour due to "personal reasons." In an exclusive interview with Glam-Metal.com, Catanese attributed his decision to cut short the trek to the fact that "I had a relapse of pneumonia and I am...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says Last Year's OZZFEST 'Nearly Destroyed Us'

Brad Kava of The Mercury News spoke to Ozzfest promoter Sharon Osbourne by phone on Tuesday (February 6) about the organizers' announcement that admission to the 25-city heavy metal tour will be free this summer. Sponsors will pick up the tab for the tickets, bands will not be paid to perform and ex...

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Report: At New OZZFEST, Freedom Ain't Free

Lee Bains of CMJ (College Music Journal, a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada) reports: "Announcing yesterday that this summer's Ozzfest will be a free event, Sharon Osbourne waxed altruistic, saying, '[We] want the kids to be abl...

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HELLYEAH's VINNIE PAUL Tries To Figure Out Free OZZFEST

Launch Radio Networks reports: As the news spreads about Ozzfest 2007 being free, fans, musicians, and industry insiders are trying to figure out just how Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are going to make the numbers work. Former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul told Launch he's not exactly sure...

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'OZZFEST 2007 For Free' Press Conference: Video Available

Video footage of the news conference held yesterday morning (Tuesday, February 6) by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon to announce that Ozzy will stage this year's Ozzfest, his annual U.S. summer hard-rock extravaganza, as a first-of-its kind free event has been posted online at this locatio...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Guitarist NICK CATANESE Forced To Leave Promo Tour

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese has left the band's current radio promotional acoustic tour due to "personal reasons." Zakk Wylde is still going forward with the tour as well as the scheduled Hard Rock Café performances. Listen to your local radio stations for more information. BLACK LAB...

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'OZZFEST 2007 For Free' Press Conference: Photos Available

A number of photos have surfaced online of the news conference held this morning by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon to announce that Ozzy will stage this year's Ozzfest, his annual U.S. summer hard-rock extravaganza, as a first-of-its kind free event. The 12th annual rock festival headline...

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OZZFEST 2007...FOR FREE

"This will change everybody's impression of the way touring in the summer in America should be." -- Sharon Osbourne Imagine a day of wall-to-wall hard rock. Imagine the world's greatest headliner sharing a bill with cutting edge new artists. Imagine if this brass-knuckled beast was hellbent on comin...

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Report: BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST 'Snubbed' By U.K. Rock Locations Map

icBirmingham reports that BLACK SABBATH, LED ZEPPELIN and JUDAS PRIEST are among the rock heavyweights with links to the Midlands — but a new rock locations map has failed to recognize their achievements in the region. Bev Bevan, former drummer with BLACK SABBATH, today claimed national tourism agen...

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Frozen Summer

This one grew on me, which basically means that after the first couple of spins it seemed nothing more than mediocre, radio-friendly rock pablum and turned into something more palatable. Maybe it had something to do with beginning the listening sessions only hours away from the SLAYER show. Who know...

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ZAKK WYLDE Takes Park In Impromptu Jam In Seattle

The following item was submitted by a BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor: "After three hours on air (with 'The Men's Room') at 99.9 KISW The Rock of Seattle [Friday night, February 2], and a great two-song acoustic session, Zakk [Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] and company headed to El Corazon where he was supp...

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ZAKK WYLDE To Guest On INDIE 103.1 FM's 'Chaos' This Sunday

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde will be the special guest of Full Metal Jackie on Indie 103.1 FM's "Chaos" metal show this Sunday night (February 4). According to Jackie, "Zakk will be bringing some friends, and some gear — and he's gonna play for us! He will also be b...