Ozzy is a phenomena! When you see him on “The Osborne's” you see a stuttering, slurring, shambling ghost of the Prince of Darkness. I went to see him last night at the O2, and he’s not any of those!
Ozzfest is Ozzy’s idea of how a festival ought to be run-Loads acts, loadsa festival fun ‘n games, booze and food-but no rain, mud or smelly toilets. Sounds a good idea!
The whole event was superb-as long as the O2 weren’t involved-let me explain.
On the main stage were Skindred, Murderdolls, Korn and Ozzy, and on the Jaegermaister stage, in the village of the damned were Jettblack, Revoker, Black Spiders and Paradise Lost – 2 good line-ups, however, there are some simple things that need to happen to see a festival-you need to be able to get in, you need to be able to buy food, you need to be able to buy beer-all of those are under O2’s control, and they failed on every one.
Getting in was a nightmare-O2 didn’t have enough wristbands, so consequently, the queues went on forever, and James and I missed most of the first act-Skindred-a real pity ‘cos they are great.
Getting food was just as bad, the wait was so long that we missed most of Korn-again, a pathetic piece of logistic handling on behalf of O2.
So whinge over, what were the highlights?
Everyone dressed in the regulation uniform of black t-shirts
Skindred , with their odd Reggae metal sound(Really) were very, very good!
Steel Panther were their usual 80’s hair metal selves(They are so good that they almost parody themselves)
Murderdolls were their usual subtle selves!
But it was Ozzie who made the show!
The Prince of Darkness had all the energy, stage presence and tricks of a great performer. The shambling, chaotic Ozzy that you see on “The Osbornes” wasn’t at the O2 !
Totally brilliant!
