
Just announced at Pollstar’s Concert Industry Consortium industry trade group in LA
This year’s OZZFEST tour will be FREE to the fans.All bands including a confirmed
Alice In Chainswill play for what they can make from merchandise only. Acts can also jump off and do their own dates.
Ozzie Osbournewill also headline all
25 dates. Sponsorship dollars will also help underwrite tour costs. Ticket distribution details have not yet been announced for the tour produced by Live Nation. (more)
"For the last few years, ticket prices have steadily climbed as artistsIs this The Concert Industry 2.0?
demand more and more money for summer tours," says tour creator Sharon
Osbourne. "We certainly want everybody to make money; however, we also
want the kids to be able to afford to come out and have an incredible
experience. If we continued with the traditional touring festival
model, we would have no choice but to raise ticket prices again this
year."