On the more unusual side of the world, namely Los Angeles, it seems that Ozzy Osbourne’s dog has been killed and eaten by a coyote while the singer and his wife were watching the Michael Jackson memorial. Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter wrote the following on her twitter account: “My dad’s dog Little Bit was eaten by a coyote last night in L.A. and he is devastated. She was his other women!” That’s really a terrible thing to say about her dad… I mean come on, what does Ozzy Osbourne’s wife say to that? And as for the dog… well, when you bite heads off of bats, you’d better expect them to exact revenge… somehow.
The former front man from Black Sabbath has recently filled a lawsuit against the guitarist for seizing the rights to the band’s name and all the merchandising that follows. Ozzy Osbourne said the following about his drastic actions: “Tony, I am so sorry it’s had to get to this point by me having to take this action against you, we’ve all worked too hard and long in our careers to allow you to sell merchandise that features all our faces, old Black Sabbath album covers and band logos, and then you tell us that you own the copyright.” Rightly so! Ozzy Osbourne was dead center on this one… after all, Black Sabbath is like a familly business to him and the rest of the band and it is only fair that they get their fair share of the bounty.
If you mess with Sharon Osbourne, prepare to lose badly. Back in October 2007, Sharon sued UK’s The Sun newspaper as she was very upset that they published a false story accusing her of overworking her rocker hubby Ozzy. The story claimed that she was “driving her frail husband Ozzy Osbourne to destruction.” Sharon fought back arguing that the allegations were “extremely distressing, hurtful and damaging.” Sharon has just won the case against the paper and they have agreed to pay undisclosed damages and legal costs. The Sun has since sincerely apologized and have accepted the claims to be untrue.
Forget Ozzfest as you know it because the annual summer heavy-metal rock concert is changing things up this year by no longer touring the country and performing nonstop. Instead, they will be making Ozzfest a one-day mega event. It will take place in Dallas at the Pizza Hut Park on Saturday, August 9th with headliners Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Manager Sharon Osbourne commented on the change saying “Ozzy just finished an 11-month world tour, so I think he deserves a summer off. We’re going to be a stadium destination festival for now — we have gone past doing the sheds every summer. We’ve given everyone else the blueprint and we have to keep evolving Ozzfest.”
Canadian artist, Feist was the “big” winner at last Sunday Juno Awards!
. Juno Fan Choice Award — Michael Buble
. Single of the Year — 1234, Feist
. Album of the Year — The Reminder, Feist
. New Group of the Year — Wintersleep
. Group of the Year –Blue Rodeo
. Country Recording of the Year — Risk, Paul Brandt
. Pop Album of the Year — The Reminder, Feist
. International Album of the Year – Rihanna
. Artist of the Year — Feist
. New Artist of the Year — Serena Ryder
. Songwriter of the Year — Feist
. Adult Alternative Album of the Year – Blue Rodeo
. Alternative Album of the Year – Arcade Fired
. Rock Album of the Year — Them Vs You Vs Me — Finger Eleven
. Vocal Jazz Album of the Year – Sophie Milman
. Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year – The Chris Tarry Group
. Traditional Jazz Album of the Year — Debut – Brandi Disterheft
. Instrumental Album of the Year — The Utmost — Jayme Stone
. Francophone Album of the Year — L’echec du material — Daniel Belanger
. Children’s Album of the Year — Music Soup — Jen Gould
. Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble — Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano — Marc-Andre Hamelin
. Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment — Korngold, Barber Walton Violin Concertos — James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
. Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance -
. Classical Composition of the Year — Constantinople — Christos Hatzis
. Rap Recording of the Year — The Revolution — Belly
. Dance Recording of the Year — All U Ever Want — Billy Newton-Davis Vs. Deadmau5 . R&B/Soul Recording of the Year — Revival — Jully Black
. Reggae Recording of the Year — Don’t Go Pretending – Mikey Dangerous
. Aboriginal Recording of the Year — The Dirty Looks – Derek Miller
. Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo — Right of Passage — David Francey
. Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group — Key Principles — Nathan
. Blues Album of the Year — Building Full of Blues — FATHEAD
. Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year — Holy God — Brian Doerksen
. World Music Album of the Year — Agua Del Pozo — Alex Cuba
. Jack Richardson Producer of the Year — Joni Mitchell — Hana/Bad Dreams – Shine
. Recording Engineer of the Year — Kevin Churko — I Don’t Wanna Stop/God Bless The Almighty Dollar — Black Rain – Ozzy Osbourne
. CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year — Tracy Maurice (Director/Designer) and Francois Miron Neon Bible — Arcade Fire
. Video of the Year — C’mon — Christopher Mills (Director) – Blue Rodeo
. Music DVD of the Year — 666 Live — Pierre & Francois Lamoureux, Billy Talent, Pierre Tremblay, Steve Blair — Billy Talent
As if the Brit awards of 2008 weren’t going to be eventful enough with the Osbournes hosting it. In fact with the whole family involved one way or another it is bound to be a colourful affair.
But to add to the frivolities Ozzy Osbourne is to fulfil a lifelong dream by performing with his hero Sir Paul McCartney. Aptly for Ozzy they will perform Paul’s classic Bond theme Live and Let Die.
Brit bosses are still thrashing out final details, but if it does come off then it will all be down to Ozzy’s wife Sharon. The X Factor judge has used her influence — and the couple’s gig as awards hosts — to set up the once in a lifetime opportunity for her hubby.
She said: “They go together really well. It will be amazing.”
Well I for one will be tuning in to the show on February 20th for a most memorable evening.
Ozzy Osbourne has gone stir crazy when he found out that a sheriff in North Dakota used his named to stage a sting operation.
Ozzy said that Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney is ‘lazy’ and ‘should be apologizing’ to him after the sheriff promoted a so-called party last week to corral more than 30 people who have outstanding arrest warrants by saying that Ozzy was going to be there. Ozzy released a statement regarding the incident saying “It is insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job.”
For his part, Laney says that he didn’t mean for the sting op to be disrespectful to Ozzy.
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