Diary of a Madman

Around the time Stuttering John opened for Ozzy at Jones Beach (21 years ago?) and my all grown up daughter was a little girl, MTV played rock videos and I would hold her in my arms and we woud fist pump to “Mama, I’m Coming Home” while standing in front of the television.

Ozzy Osborne’s No More Tours 2 arrives at Jones Beach Theater in September.

 I caught “the end” of the new Black Sabbath documentary on Showtime last night and was kind of shocked at how good the band played. I attended the Madison Square Garden show on the last Sabbath tour and they put on a great show. Ozzy looked and sounded amazingly healthy, and the band kicked ass one last time. The Black Sabbath documentary is well done and it is really hard to believe with the reckless rock star lifestyle Osborne has led that he can kick it into gear for not one, but two, lengthy farewell world tours. 

Ozzy’s next  solo tour is yet another expensive ticket with all sorts of “special” VIP treatments and hopefully he can keep it together for another year or two; with Ozzy you never can be 100% sure. This next tour makes me long for the days of inexpensive seats with rock and roll unpredictability and volatility, special nights of heavy metal mayhem. I would not spend 200 bucks to see Ozzy Osborne one last time but I have seen  him before and have gone to Ozzfests (and besides I won a pair for September’s concert on Q104.3 last week!) but for Ozzy diehards with the disposable income to spend, bang your head against the wall and have fun.

Bark at the Moon

Rock on!

GQ