Rock Euphoria

The stage times have been announced for this year’s Ozzfest one-day stadium spectacular, which is scheduled to be held Saturday, August 9 at Dallas’ Pizza Hut Park.

They are as follows

Main Stage:

METALLICA 9:45 – 11:15
OZZY OSBOURNE 8:00 – 9:15
SERJ TANKIAN 6:45 – 7:45
HELLYEAH/Dimebag Tribute 5:30 – 6:30
JONATHAN DAVIS 4:25 – 5:15
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY 3:35 – 4:15
SHADOWS FALL 2:50 – 3:25
APOCALYPTICA 2:10 – 2:40
IN THIS MOMENT 1:30 – 2:00

Second Stage:

SEVENDUST 4:30 – 5:00
DEVILDRIVER 3:30 – 4:00
KINGDOM OF SORROW 2:30 – 3:00
SOILENT GREEN 1:30 – 2:00
WITCHCRAFT 12:30 – 1:00
GOATWHORE 11:30 – 12:00

Texas (Third) Stage:

THE SWORD 4:00 – 4:30
DROWNING POOL 3:00 – 3:30
RIGOR MORTIS 2:00 – 2:30
WITHIN CHAOS 1:00 – 1:30
THE DESTRO 12:00 – 12:30
1st Place Battle of Bands 11:00 – 11:30
2nd Place Battle of Bands 10:30 – 10:40

Homage to the “many great metal bands that come from Texas.

The tribute to “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott will feature Abbott‘s brother, Vinnie Paul (acting as musical director and playing drums), along with an array of prominent hard rockers. This not-to-be-missed performance will salute the acclaimed guitarist whose December 2004 murder while performing onstage at a Columbus, Ohio club still has the hard rock/metal community reeling.

Artists confirmed to honor “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott include:

Kerry King (SLAYER)
Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS)
Mike Inez (ALICE IN CHAINS)
King Diamond
Scott Ian (ANTHRAX)
Kirk Hammett (METALLICA)
Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED, KINGDOM OF SORROW)
Chad Gray (MUDVAYNE, HELLYEAH)
Bob Zilla (DAMAGEPLAN, HELLYEAH)

These musicians will stand together onstage, following HELLYEAH‘s mainstage performance, to pay their respects to their fallen friend with a set including many PANTERA classics.

Ozzfest organizers confirmed earlier in May through a post at the official web site that the festival, a touring event for more than a decade, will transform into a “destination festival” this summer.

OZZY OSBOURNE and METALLICA will headline the one-day show on August 9.

Also appearing on the main stage are SERJ TANKIAN, KORN singer Jonathan Davis, HELLYEAH, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SHADOWS FALL, APOCALYPTICA, IN THIS MOMENT and the “all-star tribute” to slain PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott.

Sharon Osbourne said in the post, “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.

This is just the beginning; (promoter) AEG Live and I have a lot of new ideas for Ozzfest.

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