Ozzfest

System of a Down headlines the Ozzfest on Friday, July 7.

Details

Scheduled on Friday, July 7. For the complete lineup, visit »web link.

Cricket Pavilion

Related Content

• A "Black" Bands Primer: In Celebration of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
  November 9, 2011
• Five Holiday Gifts for Your Metal-Loving Uncle
  December 14, 2011
• Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy and Five Other Self-Help Books From Eccentric Sources
  October 11, 2011
• Metallica Curates Orion Music and More Festival: Who Picked Which Bands?
  February 9, 2012
• Seven Songs Predicting That Travis Barker Would Get Caught With His Pants Down
  January 20, 2012

More About

• Ozzfest
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Zakk Wylde
• System of a Down
• Music Festivals

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

This year's Ozzfest — the 11th annual orgy of leather, tattoos, long hair, beer, boobs, pit surfing, devil horns, heat exhaustion, and metal/hard rock of all varieties — is particularly notable for two reasons: For the first time in the tour's history, namesake Ozzy Osbourne won't be headlining the main stage, either as a solo act or with Black Sabbath. He's gone into semi-retirement and is slated to appear at only a handful of Ozzfest stops this summer (and Phoenix ain't one of 'em). And this might be the last time you ever get to see System of a Down perform live — they're the headliners, but the California alt-metal foursome recently announced they're going on indefinite hiatus after the tour, placing them in the same category as Fugazi, Blink-182, and a bunch of other bands you'll probably never hear from again. Aside from that earth-shattering news, Ozzfest XI is more or less the same as Ozzfests III, VII, IX, etc. — lots of volume, screaming, jackhammering, and testosterone emanating from two stages, from the likes of Hatebreed, Disturbed, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Bleeding Through, and, of course, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society.