Ozzy Osbourne, solo artist and lead vocalist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, won the award in honor of his long career, which has spanned four decades.

Past recipients of the accolade include Alice Cooper, Lemmy and Jimmy Page. Guitar legend Slash, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist, presented the award. He also received the Marshall "11" award "for his services to balls-out guns-blazing rock n' roll". Earlier, Osbourne and Slash enjoyed afternoon tea together at the Dorchester Hotel in London. The rock and roll stars showed their softer side as they shared tea and cakes ahead of the big night.

ESP Guitars is running a contest where you can win flights and tickets to OZZFEST 2008 in Dallas, TX on Aug 9th. One lucky entry will win:

Fly with a friend to Dallas, TX
Picked up by Limo
Stay in Hotel
Meals and Drinks on us
Clothing from Affliction, including hand-signed Ozzy items
ESP LTD KH-602 Guitar
Randall RM100KH Amplifier
Two premier VIP tickets to Ozzfest
Access to "Ozzy's Lair" VIP area
Meet-and-Greet members of Shadows Fall, Devil Driver, and other ESP bands

Sign up and get more info now at http://www.espguitars.com/contests_ozzfest.cfm

OZZFEST...METALLICA ARRIVES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH, 2008
DALLAS, TEXAS

METALLICA JOINS OZZFEST FOR A ONE-DAY STADIUM SPECTACULAR

Cutting-Edge Acts and OZZFest Alumni to Ignite Three Stages at Pizza Hut Park

Dallas, TX (May 20, 2008) - Two of the most colossal names in rock n' roll—Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne--are joining forces Saturday, August 9th, 2008, for a one-day stadium spectacular, OZZFest at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas, TX. Worldwide superstars Metallica have chosen this next chapter in the evolution of OZZFest. Metallica's OZZFest debut represents one of the few shows the band will be playing in North America this year. “I am absolutely honored that Metallica is performing on OZZFest,” says Ozzy Osbourne.

Saturday July 26, 2008

McMahon Stadium

1817 Crowchild Trail N.W., Calgary, AB

Doors 12 noon - general admission floor, reserved stands

Tickets $119.50 - $49.50 + S/C, on sale Friday April 18 at 12 noon at Ticketmaster and Unionevents.com

Something’s coming over the mountain. You better take cover, Canada, because the Monsters of Rock are coming your way! Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has drawn upon the sinister power of Ozzfest to create the biggest, meanest, loudest f**king rock festival you can imagine - THE MONSTERS OF ROCK. This one-day celebration of the heaviest music in the universe is landing exclusively in the Great White North at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium on Saturday July 26!

Ozzy Osbourne, Korn and Black Label Society will team up for the following dates in South America and Mexico:

Mar. 30 - Quilmes Rock Festival, Buenos Aires, Aregentina
Apr. 01 - Pista Atletica, Santiago, Chile
Apr. 03 - Arena Multiuso, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Apr. 05 - Parque Antartica Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil
Apr. 08 - Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico

SEVENDUST has been announced as the support act for OZZY on his Australian tour dates in March. The dates are as follows:

Mar. 15 - Melbourne, AUS @ Rod Laver Arena
Mar. 18 - Sydney, AUS @ Acer Arena
Mar. 20 - Brisbane, AUS @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

The OZZY OSBOURNE and ROB ZOMBIE massive 40-concert North American tour's Toronto stop is just around the corner and Ozzy is offering ticket holders an opportunity to bid on some rare sports and rock & roll memorabilia at his Air Canada Centre performance on Monday, January 21, 2008.

The silent auction, benefiting The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will take place inside Gate 1 at Air Canada Centre from 6:30p.m. until 9:25 p.m. Items on auction include:

- A Hockey Stick signed by the entire 2007/2008 Toronto Maple Leafs team

- A Raptors jersey signed by Chris Bosh

- A Toronto FC (MLS) jersey signed by Marvell Wynne

- Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey signed by Ozzy Osbourne

- Toronto Raptors signed by Ozzy Osbourne

- Toronto FC jersey signed by Ozzy Osbourne

THE OSBOURNES AND NEW ENGLAND SPORTS TEAMS DONATE ONE-OF-A-KIND AUTOGRAPHED ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED

Fans attending the Tuesday, January 8th Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie concert at the DCU Center will have the unique opportunity to bid on some amazing items in a Silent Auction that will be set up on the Arena concourse. 100% of the proceeds from the Silent Auction will benefit The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center that was founded by Sharon Osbourne – Ozzy’s wife and manager – after her own public battle with colon cancer.

The OZZY OSBOURNE concert scheduled for tonight, Thursday, January 3 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, ME is being postponed due to illness, as OSBOURNE has the flu. The show will be rescheduled for Thursday, January 31 and tickets for the original show will be honored. OZZY’s tour with Rob Zombie is scheduled to resume this Saturday, January 5 in Washington, DC at the Verizon Center.

OZZY will make available to his Portland fans tickets to the Worchester, MA show at the DCU Center this Tuesday, January 8 at the special prices of $50 & $25. Use the password “Portland” at Ticketmaster.com to purchase these tickets.

Ticket sales for some of the upcoming Ozzy/Rob Zombie shows start this weekend! See on-sale info below. And stay tuned to www.ozzy.com for updates on upcoming ticket on-sales!

Thu
10/18
Seattle, WA
KeyArena
On sale Saturday September 15 at noon via www.ticketmaster.com

Sat
10/20
Vancouver, BC
GM Place

When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world’s largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 OZZFEST as a free show, some industry people said it would never work.

Today OZZFEST yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken.

Over the past four days, tickets for all 24 shows were distributed to a frenzy of music fans. More than 428,000 tickets in all were given away through LiveNation.com, marking the largest number of free tickets distributed in the United States in the history of the concert business. In a staged release and via various sponsor sites, including Monster Energy, Jagermeister, FYE, Pilgrim Films, Hustler Lingerie and WWE, LiveNation.com enabled fans to enter exclusive codes to obtain tickets beginning Friday, June 8. More than 228,000 tickets were distributed yesterday alone, with the last ticket given away just after midnight. The tickets were completely free without surcharges of any kind.