{"id":14739,"date":"2018-11-05T17:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T01:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=14739"},"modified":"2018-11-06T00:06:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T08:06:29","slug":"ozzy-osbourne-north-america-no-tours-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2018\/11\/05\/ozzy-osbourne-north-america-no-tours-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne Announces Additional Dates On North American \u201cNo More Tours 2\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Grammy-winning singer and songwriter\u00a0<\/b>OZZY OSBOURNE\u00a0<\/u><\/b>has announced additional\u00a0North American tour dates<\/b>\u00a0for\u00a02019<\/b>.\u00a0 For these shows,\u00a0OSBOURNE<\/b>\u00a0will be backed by his longtime collaborators\u00a0Zakk Wylde (Guitar)<\/b>,\u00a0Blasko (Bass), Tommy Clufetos (Drums)<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Adam Wakeman (Keyboards)<\/b>, with\u00a0Megadeth\u00a0<\/b>supporting for the entire North American run.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the\u00a02019 North American<\/b>\u00a0\u201cNO MORE TOURS 2\u201d<\/b>\u00a0shows go on sale to the general public starting\u00a0Friday, November 9<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0LiveNation.com\u00a0<\/a>and through the Live Nation app.\u00a0 Citi is the official presale credit card of the tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning\u00a0Tuesday, November 6\u00a0<\/b>at\u00a010:00AM\u00a0<\/b>(local time)\u00a0<\/b>until\u00a0Thursday, November 8<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a010:00 PM\u00a0<\/b>(local time) through Citi\u2019s Private Pass\u00ae program. For complete presale details visit\u00a0www.citiprivatepass.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0\u201cNO MORE TOURS 2\u201d<\/b>\u00a0tour launched in\u00a0May 2018<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0Santiago, Chile<\/b>\u00a0for solo shows in three countries followed by a\u00a0six-week European leg<\/b>\u00a0of\u00a0headlining solo dates<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0festival performances.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>A\u00a0North American\u00a0<\/b>tour followed\u00a0<\/b>kicking off\u00a0August 30<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0Allentown, PA\u00a0<\/b>, with the final four shows of that leg of the tour postponed for\u00a0OZZY<\/b>\u00a0to recover from an infection.\u00a0 Those four shows–\u00a0Shoreline Amphitheatre\u00a0<\/b>in\u00a0Mountain View, CA, North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0Chula Vista<\/b>, the\u00a0Hollywood Bowl\u00a0<\/b>in\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0<\/b>andMGM Grand Garden Arena\u00a0<\/b>in\u00a0Las Vegas–<\/b>will now conclude the\u00a02019\u00a0<\/b>dates. Tickets for these rescheduled dates are on sale now at LiveNation.com. The trek will also include a newly announced\u00a0June 11<\/b>\u00a0stop at\u00a0Madison Square Garden<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0New York City.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Prior to his2019\u00a0<\/b>dates,\u00a0OZZY<\/b>\u00a0will headline a special New Year\u2019s Eve\u00a0OZZFEST<\/b>\u00a0spectacular at\u00a0the Forum<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0Los Angeles<\/b>.<\/p>\n On his upcoming farewell world tour, produced by\u00a0Live Nation<\/b>,\u00a0OSBOURNE<\/b>\u00a0will celebrate more than\u00a0five decades<\/b>\u00a0as a performer (both as a solo artist and as lead singer of\u00a0Black Sabbath\u00a0<\/b>which formed in\u00a01968<\/b>) .\u00a0 This tour, expected to take\u00a0OZZY\u00a0<\/b>around the world with dates into\u00a02020<\/b>, will mark the end of global touring for the legendary artist, though he will continue to perform select live shows in the future.\u00a0 Throughout his career,\u00a0OZZY<\/b>\u00a0has sold more than 100 million records.<\/p>\n This will mark the first time\u00a0Megadeth<\/b>\u00a0will join\u00a0OSBOURNE\u00a0<\/b>for a full tour, although they have performed together previously at\u00a0OZZFEST<\/b>and other festivals around the world.\u00a0\u00a0Megadeth<\/b>\u00a0burst onto the scene thirty years ago, virtually inventing a genre with their debut albumKilling Is My Business\u2026 And Business Is Good!<\/u>\u00a0(<\/i>recently recognized by VH1 as the Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Time) sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including a 2017 GRAMMY\u00ae Award for \u201cBest Metal Performance\u201d for the title track of their fifteenth studio album\u00a0Dystopia<\/u>\u00a0<\/b>, 11 additional GRAMMY\u00ae nominations, a SILVER CLIO for their\u00a0Dystopia<\/u><\/b>campaign and scored five consecutive platinum albums\u2014including 1992\u2019s two-million-selling\u00a0Countdown to Extinction<\/u>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s some critical feedback from the\u00a02018 North American<\/b>\u00a0\u201c\u00a0NO MORE TOURS 2<\/b>\u201d shows:<\/p>\n \u201cAs Ozzy Osbourne, the main attraction, he becomes the consummate showman\u2026Both Osbourne and his band were in top form throughout the evening. Ozzy\u2019s voice was strong and on pitch, even during some of the songs\u2019 impossibly high parts, and Wylde & Co. seemed to play a bazillion notes each on their instruments.\u201d \u201cFrom the get-go, it was evident there was something special about this tour. The stage backdrop is absolutely magnificent, highlighted by a giant cross made up of video screens\u2026As great as Ozzy sounded, his backing band deserves as much praise. This is what a metal band should look like.\u201d \u201cThe return of Zakk Wylde to Ozzy\u2019s band made the biggest impact on the show. His energy, enthusiasm and love for the material and Ozzy raises everyone\u2019s game, and their game was already great\u2026But the highlights of the show were, of course, when Ozzy was on stage. Powerful version of \u2018Bark at the Moon,\u2019 \u2018No More Tears,\u2019 \u2018Mr. Crowley,\u2019 \u2018Suicide Solution,\u2019 \u2018I Don\u2019t Know,\u2019 \u2018Crazy Train\u2019 and Sabbath\u2019s \u2018Fairies Wear Boots\u2019 thrilled fans.\u201d \u201cFortunately, Ozzy\u2019s game is fairly tight at the moment. Tuesday night\u2019s gig was a solid 95 minutes\u2019 worth of entertainment. No messin\u2019 around with iffy new stuff, just a whack of old-school favorites delivered with contagious enthusiasm by Osbourne and his band before a sold-out, 16,000-strong crowd hanging lovingly and loudly on every word and every riff. If this does indeed turn out to be Ozzy\u2019s last visit to Toronto, we got exactly what we wanted.\u201d \u201c\u2026the show was an exciting evening that featured one of rock\u2019s biggest stars doing what he does best, entertaining a crowd with music that impacts generations.\u201d \u201cThis tour does just about everything right when it comes to playing to the strengths that 2018 Ozzy possesses. The setlist is pretty much perfect, focusing on the hits from his solo work while mixing in some well-times Black Sabbath classics\u2026The band plays like a well-oiled machine\u2026And then there\u2019s Ozzy\u2019s clear enthusiasm for being out on stage\u2026Ozzy could easily sit on a throne in the middle of the stage and no one would have complained. But he\u2019s still giving what he can, the way he always has.\u201d \u201cIf last night indeed represented Osbourne\u2019s last show here, the man went out with a bang.\u201d
\n(Photo credit:\u00a0\u00a0Mark Weiss\u00a0<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n–Kory Grow,\u00a0ROLLING STONE\u00a0<\/a>(8\/31\/18)<\/p>\n
\n–Spencer Kaufman,\u00a0CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND\u00a0<\/a>(9\/10\/18)<\/p>\n
\n–Brian Ives,\u00a0LOUDWIRE.COM\u00a0<\/a>(9\/9\/18)<\/p>\n
\n–Ben Rayner,\u00a0TORONTO STAR\u00a0<\/a>(9\/5\/18)<\/p>\n
\n–Matt Durr,\u00a0MLIVE.COM\u00a0<\/a>(Detroit) (9\/20\/18)<\/p>\n
\n–Cory Garcia,\u00a0HOUSTON PRESS\u00a0<\/a>(9\/29\/18)<\/p>\n
\n–Jeff Niesel,\u00a0CLEVELAND SCENE\u00a0<\/a>(9\/17\/18)<\/p>\n