Ozzy To Perform At New Zealand Rock Festival

According to Stuff.co.nz, OZZY OSBOURNE will join KISS in the two-day Rock2Wgtn music festival at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand next Easter.

Osbourne will headline the second night on March 23, 2008. KISS will open the festival on March 22. Promoter Phil Sprey said other acts would be announced later.

OZZY OSBOURNE's Tuesday, November 20 show in San Diego was postponed due to a stomach virus. The concert will be rescheduled for Sunday, December 2 and tickets for the original show will be honored.

OZZY's tour with ROB ZOMBIE resumes Saturday, November 24 at The Joint in Las Vegas.

OZZY OSBOURNE had his new album, "Black Rain", reissued this past Tuesday (November 20) as a "Special Limited-Edition Tour Package" featuring a bonus CD of live tracks and B-sides. The bonus CD includes the following cuts:

01. I Don't Wanna Stop (live)
02. Not Going Away (live)
03. Here For You (live)
04. Nightmare
05. Can't Save You
06. Love To Hate

"Black Rain" has sold 416,000 copies in the United States since its May 2007 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In an interview with Australia's Herald Sun published earlier this month, Ozzy Osbourne made it clear that he wasn't too happy about the effect of downloading on the music industry. He said, "I've been suffering terribly from people downloading ['Black Rain']. If they don't find something to stop it, people won't be able to make records. There won't be any new bands. How are they going to survive? I'm an old-timer, I've been doing it 40 years now, but new bands are going to suffer. It's ridiculous, you could be doing it for nothing. Sharon said I'd be astounded to find out how many bands are touring because you can download a record but you can't beat a rock show."

"Black Rain" was reissued in August by Epic in a new jewel-case package containing the full booklet with lyrics and new color cover art and photos. It also contains CD extra bonus content featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the "Black Rain" photo shoot.

"Black Rain", which originally came out on May 22, was released in "eco-friendly" packaging, with the CD sleeve made out of recycled paper. In addition, the record came out without a booklet to further save paper, with the lyrics, credits and other inside material available to buyers of the CD at SonyMusic.com.

Source: Blabbermouth