Question:

> Yes things seem strange with those dates. I’m sure lots of people in the > western half of America & Canada would love to see Ozzy. I live in Wa > state & in 96 I saw him twice in Seattle and in 97 I had to fly to Las > Vegas in order to see him. I will fly again to see him (because he is > the greatest) but I hope he tours the west coast this tour so I can go > to more than one gig because traveling is not cheap.

Hey I was at the Vegas show too! For the record, I saw a post farther down in the NG (which is expired now) that had a tentative date for San Bernardino in Southern California, but I printed out the info and left it at home…when I get a chance I will post what it said….

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Katie, I see you noticed that too. The first thing I noticed was the no Texas dates…….These are just tentaive and we should recieve some up to date ones by emial from Epic, just like last year, would’t you think? MiracleMan

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Yes things seem strange with those dates. I’m sure lots of people in the western half of America & Canada would love to see Ozzy. I live in Wa state & in 96 I saw him twice in Seattle and in 97 I had to fly to Las Vegas in order to see him. I will fly again to see him (because he is the greatest) but I hope he tours the west coast this tour so I can go to more than one gig because traveling is not cheap.

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This was on MTV’s site here on AOL. . . . . . . >3.25.98 12:00 EDT Ozzfest ‘98 Announces Tentative Schedule Ozzy

Hello, Holmdel! Already well ahead of the rest of the summer package tours, Ozzfest ‘98 has now announced a tentative itinerary that opens in Holmdel, New Jersey on July 3 and comes to end a month later with an August 2 concert in the nation’s capital. The line-up for Ozzfest ‘98 has been pretty much set for some time, and will feature sets by Tool, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit, Soulfly, Coal Chamber, Sevendust, Two, the Melvins, Incubus, Snot, Ultraspank, Kilgore, System of a Down, Monster Machine, and, of course, the original metal madman himself, Ozzy Osbourne. As we previously reported (see "Ozzy Taps Limp Bizkit, Foos, Pantera, Slayer, Others For Ozzfests"), in addition to the stateside tour, Ozzfest ‘98 will also play a single date in England on June 20 at the Milton Keynes Bowl outside of London. Last year’s Ozzfest was the surprise phenomenon of the summer, averaging a higher per show gross than any other festival tour. This year’s concert will also feature a novel first for the package festivals, with plans to converge with the Warped Tour for a single mega-show July 18 in Minneapolis. The tentative dates for Ozzfest ‘98 are: