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OZZFEST RETURNS:....

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EXPLOSIVE 2010 BILL THIS SUMMER....

TO BE HEADLINED BY ....

OZZY OSBOURNE AND MOTLEY CRUE....

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OTHER ARTISTS ONBOARD INCLUDE....

METAL LEGEND ROB HALFORD,....

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEVILDRIVER, AND DROWNING POOL....

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This is the tour where the fans have always screamed the loudest…....

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More than 15 years after OZZY OSBOURNE debuted OZZFest, the defining blueprint for hard rock tours and festivals returns this August in six American cities with an explosive bill co-headlined by OZZY and, in their first-ever OZZFest appearance, Mötley Crüe--touring together for the first time with OZZY since he invited the group on their now legendary 1984 arena tour.  Expect the energy to go way off the charts at the all-day extravaganza of music and deranged merriment.....

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The 2010 OZZFest--back after taking a year off in 2009 and the 2008 one-off stadium spectacular in Dallas, TX with OZZY and Metallica headlining--will kick off August 14 in San Bernardino (the birthplace of the first OZZFest in 1996) and then make stops in Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, Camden, NJ, Pittsburgh, PA and Boston, MA.  Live Nation will promote the tour nationally.  ....

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The main stage will feature full sets from Ozzy, Mötley Crüe and Rob Halford (who last appeared on OZZFest in 2004 with Judas Priest), performing songs from his solo career along with material from Judas Priest and Fight.  DevilDriver and Nonpoint will round out the main stage line-up.  Second stage headliners and six-time OZZFest veterans Black Label Society will be joined by Drowning Pool, Kingdom of Sorrow, and Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch, Saviours and Kataklysm.  ....

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Each OZZFest date will include 13 bands on two stages with music beginning at 1:00 PM. In addition, concert-goers can once again visit the OZZFest “Village of the Damned” featuring a mix of interactive activities, shopping and entertainment throughout the venue concourses.....

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These OZZFest dates mark the first concerts in the U.S. in connection with the June 15 release of SCREAM (Epic Records), the OZZFest’s founder’s first album in three years and 10^th studio album overall.  OZZY’s band consists of his OZZY’s new guitar player, Gus G., bassist Blasko, drummer Tommy Clufetos and keyboardist Adam Wakeman.....

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Tickets for the show’s go on sale May 22 at www.OZZfest.com and www.LiveNation.com.....

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The 2010 OZZFEST dates are as follows:....

DATE                           CITY                                    VENUE....

Sat, Aug  14          San Bernardino, CA          San Manuel Amphitheater....

Tue, Aug 17          Chicago, IL                           First Midwest Bank Amp.....

Thurs, Aug 19         Pittsburgh, PA                  First Niagara Pavilion....

Sat , Aug 21          Hartford, CT                  Comcast Theater....

Sun, Aug 22          Camden, NJ                  Susquehanna....

Tue, Aug  24          Boston, MA                           Comcast Center....

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About OZZFest: ....

Since 1996, OZZFest has been a virtual breeding ground for rising bands. The festival has been instrumental in igniting the careers of platinum-selling artists like System of a Down, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Incubus, Slipknot, Queens of the Stone Age, Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage and Lacuna Coil, among others. It was cited as "one of rock's biggest juggernauts" in the cover feature of Sunday's New York Times' "Arts & Leisure" section (6/25/06).  ....

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About Live Nation....

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE-LYV) is the largest live entertainment company in the world, consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions, e-commerce and artist management.  Live Nation seeks to innovate and enhance the live entertainment experience for artists and fans: before, during and after the show.....

 
In 2009, Live Nation sold 140 million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts, partnered with 850 sponsors and averaged 25 million unique monthly users of its e-commerce sites.  For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.....

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MOTLEY CRUE ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR A NEW GREATEST HITS ALBUM – TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 17

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New York, NY (October 2009) --- Mötley Crüe have announced plans for an updated version of their Greatest Hits, including a special never before heard remix of "The Animal In Me" and the Grammy nominated "Saints of Los Angeles" from the hit Saints Of Los Angeles album. The remix of “The Animal In Me” comes from an interpretation by James Michael, who co-produced the song with Nikki Sixx and DJ Ashba.

After playing to a million rock fans around the world over the past year with the recently completed Crüe Fest 2, the Saints of Los Angeles 2009 arena tour, headlining tour dates around the globe and last year’s Crüe Fest (which was the most successful touring rock festival of the summer) and over eighty million albums sold, the world’s most notorious rock band only knows how to do things huge.

Creating a new species of rock festivals, Crüe Fest has integrated bands as varied as Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Theory of a Deadman, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M., Buckcherry, Trapt and more. Based on the band’s New York Times bestseller The Dirt, Mötley Crüe’s latest album, Saints of Los Angeles debuted at #1 on the Independent Album chart and was the top debut of the week on Billboard’s Top 200 at #4.  The title track was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for Best Hard Rock Performance and was the first track ever to be released simultaneously on the popular video game Rock Band, which sold five-times the amount of traditional retailers in its first week.  “Saints of Los Angeles” was also named the top rock song of 2008 by the iTunes’ editorial board.

The Crüe will offer a new version of their Greatest Hits in time for the 2009 holiday season and will include hits like “Dr. Feelgood,” “Without You,” “Smokin’ In The Boys’ Room,” “Home Sweet Home,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Kickstart My Heart,” “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)”, “Don’t Go Away Mad,” “If I Die Tomorrow,” “Saints of Los Angeles” and also a new remix of “The Animal In Me.”  The album will be released on November 17. 

For more information on Mötley Crüe, please visit: http://www.motley.com.

Mötley Crüe’s Greatest Hits track listing:

1. “Too Fast For Love”
2. “Shout At The Devil”
3. “Looks That Kill”
4. “Too Young To Fall In Love”
5. “Smokin In The Boys Room”
6. “Home Sweet Home”
7. “Wild Side”
8. “Girls, Girls, Girls”
9. “Dr. Feelgood”
10. “Kickstart My Heart”
11. “Same Ol’ Situation”
12. “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”
13. “Without You”
14. “Primal Scream”
15. “Sick Love Song”
16. “Afraid”
17. “If I Die Tomorrow”
18. “Saints of Los Angeles”
19. “The Animal In Me (Remix)”

For The Eleven Seven Music Group/Tenth Street Entertainment, please contact:

Jill Siegel                                                         Corey Brewer                        

212-334-3160                                                  212-334-3160

jills@10thst.com                                              coreyb@10thst.com

For track listing and music, please contact:

Joseph Schneider

Rogers & Cowan

310-854-8140

jschneider@rogersandcowan.com