Oh Ozzy!

Hulk Hogan is gone. Theo Huxtable of the Cosby Show passed away. And also Ozzy. As local news reported below, Ozzy and Black Sabbath had an interesting adventure in Columbus back in 1997. OzzFest at Polaris Amphtheather. Lots of metal bands all day. I was in the VIP section with Kurt Haag who had the connections. We mostly had that section to ourselves. When it got to be around 9:00 and we all expected Ozzy to come out, the lead singers from the other bands came out and started singing his songs; as they tossed bottles of Jack around to each other. We were confused. Why would they play Ozzy’s songs if he’s about to come out? Then we noticed helicopters overhead and someone mentioned all the concessions were closed up. We later learned Ozzy was too hung-over to make it to Columbus. A riot followed. At 11:05 that night, my dad called from Findlay. “Your mother just saw a concert riot on the news and figured you might be in it.” Yep - about the 5th row!