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Ozzfest Without Ozzy Osbournes Sued Over MTV Show.
07-26-02
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Part of this summers Ozzfest will be Ozzy-less
as the madman of metal and headliner for the tour that bares his name will
be taking a three week leave of absence so that he can be by his wife Sharons
side as she undergoes treatment for Cancer.
Ozzy will play through this Sundays show
in Atlanta (July 28) before taking his leave from the annual summer tour.
System of a Down will headline in his absence. Reports indicate that Ozzy
is tentatively planning to rejoin the tour on August 22nd in Denver. See
below for effected Ozzfest Dates.
In other Ozzy news, a producer filed a
lawsuit against Ozzy and his wife Sharon, claiming he was the one who came
up with the idea of filming the family for a reality TV show. (Like it
was an original idea, wow reality TV? What a concept?)
According to the Associated Press, Plaintiff
Gary Binkow said he met on several occasions with the couple and executives
from Miramax TV between 1999 and 2000 to discuss ``a real-life docu-sitcom''
about their family, according to the suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles
Superior Court.
The court papers include what Binkow said
was a copy of his original treatment of the proposed series from January
2000, registered with the Writers Guild of America, The Hollywood Reporter
reported Friday.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages
for breach of contract and fraud.
The network that ended up airing the show,
MTV, was not named in the lawsuit.
Binkow is the executive producer a movie
that is currently being filmed in London called Neverland, which stars
Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. A spokesperson for the Osbournes dismissed
Binkows claims pointing to previous press reports that show that Binkow
was the not the originator or creator of the show.
Ozzy-less Ozzfest Dates:
8/03 - Columbus, OH - Polaris Amph.
8/04 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
8/07 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Center
8/08 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Center
8/10 - Chicago, IL - Tweeter Center
8/11 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley
8/13 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Amph
8/17 - Somerset, WI - Float-Rite Park
8/19 - St. Louis, MO - Riverport Amph.
8/20 - Kansas City, MO - Sandstone Amph
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