Disturbed ready to headline Ozzfest

The 10 Ozzfest dates that Ozzy Osbourne will headline have been confirmed, with Osbourne playing both the festival's opening show on June 29th and its closing night on August 13th. Osbourne decided not to headline the festival for the first time in its history after experiencing numerous health problems on last summer's trek. Co-headliners System Of A Down and Disturbed will shoulder the burden when Osbourne doesn't appear, and Disturbed singer David Draiman says that's fine with him: "We're gonna play the same set that we always would, and it's gonna be just as intense. You know, that never changes. Is there some sort of feeling of challenge? Not really. We don't feel like we're filling in for Ozzy, because that's silly to even try. You can't. He's Ozzy Osbourne, there's no substitute for it. But we're just gonna do what we do."

Disturbed's third album, Ten Thousand Fists, was recently certified platinum for sales of one million copies. The set's current single is "Just Stop."

Confirmed Ozzfest dates with Ozzy Osbourne:
Jun 29 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheater
Jul 1 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
Jul 8 - San Bernardino, CA - Hyundai Pavilion
Jul 16 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 22 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Jul 26 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
Jul 29 - New York, NY - Randall's Island
Aug 1 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Aug 6 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Virginia Beach
Aug 13 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre