{"id":55416,"date":"2017-04-28T15:04:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=55416"},"modified":"2017-04-28T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:31:50","slug":"zakk-wylde-rejoins-ozzy-osbourne-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=55416","title":{"rendered":"ZAKK WYLDE &#8211; Rejoins OZZY OSBOURNE Band!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=55417\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OzzyNZakk-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OzzyNZakk-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OzzyNZakk.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=53871\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TMDDOTCOM-5-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53871\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNo, this is not another sick April Fools joke. This is the biggest rock news story to break in 2017. For the first time in more than a decade, Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde have officially announced they are back together again.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime duo, known as one of rock&#8217;s  all time greatest singer and guitarist combos ever, are slated to venture back out on the road together as an ass-kicking unit once again for a mini-tour of OZZY headliner gigs in the U.S. this summer and fall, beginning July 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While they&#8217;ve performed together over the years, these shows are the first collaboration for the duo for a full tour since 2006. These dates also mark Ozzy&#8217;s first solo tour in the U.S. in years beyond one Ozzy &#038; Friends performance at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to reuniting with Zakk Wylde on guitar, Ozzy&#8217;s band will include longtime collaborators Rob &#8220;Blasko&#8221; Nicholson (bass), Tommy Clufetos (drums) and Adam Wakeman (keyboards). Ozzy&#8217;s tour dates kick off in July at the Rock USA festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with additional dates to be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy to be getting back on the road with Zakk, Blasko, Tommy and Adam,&#8221; says Ozzy Osbourne. &#8220;This is what I do. This is where I belong, on the road.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m really looking forward to the hardcore powahlifting training sessions with Ozzy as well as playing music in between sets of heavy squats, benching and deadlifts,&#8221; Zakk Wylde adds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ozzy&#8217;s 2017 tour dates:<\/p>\n<p>Jul. 14 &#8211; Oshkosh, WI Ozzy at Rock USA<br \/>\nJul. 16 &#8211; Chicago, IL Chicago Open Air Festival<br \/>\nAug. 09 &#8211; Sturgis, SD The Legendary Buffalo Chip<br \/>\nAug. 21 &#8211; Cartersville, IL Moonstock 2017 Festival<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/ozzyosbourne\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/ozzyosbourne<\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, this is not another sick April Fools joke. This is the biggest rock news&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55420,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55416\/revisions\/55420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}