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SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA Sponsoring OZZFEST 2003
- June 28, 2003
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Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. announced Wednesday (June 25) its sponsorship of the eighth annual Ozzfest 2003 tour. As sponsor for the third year in a row, Sony Computer Entertainment America will give consumers the opportunity to play the hottest new PlayStation(R)2 software titles at the show, the chance to win tickets to see Ozzfest live, plus the opportunity to share the stage with one of the bands at the ultimate destination for metal and rock fans. The Ozzfest 2003 tour, produced and promoted by Clear Channel Entertainment, is one of the most popular summer concert festivals in the United States. The tour kicks-off on June 28 in San Antonio, Texas and travels to 28 markets, featuring a line-up of 21 bands including metal's top artists, OZZY OSBOURNE, KORN, MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, CHEVELLE, THE DATSUNS, and more.
Throughout the tour, Sony Computer Entertainment America will sponsor radio promotions in the 28 markets where the Ozzfest 2003 tour will make an appearance. A total of 10 fans in each market will have the chance to win various Ozzfest-inspired PlayStation 2 prizes. Nine winners in each market will win a PlayStation 2 prize pack, including tickets to the festival, a copy of the action-adventure software title, Primal(TM), and an official PlayStation 2 Ozzfest 2003 tour jacket. In addition, one grand prizewinner in each market will get five minutes of fame and share the stage with rock-n-roll's elite when they introduce one of the second stage bands to an audience of screaming fans. Grand prizewinners will also receive a PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system autographed by the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne.
"Ozzfest is a great opportunity for Sony Computer Entertainment America to bring the PlayStation 2 experience straight to our gamers who are also metal fans, many of which attend the festival year after year," said Sharon Shapiro, director, promotions, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "This year, we are giving metal fans the ultimate Ozzfest experience by inviting them to be part of the action on stage with rock's elite."
The PlayStation 2 Touring Attraction, a 68-foot custom-designed vehicle, will be on location giving concert-goers the chance to play newly released games while listening to popular hard-rock live performances. For smaller venues that cannot accommodate the PlayStation 2 Touring Attraction, a large tent decked out with PlayStation 2 systems will be available for fans to experience the hottest summer games including Primal(TM), MLB(TM) 2004, Downhill Domination(TM), ATV Offroad Fury(TM) 2 and more.
With the continued success of the MTV reality show, "The Osbournes", and the growing popularity of Ozzy Osbourne amongst mass audiences, Ozzfest 2003 is set to be one of the most popular music festivals of the summer. For more information on performers and dates for Ozzfest, fans can visit www.ozzfest.com.
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COMMENT | sigh
posted by : equimanthorn
6/28/2003 11:37:34 PM
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thanks for another ad
;)
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COMMENT | Better then Baseball
posted by :
6/28/2003 11:47:47 PM
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I'm pretty sure there are more metal head video gamers then metal head baseball fans. GTA is more metal then the Blue Jays man.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/28/2003 11:57:56 PM
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ooooooooooo..... Nothing says Metal music more than shrewd product placement...
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COMMENT | gay gay gay
posted by :
6/29/2003 12:51:44 AM
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the 1st ozzfets was cool cause it was a black sabbath reuinion and we pelted manson with sod from the hill at alpine valley .. now is metal becoming commercial .. i hope not for fucks sake all we need are a bunch of birkenstock wearing vegans to think metal is the hip 'new' thing
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COMMENT | ??
posted by :
6/29/2003 1:06:23 AM
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Don't get me wrong, I like baseball but........
what the fuck does baseball got to do with metal? absofuckinglutely nothing!!!
Come on man, this is about fucking metal not baseball or fucking playstation.!!
let me remind you concert promoters it's about teh MUSIC!!!!!!!! MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC.
Metal fans hate it when the shit becomes too comercialized. The only rock band that has managed to do that and still survive is KISS, aside from them, nothing else has survived.
when will these fucking money sucking capitalists pigs learn that it's about the music. We go because of teh music not because fucking SONY or MLB is sponsoring it.!!
DAMN IT. I think i will not go to ozzfest this year!
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COMMENT | evil
posted by : EmoHolocaust
6/29/2003 2:05:33 AM
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Bud Selig and Sharon Osbourne are evil.
Going to Sharonfest from them PS2 prizes! Lame
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COMMENT | thor0376
posted by :
6/29/2003 2:30:40 AM
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No, it's not about the music. It's about milking as much money from the public as possible. OzzyCo is a business, not a public service.
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COMMENT | This answers my question
posted by : SetAbominae
6/29/2003 3:06:12 AM
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Xbox: HasBeenPalooza (Jane's Addiction, Incubus and shit)
Nintendo Game Cube: OneHitWonderFest (Evanescence, Cold and shit)
Now PS2: Sharonfest
What a fucking shame.
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COMMENT | ohh well
posted by : hippie_killer
6/29/2003 5:30:47 AM
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i knew sharon was going to put my music for sale.but on the other hand ,im still going to killswitch engage.
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COMMENT | Shut up
posted by :
6/29/2003 5:56:52 AM
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Did they say you HAVE to buy the damn systems or PLAY them even? Shut the fuck up and just watch the damn show! What a bunch of fuckin babies!
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COMMENT | RE: Shut up
posted by : Honky'sLadder
6/29/2003 6:06:47 AM
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-- Ya know, the only reason I plan to go is to see "BitchKiller666 and the Reacharounds", that gay Metallica cover band.
Hey, if you do gay covers of a gay band do they turn out straight?? Hmmmm.
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COMMENT |
posted by : sepulqotsa
6/29/2003 9:43:19 AM
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why is this post so long?
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COMMENT | HONKY
posted by :
6/29/2003 11:27:26 AM
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you need to get a life dude.
You are way much preocupied with gayness, which means you're projecting dude.
You need to stop hanging out at the dariy queen down the street where you get your bunghole knifed on a daily basis by the milkboy.
Now let's stick to the subject at hand which is ozzfest not your gayness.
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COMMENT | Ozzfest is 50/50
posted by :
6/29/2003 2:38:03 PM
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Shadows Fall
Killswitch Engage
Nothingface
Motograter
Ozzy (with Zakk and Newsted)
Disturbed
Manson...
the rest is utter crap. Ozzfest sued to be the tour to see metal's up and ciming new bands. Now, it is a hard rock version of TRL on tour. Some of Ozzfest is good, but some of it is not. CoF and Voivod headlining the 2nd stage? That is no comparison to Down, Hatebreed, and Meshuggah. Chevelle and Korn and half of the second stage aren't metal anyways. Ozzfest needs to return to it's roots.
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COMMENT | sued=used
posted by :
6/29/2003 2:39:57 PM
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typo
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COMMENT | THOR
posted by : Honky'sLadder
6/29/2003 3:00:40 PM
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You like Metallica...
(snicker)
yer gay.
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COMMENT | PS THOR
posted by : Honky'sLadder
6/29/2003 3:04:22 PM
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I'm sorry that when you went to that same DQ you asked for a blizzard and got snowballed.
That was fuckin' sick, dude!
The only person here preoccupied with gayness is, well, you.
(Metallica)
Yer so very gay.
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COMMENT | I'd post in the Jager ad but...
posted by :
6/29/2003 6:15:26 PM
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isn't funny how a liquor company is sponsoring a tour where the main performer is a recovering alcoholic, and whos son also just got outta rehab.
Way to turn a buck Sharon
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COMMENT | I wonder
posted by : SetAbominae
6/29/2003 7:54:25 PM
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How long will it be until we see "The Osbournes" video game?
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COMMENT | oldschool ...
posted by :
6/29/2003 11:43:58 PM
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well true i myself dont have the major league arm to throw a chunk of dirt all the way to the stage but they were being passed up there ... some hit him and i helped!
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COMMENT | Underground no longer.
posted by :
6/30/2003 2:05:19 AM
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This is bullshit. Corporate sponsership is going to drive the metal industry to mainstream.
Being a metalhead is like making a statement about yourself. If due to corporate sponsership it attracts other less devoted people it'll be a goddamn shame.
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