At Iron Maiden’s last show as part of this year’s Ozzfest tour, their set was shamefully sabatoged by Sharon Osbourne and the other folks running the tour. While trying to perform to an audience of 40,000+ the band was pelted with eggs and other objects, had the PA turned off on several occasions, and much more. What a dastardly, unprofessional thing to do to a legendary band such as Iron Maiden. From another band on the tour who witnessed it:

Saturday night’s Ozzfest at the Hyundai Pavillion near Los Angeles was a debacle on so many levels, I am still in shock as I write this. As a fan of many of the bands [Saturday] night, one can only hope this was an isolated incident, but sadly, it most likely wasn’t. As many of you have heard already, co-headliners and metal legends IRON MAIDEN were pelted with eggs, bottle caps, beer cups, spit on, had people from the Ozzfest camp talking over the PA during their set, had ‘Eddie’ delayed from his onstage entrance, had members of the [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] entourage rush the stage with American flags, and had the PA intentionally turned off over six times, all by the OSBOURNE CAMP.

Follow the link, its really bad.

Here is Ozzfest/Sharon’s comments on it.

And Iron Maiden’s response.

I went to Ozzfest in 98 and very much enjoyed it. I’ve been a fan of Ozzy’s music for years, but no matter what justification Sharon tries to make for it, this is just shameful behavior. No way will I go to another Ozzfest concert. I think this is gonna mark its downfall.

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