Korn, Disturbed Join Ozzfest

Korn, Marilyn Manson, Disturbed and Chevelle will headline Ozzfest along with festival namesake Ozzy Osbourne himself. The eighth installment of summer metal fest opens June 28th in San Antonio and closes two months later with an August 28th show in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Second stage performers include Cradle of Filth, Nothingface, Trust Company, Grade 8, Finger Eleven, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Hotwire, Twisted Method, Unloco and Memento.

Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy's manager/wife noted last year that the festival's second and third stages have been a good springboard for up-and-coming acts. Chevelle is this year's main stage act with a second stage diploma. "We've always been known to give new bands a stage and forum for their music," she said. "Incubus, System of a Down, Godsmack, the list goes on and on. We feel very honored that we have the opportunity to give these bands a stage and such a huge crowd to play in front of. Now for the kids to see them on the main stage, playing forty-five minutes, you have growth. I think kids like to see that growth because they've helped to make those bands."

Ticket information will be made available soon on ozzfest.com.

Ozzfest 2003 tour dates:

6/28: San Antonio, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
6/29: Dallas, Smirnoff Music Center
7/2: Phoenix, Cricket Pavilion
7/3: San Diego, Coors Amphitheater
7/5: Devore, CA, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
7/8: Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheater
7/9: Sacramento, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheater
7/12: Seattle, White River Amphitheater
7/15: Marilyn Heights, MO, UMB Bank Pavilion
7/17: Bonner Springs, KS, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/19: Minneapolis, Float Rite Park
7/20: Tinley Park, IL, Tweeter Center
7/22: Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center
7/24: Detroit, DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/30: Burgettstown, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion
7/31: Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8/2: East Troy, WI, Alpine Valley
8/3: Columbus, OH, Polaris Amphitheater
8/5: Scranton, PA, Montage Mountain
8/7: Camden, NJ, Tweeter Center
8/9: Hartford, CT, Meadows Music Theatre
8/11: Buffalo, NY, Darien Lake
8/14: Boston, Tweeter Center
8/18: Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
8/22: Bristow, VA, Nissan Pavilion
8/24: Charlotte, NC, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8/26: Atlanta, Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater
8/28: West Palm Beach, FL, Coral Sky Amphitheater

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“Let My Love Open the Door”

Pete Townshend | 1980

A peppy, hopeful love song, "Let My Love Open the Door" became a U. S. Top Ten hit for Pete Townshend in 1980, anchored by the kind of repeating synthesizer figures that he'd used in some of the Who's recordings in the previous decade. Although Townshend brushed the song off as "just a ditty" in Rolling Stone shortly after its release, in 1996 he revealed it was about love of the holiest sort. "It's supposed to be about the power of God's love," he remarked. "That when you're in difficulty, whether it's major or minor, God's love is always there for you."

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