Ozzy Osbourne To Be Honoured At The Kerrang Awards 2011
As one of the biggest events in the Rock N Roll Calendar, winning a gong at the Kerrang Awards (this year renamed the Kerrang! Awards 2011 fuelled by Relentless Energy Drink) is always a big deal, but it’s an even more special occasion when the magazine is celebrating it’s 30th year.
To honour this three decade legacy, Kerrang are proud to announce that the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne, will be honoured with the ‘Kerrang! Legend’ award at this year’s ceremony, taking place on Thursday 9th June. Ozzy Osbourne To Be Honoured As ‘Legend’ At The Kerrang! Awards 2011 Fuelled By Relentless Energy Drink
If this isn’t enough, The Black Sabbath frontman will be taking time out of his world tour to play an exclusive London show on Tuesday 21 June at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo. Tickets for this one-off UK show go on pre-sale on 13th April from www.aloud.com and on general release on 15th April.
Ozzy Osbourne commented, “It’s an incredible honour to be the 2nd recipient of Kerrang’s LEGEND Award. I’m looking forward to you all going “F***ing Crazy!” at the 30th Anniversary party on June 21st at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo!”
Kerrang! Magazine editor Nichola Browne said, “We are so unbelievably excited to have Ozzy play this very special show for our 30th birthday celebrations in June. We are privileged that the Prince of Darkness can help us mark this momentous milestone in style and it’s guaranteed to be a night to remember! Ozzy has been the mainstay of rock music. During his long and colourful career, he’s not only helped define heavy metal as the voice of Black Sabbath, he’s also enjoyed a three-decade reign as a solo artist and inspired thousands of rock fans. He’s a much-loved, larger-than-life personality, and it is only fitting that we will be honouring Ozzy with the prestigious Legend Award at this year’s Kerrang! Awards.”
The Kerrang! Awards 2011 fuelled by Relentless Energy Drink will coincide with the release of definitive editions of Ozzy Osbourne’s landmark solo albums “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of a Madman. Restored and remastered from the original recordings they are set for release through Sony CMG on the 30th May 2011. Ozzy also releases a Special 30th Anniversary Deluxe Collector’s Box Set, that includes both albums On CD & Vinyl, 100-page Coffee Table Book, “Thirty Years After The Blizzard” DVD Documentary, full-size detailed replica of Ozzy’s Iconic Cross and more….
This year’s ceremony will be hosted once again by two true rock legends – Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian – who join forces to compere the awards for the third consecutive year.
On taking up the mantle of co-host again, Corey Taylor said, “In the third episode, Luke confronts his father Darth Vader, Indiana Jones and his father search for the Holy Grail, Harry Potter mistakenly fights his godfather and Richard Pryor tries to defeat Superman with computers. Oh wait- is this about my 3rd year co-hosting or my favourite third movie moment? Oh well – at least my suit will be wonderful again…”
Scott Ian, who hosted the Kerrang! Awards for two years before sharing duties with Corey, and whose band Anthrax formed 30 years ago this year, added, “Wow! My 5th Kerrang! Awards as host! It’s really a testament to how much fun I have doing it, because if I didn’t have fun, why bother? And it’s the 3rd in a row with my partner Corey. We’re the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant of awards shows. Now we just need to find our Karl….”
Voting for the Kerrang! Awards 2011 fuelled by Relentless Energy Drink is open NOW on www.kerrang.com