Alright, I had the most amazing Sunday night.  I went to OzzFest in Hartford, CT!  I got to see In Flames, Black Label Society, IRON MAIDEN!!!!, and BLACK SABBATH!!!!!!!!!...!!!    

The way they had everything set up, there was a steep lawn that I paid $47 to sit on and then about 50 rows of covered seats, that you would have had to of paid about $100 for, and the stage. 

It rained cats and dogs at the start of the show.  I mean it poured!  Everybody started ripping the grass off the lawn and throwing mud everywhere.  It was like Woodstock, but with more metal.  I think I still have mud in my ear.  I got nailed in the head four times! 

About half way through Mudvains (or however you spell it, I don't like them anyway...) set,  I snuck into the pavilion. ( )  Then IRON MAIDEN came on, and by their fourth or fifth song, I had made my way into the pit!!! ( )  I was TEN FEET from the stage!! ( )  They played "Rath Child", "The Trooper", "The Number of the Beast", and holy crap they played "Running Free"!!!  Bruce said they were going to play some old songs, and I yelled, "Play Running Free!!!" and he was like, "This ones called Running Free."  YES!!! ( )  It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.

Until Sabbath came on...  They had all the hippie dippie lights going all over the walls, and I was ten feet from Toni Iommi!!  I can't even describe it, it was amazing. 

A-maz-ing.  Period.  It was so worth getting grounded. 

Well done, Sock.  Being up close is really awesome.  Long ago I once saw Jethro Tull from the front row (real seats).  And Sabbath, well, saw them many times in the early 70's, never quite got that close tho, but myself and my ex-drummer actually met Ozzy and Tony in 1975, West Palm Beach Florida USA after a Sabbath concert.  We somehow snuck backstage, wandered around, saw them in a huge room, walked in, got thrown out, and finally got let back in after begging a roadie. Ozzy was tired but very friendly, really a nice fellow, and my drummer, who by then was playing guitar and building his own fuzz-boxes, had a long chat with Tony Iommi about how he got his sound on those early Sabbath albums.  Ozzfest is coming Sept 4 to West Palm Beach, so I just found out, so thanks for the thread.  Keep on rockin'!

I know John, Ozzy, as he is a neighbour of my mums He is a really nice bloke, but I've never seen him in concert. People like that don't come to Hungary, we get Chumbawamba and dross like that instead

Seeing Maiden is truly an experience, I saw them at download 2 years ago and they were awesome. The highlight was definately when they played "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" and "Can I Play With Madness." Bruce is a monolithic frontman.

Pete

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They didn't play either of those songs, which bummed me out, but they did play "Running Free"!!!!!     When they first came on though, they played "Rath Child" and you couldn't hear anything but the bass if you were in the back.  Someone mess up on the audio.    Everyone started booing and shouting and chanting "TURN IT UP!"  After that, they blared it so LOUD!  But your right, Bruce and Rob Halford have the best voices in metal music.  I've never been able to decide which is better though.

Hey, neat!  Yeah, The Chance is my favorate place for a good show.  Last time I went I caught Hindenburg, and Direct Drive, one of the best Stevie Ray Vaughan tributes out there.  Plus The Sundown Band and Two Bit Jive.  Four great bands for only ten bucks!  One of the best best places for show in the region, in my opinion.

After writing all that, I didn't want to start over to check and make sure you're from New Jersey.     I wouldn't worry about getting tickets, I bought mine at the gate, and they were still cheaper than I expected.  It really is worth it, to see Black Sabbath.