Sharon Osbourne Says Ozzfest 2027 Lineup Is 50-Percent Booked, Details Unreleased Ozzy Songs

Sharon Osbourne says the lineups for the just-announced Ozzfest 2027 dates are “50 percent” booked, while also revealing details about unreleased songs the late Ozzy Osbourne recorded with producer Andrew Watt. On Thursday, it was officially announced that after a long hiatus Ozzfest will return in 2027, with single-day festivals in Milton Keynes, England, on July 10th; San Bernardino, California, on September 11th; and Mexico City on September 18th. An “Early Bat” pre-sale begins today, November 6th, at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Get Ozzfest Tickets Here While the lineups haven’t been announced, Sharon was asked by Hits Daily Double if the artists will be the same for all three dates, to which she replied, “I hope so. For me, it’d be a lot less work.” When further pressed as to how much of the lineups were already nailed down, she responded, “Fifty percent.” Sharon, who co-founded Ozzfest with Ozzy in 1996, further remarked, “The fans have been unbelievable — supportive and happy that [Ozzfest is] coming back, which makes us happy. Ozzy’s no longer with us, but his legacy is still here. Why should it end?” Elsewhere in the interview, Sharon offered some details on the unreleased Ozzy songs that producer Andrew Watt mentioned in an interview with Rolling Stone last month, saying, “There are two songs Ozzy did for his movie project with Andrew Watt.” She went on to say there are also unreleased Black Sabbath recordings, noting, “There are Sabbath tapes that went missing years ago — studio tapes, live tapes, unreleased tapes. We now know exactly who has them: the same man who’s been stealing our money. He said he never had them, but we’ve found people with sworn statements they went to his office. He’s a hoarder of memorabilia — two warehouses full of albums. We’re right in the middle of that nightmare.” While she didn’t name any names, earlier this year Sharon and Sabbath were able to obtain early demos the band recorded under the name Earth after engaging in a legal dispute with Sabbath’s former manager Jim Simpson, who had planned to release them under his own label.