Concert Review: Ozzy Osbourne MTS Centre, Winnipeg
Halloween came early for heavy metal fans at MTS Centre last night, where monster rockers Rob Zombie and Ozzy Osbourne delivered a demonicdouble-bill of campy thrills and macabre chills. The co-headliners proved a perfect match for the pre-Hallow’s Eve weekend, whipping a crowd of 11,500 into a frightful frenzy with their riff-heavy head-bangers and devilish hard rock.Emerging from the mouth of a sharp-toothed beastie sitting under the drum kit, Zombie immediately kicked things into high gear by barking out the throat-shredding lyrics of American Witch while flanked by a three-piece band and two fetching burlesque dancers. Zombie’s stage set-up is a veritable freak-show of terror-inducing trappings, among them the requisite pyro blasts and sweeping strobelights, but also a giant robo-alien and massive video monitors broadcasting old Bettie Page clips and snuff-inspired footage from his own films.
Osbourne, meanwhile, may not have the same manic energy as Zombie, but give the guy a break — he’s almost 60. Blistering versions of I Don’t Wanna Stop and Crazy Train left us confident his portion of the show would also prove to be more treat than trick.
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