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"&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not dead yet,&amp;quot; announced Ozzy Osbourne Friday at Los Angeles&amp;apos; Avalon club, &amp;quot;and I&amp;apos;m ready to rock.&amp;quot;\n\nFlanked by wife Sharon and some of rock&amp;apos;s fiercest faces, Ozzy unveiled the 2004 edition of Ozzfest, which will kick off July 10th in Hartford, Connecticut.\n\nIn addition to Ozzy, who will be back at the mike after suffering a near-fatal ATV accident in December, this year&amp;apos;s roving festival will feature fellow vets Judas Priest and Slayer, Norwegian death metal crew Dimmu Borgir, Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde&amp;apos;s Black Label Society, and former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo&amp;apos;s Superjoint Ritual.\n\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s harder than hard,&amp;quot; quipped Sharon, the festival&amp;apos;s co-founder, &amp;quot;and my god is it ugly!&amp;quot;\n\n&amp;quot;This will be the most extreme Ozzfest ever,&amp;quot; agreed Priest singer Rob Halford, who just reunited with his band mates last year. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a thrill to be back together.&amp;quot; \n\nIowa&amp;apos;s masked metal men Slipknot will headline the festival&amp;apos;s second stage, joining Hatebreed, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Every time I Die, Unearthed and two bands handpicked by the Osbournes&amp;apos; children Kelly and Jack: Lamb of God and Lacuna Coil.\n\nTickets for the show will range from $10 to $65, and Ozzy guarantees that festival-goers will get their money&amp;apos;s worth: &amp;quot;Considering I died twice, I feel pretty good.&amp;quot;\n\nOzzfest tour dates:\n\n7/10: Hartford, CT, ctnow.com Meadows Music \n7/12: Mansfield, MA, Tweeter Center \n7/14: Wantagh, NY, Jones Beach\n7/16: Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center \n7/18: Bristow, VA, Nissan Pavilion \n7/20: Columbus, OH, Germain Amphitheater \n7/22: Nashville, TN, Starwood Amphitheater \n7/24: Englewood, CO, Fiddler&amp;apos;s Green Amphitheater\n7/27: Auburn, WA, White River Amphitheater\n7/29: Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheater\n7/31: Devore, CA, Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen \n8/3: Albuquerque, NM, Journal Pavilion \n8/5: Dallas, Smirnoff Music Center \n8/7: San Antonio, TX, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater\n8/10: Kansas City, KS, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater\n8/12: Maryland Heights, MO, UMB Pavilion \n8/14: East Troy, WI, Alpine Valley Music Theater\n8/17: Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Center \n8/19: Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center \n8/21: Tinley Park, IL, Tweeter Center \n8/24: Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center \n8/26: Camden, NJ, Tweeter Center at the Waterfront \n8/28: Burgettstown, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Star Lake \n8/31: Raleigh, NC, Alltel Pavilion, Walnut Creek \n9/2: Tampa, FL, Tampa Bay Amphitheatre \n9/4: West Palm Beach, FL, Sound Advice Amphitheater"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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