Ozzfest was great, wasn't it? Sharon Osbourne's decision to create her own festival after Lollapalooza's refusal to book her husband Ozzy back in 1996 ended up giving metal fans years of incredible line-ups, especially in the US.
The UK, meanwhile, finally got its own first iteration of Ozzfest at the Milton Keynes Bowl on one unforgettable afternoon in 1998, featuring an insane bill including Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne, plus Foo Fighters, Korn, Pantera, Soulfly and many more. So, when the summer of 1999 rolled around, British metalheads were chomping at the bit for another Ozzfest to arrive. Sadly, we never got that immediate follow-up. Instead, red tape, a stuffy Conservative councillor and the incarceration of a grunge icon destroyed what could have been one of the best festival line-ups the UK had ever seen.
