The United Kingdom date of Ozzfest 2027 has been moved off Villa Park and will be held at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on 10 July.
Sharon Osbourne had named the Birmingham ground earlier, and the reason for the change is building work rather than anything to do with the bill. Villa Park will not be ready for live shows next summer, she says, so the choice came down to relocating or losing a year: move Ozzfest or postpone it for another year, in her words.
For a festival built around Ozzy Osbourne and his city, losing the Birmingham venue is more than a logistical note, and the National Bowl is the compensation with history attached. It is where Ozzfest first came to the country, which is the line the promoter Andy Copping leaned on in welcoming the change.
The other two dates are unchanged: Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino on 11 September, where the festival started in 1996, and Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on 18 September, the first edition the country has had. Early tickets went on sale on 6 November.