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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[BlizzCon 2009: Ozzy Osbourne closes show down, injures no bats]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/23/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-closes-show-down-injures-no-bats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/23/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-closes-show-down-injures-no-bats/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/23/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-closes-show-down-injures-no-bats/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><img width="580" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="364" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/ozzyblizzmain1.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<div align="left">Blizzard fittingly chose Ozzy Osbourne to close down BlizzCon last night, since he's been in a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwXE9xz2E9w">fairly funny World of <em>Warcraft</em> commercial</a> arguing about who is the true Prince of Darkness. He put on a fairly deafening, rocktastic show -- some of his setlist was appropriately composed of tracks off his 1980 "Blizzard of Ozz" album -- though he did stumble a bit through the words to "Iron Man." However, he made up for that by maniacally <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/2228677/full/">turning a hose on the audience</a>, and I kid you not -- some women actually threw their panties on stage.<br /><br />Opening up for him was Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, although they've now changed their name in protest over their own name changes to a <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/2228697/full/">familiar Prince-esque symbol</a>, or The Artists Formerly Known As Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain (<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/2228699/full">TAFKAL80ETC</a>). They put on a good show as well, although they really need to write some new songs. <br /><br />Browse the Ozzrific gallery below, and you can also check out one of Ozzy's classics below without the need for earplugs and a raincoat. Even though the show is over, we'll have more BlizzCon news soon. All aboard! <br /> <object width="290" height="24" type=""application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.weblogsinc.com/media/audio_player.swf"> <param value="http://www.weblogsinc.com/media/audio_player.swf" name="movie" /> <param value="soundFile=http://podcasts.aolcdn.com/joystiq/audio/IronManBlizzCon.mp3" name="FlashVars" /> <param value="high" name="quality" /> <param value="false" name="menu" /> <param value="transparent" name="wmode" /></object> <div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/">BlizzCon 2009: Ozzy Osbourne and L80ETC</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/#2228714"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/ozcon200913_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/#2228713"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/ozcon200941_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/#2228712"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/ozcon200935_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/#2228711"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/ozcon200934_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-and-l80etc/#2228710"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/ozcon200926_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div>
</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/23/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-closes-show-down-injures-no-bats/">BlizzCon 2009: Ozzy Osbourne closes show down, injures no bats</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/23/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-closes-show-down-injures-no-bats/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19137805/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/23/blizzcon-2009-ozzy-osbourne-closes-show-down-injures-no-bats/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Blizzard</category><category>Blizzard-of-Ozz</category><category>Blizzcon-2009</category><category>Iron-Man</category><category>L80ETC</category><category>Level-80-Elite-Tauren-Chieftain</category><category>Ozz</category><category>Ozzy-Osbourne</category><category>World-of-Warcraft</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Kelly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>