Comments on: Bootleg City: Ozzy Osbourne in Tokyo, June ’84

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:55:00 +0000

Dear Mr. Robert Cass,
Thanks for your posting, but your bootleg tape seems to be mislabelled.
Here’s some accurate and factual information.
Ozzy Osbourne did not play at the Budokan in the summer ot 1984.
The recording may be from another time or another place.
In June and July of 1984, Ozzy played only the following venues in Japan:
June 28, Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo;
June 29, Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo (not Budokan);
June 30, Kokaido Public Hall, Nagoya;
July 02, Festival Hall, Osaka;
July 03, Sun Palace Hall, Fukuoka;
July 05 &06, Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo;
July 07, Shibuya Kokaido Hall, Tokyo.
Don Airey was not there, so there were no keyboards at these shows.
Jake E. Lee transposed the keyboard parts, including the intro for Mr. Crowley on the guitar.
Also, the band did not play the song “So Tired” live.
It was on a tape recording played through the PA each night after the band left the stage.
– Bobby, B.A.T.M. road crew

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By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:02:29 +0000

I heard that HBO only sent out the pilot for “Eastbound & Down” earlier this year even though only six episodes were shot. It seems to have a healthy “cult” buzz about it, so I wonder why HBO didn't want critics to see more than one episode before they reviewed it. I doubt “Osbournes: Reloaded” will have any healthy buzz, cult or otherwise, but you never know. I don't want Jack Osbourne acting ever again, though. To be fair, he looked more bored than any potential audience member.

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:02:29 +0000

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:02:29 +0000

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:02:29 +0000

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:32:33 +0000

I checked in with my buddy Brent Furdyk, the editor of TV Week, and he confirmed my sanity:

"You're absolutely right. Didn't they say they shot six of them? And I love how they're only going to air the first one as a one-off 40-minute episode (because Idol runs 20 minutes long), with the remaining episodes to air at some nebulous point in the future. My guess is that it was supposed to be a series until they actually saw it. And that batch of candy they sent didn't have a full episode, right, just that same clip they showed at TCA? Anyhow, what we've seen so far looks awful."

BTW, the "batch of candy" he refers to is the gift box of snacks that Fox sent the critics, along with a DVD...but when we turned it on and expected to see the first episode, instead we just got the clip that we'd already seen during the TCA tour in January.

Now THAT is a classic "this bodes ill" situation.

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:32:33 +0000

By: rwcass

rwcass — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:34:52 +0000

Fox's page for the show says, "Following the premiere, OSBOURNES: RELOADED will return to the FOX schedule as a series of one-hour specials to air later in the season," and an article on Canada.com says, "'Osbournes: Reloaded' bows Tuesday, following 'American Idol' on the Fox network. It will then disappear until the fall, when it will return with 'at least' five new shows, and possibly a full-blown series."

It sounds like you're on to something -- maybe Fox saw the footage and decided to scale back.

By: rwcass

rwcass — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:34:52 +0000