Six months after the death of Ozzy Osbourne, his widow Sharon has gone back to work as she tells Billboard she's talking with Live Nation about resurrecting OzzFest.
She said, "It was something Ozzy was very passionate about: giving young talent a stage in front of a lot of people. We really started metal festivals in this country. It was [replicated but] never done with the spirit of what ours was, because ours was a place for new talent. It was like summer camp for kids."
As for how it might look this time, she adds, "I'd like to mix up the genres."
If it comes together, it could be as soon as next year.
Sharon also said she's in talks with Live Nation about a classical tour of Black Sabbath's catalog, performed by local orchestras and set to state-of-the-art visuals.
Sharon and Ozzy launched OzzFest in 1996 with two shows -- one in Phoenix and the other in San Bernardino, California.
It then toured the U.S. and Europe from 1997 to 2007 before transitioning into a one-off event in Dallas in 2008, six cities in 2010, and a one-day event in 2017 and '18.