The new video from Ozzy Osbourne is a fiery whirlwind of youth gone wild.
The forthcoming new album from Ozzy Osbourne, Ordinary Man, feels like it might be his most relevant in decades. While the singles we've heard thus far have still have all the audacious biker metal that fans of the prince of darkness still hunger for, they've also included a lot of quieter introspective moments and weird, unusual lyrics that feel like Ozzy branching out a bit. The videos have also been cinematic and uncommon, rather than the usual compilations of slow-mo shots featuring Ozzy in an overcoat. The first, for Under The Graveyard, featured Jack Kilmer as Ozzy on the verge of self-destruction. Now, Ozzy has released the second, for the single Straight To Hell, which goes hard on the politics...and the property damage.
Straight To Hell obviously takes its cues from the political activism rampant over the past decade, from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to Antifa. The latter of those movements is definitely where the majority of the imagery comes from, with the "activists" in question playing footsoldiers of chaos against the order of the cops they're facing. At times, it smacks a little of the 'bad people on both sides' argument, with the protesters seeming more like murderers from The Purge than modern social justice warriors -- but as Ozzy sits and watches, cloaked in black and gold, it's obvious that he's not there to spread charity and good will (he is Ozzy, after all).
Watch the video for Straight To Hell below:
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Ozzy Osbourne's Ordinary Man is due out later this year, and features Mike Watt of Minutemen on guitar, Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses on bass, and Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers on drums.
Ozzy will be hitting the road on his rescheduled tour dates with Marilyn Manson in the US and Judas Priest in the UK and Europe, so catch the madness at one of the following dates:
May
27 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
29 Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
31 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
June
2 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
4 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
6 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium
11 Pittsburgh, PA KeyBank Pavilion
13 Bangor, ME Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
16 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
18 Hamilton, ON First Ontario Centre
20 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
24 St Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
28 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
July
1 Milwaukee, WI Amer. Family Ins. Amp — Summerfest
3 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
7 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
9 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
11 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
15 Portland, OR Moda Center
17 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
23 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
25 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
29 San Diego, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
31 Las Vegas, CA MGM Grand Garden Arena
October
23 Newcastle, Utilita Arena, UK
25 Glasgow, SSE Hydro, UK
28 London, The O2, UK
31 Birmingham, Resorts World Arena, UK
November
2 Manchester, Manchester Arena, UK
5 Dublin, 3Arena, Ireland
8 Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena, UK
11 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle, Germany
13 Prague, O2 Arena, Czech Republic
16 Vienna, Stadthalle, Austria
19 Bologna, Unipol Arena, Italy
22 Madrid, WiZink Arena, Spain
24 Zurich, Hallenstadion, Switzerland
26 Munich, Olympiahalle, Germany
28 Mannheim, SAP Arena, Germany
30 Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany
December
3 Hamburg, Barclaycard Arena, Germany
5 Stockholm, Friends Arena, Sweden
7 Helsinki, Hartwall Arena, Finland
