Free (as in beer) Music

Apparently, a few weeks ago, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne announced that Ozzfest will have free admission this summer. Now I'm not a huge metalhead or anything, but I also don't completely write off the genre as crap. There are definitely some great metal bands out there. So as long as at least one of said good bands is scheduled to play (and Ozzfest is scheduled to come to Minneapolis, which as of yet is not the case), I'll definitely try to go. If the tickets are free, then there's not really any reason not to, now is there?

The Osbournes said that the reason they chose to make tickets free is because they've actually been paying attention to the complaints of festival-goers that tickets are getting too expensive. I can see their plan backfiring though. Since tickets will be free, they're counting corporate sponsors and high merchandise and food sales to make up the cost. So my fear is that the food will be even more ridiculously over-priced than at your average summer music festival. And you can probably count on a ban on any outside food or drink except water. We'll have to see if people are willing to spend enough money on merch and food to support the cost of putting on the festival.