Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ozzy Osbourne's 1986 Erie concert was unexpectedly "tame," as reviewers described it. Pre-show expectations were anything but.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Riverbend Music Center has hosted countless musicians throughout the decades, including the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne's ...

(A version of this article by Dave Richards, now retired, was first published in the Showcase section of the Erie Morning News on April 10, 1986, the day Ozzy Osbourne was scheduled to perform in Erie ...

Erie clergy attempted to ban the concert or prohibit minors from attending, fearing obscenity and profanity, while a councilman threatened Osbourne's arrest. Contrary to expectations, Osbourne's ...

Riverbend Music Center has hosted countless musicians throughout the decades, including the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. The Grammy-winning Prince of Darkness and legendary rocker died just weeks after ...

Ozzy Osbourne said in 1986 that he had embraced a healthier lifestyle, including jogging and abstaining from drugs (but not alcohol). Osbourne's visit to a fan in an Erie hospital in 1982 highlighted ...