has reflected on the infamous Ozzfest where she pelted with eggs. The London metal stars were co-headlining the 2005 festival with when organiser Osbourne took issue with comments Maiden vocalist allegedly made about reality television. Sharon, husband and Black Sabbath singer and their family had just finished starring in MTV series .
Sharon retaliated against the comments by egging Maiden during the final Ozzfest stop in Los Angeles. The band also endured power outages during their set. An enraged Dickinson told the audience in attendance: “You might have noticed that a few wise-asses decided they would go down the supermarket and buy a few fucking eggs and start throwing them at us down the front.
” He added: “I guess they thought they’d be funny, but this is an English fucking flag and these colours do not run from US whites!” Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! In a new interview with looking back on Ozzfest, Sharon has spoken further about her action 19 years ago. She accuses Dickinson of being “eaten up with jealousy” for Ozzy. “It was just the singer,” the businesswoman says.
“The other guys in the band are great, great people. No problem at all. “But when you’ve got a singer that is so eaten up with jealousy for the headliner, it never goes well.
” Sharon also reveals that she got the nurses administering her then-ongoing chemotherapy treatment to join her in ambushing Maiden..
