Tickets for upcoming concerts from Ozzy Osbourne, as well as tickets for the upcoming 2010-2011 NHL and NBA seasons, are on sale throughout the weekend ending September 20 as compiled by TicketNews.

Starting off this weekend’s onsales are tickets to see the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pop” live in concert. One of the most successful R&B acts of the past ten years Usher will be heading out on tour to support his latest CD. The cities on sale this weekend include Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

Now entering its 12th year, the New Orleans-based Voodoo Experience music festival has unveiled the lineup for Halloween weekend 2010. At the top of the billing for the October 29-31 event are Muse, Ozzy Osbourne and Weezer.

The three-day festival will once again set down in City Park, with 50 artists already confirmed for the event's three performance areas: main stage Le Ritual, and side stages Le Carnival and Le Flambeau.

The long-running heavy metal and hard rock tour Ozzfest has been put on the back burner for 2009, as festival icon Ozzy Osbourne heads back to the studio to record a follow-up to 2007's "Black Rain." Ozzfest is expected to return in 2010.

According to a festival statement, Osbourne "will not be touring until he has a new album in stores" and so decided to nix his namesake festival this year, as well. The rocker usually features prominently on the festival's lineup, either headlining or performing a set on the main stage.

By Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner

A police sting last week at an Ozzy Osbourne concert in Fargo, ND, has the rock icon batty with anger.

The Oct. 29 sting took place at the Fargodome, the town's main arena, and was masterminded by county sheriff Paul D. Local. Using the fake moniker PDL Productions, he planned an Osbourne pre-show concert party by offering the very same perks included in Osbourne's official VIP tour packages, including two tickets to 40 unsuspecting citizens who received the PDL invites by mail. When the "winners" showed up at the bash, they were promptly handcuffed and arrested on various outstanding warrants. The sheriff quickly held a televised press conference to congratulate himself on the successful sting operation.