Ozzy Osbourne

Turns out, the postponement of Ozzy Osbourne’s concert last month due to an alleged ear infection may have been a good thing. That’s the weekend we wound up with 18 inches of snow and found out just how much plowing budgets have been cut. We also should wind up getting the Ozzman in good voice and spirits now that we are the first date on the 2011 leg of his tour behind the decent new album “Scream,” on which he’s debuting his first new guitarist in two decades — a Greek hot shot named Gus G — and playing several old Sabbath rarities. The one negative was losing Rob Halford as an opener and not picking up Slash, who’s on later dates. At press time, the slot was still TBA. So is the amount of walk-up ticket sales. Chris Riemenschneider