“We paid $30,000 to get bullied like we were in high school!” Matt Heafy says Trivium was “bullied” by Ozzfest crew after refusing to egg Iron Maiden

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy

has spoken about how the band was “bullied” after refusing to egg Iron Maiden at 2005’s Ozzfest.

In 2005, a notable feud erupted between Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and Sharon Osbourne, the organiser of Ozzfest. The conflict supposedly stemmed from Dickinson making critical comments about the reality series The Osbournes, which Sharon found offensive.

Tension peaked during the final Ozzfest show in Los Angeles when Sharon encouraged around 20 audience members, including nurses from her chemotherapy treatment, to throw eggs at Dickinson while he performed. Sharon later recounted how she orchestrated the egging as a response to Dickinson’s disrespectful comments about the tour and its headliner, Ozzy Osbourne.