The iconic rocker will be part of the Voodoo Experience festival later this year as themain act along with Muse and Weezer.

New Orleans, Louisiana's annual Voodoo Experience festival gets better with bat-chomping Ozzy Osbourne signing up to lead the Halloween party in the three-day festival which will happen over Halloween wekend.

MGMT, Drake, Florence and the Machine, Interpol, Street Sweeper Social Club, Jakob Dylan and the Eagles of Death Metal will also take part in the event.

"I can't think of a better way to celebrate Halloween then with a performance in New Orleans," said Osbourne, who will be joining the fetival for the first time.

Aside from the Halloween, he is also preparing for the return of the Ozzfest in U.K. this fall. It will kick off on September 18 in London's O2 Arena and will be supported by Korn, Murderdolls and Skidred.

The British singer-songwriter gained fame as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath and later on succeeded as a solo artist. He is known both as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal" and the "Prince of Darkness".