Britain on the Cheap

Superbreak is offering some fall ticket/overnight packages for O2 Arena events in London, from the outrageous Ozzy Osborne to a 25th birthday bash for Les Miserables.

• Ozzfest, Sept. 18, £105/$163pp - Ozzy will be accompanied on the main stage by Korn, Murderdolls and Skindred and others. Ozzfest will take over the entire O2 complex, with a Village Of The Damned for fairground rides, stalls, tattooists and acts on the second stage. The package includes one night at the Custom House hotel in Docklands with breakfast and a lower-tier ticket to the show, based on two sharing.

• Les Miserables 25th Birthday Anniversary Concert, Oct. 3, £129/$200pp – This 25th birthday is tipped to be on an even grander scale than the 10th birthday party at The Royal Albert Hall. Look for more than 300 actors and musicians and the casts of the original production at the Queen’s Theatre, the new 25th anniversary production at the Barbican and members of the original 1985 London cast. The package includes one night at the Novotel Excel hotel with breakfast and a lower-tier ticket to the show, based on two sharing.

• Disney On Ice, Oct. 23, £330/$513 for a family of four – A celebration with 65 Disney characters, including, of course, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio and all the Disney Princesses. The package includes one night at the Novotel Greenwich hotel, based on two adults and two children sharing a room, with full buffet breakfast and lower-tier tickets.

• ATP Tennis, Nov. 21, £199/$309pp – The climax of the men’s professional tennis season returns to The O2. Global superstars including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, along with defending champions Nikolay Davydenko and the Bryan Brothers, will battle it out throughout the year across 62 tournaments and four gruelling Grand Slams in order to qualify for this prestigious season-ending showdown. Only the world’s best eight singles players and doubles teams will compete. The package includes one night at the Ramada Suites in London Docklands with breakfast and a lower-tier ticket to the tennis, based on two sharing.