US EditionBirmingham Bids Farewell to Ozzy
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, JUL 31 – Thousands of fans lined Birmingham streets to honor Osbourne, whose band sold over 75 million albums and helped define heavy metal's sound and culture, officials said.
- On July 30, 2025, Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession traveled through Birmingham, England, honoring the Black Sabbath frontman who died aged 76.
- Osbourne, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, was a prominent member of Black Sabbath, a Birmingham-based band formed in 1968 that played a key role in shaping the heavy metal genre.
- Thousands of fans, from children to elderly, lined the streets chanting and leaving flowers near tributes like the Black Sabbath bench on Broad Street.
- The band sold over 75 million albums worldwide, and Antony Hunt described the scene as 'emotional' with a wide range of age groups paying respects.
- Birmingham’s farewell highlighted Osbourne's deep connection to the city, suggesting his legacy will endure as the birthplace of heavy metal.
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Birmingham bids farewell to Ozzy
Thousands lined the streets of UK city Birmingham on Wednesday to pay an emotional farewell to hometown hero Ozzy Osbourne as the heavy metal hellraiser was laid to rest. Black Sabbath frontman Osbourne, who earned the nicknamed the "Prince of Darkness" and once bit a bat while on stage, died on July 22 at the age of 76. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019 and died 17 days after playing a final gig to a sold-out crowd in Birmi…
Between the sound of Black Sabbath in bars and the songs of thousands of fanatics dressed in purple and black, the last tour of Ozzy Osbourne, a legend of heavy metal, was made yesterday by his hometown of Birmingham, England, before his funeral in the intimacy of his family.
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