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Victoria Square(Image: Kirsty Bosley)<\/p>\nAn outdoor exhibition of photos and artwork will be on show to mark Ozzy Osbourne’s final bowVictoria Square(Image: Kirsty Bosley)<\/p>\n
Artwork and photography chronicling the story of Black Sabbath is set to appear in one of Birmingham’s most prominent city squares ahead of Ozzy Osbourne’s final gig at Villa Park Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n Central BID has announced that the free outdoor exhibition will feature archive images of Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler and will open on Wednesday, June 25.<\/p>\n As well as the snaps, it’ll be an opportunity to tell the story of the band’s Aston roots, with facts featuring throughout to help teach visitors of the band’s legacy.<\/p>\n Read more: Huge Ozzy Osbourne exhibition in Birmingham as Sharon says ‘we had to bring it home’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Read more: All the Birmingham places heavy metal fans need to visit during Black Sabbath weekend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Black Sabbath are revered as being the creators of the heavy metal genre and their history dates back more than 50 years.<\/p>\n Their upcoming reunion show will take place on Saturday, July 5 at Villa Park Stadium and the show, titled Back To The Beginning, will be live streamed around the world after live tickets sold out in less than 16 minutes.<\/p>\n Fans are expected to visit the city in their thousands, with four other huge events taking place on the same weekend taking the expected influx to over 200,000 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n Central BID has confirmed that the outdoor exhibition will run throughout the summer with a closing date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n It’s the third free celebration of Black Sabbath that Central BID has announced in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n As well as the photography display, it is also working with Birmingham<\/a> Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) and Sharon Osbourne Management to create an indoor exhibition at the museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n Titled Working Class Hero, it will feature some of Ozzy’s most impressive accolades, including his Grammy Awards and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame memorabilia.<\/p>\n Central BID has also commissioned Mr Murals, a spray artist, to transform a stretch of wall on Navigation Street into a 40m-long Black Sabbath mural, featuring their logo and photorealistic portraits from the last seven decades.<\/p>\n Sam Watson, chair of Central BID Birmingham, said: “Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath helped shape modern music and put Birmingham on the global cultural map.<\/p>\n “These exhibitions are a celebration of our city’s creativity, heritage and influence \u2013 and a chance for fans to walk in the footsteps of legends.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An outdoor exhibition of photos and artwork will be on show to mark Ozzy Osbourne’s final bowVictoria Square(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,74569,19160,748,12232,393,4884,4729,29260,16818,29918,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-181169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-museum-and-art-gallery","10":"tag-black-sabbath","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-days-out","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-museums","16":"tag-ozzy-osbourne","17":"tag-things-to-do-in-birmingham","18":"tag-tony-iommi","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114676275832214865","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}