He told the BBC how “heartbroken” he was over the Sabbath star’s death. <\/p>\n
“It was the effect he had on my life. I know people in Birmingham feel the same way – all over the world.<\/p>\n
“I thought the best thing to do was gather people from far and wide, talk about the stories and concerts they’ve visited, and spread positivity about it all.”<\/p>\n
The head metal fan posted the event on Facebook on Tuesday evening, shortly after Birmingham-born Ozzy’s death was announced. <\/p>\n
He said: “It was unbelievable. I’m gobsmacked at how many people have got in contact with me. <\/p>\n
“People are coming from as far as Bristol and Wales to share the memories – share the good times that they’ve experienced with Ozzy, Sabbath and all-around metal music.”<\/p>\n
Speaking about a fitting tribute the city could install to commemorate the star, he suggested an Ozzy statue outside Birmingham Children’s Hospital to reflect his charity work. <\/p>\n
He added: “Ozzy was true to himself; he always loved Birmingham, it was his home. “He’s always been a man of the people.”<\/p>\n
Fans also want to rename Birmingham Airport after the singer as a way to honour him. A petition, with nearly 14,000 signatures so far, said the move would recognise his “undeniable” influence on music and culture. <\/p>\n
The petition stated: “Naming our international airport after him would be a fitting tribute to his extraordinary career and contributions to the arts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He told the BBC how “heartbroken” he was over the Sabbath star’s death. “It was the effect he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-291165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114915095993056226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291165","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=291165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}