“Ozzy was more than a music legend \u2014 he was a son of Birmingham,” the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Zafar Iqbal said in a statement<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n Ozzy Osbourne speaks with reporters during a news conference at his home in Beverly Hills, California, Feb. 18, 2003.<\/p>\n Reuters\/Jim Ruymen<\/p>\n The procession was expected to make its way down Birmingham’s Broad Street in the center of the city toward a canal bridge named in honor of Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n The bridge features a bench with life-size cutouts of the band’s four founding members \u2014 Osbourne, Terry “Geezer” Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward.<\/p>\n Floral tributes are left on the Black Sabbath Bridge bench July 28, 2025, on Broad Street in Birmingham, England, following the death of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne.<\/p>\n Jacob King\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n Since Osbourne’s death, fans have been flocking to the site to pay tribute to the singer known as the Prince of Darkness, leaving flowers, pictures and notes.<\/p>\n “Final Stop On The Crazy Train?” a handwritten message said on an Aston Villa soccer team shirt that was tied to the bridge last week, referring to the single “Crazy Train” from Osbourne’s debut solo album in 1980. The message added: “But Metal Lives Forever.”<\/p>\n After Osbourne’s death, “Crazy Train” was streamed and played on the radio so much that the song made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart<\/a> for the first time, ranking at No. 46 on its most recent edition.<\/p>\n A tribute is seen on the Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham, England, July 24, 2025, in memory of Ozzy Osbourne.<\/p>\n Ioannis Alexopoulos\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n Fans who couldn’t make it to Birmingham to honor Osbourne were invited to watch a livestream<\/a> of the bench and bridge.<\/p>\n Iqbal said it was important for the city to have a “fitting, dignified tribute” to the legendary rocker before the private family funeral.<\/p>\n “We know how much this moment will mean to his fans,” he said. “We’re proud to host it here with his loving family in the place where it all began.”<\/p>\n Osbourne retired from touring<\/a> in 2023, three years after revealing that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease<\/a>, a degenerative movement disorder.<\/p>\n His death came less than three weeks after he appeared onstage for the final time, reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates in a Birmingham concert that featured performances from rock legends influenced by the band.<\/p>\n “You have no idea how I feel,” Osbourne told the crowd of over 40,000 fans that night, according to BBC News<\/a>. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”<\/p>\n![\"Ozzy](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-22t182106z-1838226458-rc2urfah8te5-rtrmadp-3-people-ozzy-osbourne.jpg#.jpeg\")
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