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Facebook Tweet Email Link AP  —  The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans were paying their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse made its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse …

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, …

‘I told work I was going to a funeral’published at 12:26 British Summer Time 12:26 BST Ed JamesBBC Radio WM Lee Clarke and his mum, Tracey, got the sleeper train from Plymouth to be in Birmingham today. Lee booked the day off work, saying it was for a funeral. “I decided long ago when it happened I would go, thought …

The event will take place on Wednesday, culminating at Black Sabbath bridge and bench, and featuring music from a local brass band Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a funeral procession, complete with a brass band, that will march through his hometown of Birmingham, England, on Wednesday. The procession will start at 1 p.m. local time, the Birmingham City Council …

Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral cortege is to pass through his home city of Birmingham on Wednesday. The hearse will travel along Broad Street to Black Sabbath Bridge and the Black Sabbath bench – the sites of thousands of messages, floral tributes and vigils following the metal star’s death last week at the age of 76 – at 1pm BST. Lord Mayor …

Details have been shared for Ozzy Osbourne‘s funeral cortege, which will be making its way through his Birmingham hometown. The cortege will be taking place tomorrow (July 30) and offer fans in the city a chance to pay their respects to the heavy metal pioneer. The body of the Black Sabbath singer will be brought back to Birmingham for a …

Ozzy Osbourne Funeral Procession to Be Held in His Hometown on Wednesday, City Says  The New York Times Ozzy Osbourne revealed one condition for his funeral before death at 76  New York Post Black Sabbath bassist remembers ‘frail’ Ozzy Osbourne in heartbreaking account of rock legend’s final show  Fox News Ozzy Is Gone, but Heavy Metal Lives On, Stronger Than Ever  The Wall Street …

Pantera have canceled multiple upcoming shows and postponed others in the wake of Ozzy Osbourne’s death, paying tribute to the metal legend who they called a “mentor” and “brother.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a statement posted to Instagram, the band said they would be “taking time to process” the …

Pantera have announced that they are rescheduling two shows and canceling three others as they pause their summer US tour to mourn the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. The band did play four concerts after Ozzy’s passing on Tuesday (July 22nd), including that night in Cincinnati, where they dedicated their cover of Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan” to the metal icon, as …

Black Sabbath co-founder Geezer Butler recalls being surprised at how “frail” Ozzy Osbourne was in the weeks leading up to the band’s last concert on July 5. In a post on The Sunday Times, bassist Butler recounted the rehearsals for the show in Villa Park, located in Birmingham, England, not far from where he and Osbourne grew up. Butler and …