Ozzy Osbourne cortege to travel through Birmingham

Ozzy Osbourne fans volition beryllium capable to accidental goodbye to the dense metallic pioneer astatine a procession for his cortege done his location metropolis of Birmingham tomorrow.

The star's hearse volition marque its mode down Broad Street towards the Black Sabbath span and seat - wherever thousands of fans person near flowers, messages and different tributes since his death.

Osbourne, 76, died little than 3 weeks aft performing his "final bow" successful the metropolis - the Back The Beginning reunion with his Sabbath bandmates astatine Villa Park, which raised astir £140m for charity.

Large crowds are expected to stitchery time arsenic fans wage their respects to the performer who shaped dense metallic euphony and "proudly carried the tone of Birmingham passim his career", the metropolis assembly said.

Members of Osbourne's household volition besides beryllium successful attendance and person funded the event, the assembly added.

"Ozzy was much than a euphony fable - helium was a lad of Birmingham," said the city's lord mayor, Councillor Zafar Iqbal. "We cognize however overmuch this infinitesimal volition mean to his fans. We're arrogant to big it present with his loving household successful the spot wherever it each began."

Mr Iqbal said it was important to the metropolis to springiness the prima "a fitting, dignified tribute up of a backstage household funeral".

Osbourne and his Black Sabbath bandmates Terence "Geezer" Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward were awarded the Freedom of the City successful June, earlier the Back To The Beginning show, honouring their "significance to the taste and philharmonic individuality of Birmingham".

The star's cortege volition question down Broad Street from astir 1pm tomorrow, accompanied by a unrecorded brass band, Bostin' Brass. For those not capable to marque it, a unrecorded watercourse of the Black Sabbath bench, which has been moving since Osbourne's death, volition continue.

There is besides a publication of condolence for nationalist messages astatine Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, alongside the Ozzy Osbourne Working Class Hero exhibition, highlighting his solo vocation achievements.

Metal, bats, and world TV: The chaotic beingness of Ozzy Osbourne

Osbourne, the self-styled Prince of Darkness, pioneered dense metallic with Black Sabbath earlier going connected to person immense occurrence successful his ain right. He was celebrated for hits including Iron Man, Paranoid, War Pigs, Crazy Train and Changes, some with the set and arsenic a solo star.

The vocalist besides recovered a antithetic benignant of fame acknowledgment to noughties MTV world amusement The Osbournes, which followed his somewhat chaotic beingness with woman Sharon and 2 of their children, Kelly and Jack.

Following his death, his household released a connection saying helium died alongside them, "surrounded by love".