Sharon Osbourne's incredibly emotional photo from Ozzy Osbourne's farewell concert has been inundated with tributes following the death of the Black Sabbath star on July 22

Ozzy Osbourne performed his final concert with Black Sabbath on July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, while sitting on a bat-themed throne. The 76-year-old rocker was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003.

Will Birmingham bid farewell to Ozzy Osbourne with a grand celebration? Hundreds of stars might attend. The deceased singer had already revealed years ago how he envisioned his funeral.

Osbourne presided over a bill that gave equal representation to almost every strain of metal that Black Sabbath begat, its diversity illustrating how the band didn’t just make a scene: They forged a subculture.

Last Oct. 19, Ozzy Osbourne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. That made him one of 27 artists to be honored more than once (he entered with Black Sabbath during 2006) and was also the beginning of a triumphant final chapter that led to the Back to the Beginning farewell concert on July 5,

Ozzy Osbourne, the “prince of darkness” and godfather of heavy metal, has died aged 76, just weeks after he reunited with Black Sabbath bandmates for a farewell concert in his hometown of Birmingham in England.

Along with “Blizzard of Ozz,” the album that bore this title track is Osbourne’s best seller. The single, meanwhile, is ushered in with a gripping bass line and an undercurrent of keyboards until Osbourne makes his grand vocal entrance, all sneers and snarls.

Ozzy fans have gathered in Birmingham across the night to pay tribute to the Prince Of Darkness, who has died aged 76