Fans pay their final respects to Ozzy during his funeral procession

Heavy Metal fans paid their final respects to Ozzy Osbourne during his funeral procession in Birmingham, Black Sabbath‘s hometown. The hearse stopped at the Black Sabbath Bridge and his family Sharon Osbourne, his sisters and children got out of the cars to see the flowers and messages fans had left at the bench named after the band. The procession took place ahead of a private funeral.

Leading the procession, the brass band Bostin’ Brass played many classics from Ozzy’s career including Sabbath’s “Iron Man” and “Crazy Train” from his first solo album. The fans chanted Ozzy’s name the entire time, said ‘thank you’ during the procession and threw their flowers to pay tribute to him.

Watch the videos from Ozzy Osbourne’s procession

Ozzy Osbourne sadly passed away at the age of 76 last July 22. The news shocked his peers and millions of fans worldwide, with many tributes on social media and TV. He died only a few weeks of Black Sabbath’s final show which happened at the Villa Park in Birmingham.

Besides Ozzy and Sabbath, the “Back to the Beginning” festival had many other artists like Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Steven Tyler, Papa V Perpetua, Sammy Hagar, Jake E. Lee, Billy Corgan and Nuno Bettencourt.

The bands performed Black Sabbath and Ozzy covers, but also played some of their most famous songs in small sets, of 3 to 6 songs. Many covers from other bands were also performed, like the supergroup with Steven Tyler on vocals, which played, for example, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”. Ozzy Osbourne sang five songs of his solo career and four more with Black Sabbath.