KEY POINTS
- Fans in Birmingham gather at the Black Sabbath Bridge to honour Ozzy Osbourne after his death
- The bench-turned-shrine is covered in flowers, candles, beer bottles and handwritten tributes
- Originally unveiled in 2019, the bench was co-designed by fans and officially launched by Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler
In the heart of Birmingham, under the low-hanging glow of canal lights, a humble bench has become the city's most visited shrine. Hours after the news broke of Ozzy Osbourne's death, fans began streaming into Broad Street — not to riot, but to mourn in the open and gather around a steel-and-stone landmark by a bridge named for the band that started it all: Black Sabbath.
