‘We’re coming back to Birmingham’: Ozzy tells of plans for trip home

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Heavy metal hero Ozzy Osbourne is planning a special trip back to his home city to see his namesake bull at Birmingham New Street and visit the Black Sabbath Bench on Broad Street

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00:00Ozzy, how do you feel about the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham?

00:06Well, I mean, it's an achievement, again, I mean, Black Sabbath,

00:10we all come from Birmingham, Aston precisely.

00:15But I don't know if I can thank you enough, you know.

00:20Did you ever think at any time that in your hometown there would be

00:26a bench with huge, huge pictures of Black Sabbath on it?

00:31Never, never. I mean, it's fantastic.

00:33And it's become a tourist attraction because people go and sit

00:37and have their picture taken to whichever member of Black Sabbath they want.

00:42That's really cool. It's really cool.

00:44So your early experiences in Birmingham?

00:48Well, my earliest, I didn't go to Birmingham city centre much as a kid.

00:53It was like a special occasion.

00:57I remember being in Aston more than... Birmingham centre, yeah.

01:04I remember when there was football matches on the villa,

01:08we used to mine cars and get like a tip at the end of it.

01:12I remember my father coming out of the pub singing on the bus.

01:18The thing about Aston, a lot of things have changed about it,

01:22but my house in Ludge Road is still there.

01:26I used to go up there all the time when I had a chance to go.

01:31I showed you that, didn't I?

01:32Yeah, we've been to the house. The kids have been to the house.

01:36I have a lot of fond memories and a lot of sad memories as well.

01:43People like my friend Patrick Murphy...

01:48And no longer with you.

01:51He's a dear friend of mine, Patrick.

01:53And the bench, when are you going to go and see it?

01:56When I go and see the ball.

01:57We're going to go and make a day of it, right?

01:59Absolutely. A couple of days.

02:01Yeah, we should.

02:02There's some nice boutique hotels here.

02:06Yeah, there are. There's some great hotels in Birmingham.

02:09One of the things I like about Birmingham is the beer.

02:11The what?

02:12The beer.

02:13Oh, the beer. You aren't having any beer, Ozzy.

02:15I know.

02:16No beer at all, so water for you.

02:19Oh, yeah.

02:20Lots of cold water.

02:22No beer from Birmingham.

02:25So when do you think you're going to be there?

02:28When you go. I told you, if I have to crawl on the plane when you go,

02:32I'm coming with you.

02:34We'll be back in Birmingham.

02:36I'll be coming up very soon.

02:40And we want to thank Mike Oley for making it happen.

02:44Thank you, Mike. Thank you so much.

02:47What can I say? What can I do?

02:49Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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