Headbangers shed tears and piled flowers as they mourned the Black Sabbath star and heavy metal showman, who remained a “Brummie lad” even after moving to Beverly Hills.

The metal icon will be laid to rest at a private ceremony in his hometown in the Midlands later in the day on Wednesday (July 30).

Black Sabbath fans are honoring Ozzy Osbourne in a funeral procession in his hometown. The heavy metal legend, who died July 22 at 76, is riding through the streets of Birmingham, United Kingdom, on the morning of Wednesday, July 30.