By james art 
The Birmingham Freedom Award “means a lot” by Ozzy Osborne and the members of Black Saturday, said Sharon Osborne, as the City Council is preparing to approve honor.
Ozi, along with the founder’s members, Tony I ims, Terens Butler and Bill Ward, will receive the honorary title in recognition of their service in the city, with councilors expected to move on on Tuesday.
The Council also has to approve the posthumous Birmingham Medal Award of the late poet, Benjamin Zefania, for his “unique and excellent contribution” in the field of literature and for his charity and public workS
Sharon Osborne said her husband was “very proud” to receive honor. “It means a lot to him, it really recognizes him from his home. He is very excited, “she told the BBC Radio West Midlands. “He couldn’t believe it at all, he thought I was winding it. He said, “Indeed, I? But I was in prison! “.”
In a statement, Ozzie Osborne said he was “awarded and shocked” to receive honor. “I’m proud of Aston Broomers through and through. To this day, I am amazed that no one outside of Birmingham can understand the word I say, but that has always laughed at me, “he said. “My only regret is that my mother and my father are not here to see what I was. Birmingham forever! “
Black Sabbath, which has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, was created in 1968 in Aston, Birmingham and are considered one of the most successful heavy metal groups of all time.
The band has a bench in their honor in the center of Birmingham. A large mechanical bull since 2022. Commonwealth games set out at the New Street station has been declared Ozzy after a public vote.
Sharon added that her husband “dies home” from the United States and lives in Birmingham, but health failures mean that plans for this have fallen.
“He really really wants to go home and it’s a little difficult, because every time he arranges to come, something happens,” she said. “We’re not home here. Not where we are, it’s not who we are. The people here were fantastic for Ozzy, but this is not his home. “
She said they donated the awards to Ozzy and the platinum discs to a Birmingham Museum: “It belongs to Birmingham, it must remain in Birmingham,” she said. “He owes so much to Birmingham, this is his blood, it’s who he is. If he was born anywhere else, he won’t be the story that he is today, so he completely hugs his story and what Birmingham means to him S “
Crown Pub, where Black Sabbath played its first concert, received the status of a list last year after being in trouble in recent years and has any calls for a permanent museum in memory of heavy metal music in the region.