Boozers were decked with purple balloons and flags; murals were everywhere you looked; people donned Ozzy outfits, flooding the streets with battered T-shirts and denim jackets. It felt like a World Cup final for the metal fans who flooded in from every corner of the planet .

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Sharon Osbourne has candidly spoken out after her husband Ozzy took to the stage in his final performance alongside Black Sabbath. The rocker, 76, appeared overwhelmed with emotion while performing at Villa Park in Birmingham for the Back to the Beginning show, joining his bandmates Tommy Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward on stage.