As Ozzy Osbourne‘s funeral procession made its approach by means of the streets of Birmingham, England on Wednesday (July 30), it was a brass band that was main the way in which.
Brass Band Chosen for Ozzy’s Funeral Procession
Osbourne was honored with a funeral procession in entrance of packed crowds in Birmingham on Wednesday. The rocker and the remainder of Black Sabbath bought their begin within the metropolis within the late Nineteen Sixties.
Osbourne died July 22 on the age of 76 at his dwelling in England.
Because the procession slowly continued alongside Broad Avenue, the sound of a brass band taking part in Osbourne’s music stuffed the streets.
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The Bostin Brass Band, a neighborhood Birmingham outfit, was chosen to carry out as a part of the procession. The band has been performing across the metropolis for the higher a part of a decade.
“From their beginnings as a marching band in Digbeth, Birmingham, the group has grown to wow audiences at school playgrounds, Mardi Gras parades and worldwide jazz festivals,” the band says on its website.
The official Bostin Brass Band Instagram, which solely had round 160 followers at the beginning of the procession, describes the act as “New Orleans meets Black Sabbath.”
Bostin Brass Band Members React To Being Chosen For Procession
Bostin Bass Band’s Aaron Diaz spoke with BBC Midlands Today on Tuesday (July 29). He mentioned he was “each nervous and honored” to carry out as a part of Ozzy’s procession.
“It is definitely excessive stress,” Diaz mentioned. “You do really feel a weight of duty.”
Diaz’s bandmate Alicia Gardener-Trejo grew up a fan of metallic music, making the second additional particular.
“If you happen to’d informed 14-year-old me that sooner or later I would be taking part in the funeral cortege of Ozzy Osbourne, I would have laughed in your face, then gone and hidden in a nook with my greasy fringe over my face and carried on studying my Stephen King novel,” Gardener-Trejo shared on Instagram.
Watch Bostin Brass Band Play Throughout Ozzy’s Funeral Procession
The Bostin Brass band carried out covers of songs by each Osbourne and Black Sabbath all through the funeral procession on Wednesday. Here’s a take a look at the band taking part in each throughout and after the procession.
Iron Man
Warfare Pigs
Loopy Prepare
A non-public funeral service was deliberate for the Osbourne household and shut pals following the procession on Wednesday.
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On July 30, 2025, followers gathered on the Black Sabbath bench to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne because the metallic legend’s funeral makes its approach by means of the streets of Birmingham.
The Osbourne household joined followers, stepping out of a black automotive to put flowers down on the bench.
Relaxation in peace, Ozzy.
Gallery Credit score: Joe DiVita