Fans travelled from across the world and sported their own rockstar outfits for the farewell - with everything from tattoos to socks bearing Osbourne's name or image. The legendary frontman, 76, who has Parkinson's disease, sang while seated on a black throne.

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 .

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath played what they say was their final gig in front of 40,000 fans at at Aston Villa soccer stadium in Birmingham, UK, last night (Saturday July 5)