The procession visited the Black Sabbath Bridge bench, as well as Villa Park, where Osbourne played his final performance.

Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne is being laid to rest in a private funeral surrounded by his family and closest celebrity pals after a public procession in Birmingham, England

The Osbourne family is expected to look at the sea of tributes when the cortège reaches Broad Street at around 1pm. Crowds of people, many wearing Ozzy Osbourne T-shirts and holding posters and other tributes, are already waiting behind metal barriers all along Broad Street.