'Ozzy Osbourne day' petition boosted by Kelly

12 December 2025

Ed James,BBC Radio WMand

Aida Fofana,West Midlands

News image — Ozzy and Black Sabbath performed their last show in July

Ross Halfin Ozzy Osbourne has long black hair and heavy black eyeliner. He is sitting on a black throne with bat wings on the top, on a stage. He has his arms out and he is singing into a microphone. — Ozzy and Black Sabbath performed their last show in July

More than 11,000 people have signed a petition calling for 22 July to become an official day to celebrate late Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne.

Canadian fan Marvin Daw said Ozzy's daughter Kelly has shown her support for the petition by liking an Instagram post promoting it, he said.

"After she did that my feed has been blowing up," Mr Daw said. "People are signing this petition like crazy so I'm really happy about that."

The day would be for fan events, tribute concerts, community celebrations and fundraiser opportunities, he explained.

Mr Daw said he "grew up on Ozzy's energy, personality and influence," and a day to celebrate him would be the appropriate way to remember him.

"He was a tremendous performer, he's contributed to Parkinson's research, and he's done so much for heavy metal," he said.

Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne is wearing round sunglasses and a black T-shirt, with a silver cross around his neck. He is sat on a high-backed dark wood chair. Behind him there are images of him on a screen. — A bid calling for Birmingham Airport to be renamed after Ozzy was turned down by bosses

A previous petition calling on Birmingham Airport to change its name attracted almost 77,000 signatures, but was ruled out by airport bosses.

Mr Daw said he was optimistic that his campaign calling for the commemorative day could become a reality.

"Let's do it in his hometown, and make it a day of celebrations, and get people together," he said.

'Working class hero'

Sam Watson, of Birmingham's Central BID, which supports retail, leisure and business in the city, said the project had her support.

"We need to bring the city to life, flood it with purple and have the music playing in the streets because we really should be celebrating," she said.

"He was our working class hero and will forever be in our hearts."

Prior to his death, fans from across the world had descended on Birmingham to say farewell to Ozzy and Black Sabbath, as they took to the stage at Villa Park in July to perform to 40,000 fans for the last time.

"The energy that we saw that came into this city when Black Sabbath were playing their final gig, but also in the couple of weeks leading up to that," Ms Watson continued.

"The amount of people that came - it was the biggest footfall of the year that we have seen outside of Christmas time.

"An Ozzy Osbourne day is a huge yes from me."