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Ozzy to be honoured by his hometown
Friday 18 May 2007
The Birmingham Walk of Stars will honour the city's most famous sons and daughters. Osbourne will get his own brass star on the pavement of Broad Street, the British West Midlands' answer to Hollywood Boulevard.
The former Black Sabbath singer and all-round rock legend, who grew up in Aston, will attend the induction ceremony on July 6. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.
But being honoured by his home city is a greater honour, according to Osbourne. "I have a star in Hollywood on their Walk of Fame but having a star in my home town means so much more to me," the 58-year-old said today.
Walk of Fame organiser Gary Taylor said: "Ozzy is widely recognised as the most famous Birmingham person in the world today and we're proud to be able to offer him the honour of being the first star on the Walk of Stars in Broad Street.
"It's a great testament to what this area offers. We have some incredibly talented people from Birmingham, together with world-famous acts that regularly perform in this area, and we wanted to start honouring them in a way that shows how proud we are to have them here."
Members of the public are being invited to nominate other famous Brummies in the fields of entertainment, sport and the arts.
The rocker has sold more than 50 million solo albums worldwide and is about to embark on his biggest ever European tour. MTV's fly-on-the-wall reality show The Osbournes turned him into a worldwide TV star, along with wife Sharon, daughter Kelly and son Jack.
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