Ozzy Osbourne exhibition in Birmingham extended for second time due to demand
The Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero exhibition in Birmingham has been extended due to high demand.
It opened at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on June 25th to coincide with Black Sabbath’s farewell show, Back to the Beginning, which took place at Villa Park in early July just weeks before Osbourne’s passing.
Initially, it was only set to run until September 2025, but it was first extended until January 18th, 2026, due to demand. Now, it has been extended again and will be available to visit in Birmingham until September 27th, 2026.
Since opening in June, it has attracted more than 425,000 visitors, a figure which will likely pass a million once it ends in September.
Sam Watson, chair of Central Business Improvement District Birmingham, said in a statement, “The demand to see the exhibition has been phenomenal and we are very grateful that Sharon and her family have allowed us to extend the exhibition.”
Watson also said that the exhibition “will give Ozzy’s fans from the UK and around the world an opportunity to celebrate his extraordinary life and achievements.”
Meanwhile, Sharon Osbourne added, “We are so proud that Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery asked to extend Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero, and that more fans will now have the opportunity to go through the exhibit.”
The free exhibition contains photography and videos from across Osbourne’s life, as well as honours that he accumulated, such as Grammys, and a selection of his platinum and gold discs.
Last month, Sharon appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored to reflect on the grief of losing her husband, and revealed that he was warned by medical professionals that his farewell show could kill him. “He knew. His body was failing him, he was in so much pain… so much pain,” she admitted.
She also said of his health struggles before his death, “He had pneumonia three times this year, he had sepsis, and that’s what really destroyed him. I mean, he was on these shots of antibiotics, and it used to take 20 minutes for the shot to go in, and he had that twice a day. It kills everything in you, the good, the bad, everything, (it was) so much antibiotics. He just couldn’t get over that.”
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