In a recent episode of The Osbournes Podcast, Sharon Osbourne said she’s been busy forming a museum for Ozzy Osbourne’s memorabilia in Birmingham. Upon being asked whether that meant they were moving back to the UK by their son, Jack, she explained:
“No, but he’s having all of his awards [in the museum], all his stage clothes, posters, old posters from [early incarnation of Sabbath] Earth days. I’ve got so much memorabilia.”
When her husband said he wouldn’t mind going back to Birmingham, Sharon replied:
“No, it’s great there now. It’s fantastic. It’s a whole different city. It’s amazing, and I call it – It’s like the heartbeat of the UK because people are just so great there. They are just, you know, the salt of the earth, but they’re really, really strong.”
Then, she went on to talk about the museum plans:
“We’re gonna do it totally interactive — every video, every live show of your dad’s, everything there. It’s more of an educational thing for musicians and artists that wanna see that you can come from nothing, and if you work hard enough, this is what you can get.”
With that, Ozzy cut her off again to mention that it wasn’t just hard work, and many rock and metal musicians like Robert Plant and Jeff Lynne came around Birmingham. In response, his wife added:
“It’s endless, the amount of talent. So, anyway. Also, we’re going to have a café attached, and in there, we’re going to have every instrument you can think of. Music students can come in, and we’re gonna do music classes because there’s no music at schools anymore. We’re gonna get friends, other musicians to come in.”
While Jack referred to the project as a “School Of Rock’ kind of thing,’ Osbourne commented on the inclusion of different instruments at the place by saying:
“I’ll tell you what, that’s amazing. Mind you, music at my school was in f**king recorders. They sound like somebody’s dying.”
This new museum project follows the 50th-year exhibition of Black Sabbath at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2019. The collection for that exhibition included the band’s memorabilia going back to the ’70s, with show tickets, mixtapes, motorbikes, and battle jackets.
Commenting on the collection named ‘Home of Metal: Black Sabbath – 50 Years,’ Osbourne said back then:
“It’s an honor to be a part of the Home of Metal. I am just a guy from Birmingham who’s been blessed to have had such dedicated fans throughout my career. Like I’ve always said ‘I am nothing without them.”
You can watch The Osbournes’ talk about the new museum below.
