A life-size homage to Ozzy Osbourne has been unveiled within the rock legend’s hometown of Birmingham – made solely of cake.
The extravagant gateau depicts the Black Sabbath singer sitting upon his throne, eyes huge in a satanic grin, his finger outstretched at passers-by.
The sculpture is a part of this yr’s Cake Worldwide present at Birmingham’s Nationwide Exhibition Centre, with Jane Lashbrook the cake artist that has introduced the Prince of Darkness to life in candy kind.
A lifesize cake determine of King Charles III was unveiled on the Cake Worldwide present on the NEC in Birmingham., with Ozzy Osbourne and Stranger Issues additionally on present pic.twitter.com/eUQTRuWqNW
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Different well-known figures which were modelled on the exhibition embody King Charles and the solid of Netflix present Stranger Issues.
It continues an uncommon time frame in Ozzy Osbourne information, after it was just lately revealed that he as soon as tried to recruit a backing band for ‘80s pop maestro Rick Astley on the peak of his fame. The provide was rapidly given brief shrift by Ozzy’s spouse Sharon, nevertheless.
Sharon and Ozzy have just lately been reflecting on the top of Ozzfest, the annual heavy steel pageant that they based. The ultimate version of the pageant was held in 2018.
“It was a really bizarre beast as a result of all of the bands had been our mates, however the managers had been grasping and for some purpose they thought that we had been making billions on it and we weren’t,” stated Sharon.
“We made a revenue. But it surely was not like – we couldn’t retire on it,” she continued. “And managers and brokers needed increasingly more and extra, and it simply wasn’t cost-effective anymore. We stopped as a result of it simply wasn’t cost-effective.”
Final month, Ozzy additionally caught his relations and viewers off guard by admitting that he would willingly moist himself on stage as he was “moist anyway” from the on-stage antics.
Sharon additionally introduced earlier this yr that she intends to open an Ozzy Osbourne museum in Birmingham, which is able to function a music training part and a café.
Ozzy additionally just lately revealed that he has begun engaged on a brand new document, which he plans to document someday in early 2024.
Ozzy revealed: “I’ve carried out two albums pretty just lately, however I wish to do another album after which return on the highway.”
“I’m simply beginning to work on it now, and we’ll be recording within the early a part of subsequent yr,” he added. “I wish to take my time with this one!”
