Ozzy Osbourne’s final-stage throne is heading home. The black gothic chair used during Black Sabbath’s “Back to the Beginning” farewell show at Villa Park on July 5, 2025 will go on public display at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery starting July 1, 2026, as part of the city’s tribute exhibition Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero. The throne was originally built for Ozzy’s 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction and became one of the defining images of his last live performance.
The display adds a deeply emotional new layer to an exhibition that already serves as a major celebration of Osbourne’s life and legacy. Birmingham Museums says the free show honors Ozzy’s solo achievements, global awards, and album art from the original Black Sabbath line-up, and places his story squarely in the city where it began. The exhibition first opened in June 2025 and has already drawn more than 640,000 visitors, forcing it to be extended twice; it now runs until September 27, 2026.
The throne itself carries a lot of symbolism. As MetalTalk notes, the chair was designed with bat-wing details and other references to Ozzy’s life and career, turning it into more than a prop — it became a visual shorthand for his final chapter on stage. At the 2025 farewell concert, Ozzy performed seated from the throne because of his health, and that image quickly became inseparable from the emotional weight of the show.
Sharon Osbourne said the timing feels right, especially with the one-year mark approaching for the farewell concert. She said it felt fitting that the throne, now closely associated with Ozzy’s final performance, would be placed in a museum where fans can see it up close. Birmingham Museums Trust co-chief executives Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah called the object “instantly recognisable” to fans worldwide and said it represents a powerful final chapter in Ozzy’s remarkable career.
Birmingham city leaders are also treating the display as part of the city’s broader cultural identity. Councillor Deborah Harries said Ozzy was one of Birmingham’s most important cultural figures and that returning the throne to the museum gives fans a new way to connect with his story at an emotional moment, a year after his passing.
For fans, the throne is not just a piece of stage design. It is the image of Ozzy’s last bow, the chair that carried him through a farewell concert that closed one of rock’s biggest stories. Putting it on display in Birmingham makes the tribute feel permanent, and in some ways more personal: this was his city, his stage, and now his final seat.
