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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ozzy Osbourne shuts down 'rumours' after fans charged £25 to live stream Black Sabbath gig
Ozzy Osbourne has stepped in to shut down questions on where the cash generated from the Black Sabbath final gig live stream will be going. The Prince of Darkness took to the comments section of his official Facebook page to quash concerns that all of the cash generated from the £24.99 pay-per-view tickets would be going into the artists' pockets. Ozzy made it abundantly clear that all proceeds from the live stream would be going to the three charities already set to benefit from live ticket sales for the Back To The Beginning charity gig at Villa Park Stadium. Read more: Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning live stream price, tickets, times and merchandise Subscribe to the Brum Food Club for a weekly food and drink newsletter, in your inbox, every Thursday. It's free. The concert, scheduled as a star-studded all-day event on July 5, 2025, will feature some of the biggest names in heavy metal. They'll be performing for 40,000 fans, who snapped up tickets to the gig in less than 16 minutes with tickets priced from £197.50 right up to £2,932.50. All profits from the gig will be donated between three charities: Acorns Children's Hospice, the Birmingham Children's Hospital and Cure Parkinson's. When the live stream was announced, Sharon Osbourne said: "We had such an overwhelming demand from fans from around the globe, who couldn't get tickets to the show, and they took to social media, pleading with us to broadcast a livestream of the show. "Being this is such a historic event, we just couldn't let them down." When the news was shared to Ozzy Osbourne's Facebook page, follower Flash Fairclough said: "If 100% of the proceeds from this aren't going to Cure Parkinson's and the children's charities associated with the gig, it should be free." Ozzy responded: "100% of the proceeds from the live stream also go to Acorns Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Cure Parkinson's as well." As well as tickets to the live stream, the Back To The Beginning website also features limited edition merchandise bundles only available to streamers, including a special T-shirt and a collectible gig ticket. Ozzy cleared up where cash made from those will be going too. "Merch sales to Acorns Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Cure Parkinson's as well." Also in the comments section, Ozzy responded to those querying the show's line-up after Tool was omitted from a gig poster while Alice in Chains remained on it, despite cancelling their upcoming concerts. Ozzy said: "Yes Tool is in, no Alice in Chains are not out."
BBC News
15-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Gate incident at Port Vale football club helps man shed 17 stone
A man who weighed nearly 30 stone realised he had to lose weight when he got stuck in a Port Vale football ground Duffield, who lost 17 stone in a year, had been through a tough time with the death of both his parents and suffering from knew he had to make a change on the day he took his nephews to a football match at Stoke-on-Trent's Vale Park stadium on Boxing Day 2022, and told how he changed his habits by tracking his eating, giving up alcohol and the third month, he had started walking further, getting up earlier and noticing the world around him open up again, he said. Talking to BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester, he described how, two or three years ago, his weight escalated from a "tubby but not unhealthy" 14 stone to about 29 said he had been living with his parents before he lost them, which ended up with "my depression spiralling, my weight gaining, and health rapidly deteriorating".The catalyst came on the day he got stuck in the turnstile at Port Vale, he said, describing it as "a powerful, humiliating sort of milestone". Mr Duffield, who lives in Kidderminster, described his next steps as "nothing unremarkable".Tracking his eating required a brutal honesty, and he shocked himself with his food intake, he up alcohol helped in two ways - by giving him some control and mental the second month, he started walking and, because he weighed nearly 30 stone, his weight added to the exercise, even if he just walked to the end of the street and back. "By month three, I started walking further and further, getting up a bit earlier and noticing the world around me again," he said. "It started to open up."Simple things like the birds singing, the sunrise and all that kind of thing, I thought I can be part of this world again." In his first month, he walked six miles but now he is able to walk 25 miles in a said he had been given an opportunity at life again and was now using his fitness to raise money for Acorns Children's Hospice, after they helped his niece who has a life-limiting genetic disorder and requires permanent Duffield added that the hospice had been a lifeline for his is now hiking along canals, nature reserves and trails in the West Midlands in a 1,880 mile fundraising challenge – the same distance from Worcester, where the hospice is, to Morocco, the start of the Sahara Desert which he will visit to raise more money later in the has so far completed 1,200 miles."The fact is if you do things simply and you do things often and you win each day, then all these things mount up," he said. "You've just got to take your time and be patient and trust in the results." Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Huge new Birmingham charity shop 'superstore' to fill three empty high street units
A huge new charity shop is opening in Harborne, bringing a stretch of vacant shops along the high street back into use. Acorns Children's Hospice is opening a large new 'superstore' in the space next to Home Bargains, which was previously divided into three separate units. The prominent plots were occupied by Peacocks, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home Interiors, which all closed down in recent years. Read more: New 'elegant' Birmingham city centre teashop after huge queue success nearby As refurbishment work ramped up at the site in recent months, locals waited with anticipation to see what would be moving in, with rumours swirling that Aldi or TK Maxx could be the new tenant. Reactions were mixed when the new red-and-white sign appeared above the door. Commenting in the local Harborne Community Facebook group, one shopper said: "I love charity shops, and Harborne is always on my list for when I'm looking for a trip to some charity shops. Can't wait to visit this one!" A second supporter wrote: "Excellent. Birmingham-founded charity with special place in my heart. Excited for the new addition to the High Street. Plus such big unit glad finally put to good use rather than being empty so massive win-win." One person joked: "That looks like the final boss of high street charity shops. Any bigger and it'll be a British heart foundation furniture shop." And another added: "With that size they'll be selling furniture which will be great and makes it different from most the other charity shops at least!" However, others were hoping to see more variety on the high street, as one Facebook user commented: "Watching the Facebook chat about what this store was going to be... the hours and days and months of suspense... and after all that... it's a another charity shop! Brilliant. Hilarious!" Someone else wrote: "Though it was going to be TK [Maxx]. Shame another charity shop, so expensive." BirminghamLive reached out to Acorns for comment but an open date has yet to be confirmed for the new store. Hoardings provide a glimpse at the kind of stock shoppers can expect. The store is encouraging donations of pre-loved clothing, books, toys and homeware once open. The charity is currently hiring for a new 'retail superstore manager' to run the new shop. Acorns provides specialist care and support for children with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses and their families.
