The heavy metal band was speculated to have been the group that Sharon Osbourne disinvited from her husband Ozzy Osbourne’s final show with Black Sabbath last weekend. But co-founder Nikki Sixx recently clarified the reason for the band’s absence on X (formerly Twitter).

It was a fitting farewell for Osbourne, who gained mainstream fame with the band on the back of hits like “Iron Man” and “Paranoid” before going solo in 1980 with the chart-topper “Crazy Train.” The year prior, he was ousted from the very band he’d co-founded amid a years-long struggle with substance abuse.

Those who adored Ozzy Osbourne will have a chance to pay homage to the legendary rock legend before he's laid to rest by close friends and family in a “small, private funeral."

Sharon Osbourne and her family have funded Ozzy Osbourne's public funeral, which is set to take place on July 30

Ozzy Osbourne passed away on July 22 after a protracted battle with Parkinson's and a series of pain related to his back and neck surgery.

Fans will be able to pay their respects as a hearse carrying the heavy metal star’s body travels through Birmingham, England, ahead of a private funeral.