Birmingham gave the world heavy metal, and it’s high time the world paid tribute to that fact in the most iconic way possible:

Rename Birmingham Airport to… OZZY OSBOURNE INTERNATIONAL.

No, we’re not joking.

Yes, this is real.

And The Riff Report is fully backing this legendary campaign. Because let’s face it — Heathrow’s got the queues, Gatwick’s got the delays… but only Birmingham has Ozzy f***ing Osbourne.

🦇 Why Ozzy? Why not!?

Let’s break it down for the folks in the cheap seats (and those flying Ryanair):

🌍 Ozzy is a global icon, not just a local lad. 🎸 He helped invent heavy metal. Invent. Like a mad scientist with a Les Paul. 🧠 He’s survived more than most airports — bats, reality TV, the ‘80s… 🏠 He never forgot where he came from: Aston, Birmingham.

It’s poetic justice that the skies above Brum should bear his name.

💬 The Support Is Loud And Clear

This isn’t just a meme cooked up in a beer garden after Download Festival. It’s got serious traction. A legion of Birmingham’s finest venues, bars, and cultural hubs have thrown their devil horns in the ring, including:

🎥 Mockingbird Cinema

🍻 The Old Crown

🤘 Subside

💈 Harris Gibbs Hair Shop

🎶 Deadbeat

⚙️ Autobrews

👑 Snobs

🧠 A Gay and A Non-Gay Podcast

🎧 BAM! BAM!

🌍 Forward Festival

🍞 Bread Birmingham

🎬 Reel Brum

📷 In The Frame

And more being added daily like extra Marshall stacks at a Sabbath gig.

Even the bloody Concorde didn’t have this many supporters.

🔥 Just Imagine…

Here’s what Ozzy Osbourne International Airport could look like:

Flight 666 to Hell’s Kitchen boarding at Gate Sabbath. PA announcements voiced by Ozzy himself: “Passengers flying to Los Angeles, please mind the f*ing doors.” Security trays shaped like bat wings. A pub called The Blizzard Lounge. Luggage carousel soundtrack: Paranoid on loop. A mural of Ozzy biting the ribbon instead of cutting it at the opening ceremony.

This isn’t just an airport. It’s a destination. A pilgrimage. A rite of passage.

And a warning to all other airports: get more rock ‘n’ roll, or get left behind.

✍️ Sign the Petition – Make Metal History

Ready to make it happen?

👉 Visit ozzyairport.com and sign the petition.

Show Birmingham City Council that this is what the people want.

And if they don’t listen?

We start a Sabbath-themed flash mob in Departures. Your move, Brum.

💀 A Legacy Worth Flying For

Other cities name things after war generals or dead royals. But Birmingham?

We name our airport after a man who got banned from San Antonio for peeing on the Alamo in Sharon’s dress.

Because we don’t do beige. We do black.

Black leather, black eyeliner, black Sabbath.

Ozzy isn’t just a rockstar — he’s a Birmingham monument, a national treasure, and most importantly, a flight risk.

It only makes sense that planes leave from somewhere named after him.

🖤 Final Boarding Call

The world already sees Birmingham as the home of metal.

Now let’s make the first thing they see when they land — or take off — a reminder of that fact:

OZZY OSBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

“Thank you for flying Madman Airlines. Please check your sanity at the gate.”

🎸 Back the petition: ozzyairport.com

🗣️ Share it, shout it, scream it louder than the intro to War Pigs.

📸 And tag us in your support using #OzzyAirport on socials so we can feature it on The Riff Report.