The Mayor of the City of Brussels and a notorious heavy metal music fan Philippe Close bathed Brussels’s historic market square in purple light on Wednesday night to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman, who died on Tuesday. ‘Between 10pm and 11pm, the sound of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne will resound on a purple Grote Markt,’ Mr Close wrote on social media site Instagram.
Brussels’s historic market square turns purple to honour Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne
Colin Clapson
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‘We all thought he was immortal,’ Mr Close sighed. ‘But the Prince of Darkness has passed away.’
This was reason enough for the metal fan to have his beloved market square draped in purple. The colour purple is often associated with Ozzy Osbourne, not only because of his famous cover of Jimi Hendrix's song “Purple Haze”, but also because the musician often wore purple glasses.
