City pub stages Ozzy Osbourne music festival

Ozz Fest co-organiser Sarah Newbon said the event had been "phenomenal"

More than 40 musicians have performed in an all-day music festival to pay tribute to late heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.

Called Ozz Fest, the event was staged at the John Marston pub in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday and featured renditions of 75 Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath songs.

Co-organiser, Sarah Newbon, said 47 artists had "come from nowhere, unrehearsed" and had helped make the occasion "phenomenal."

The event had been organised as a celebration of his life and to raise money for charity Parkinson's UK. The legendary vocalist had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in his later years and died aged 76 in July.

The event was held at the John Marston pub in Stoke-on-Trent

"It's all about remembering Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, and it's about everybody coming together who loves the music, and wanting to honour him correctly," said Ms Newbon, who is the pub's landlady and big fan of Osbourne.

The response to the event, which began at midday, had been "amazing" and the music was going to carry on "until very late," she added.

The charity Parkinson's UK was "very dear to many people's hearts, and at the moment even more so," said Ms Newbon.

Despite his illness, the Black Sabbath vocalist took to the stage with his bandmates in Birmingham in July for his final gig.

He died later that month, with thousands of fans turning out to lay tributes on Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham city centre.