Birmingham Councillor Wants Black Sabbath Day
A campaign is underway to have a day in the UK's second city dedicated to the metal legends
According to the Birmingham Post, Philip Parkin of the Birmingham City Council has written a letter of recommendation urging city officials in Birmingham, England create a "Black Sabbath Day" to highlight the legendary rock band's contribution to music.
The "Destination Birmingham" document said: "Black Sabbath's reunion and their agreement to headline Download Festival in June is an opportunity we should not miss.
"Early discussions are taking place about how best the city should celebrate this and the council should be supporting any celebrations."
"The report is saying that Black Sabbath reforming is significant, Black Sabbath are huge and metal is huge," Parkin said. "Given this, it is us saying to the council that we need to celebrate the fact these people come from Birmingham and there could be various ways we could do it."