Birmingham Walk of Stars

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Star for Ozzy Osbourne on the canal bridge pavement

The Birmingham Walk of Stars is an installation on the pedestrian pavement on Broad Street, Birmingham, England. It is of a similar style to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. It is funded by the Broad Street Business Improvement District (BID).

1 Criteria
2 History
3 Stars honoured
4 Gallery
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Criteria

The criteria for a person to have their star added to the walk include that they must have performed at one of Birmingham's major venues such as the International Convention Centre (ICC), National Indoor Arena (NIA), Symphony Hall and The REP theatre. They must also be originally from the area or have prominent links with Birmingham and the Midlands region. The walk honours the residents of the city who have made a significant contribution in the categories of music, television, film, radio, theatre, sport, business and literacy.

[edit] History

The first star to be honoured was Ozzy Osbourne on July 7, 2007. The event was held in Centenary Square and the star was presented to Ozzy by Lord Mayor of Birmingham Randal Brew.^[1]^[2]^[3] The 200 kg star was installed the next day by Jimmy Connolly.^[4] Comedian Jasper Carrott was the second person to have a star installed on Broad Street on September 15, 2007. The star was presented to him by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham during ArtsFest.^[5]^[6] In December 2007, Noddy Holder became the third inductee on the Walk of Stars.

The stars were fenced off following safety concerns due to a series of incidents where pedestrians had slipped on the polished stars. Leicestershire-based Charcon Concrete, who produced the stars, was consulted over the situation.^[7] In June 2008, Murray Walker will become the fourth person to be inducted in to the walk of stars.

[edit] Stars honoured

Name	Profession	Date Inducted	Remarks	Location
Jasper Carrott	Comedian	15 September 2007	Presenter of ITV's Goldenballs.	52°28′31″N 1°54′51″W / 52.4754, -1.9142 (Jaster Carrott) Outside Old Orleans pub.
Noddy Holder	Musician	9 December 2007	Member of rock band Slade, who had classic hit with "Merry Xmas Everybody".	52°28′38″N 1°54′43″W / 52.4771, -1.9120 (Noddy Holder) Outside Flares Nightclub.
Ozzy Osbourne	Musician	6 July 2007	Member of rock band Black Sabbath.	52°28′40″N 1°54′40″W / 52.4779, -1.9110 (Ozzy Osbourne)Coordinates: 52°28′40″N 1°54′40″W / 52.4779, -1.9110 (Ozzy Osbourne) On canal bridge.
Murray Walker	Commentator	June 2008	Formula 1 racing Commentator.