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Black Sabbath fans get tattoos to mark farewell gig

Black Sabbath fans have been getting tattoos of the band to celebrate their final gig in Birmingham.

Vivid Ink tattoo shop in Birmingham said it had inked more than 20 people in the past week.

From bats to logos, there were many popular designs requested by customers from across the world as they visited the city to watch the Back to the Beginning performance on Saturday.

"A few of the guys ended up working quite late, we had a lot of groups of men coming in and wanting the logos," manager Meg Ingram-Vaughan said.

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