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07-05-2025
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Statue of Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister To Be Unveiled During Hometown Ceremony
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways The post Statue of Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister To Be Unveiled During Hometown Ceremony appeared first on Consequence. A statue of the late Lemmy Kilmister is set to be unveiled during a ceremony in the Motörhead legend's hometown of Burslem, which is part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. As previously reported, plans for the 2.25-meter (7-foot, 5-inch) bronze sculpture were approved in February 2024. The statue was constructed by local sculptor Andy Edwards out of Staffordshire clay. The ceremony will commence in the Burslem town center at approximately 4 p.m. on May 9th. Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell will be in attendance to place Lemmy's ashes in the statue with accompaniment from a biker's corteo, and friends and fans are invited to come early and enjoy pre-ceremonial beverages at various adjacent hostelries including Old Post Office bar and Ale House, as well as the the Market Place Café. Additional ceremonial festivities include a 21-rev salute, a viewing of rarely seen Lemmy photographs via The Bare Walls Art Gallery next to the statue, a Motörhead tribute band performance later in the evening at Grumpy's bar, and more. The sculptor, Andy Edwards, a lifelong Motörhead fan, was recently interviewed by the BBC about the creation of the statue. 'Lemmy was a personal hero to me,' said Edwards, who first saw Motörhead play at Hanley's Victoria Hall in 1979 after he learned of their album Overkill from a school friend. 'The reason for making this statue is to give other people that pleasure that I've had in thinking back, those memories at Victoria Hall, Bingley Hall and Vale Park,' Edwards added. Edwards futher told the BBC that he had contemplated every intricate detail possible while creating the statue, right down to Lemmy's Rickenbacker 4001 guitar. 'I put those details in because if you don't, people sense there's something not quite right and they don't hang around as long,' he said 'You want people to hang about because you want people to go back in time and get their imaginations going.' james hetfield motorhead rock hall Editor's Pick A rendering of how the statue will look once in place, as well as in-progress images, can be seen below. Meanwhile, other celebrations will take place a day earlier on Motörhead Day (The Eighth of May), including one at Lemmy's favorite hangout spot, the Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood, California. More details below. Popular Posts Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
BBC News
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Lemmy was a personal hero to me, says Stoke-on-Trent sculptor
"Motorhead are the hardest, loudest band in the world – why wouldn't you make those your heroes? We're from Stoke-on-Trent and Lemmy's one of us."Those are the words of sculptor Andy Edwards who has created a statue of the band's frontman, which will be unveiled in the town of his birth on 8 May. Lemmy was born Ian Kilmister in Burslem, in 1945 and his family later moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme. He died in 2015, aged 70. The rocker's connection to north Staffordshire has endured among locals. And some of Lemmy's ashes will be interred within the statue's plinth by guitarist Phil Campbell. "Lemmy was a personal hero to me," Mr Edwards first saw the band play live at Hanley's Victoria Hall in 1979, shortly after a school friend had told him to listen to their album is a photo of Lemmy on the album's back cover on which the new statue has been Edwards – who is perhaps best known for his statues of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor at Derby County FC and The Beatles on Liverpool's Pier Head – said the idea for the Lemmy statue began about three years added Motorhead's management had subsequently been in touch and said it would cover the cost. Mr Edwards also saw the band at Vale Park in 1981, and described this era as their peak."The reason for making this statue is to give other people that pleasure that I've had in thinking back, those memories at Victoria Hall, Bingley Hall and Vale Park," he Edwards explained he had contemplated every intricate detail possible whilst creating the statue. This included recreating, as accurately as possible, Lemmy's Rickenbacker 4001 guitar which he was playing at Vale Park."I put those details in because if you don't, people sense there's something not quite right and they don't hang around as long," he said."You want people to hang about because you want people to go back in time and get their imaginations going." The sculptor added he had even debated with himself whether to put the star in Wrangler or Levi's said he had combined details with his own memories of Lemmy's swagger, to help get the pose right."You've got to care about it, it's got to come from the heart," he said. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
