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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 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...

Motörhead are rolling out a massive 50th anniversary celebration in 2025, starting with a batch of vinyl reissues of their seminal albums.

Special half-speed mastered vinyl repressings of Overkill, Bomber, and Ace of Spades are due out February 28th. These limited editions each come on striking colored wax with an exclusive poster.

The remainder of the 50th anniversary campaign will take place throughout 2025 and includes events honoring the late Lemmy Kilmister, as well as other content celebrating Motörhead’s enduring legacy — such as a just-released HD clip of the band performing its classic cover of “Louie, Louie” on BBC’s Top of the Pops in 1978.

“It’s incredible to know that our music, and all it stands for, continues to resonate with so many people,” said guitarist Phil Campbell in a press release. “Of course we’re enormously grateful to still be appreciated like we are, and truthfully, the music remains...

Since his passing in 2015, Lemmy Kilmister’s ashes have been put on display at some of his favorite old haunts, including the Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles, the Nottingham, UK music venue Rock City, and Hellfest in France, where they are enshrined in a massive statue. Now, an urn containing some of Lemmy’s ashes is set to be displayed at one of the Motörhead frontman’s favorite London strip clubs, Stringfellows.

Motörhead manager Todd Singerman told The Sun that Stringfellows “always held a ­special place in Lemmy’s heart,” explaining that, “He loved the relaxed ­environment — and he certainly loved the view. I know he’s relieved he can get back to enjoying one of his favorite places.”

The urn at Stringfellows will be a replica of the one containing Lemmy’s ashes on display at his final resting place, Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills,...

Drummer Mikkey Dee has doubled down on his previous assertion: No Lemmy, no Motörhead.

After stating earlier this year that he and guitarist Phil Campbell — the remaining members of the band — would never tour under the Motörhead name again, Dee clarified his comments in a new interview with Chaoszine.

Although he said he will still continue to play Motörhead songs in other capacities, like his Mikkey Dee and Friends collective, performing as Motörhead with a replacement for late frontman Lemmy Kilmister is not an option.

“I said, ‘We will never, ever get back together and replace Lemmy. That’s impossible,'” said Dee, referring to his March interview. “I said, ‘But doing little constellations, doing some tribute stuff, that’s great.’ That’s very, very different. And I think [the press] said something, ‘Mikkey will never play Motörhead [songs] again.’ … I said that’s not what I said at all. Of course I will play Motörhead.

A major tribute to late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister took place this week at the Wacken Open Air music festival in Germany. The festivities featured a parade, communal toasts, and an enshrinement of the rock icon’s ashes at Lemmy’s Bar in the village of Wacken, along with a surprise performance from surviving Motörhead members Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee.

Campbell and Dee first participated in a parade featuring floats carrying hundreds of diehard Motörhead fans. The parade began at the festival site and went through the village of Wacken to Lemmy’s Bar. At the tavern, fans witnessed Campbell and Dee put Lemmy’s ashes — which are housed in a mini version of his custom urn — in a glass display next to his hat, boots, bass guitar, and Marshall stack.

The bar also featured a re-creation of Lemmy’s “Dressing Room,” which included all of Lemmy’s “favorite things,...

Two of Motörhead’s surviving members, guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee, participated in enshrining the ashes of the band’s late frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, in a ceremony at the Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in Germany this week. Video from the event shows the two musicians holding what looks like a small pyramid with Kilmister’s signature Civil War–styled Hardee hat perched above it before placing it in a display case.

Dee explained in the video how much a memorial like this meant to him. They...

Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons have announced their third album, Kings of the Asylum, set to arrive September 1st via Nuclear Blast Records. In advance of its release, the legendary Motörhead guitarist and company have unleashed the single “Schizophrenia.”

Kings of the Asylum marks the band’s first album with new singer Joel Peters, who replaced Neil Starr in 2021. The rest of the lineup is rounded out by Campbell’s three sons — Todd (guitars), Dane (drums) and Tyla (bass).

“We are thrilled to finally announce that we will be unleashing our brand new album Kings of the Asylum on September 1st,” stated Phil in a press release. “This is the first new music with our new singer Joel Peters and it totally kicks ass!”

In addition to the new album, Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons have also announced a Fall 2023 UK/European tour, kicking off September 19th in Brighton,...

Motörhead went out on a high note with their final studio album, Bad Magic. Shared in 2015, the record clocked in at just under 43 minutes with a 13-song tracklist. But everything that they created for the album didn’t make it out of the studio, including the newly-released “Greedy Bastards,” a hidden gem from the Bad Magic recording session vaults.

“Another beauty from the Bad Magic sessions with Lem’s lyrics hitting our times bang on the head,” guitarist Phil Campbell said in a statement. “Greedy Bastards” features a spoken-word introduction...

Motörhead rip through their 1983 track “Rock It” in this clip from the metal band’s upcoming live album Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin, due out Aprll 23rd.

The performance — featuring the trio of Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, Phil Campbell, and Mikkey Dee — was recorded on December 5, 2012, at the Berlin Velodrom, where the band delivered a hits-filled set that captured Motörhead in all its glory three years before Kilmister’s 2015 death

Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin, available to preorder now, will arrive in a variety of formats, including digital, two-lp black vinyl,...

Following an uproar from Motörhead’s fans and surviving members, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has added drummer Mikkey Dee and guitarist Phil Campbell to the list of eligible band members on the ballot for the class of 2020 nominations.

Both Dee and Campbell weren’t included in the band’s original nomination – the ballot only recognized original members Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor – even though they were in Motörhead longer than the musicians they replaced.

Following news of the nomination change, Motörhead posted...

Motorhead star Lemmy has launched his own brand of wine. The 65-year-old rocker - who is joined in the band by Phil Campbell, and Mikkey Dee - has created a bottle of Australian Shiraz wine which features flavours of vanilla, blackberries, plums and liquorice. However, he has warned fans, who will pay £14.40 a bottle, to be wary of drinking too much. He said: 'Wine is deceptive. Anything can happen.' It is recommended the red wine be drunk with lamb chops seasoned with garlic. Ewen Cameron from Great Wine Online - which is selling the alcohol in the UK - adds it is the...

Motörhead guitarist Würzel has died at the age of 61. Long-time Motörhead bass technician Tim Butcher confirmed that the musician - real name Michael Burston - passed away over the weekend. He reportedly succumbed to heart disease. Würzel became synonymous with Motörhead's duelling lead guitar sound, and pursued a career in music only after touring Europe as a corporal in the British Army. Motörhead frontman Lemmy hired both Würzel and Phil Campbell to replace the departing Brian Robertson in 1984, with the trio making their televised debut in an episode of The Young Ones. Watch Motörhead's performance of 'Ace of Spades' (more)...

As the feature-length documentary Lemmy arrives in cinemas, we caught up with directors Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver to chat about making the film...

Of all the films at the London Film Festival, we particularly warmed to Lemmy, the rock documentary from directors Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver. And, luckily for us, they were on hand for a chat. So, we grabbed a few minutes of their time, just before they scarpered off for a drink with two members of New Wave of British Heavy Metal group, Girlschool.

Two charming and energetic dudes, they regaled us with a few priceless production anecdotes, including how they got on Lemmy’s good side, what the man himself thought of the film, and how, when they wanted to storm a stage at a Metallica gig, they ignored the band’s managers and asked James Hetfield directly.

You’ve both been involved in the...