Metallica announce London Stadium gigs for 2026 The London gigs will be a No Repeat Weekend, where each concert will feature a different setlist and support line-up Evening Standard · May 22, 2025
“An avatar of the purest spirit of rock and roll”: Lemmy honored with a towering bronze statue unveiled in the Motörhead legend’s hometown The statue – which depicts Lemmy wielding his iconic Rickenbacker – contains some of his ashes, and arrives 50 years after the formation of Motörhead Guitar World · May 12, 2025
Lost 1976 Motörhead album set for release in June Motörhead fans will be able to get their hands on 'The Manticore Tapes' this June. BANG Premier · May 9, 2025
"He’s still in my dreams two or three times a week, getting on my case about something": Motörhead’s Phil Campbell prepares to unveil an 8ft bronze of his bandmate, Lemmy Kilmister This Friday's ceremony will reveal the statue and feature the delivery of a portion of Kilminster’s ashes into its plinth MusicRadar · May 7, 2025
‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent Cast in bronze by sculptor Andy Edwards and containing the legendary Motörhead frontman’s DNA, the effigy underscores the West Midlands’ rock heritage The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025
“Hendrix was incredibly sexually magnetic on stage. He had a body like a snake”: Lemmy’s funny stories about Jimi, Ozzy, Little Richard and the crazy world of Motörhead Plus: why he called the Little Richard "the greatest rock vocalist ever" MusicRadar · Mar 18, 2025
"Motorhead are the hardest, loudest band in the world – why wouldn't you make those your heroes?”: An 8ft bronze of Lemmy from Motorhead is about to tower over Stoke-on-Trent With a design ready, and plans approved the project now just needs your funding to get it over the line MusicRadar · Mar 4, 2025
“Another day and I’d be playing drums with Lemmy in Heaven”: Scorpions and former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee was hospitalised with sepsis last month The Scorpions/ex-Motörhead man is at home recovering after a series of surgeries, but is expected to appear at all of his current band’s planned live dates Metal Hammer · Jan 2, 2025
“Given the state he was in I would have given him two years, tops. But Sharon literally rescued him”: Inside the booze-soaked 35-year friendship between Lemmy and Ozzy Osbourne Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades Metal Hammer · Dec 7, 2024
“Sabbath is the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. But everything has to come to an end”: The triumphant story of Black Sabbath’s last ever tour In 2016, Black Sabbath’s The End tour reached Australia – and after a tumultuous career, the were finally ready to take their final bow Metal Hammer · Nov 17, 2024
Watch Motörhead’s Lemmy play the violin in this bizarre Kit Kat advert from 2001 What do Lemmy Kilmister, Kelly Brook, the Daleks and former footballer Roy Keane have in common? Nothing. But Kit Kat put them in an ad campaign together anyway. Metal Hammer · Sep 29, 2024
“They couldn’t get the chicken feathers and blood cleaned up quick enough”: the epic story of Motorhead in the 21st century How Motörhead’s late 90s and early 2000s three-piece line-up more than lived up to past glories Metal Hammer · May 4, 2024
"Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade Metal Hammer · May 3, 2024
“Without him, there would be no Metallica”: James Hetfield has had Lemmy's ashes tattooed onto his middle finger Hetfield says the salute to the late Motörhead legend means “he is still able to fly the bird at the world” even after death Guitar World · Apr 17, 2024
Metal Hammer · Apr 17, 2024 “Without him, there would be no Metallica.” See James Hetfield’s new Motörhead tattoo with Lemmy’s ashes in it The Motörhead man’s remains can also be found in bullets and scattered on the grounds of a German metal festival
Metal Hammer · Mar 26, 2024 “Lemmy’s the king of rock ’n’ roll. No one else comes close.” Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash and more to contribute to new illustrated book about Lemmy Kilmister 25 of the biggest names in rock and metal will be telling their stories about Motörhead’s legendary leader, complete with comic book illustrations, this summer
Metal Hammer · Mar 25, 2024 "Ballet shoes and Motorhead don't mix": The history of Motorhead in 12 songs From the song that gave the band its name to their tribute to a fellow music legend, these are the songs that tell the story of Motorhead - the greatest rock'n'roll band to ever live
Metal Hammer · Mar 20, 2024 Lemmy's ashes to be 'enshrined' at Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles alongside launch of Motorhead Whiskey Lemmy's favourite drinking den to house his ashes as LA's Rainbow announces tributes to late Motorhead frontman
Metal Hammer · Mar 14, 2024 “Bloodstock has always been a special place for Motörhead and for Lemmy.” Lemmy Kilmister’s ashes to be displayed annually at Bloodstock festival Some of the Motörhead leader’s ashes will be on show at the Catton Park metal festival from the 2024 edition onwards
Guitar World · Feb 26, 2024 “Roger Glover got me into Jaco. I heard the stuff he was doing with Weather Report while Priest were at the same studio in the ’70s”: Judas Priest’s Ian Hill names 8 bassists who shaped his sound A mainstay of chug-and-slug for over five decades, the veteran bassist reveals the surprisingly wide range of influences that feed into the metal gods’ low-end –
Metal Hammer · Feb 23, 2024 “It’s all just great rock and roll, that’s the only way to describe it.” There’s a Lemmy Kilmister solo album featuring Dave Grohl out there somewhere, and we desperately need to hear it Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister recorded a solo album with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, The Damned, Joan Jett and more during his final years. Almost a decade after his death, where on earth is it?!
Metal Hammer · Jan 26, 2024 "Get me 100 gallons of whipped cream, fill the bath with tequila and don't forget the goats": Watch Lemmy's gloriously weird appearance in an insurance ad Lemmy never shied away from paying gigs, but his appearance in an old AXA commercial might be one of his most wonderfully weird
Metal Hammer · Jan 3, 2024 “Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.
MusicRadar · Dec 25, 2023 Heroes: The 6 best covers of David Bowie's classic (and three that are not quite so heroic) Best of 2023: Many have tried and many have failed, but here are six artists that nailed one of the best songs of our time
Metal Hammer · Nov 30, 2023 10 times major metal stars cameoed in music videos Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Grohl have all made music videos 10 times better just by showing up