Ashes of Motörhead’s Lemmy to be housed at iconic locations in Nottingham, LA and beyond

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Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister are set to be housed at locations in Nottingham, Los Angeles and more.Lemmy continues to be thought of as one of the most influential musicians in metal history, and left his mark on the scene through his work with Motörhead – realising classic tracks including ‘Ace Of Spades’ and ‘Overkill’.He died on December 28, 2015 at the age of 70, shortly after learning he had been diagnosed with cancer.Now, it has been confirmed that some of his ashes will be housed at the Rock City venue in Nottingham, as well as at the Derbyshire-based metal festival, Bloodstock.The project is led by Bloodstock, and sees them commissioning a bust of the legendary frontman that will incorporate some of his ashes.

Fans will be able to view the installation made to remember Lemmy at this year’s edition of the festival, which will run between August 8 and 11.Afterwards, it will be moved to Nottingham’s Rock City, where fans can see the bust all year round.

The venue famously hosted 10 Motörhead shows, spanning more than four decades from 1987 to 2006.“We are honoured to house the Lemmy Bust and we can’t wait to have fans from all over the world be able to pay their respects to one of the gods of rock inside our venue walls,” read a statement from Rock City (via Leftlion). “Tying in such a figurehead of rock with our venue’s history is fitting and we’re delighted the Bloodstock team asked us to give a home to the Lemmy bust between his annual pilgrimage back to their festival each year.”Bloodstock’s festival director Vicky Hungerford added, “We were humbled and honoured to be approached by Motörhead management to have Lemmy’s ashes at Bloodstock.