We are celebrating our 50th year in 2025 and in honor of this historic milestone, a series of releases and events will take place throughout the year. Having played live to millions of fans, and sold over 25 million albums in our career we stand proud that we continue to inspire and attract a new generation of young fans.
In 2024, we enjoyed a brand new UK top 10 single in October with “Lawman”, racked up over 320 million streams globally, numbered 20 million listeners on Spotify, and garnered over 112 million views on YouTube.
Starting with a very special release to be announced in May, the year 2025 will be a celebration that confirms Motörhead is for life and Lemmy is Forever.
Kicking off the celebrations will be special 50th anniversary, limited vinyl editions of Motörhead’s breakthrough albums; Overkill, Bomber and Ace Of Spades. These are all cut as half speed masters, pressed as special colour configurations and all include an exclusive poster to be released on 28th February for our new generation of fans and collectors.
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Then on May 9th, a very special Lemmy Forever ashes event will take place – the unveiling of a Lemmy statue in his birthplace of Stoke-On-Trent. Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell will place the ashes and lead the celebrations.
The sculptor of the piece is renowned British artist Andy Edwards (who has previously done statues of The Beatles, Bob Marley, and The Bee Gees among others).
“This new statue of Lem is special, not just because I share the same birthplace as him or because of how much he personally means to me, but because it’s so important to have a permanent international landmark celebrating him where he was born,” says Edwards. “Lemmy gave me joy, confidence in myself, and energy, and he’s also an avatar of the original spirit and power of Rock n Roll. I really hope it will become a meeting place for people from all over the world to take the journey to.”
“To be able to see Lemmy further immortalized in his place of birth by Andy’s amazing statue is a huge deal,” says manager Todd Singerman. “This man left the building 10 years ago, yet he remains not only with us, but is even more popular than ever. It’s because Lemmy stood for honesty, integrity, inclusion, and making the greatest, loudest rock’n’roll possible. Let’s face it, there is only one Lemmy and the world continues to celebrate him and his music loudly and proudly.”
To whet your appetite for a year of Motörhead celebrations, you can now watch a new, HD version of their first ever TV performance from 25th October 1978 on the BBC’s flagship Top Of The Pops show, performing ‘Louie, Louie’. Click here!
There will be plenty of other celebrations happening throughout the year, so keep your eyes, ears, fingers and toes peeled……and remember…
THE ONLY WAY TO FEEL THE NOISE IS WHEN IT’S GOOD AND LOUD!
MOTÖRHEAD FOR LIFE
LEMMY FOREVER
