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Lemmy statue proposed for Motörhead frontman’s birthplace
Motörhead‘s frontman and bassist, Lemmy, may be honoured with a statue in his birthplace of Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent.Lemmy – full name Ian Fraser Kilmister – was born in Burslem, one of the towns that is part of the city of Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire, prior to him and his family moving to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The majority of the singer’s childhood was spent in Wales before founding Motörhead in 1975.If the plans to erect the statue are approved by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council, it will be placed in Burslem’s Market Place.
