Plans to erect a statue of Lemmy in the Staffordshire town where he was born have been approved.
A giant 2.2m statue of Motorhead’s Lemmy will be erected in Burslem as Stoke-on-Trent Council approved plansStoke-on-Trent City Council has given the go-ahead for the erection of the 2.2 metre tall statue in Burslem’s Market Place. Once funding is secured, the statue will be made from Staffordshire clay by local sculptor Andy Edwards. Edwards also designed a Beatles statue at Liverpool’s Pier Head.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council approved the plans, despite police concerns that it would attract “well-meaning attention but potentially incidents”. These concerns were alleviated by the artist’s agreement to increase the height of the pedestal from 2.5 to 3 metres.The GoFundMe description reads: “Mark Curran, commercial developer and owner of the Hard Days Night and Zimmerman’s bars in Stoke-on-Trent, began a search for a sculptor worthy of immortalising his hero Lemmy during the lockdown of 2020.
“He found internationally renowned artist Andy Edwards, sculptor of the world famous Liverpool Waterfront Beatles statue fame on his doorstep also in Stoke-on-Trent.“With their combined focus in one direction, a prime site has been agreed in the centre of Lemmy’s home town Burslem directly in front of the iconic and historic Town Hall and its famed Gold Angel and enthusiastic cross party support from Stoke-on-Trent city Council given to the planning application.”
