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Motörhead Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Nijmegen	Goffertpark	Sat	Jun 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Nurburg	Nurburg Ring	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Derby	Donington Park	Fri	Jun 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Vigevano	Castello Sforzesco	Tue	Jun 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Argeles-sur-Mer	Parc de Valmy	Wed	Jul 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Argeles-sur-Mer	Parc de Valmy	Tue	Jul 09 / 13	Find Tickets
Vigevano	Castello Sforzesco	Fri	Jul 19 / 13	Find Tickets
Wacken	Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds	Thu	Aug 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Humboldt Park	Fri	Sep 13 / 13	Find Tickets
Paris	Zenith de Paris	Sat	Nov 09 / 13	Find Tickets
Berlin	Velodrom	Tue	Nov 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Frankfurt	Jahrhunderthalle	Wed	Nov 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	Fri	Nov 29 / 13	Find Tickets
Munich	Zenith	Sat	Nov 30 / 13	Find Tickets
Dusseldorf	Mitsubishi Electric Halle	Mon	Dec 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Hamburg	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	Tue	Dec 03 / 13	Find Tickets

Motörhead Biography

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Motörhead are an English rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister, professionally known by his stage name Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to, or one of the earliest members of, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. To date, Motörhead have released twenty studio albums, seven live recordings, five compilation albums and five EPs. Usually a power trio, they had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The albums ''Overkill'', ''Bomber'', ''Ace of Spades'', and particularly ''No Sleep 'til Hammersmith'', cemented Motörhead's reputation as a rock band. As of 2012, Motörhead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Motörhead are typically classified as heavy metal, and their fusion of punk rock into the genre helped to pioneer speed metal and thrash metal. Motörhead's approach has remained the same over the band's career, preferring to play what they enjoy and do best; their appreciation of early rock and roll is reflected in some of their occasional cover songs. Motörhead's lyrics typically cover such topics as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse, and, most famously, gambling. The name "Motörhead" is a reference to users of the drug amphetamine. The band's distinctive fanged-face logo, with its oversized boar's tusks, chains, and spikes, was created by artist Joe Petagno in 1977 for the cover of the ''Motörhead'' album and has appeared in many variations on covers of ensuing albums. The fanged face has been referred to variously as "War-Pig" and "Snaggletooth". The band is ranked number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

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