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Duff McKagan Honors Lemmy, Places Ashes at Download Festival

6/22/2026

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Duff McKagan hosted a ceremony at Download Festival honoring Lemmy Kilmister, the late Motorhead frontman, and placed his ashes on the grounds.
The ashes were then taken to Manchester's O2 Apollo and will be returned to the festival each year.
McKagan called Download the “mother of all festivals” and said the 1988 show was Guns N' Roses' own festival at Donington, a detour from their Aerosmith tour.

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Duff McKagan hosted a ceremony at Download Festival honoring Lemmy Kilmister, the late Motorhead frontman, and placed his ashes on the grounds.
The ashes were then taken to Manchester's O2 Apollo and will be returned to the festival each year.
McKagan called Download the “mother of all festivals” and said the 1988 show was Guns N' Roses' own festival at Donington, a detour from their Aerosmith tour.