Melbourne Is Now The Proud Home Of A Huge New Molly Meldrum Statue

Aussie music legend Molly Meldrum has been honoured with a giant statue in his hometown of Melbourne.
The iconic star of Australia’s Countdown has been immortalised forever in bronze, with the massive likeness depicting Meldrum wearing his trademark cowboy hat and holding his pet dog Ziggy, while flashing a cheeky grin and a thumbs up.
Speaking with the ABC, the 75-year-old quipped that he’d tried to wriggle out of the project by telling sculptor Louis Lauman that he’d only agree to do it if he could pose with his dog.
“I could barely believe it when they came back and said it’s going to happen,” Meldrum said at the official ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning.
Witnesses report that the veteran star appeared close to tears as old friends such as TV host Eddie McGuire shared touching words in his honour.
“We salute you today, my friend, and what an honour it is for all of us here today — each one of us has been inspired or touched by your wonderful work over the journey,” McGuire told the crowd.
The statue, which was brainchild of Molly’s mate Ralph Carr and the City of Yarra, stands 1.8-metres tall and can be seen IRL right next to Richmond’s Corner Hotel in the Wangaratta Street Park, beside a new mural paying tribute to the live music industry by artist 23rd Key.
Check out some fan snaps that have already hit Instagram below.

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Waiting to see the statue at the the launch of the Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum AM statue by Louis Laumen #mollymeldrum #statue #doyourselfafavour
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This is pretty amazing! Growing up as a kid looking up to @mollymeldrum aka ‘The Music Guru’ and always hoping to one day work in the Music Industry too! Today Molly has his own statue in Richmond, Melbourne so well deserved #Icon #MusicIndustryLegend How many Artists got their break via Molly? “Do Yourself a favour and get XXX’s Album” ???? Sculptor #LouisLauman did an incredible job Photo: @beatmagazine
A post shared by Angie Young (@angieyoungxposed) on Sep 24, 2018 at 9:14pm PDT

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So this happened! #mollymeldrum
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Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum has been immortalised in a bronze statue – unveiled in Richmond today ❤️ #mollymeldrum #richmond #aussielegend @mollymeldrumofficial
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Unveiled today! Richmond local and Australian legend Molly Meldrum was this morning immortalised with a bronze statue in the Stewart Street Reserve, perfectly positioned next to Corner Hotel. ???? @mollymeldrum @cornerhotel : @billstewart007 #richmond3121 #mollymeldrum #cornerhotel #legend #bronzestatue #immortalised #music #australianmusic #richmond #3121
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