Everything bad is good for you…
“The world’s most notorious rock band” reads Mötley Crüe‘s autobiography, and rightly so. Notorious in the best possible way. A band whose outrageous antics during the 80’s might as well have given birth to the saying “Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll”. Mötley Crüe are one of the best selling artist of all time, selling 80 million albums worldwide! It is with woe that we must write this next sentence. Mötley Crüe have announced their last ever show.
The show will mark the end of the bands touring career and will conclude their two year Final Tour cycle at the end of 2015 on New Year’s Eve, December 31st. Vince Neil (lead vocalist) told Rolling Stone last year that Mötley Crüe is “one of the few bands left out there that has the original members” he continued “that’s the way we want to go out: the same four guys, leaving on our terms – not leaving because we have to”.
The last show takes place at the Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles where the band’s career began 34 years ago. The good news is that you will be able to catch Mötley Crüe in the UK this summer, at Download Festival. This is a performance that will go down in Heavy Metal history! Don’t miss out!
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Mötley Crüe first announced plans for their 2-year Final Tour by signing a Cessation Of Touring Agreement at a press conference in Los Angeles in January 2014, solidifying the end of their Final Tour at the end of 2015.
The 2014 leg of the Final Tour was one of last year’s top grossing tours, selling close to a million tickets across 72 cities and grossing more than $45 million.
Rick Franks, Live Nation’s Regional President of North American Concerts said “New Year’s Eve 2015 will mark the end of an era in rock history but there’s no doubt that Mötley Crüe’s music will influence generations of artists for years to come.”
After thirty-four years performing together, the 2015 leg of the Final Tour will see the band play Japan in February, then Australia/New Zealand in spring. In June Mötley Crüe will say farewell to the European Festival circuit with 3 massive performances at Download (UK), Sweden Rock (Sweden) and Novarock (Austria) Festivals before taking their can’t-miss show back to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico this summer for 34 final North American shows due to tremendous fan demand.
Following the North American summer shows, the band will take the Final Tour on more international dates this Fall before ‘all bad things come to an end’ for good on New Year’s Eve 2015.
The band have also released a new single “All Bad Things” http://smarturl.it/MC_
Mötley Crüe are also in the process of putting together the ultimate collector’s album package for the fans to be released later this year which will include the new track, ‘All Bad Things’ amongst many other surprises, details of which will be announced in the near future.
Since 2015 is all about celebrating the legacy of Mötley Crüe, the band and fans from around the world will also be able to share their memories, pictures, thoughts and stories of 34 years of Mötley Crüe online at www.motley.com using #RipMotleyCrue.
More information at www.motley.com
Motley Crue! \m/