At a highly promoted press conference Tuesday, Mötley Crüe announced the release of their new album, Saints of Los Angeles, due out June 17th. Saints will be the first studio album recorded with all four original band members in over a decade. As if yet another 80's band revival weren't enough of a dream come true, they've also announced plans to hit the road on a 41-city, multi-band tour, brilliantly named Crue Fest. You know, 'cause the three hundred or so other music festivals this summer just didn't get it right.
So pull on those rotting leather pants, pawn your taste in music and get yourself some tickets to Crue Fest! Where else can you blow a hundred bucks on a ticket to see Motley Crue, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Trapt and, oh yes, Crüe bassist and asshole extraordinaire Nikki Sixx's yawnrock side project, Sixx: AM? That's right, nowhere. Any more cockrock and the fire marshal would shut the place down.
The Crüe premiered their new single, “Saints Of Los Angeles," at the press conference, along with "Kickstart My Heart." Imagine dipping a bucket into the toilet of a porta-potty at one of those summer festivals, right around the hottest point of the day. Now imagine sticking a funnel in your ear and pouring the contents of the bucket into it. That just about sums up the new Crüe song.
Despite choosing bands for the tour that "live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle," according to Sixx, the Grandfathers of Glam promise to act their age and leave the hard partying to the younger chaps on the tour. "The second we hit the stage, everything is exactly the same," drummer Tommy Lee said. "But when the house lights go up these days, everybody leaves and goes back to their hotel room, or bus, or airplane or whatever. It's different now. People have families and kids."
Fans looking for a bad reason to burn through their cash can hear "Saints of Los Angeles" on the video game Rock Band.
The 41-city tour kicks off July 2 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Head to the next page for dates and locations.
Crüe Fest North American Tour Dates
July 1 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
July 3 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
July 5 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
July 6 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon WirelessVirginia Beach Amphitheater
July 8 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 9 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 10 - Sarnia, ONT - Bayfest
July 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
July 13 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
July 15 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 16 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 18 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
July 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
July 20 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
July 22 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 23 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 24 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
July 26 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
July 27 - Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
July 31 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
August 1 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 2 - Los Angeles, CA - Glen Helen Pavilion
August 5 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
August 6 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
August 8 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
August 9 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
August 11 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
August 13 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
August 14 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
August 15 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
August 17 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
August 19 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Amphitheatre
August 20 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
August 22 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
August 23 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
August 24 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
August 28 - Toronto, ONT - Molson Amphitheatre
August 29 - Albany, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 30 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
