Julia Hatmaker of pennlive.com reports:
The Motley Crue show at the Great Allentown Fair on August 27th was evidently lacking in the “rocking out” department. Tommy Lee, the band’s drummer, tweeted out his disappointment in the crowd, which he called “absent.”
Lee’s tweet read:
T❍mmy L✮✮ ✔ @MrTommyLand
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The comments were met with apologies and confusion, with some fans saying from their perspective the crowd was eating up the band’s set.
Others blamed the sound guy and the lack of a drum solo. Sheila Gordon tweeted out her disapproval over Lee’s words:
Sheila Gordon @birdie2973
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@MrTommyLand I’ve always defended him in the past but not this time. be greatful that after 30+ years fans pay big money to come see you
4:30 PM – 28 Aug 2014
According to the The Morning Call, the fault wasn’t on the crowd – but on Motley Crue itself.
The review called the show “boring” and singer Vince Neil “lackluster,” although it did ad that there were “enough flames, fireworks and skimpily-dressed women (and, occasionally, good music) in its hour-and-45-minute show to keep the audience of 8,679 from having its eyes glaze over.”
Lehigh Valley Live’s reviewer was kinder, stating that “the music seemed secondary to the visual stimulants” and that the performance was “the kind of hits-filled send-off expected of a band on their farewell tour. Nothing more, nothing less.”
Regardless of how the show went, not all the Motley Crue band members took to twitter to rag on the fans. Bassist Nikki Sixx had this to say:
Nikki Sixx ✔ @NikkiSixx
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Sold out.Thank you.
10:56 PM – 27 Aug 2014
In somewhat related news, Lee has uploaded professionally filmed video footage of his solo during the band’s The Final Tour. Dubbed The Cruecifly, watch the video below.
source: pennlive.com
62 Responses
Crowd was probably tired from singing since all vince does is point the mic towards them the whole set…u got ur guitarist with a deadly disease kicking ass every night and a frontman whos badly out of shape and a drummer who after 30+ years of support disses the fans…embarrassing.
YOU’RE NOT BEING TRUTHFUL
Well, its truthfully his opinion, but based on what? Not truth. I rarely read anything positive from him.
Hey Tommy!! Grow up man! Jeez! People that pay big bucks to see you play have a right to an opinion. I saw you guys in Vegas in 2012 on Feb. 8th show and you guys were the best show I’ve seen. Everybody has a off night. Don’t bite the hands that feed you!!
Tommy expresses disappointment in the crowds reaction and this is called a “diss”? I don’t get it. All of a sudden Tommy has to grow up? Why? I saw Motley Crue and they get very involved in the audience–they give the audience their money’s worth, and perhaps more so than most. Give them a break.
Well said Mike.
Excellent points…they have all been mailing it in for years, except Mick…I don’t know why he stays with them…not to mention Mick said on TMS that they have recorded back tracks behind them…who wants to see that?? And Niki claiming a sellout with 8657 tickets sold…they are embarrassing.
Amen to that. I saw them 2 yrs ago and between the ear damaging volume and Vince holding the mic towards the crowd(which couldn’t be heard) for all of the chorus’ you could barely tell what songs they were playing. I’ve been to over 750 concerts and only Deep Purple (early 80’s) was louder. Mick, Nikki and Tommy were great but Vince……………..
Went to an after-party and people were complaining “they didn’t play this song” or “why didn’t they play?”. Uh….yes they did. You just couldn’t tell. It was like being at a great karaoke show with a bad singer. The only saving grace for MC that night was they opened for KISS and Paul Stanley was worse. Sadly you could hear him. But they only played 55 minutes including the encore.
Don’t remember a show on that tour when the Crue only played for 55 minutes ?
They were opening act in that instance. 55 mins probably about right.
Vince Neil has been lame for decades. He doesn’t care one bit about putting on a good show for the people who go to see him. Anyone who pays to see Motley Crue deserves whatever they get.
I saw them in Chicago a few weeks ago and they were GREAT, same thing with the kiss/crue tour, so youre simply exaggerating, being critical and not being honest. Chicago went crazy over them and vince was great.
Hey Pete,
AMEN to that! I saw them on “The Tour” and they were just as good as KISS. It was a kick ass show!
Pointless video. This guy is perpetually 19 years-old. A dumb…19 years-old.
I don’t care what anybody says. That f-ing drum solo\video was awesome! I would love to go see them. Look they’re not Metallica and if anybody expects them to play like Metallica they’re the idiots. You go see the Crue to party and have fun. And most of the people there are already too drunk to care; Motley’s never been known as a technically Proficient band so I don’t know where all the complaints are coming from. The ones complaining are the very same ones complaining about the parking too. And everything else. Their one of the last great punk bands. Chill out guys.
Even parts of his drum solo are on a loop…it’s not so much a drum solo as it is Tommy on a roller coaster not even really I playing, so open your eyes dude…and for anyone saying they sound good, anything sounds good taped and not done live…Crüe on record great…Crüe live sucks…check the definition of punk…Crüe is not punk…
The sound has been ripped at every show. Vince’s vocals are not even 2001 anymore so he is buried. No drum solo? I’d be lackluster if Lee didn’t run his tracks upside down. I like Sheila’s tweet with grateful spelled greatful. I heard that in ’66 the fair crowd was the same with The Lovin’ Spoonful but rocked to the Tijuana Brass.