Mötley Crüe continue to electrify audiences across generations, delivering a high-energy national TV performance on the season finale of American Idol last nightthat reminded the world exactly why their music and legacy endures. The Crüe performed a powerful medley of their classic hits Home Sweet Home and Kickstart My Heart, as a duet with 8-time GRAMMY® Award winner and American Idol Judge, Carrie Underwood. In case you missed it or simply need to see it again, check it out below.
Next up, Mötley Crüe is gearing up to hit stages across North America this Summer on The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins Tour. Their first extensive touring in 2 years will see them hit 35 cities with dates in July, August, and September, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of their groundbreaking 2006 Carnival Of Sins Tour with a reimagined show and updated setlist. $1 of every ticket sold will be donated to ASAP! (After School Arts Program) through the Mötley Crüe Giveback Initiative to support students with hands-on programs in music and the arts. Get tickets and VIP packages here. For more info, visit motley.com.
The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins Tour:
July:
4, Winnipeg, MB – Princess Auto Stadium *
2 Vancouver, BC – PNE Amphitheatre *
17, Burgettstown, PA — The Pavilion at Star Lake
18, Buffalo, NY — Darien Lake Amphitheater
20, Clarkson, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
22 Toronto, ON — RBC Amphitheatre
24 Gilford, NH — BankNH Pavilion
25, Bangor, ME — Maine Savings Amphitheater
27, Camden, NJ — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
29 Saratoga Springs, NY — Albany Med Health System at SPAC
31, Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
August:
1 Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center
3, Bristow, VA — Jiffy Lube Live
12 Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
14, West Palm Beach, FL — iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
15, Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
17 Charlotte, NC — Truliant Amphitheater
19, St. Louis, MO — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
21 Shakopee, MN — Mystic Lake Amphitheater
22 Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
24 Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Blossom Music Center
25 Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
27 Grand Rapids, MI — Acrisure Amphitheater
28 Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
September:
8 Kansas City, MO — Morton Amphitheater
10 Dallas, TX — Dos Equis Pavilion
11 Houston, TX — The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
13 Albuquerque, NM — First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater
16 Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
18 Chula Vista, CA — North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
19 Long Beach, CA — Long Beach Amphitheater
21 Salt Lake City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
23 Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
24 Mountain View, CA — Shoreline Amphitheater
26 Ridgefield, WA – Cascades Amphitheater
* Festival date
To get you ready for the Summer tour kick off, the band today announced a limited edition picture disc boxset, Crücial Crüe 1981 – 1989. It will be available via BMG on July 10th as a 5LP Picture Disc Set, 5CD Picture Disc Replica Set, and ULTRA-LIMITED 250 unit hand numbered Crüeseum Exclusive featuring a reverse color outer box.
The box set includes their iconic first five studio albums, which have sold a combined 30 Million Copies globally: Too Fast For Love (1981 – Platinum US), Shout At The Devil (1983 – 4X Platinum US), Theatre Of Pain (1985 – 4X Platinum US), Girls Girls Girls (1987 – 4X Platinum US), and Dr. Feelgood (1989 – 6X Platinum US).
Contained on these albums are timeless tracks that shaped a generation, created a genre and are still featured in the band’s setlist to this day, including: Live Wire, Too Fast For Love, Shout At The Devil, Looks That Kill, Home Sweet Home, Smokin’ In The Boys Room, Girls, Girls, Girls, Wild Side, Dr. Feelgood, Kickstart My Heart, Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) and many more! Pre-Order here.
Limited Edition Deluxe Picture Disc LP & Picture Disc/LP Replica CD Box Includes:
Too Fast for Love (1981):
Side A:
Live Wire
Come On and Dance
Public Enemy #1
Merry-Go-Round
Take Me to the Top
Side B:
Piece of Your Action
Starry Eyes
Too Fast For Love
On with the Show
Shout at the Devil (1983):
Side A:
In the Beginning
Shout at the Devil
Looks That Kill
Bastard
God Bless the Children of the Beast
Helter Skelter
Side B:
Red Hot
Too Young to Fall in Love
Knock ’Em Dead, Kid
Ten Seconds to Love
Danger
Theatre of Pain (1985):
Side A:
City Boy Blues
Smokin’ in the Boys Room
Louder Than Hell
Keep Your Eye on the Money
Home Sweet Home
Side B:
Tonight (We Need a Lover)
Use It or Lose It
Save Our Souls
Raise Your Hands to Rock
Fight for Your Rights
Girls, Girls, Girls (1987):
Side A:
Wild Side
Girls, Girls, Girls
Dancing on Glass
Bad Boy Boogie
Nona
Side B:
Five Years Dead
All in the Name of…
Sumthin’ for Nuthin’
You’re All I Need
Jailhouse Rock
Dr. Feelgood (1989):
Side A:
T.n.T. (Terror ’n Tinseltown)
Dr. Feelgood
Slice of Your Pie
Rattlesnake Shake
Kickstart My Heart
Without You
Side B:
Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)
Sticky Sweet
She Goes Down
Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
Time for Change
13 Responses
Hi Dana – What I mean by “New Country” (and it is actually considered a genre) is basically what’s on the country charts and radio today. I get that country music – like all other genres – needs to evolve and stay modern, but I personally find it unlistenable. To my ears, it’s basically ’80s pop metal songs, except that the distorted guitars and solos have simply been replaced by twangy guitars – and voila – “New Country!” The fact that you mentioned Mutt Lange (and the move of so many LA hard rock musicians to Nashville) kind of makes my point – the writers and producers of “New Country” have basically co-opted an old genre/formula, taken the edge off it (my opinion), and repackaged it.
As for Jada Pinkett Smith and her “metal band” (YIKES!), that reeks of someone having trouble getting acting roles and trying to do something – anything! – to seem edgy and relevant. And in the end, it’s about as edgy or relevant as Garth Brooks growing a soul patch, putting out an album under the name “Chris Gaines,” and hoping to be taken seriously.
Gotcha,
Since I don’t listen to modern day country, unless I see it on The Kelly Clarkson Show, or Christmas specials, I really had no idea it had become the modern day 80s hard rock with fiddles-LOL!.
I agree with RTunes. Garth Brooks killed country and the likes of Carrie Underwood continue to kick the corpse.
here, here…I’m not a fan either of CU.
You could definitely tell Vince was concentrating on this one (because he HAD to sing live). I’m a fan of both Carrie and John 5, so no complaints on that side of the conversation.