Singer Alice Cooper says he only offered to “kill” Motley Crue on stage, as a joke – but drummer Tommy Lee loved the idea so much that it will happen.
Motely Crue are on their Final Tour, which ends in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Cooper is their main support and in January he said he’d lop off their heads with guillotines and auction them off on stakes.
Cooper, Lee and Crue singer Vince Neil spoke to TeamRock Radio ahead of Download, where Motley will play the main stage on Sunday.
Cooper says, “The idea was, because people were saying, ‘It’s not really gonna be the end,’ and I go, ‘New Year is their last show. You know how I know? Because I’m gonna kill them at the end.’ Of course I was kidding, but Tommy said that wasn’t a bad idea. With a machine gun and blood packs.”
Cooper is known for ‘dying’ in a variety of ways during his own gigs, and Lee jokes that he doesn’t want blood packs – he wants the real thing.
Lee says, “No blood packs, real bullets. We’re tired, we’re old, we’re cranky. You’ve gotta put us down.”
Neil admits that the band would have loved to play more places on their last ever tour. He adds: “I wish there was some more dates because a lot of people are asking, ‘Why aren’t you coming to our city?’ But hey, we’re trying to get to everywhere we can in the short time that we have left on this earth.”
Crue’s final U.S dates are as follows:
Jul 16: Alaska Airlines Center, Anchorage, AK
Jul 17: Alaska Airlines Center, Anchorage, AK
Jul 22: Eugene Matthew Knight Arena, OR
Jul 24: Tacoma Dome, WA
Jul 25: Paso Robles California Mid State Fair, CA
Jul 26: Billings Rimrock Auto Arena, MT
Jul 28: Boise Taco Bell Arena, ID
Jul 29: Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena, UT
Jul 31: Denver Pepsi Center, CO
Aug 5: Saint Paul Xcel Centre, MB
Aug 7: Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center, WI
Aug 8: Chicago Allstate Arena, IL
Aug 9 Detroit The Palace At Auburn Hill, MI
Aug 11: Hershey Giant Center, PA
Aug 12: New York Barclays Center, NY
Aug 14: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PA
Aug 15: Worcester DCU Center, MA
Aug 16: Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena, CT
Aug 18: Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, OH
Aug 19: Cincinnati US Bank Arena, OH
Aug 20: Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse, IN
Aug 26: Baltimore Royal Farms Arena, MD
Aug 28: Raleigh PNC Arena, NC
Aug 29: Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, NC
Aug 30: Atlanta Philips Arena, GA
Sep 2: Miami American Airlines Arena, FL
Sep 4: New Orleans Smoothie King Center, LA
Sep 5: Houston Toyota Center, TX
Sep 6: San Antonia Alamodrome, TX
Oct 5: Hidalgo State Farm Arena, TX
Oct 7: Dallas American Airlines Arena, TX
Oct 8: Little Rock Verizon Arena, AR
Oct 10: Evansville The Ford Center, IN
Oct 11: Lexington Rupp Arena, KY
Oct 13: Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena, MI
Oct 14: Buffalo First Niagra Center, NY
Oct 16: Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena, CT
Oct 17: Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena, NH
Oct 18: Bangor Cross Insurance Center, ME
Dec 20: San Diego Viejas Arena, CA
Dec 22: Anaheim Honda Center, CA
Dec 27: LAs Vegas MGM Arena, NV
Dec 28: Los Angeles Staples Centre, CA
Dec 30: Los Angeles Staples Centre, CA
Dec 31: Los Angeles Staples Centre, CA
source: classicrock.teamrock.com
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Alice and his band have probably been killing Motley Crue every night musically already.
That would be the most fitting ending loved Mötley Crüe from the beginning saw them on dr feelgood tour in 89 gonna miss but best go out on top