More dates have been released for the
"Crüe Fest" tour, featuring
MÖTLEY CRÜE alongside several other bands, including
BUCKCHERRY,
PAPA ROACH,
SIXX: A.M. and
TRAPT.
The complete schedule is as follows:
Jul. 01 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
Jul. 03 - Tampa, FL - Ford Center
Jul. 05 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul. 06 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Jul. 08 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Jul. 09 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul. 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul. 13 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
Jul. 15 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
Jul. 16 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
Jul. 18 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Jul. 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
Jul. 20 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 22 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Jul. 23 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 24 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com center
Jul. 26 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
Jul. 27 - Denver, CO - Coors Amphitheater at Fiddler's Green
Jul. 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheater
Aug. 01 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Aug. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Haven
Aug. 05 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater
Aug. 06 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater at Mountain View
Aug. 08 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheater
Aug. 09 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
Aug. 11 - Vancouver, BC CA - GM Place
Aug. 13 - Edmonton, AB CA - Rexall Place
Aug. 14 - Calgary AB CA - Pengrowth Saddledome
Aug. 15 - Saskatoon, SK CA - Credit Union Centre
Aug. 17 - Winnipeg, MB CA - MTS Centre
Aug. 19 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 20 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
Aug. 22 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Aug. 23 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 24 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
Aug. 28 - Toronto, ON CA Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 29 - Albany, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Aug. 30 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
Aug. 31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
It was on March 18 that
BLABBERMOUTH.NET first revealed that
MÖTLEY CRÜE was rumored to be planning a festival-type tour called
"Crüe Fest", with support from several other artists from the
Tenth Street Entertainment management stable, including
BUCKCHERRY,
PAPA ROACH and
SIXX: A.M. (Note: The
first rumblings of a
MÖTLEY CRÜE /
BUCKCHERRY tour came as early as March 8). The next day,
Tenth Street released a statement to
BLABBERMOUTH.NET dismissing those reports as "blatantly false and completely unfounded," although the company did admit that the band's press conference scheduled for today (April 15) in Los Angeles will involve at least "a few" of more than two dozen acts.
A "video teaser" for the press conference — which appears to contain images of
MÖTLEY CRÜE,
BUCKCHERRY,
PAPA ROACH and
SIXX: A.M. — can be viewed at
this location (Quicktime required).
According to
Pollstar.com,
MÖTLEY CRÜE is expected to announce today that it will be the next 360-deal signing to
Live Nation Artists, adding to the pool that includes
MADONNA and, presumably,
JAY-Z.
The
CRÜE recently denied a post at
Robin Leach's Las Vegas gossip blog which suggested that the band had signed a three-album, three-tour deal with
Live Nation for $100 million. Although the source of the rumor was reportedly singer
Vince Neil, bassist
Nikki Sixx said in a statement, "
MÖTLEY CRÜE has not signed any deals to tour or record whatsoever. Any information to the contrary is 100 percent incorrect."
MÖTLEY CRÜE's new single,
"Saints of Los Angeles", is being streamed at
Spinner.com. The song is the title track of the band's ninth album (the previous album title
"The Dirt" has now apparently been scrapped), which is tentatively due on July 8.
"Saints of Los Angeles" will be the band's first all-new studio effort since 2000's
"New Tattoo". 1997's
"Generation Swine" was the last to feature the group's original lineup, which reunited for a successful world tour in 2005.
Although it was reported last fall that drummer
Tommy Lee had again quit the
CRÜE over legal issues, he and the group have reconciled.