Looks like we guessed right on Monday (although, admittedly, it wasn't too hard to figure out) with Motley Crue's big announcement.
Get your glam rock ready because the most notorious rock band of the past 30 years is going back on the road this summer with Crue Fest, a monster metal rock fest featuring the Crue (and all four of its original members), Nikki Sixx's new band Sixx:A.M., Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Trapt.
The tour, run by Live Nation, starts July 1 in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Can't wait to see how much havoc these guys wreak when they come to Jones Beach on July 8. Oh, did I leave that part out? Guess you didn't read the news in the . . . So Ho Tribune! Yep, the Crue kickstarts Long Island's hearts on a Tuesday night. Someone please find out where the afterparty is, and then someone introduce me to a lover in a cellophane dress!
Boss friend Jon, consider this my e-mail asking for July 9 off -- I should have a few personal days left to take. Blog reader Lisa, the Crue is indeed coming to Arizona: Aug. 1 at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix. Here's the full schedule of Motley Crue's summer tour.
Please tell me I'm not the only one fired up for this. I was too young when they were the biggest band on the planet, or at least that's what my parents would have said. So it's rebound time for me and Motley, which is quite all right by me. I'm on my way, I'm on my way.
The band also set a June 17 release date for "Saints of Los Angeles," their ninth studio album. As with most bands performing in concert, they will likely play a few tracks off the new record. Normally, I get a little grumpy during those points of the show, even though I fully understand and respect their right to plug the new stuff.
I get the feeling however that I'll let that slide so long as I get to hear a little "Kickstart My Heart," power ballad "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" and the rest of their classics. Of course, maybe I'm just saying that now since I've got the Motley blasting through the iTunes.
To fully understand what Motley once was on tour, you'll need to read Tommy Lee's "The Dirt" and/or Nikki Sixx's "The Heroin Diaries."
If you can't find your leather pants, I'm sure you can find them in the merch section of Motley.com.
- La Monica
P.S. You know I can't leave you without a party, so it's the same ol' situation now.