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It would seem that next month’s big Motley Crue announcement, which was teased in this space earlier this week, may in fact involve touring, with the band taking the ball that’s been dropped by the flailing Ozzfest and launching the first annual Cruefest, an innovatively named tour that will have Nikki, Vince, Tommy, and Mick as headliners. Whether or not there will also be announcements involving a long-rumored deal between the band and concert promoter Live Nation is unclear, but I really hope that something else will be announced at this press conference, because the lineup of supporting acts looks pretty grim:
Buckcherry
Papa Roach
Drowning Pool
OK, OK, so it’s not as bad as having Static-X headline, and one of the bands does have a song that recently went top 10 on the Hot 100, which should surely sell at least a few extra tickets. But really… Papa Roach? I’d make a “Last Resort” joke, but I’m worried that not enough people will get it. And that was their hit.
MÖTLEY CRÜE To Hit The Road With BUCKCHERRY, PAPA ROACH? [Blabbermouth]
Don’t underestimate the inexplicable durability of the P-Roach, they had the 3rd most played song on Modern Rock radio last year: [www.billboard.biz]
I’d be ashamed to know that if you didn’t pay me to know that.
I’ll be curious to see if Motley Crue can pull it off again. It seems too soon to me. They played the Twin Cities four times on their first reunion tour. Saw the first show and it was killer. Even Vince seemed to be trying. And the crowd went fucknuts.
I also caught their last local show, when they were running out the clock with Aerosmith and, I swear, I thought they were going to break up that very night. It was quite possibly the worst arena-level performance I’ve seen in the past four years.
You call a massive tour a letdown? I’m a huge fan, and I’d be excited if that’s all it was. The Crue, Buckcherry, Sixx: AM, etc. Yeah, I could do without Papa Roach and Trapt, but who cares! What do you expect???
I already got my tickets…5th row floor baby!