Earlier this fall, Mötley Crüe returned to the headlines when reports began to emerge that the veteran glam-rock band was planning a comeback with a major co-headlining tour in summer 2020 alongside fellow 1980’s acts Poison and Def Leppard, along with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. It turns out the rumors were true.
In a press conference held by SiriusXM in Los Angeles on Wednesday, all 13 members from Mötley, Poison, and Def Leppard gathered to announce their plans for a 2020 stadium tour.
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The tour will begin on July 7th with a show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL, and will continue rocking over 22 dates throughout the summer months before wrapping on September 5th following a show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. The stadium run will see the four bands hit a mix of baseball and football stadiums across the country including Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX (7/15); Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA (7/19); SunTrust Park in Atlanta, GA (8/9); Citi Field in Queens, NY (8/23); and Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL (8/28), to name a few.
The confirmation of the tour should come as a bit of a shock for Mötley fans, as the band famously signed a “cessation of touring” contract in 2014, to take effect after what was bill as their “Final Tour” in 2015. However, the contract carried little significance to the three bands gathered on Wednesday, with Poison bassist Bobby Dall adding, “contracts are meant to be broken.”
Wednesday’s press event, which seemed much like the beginning of a tour, was marked with joyful anticipation by each respective group, with Mötley bassist Nikki Sixx remarking, “we missed being in a band together.”
“And, plus you know we like to blow shit up,” Crüe drummer Tommy Lee added.
Watch the official trailer for the tour shared by Mötley Crüebelow.
Mötley Crüe – The Stadium Tour 2020
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Crüe had originally held true to their cessation of touring agreement, but when they began production for the 2019 Netflix biopic, The Dirt, the original spark for camaraderie was rekindled.
“We started working on the script, we started being on the set and we started hanging out again together,” Sixx said. “And I think we sort of realized how much, without even talking about the music, how much we missed each other… We missed each other to be honest with you. We missed being in a band together.”
Tickets for the 2020 stadium tour, go on sale Friday, December 13th, and will be available to purchase here.
[H/T Rolling Stone]