All Four Original Members of The World’s Most Infamous Rock Band: Mötley Crüe Release New Single and Video While Also Heralding New Anthology Album

Mötley Crüe, the glam-metal gods who’ve sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and who paved the way for other seminal rock acts, have reunited for the first time in six years, announcing a new world tour – VH1 & VH1 Classic Present “Mötley Crüe: Red White & Crüe Tour 2005…Better Live Than Dead,” – and giving their fans a live taste of it.  Tickets went on sale this past Saturday, December 11^th at Ticketmaster and VH1.com.  the glam-metal gods who’ve sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and who paved the way for other seminal rock acts, have reunited for the first time in six years, announcing a new world tour – VH1 & VH1 Classic Present “Mötley Crüe: Red White & Crüe Tour 2005…Better Live Than Dead,” – and giving their fans a live taste of it.  Tickets went on sale this past Saturday, December 11^th at Ticketmaster and VH1.com.  the glam-metal gods who’ve sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and who paved the way for other seminal rock acts, have reunited for the first time in six years, announcing a new world tour – VH1 & VH1 Classic Present “Mötley Crüe: Red White & Crüe Tour 2005…Better Live Than Dead,” – and giving their fans a live taste of it.  Tickets went on sale this past Saturday, December 11^th at Ticketmaster and VH1.com. 

The event at the Hollywood Palladium began at 6:00 p.m. with a press conference announcing the tour, a new anthology album and the debut of a fresh single and video, “If I Die Tomorrow.” The new tour, it was revealed during the press conference, resulted not only from strong demand by homegrown audiences, but was largely fueled by the diligent efforts of Mags Revell, a UK promoter  with Metropolis Music Group, who launched his own grass-roots campaign in the UK designed to get the band to reunite.   Taking the unprecedented steps of placing advertising in UK media and putting a hold on concert venues in the UK for June, 2005, Revell’s efforts quickly gained traction with fans all across the world who added fuel to the fire by taking to the internet and spreading the word.

Said Revell, “I honestly did not know until now whether Motley Crue would respond to our efforts.  With the help of tens of thousands of fans in the UK and around the world, I wanted to show the band that there was a real demand for their reunion and I took a big risk.   This is the band that we all never thought we'd have the chance to see live again and I strongly admire them for responding to their fans.   It is the realization of a dream for so many people for whom Motley Crue represents what rock music is all about.”

"Mötley Crüe are a gang of musicians that climbed the mountain of rock to success," Allen Kovac, CEO of Tenth Street Entertainment, said in a statement. "This tour and new music delivers to all those who love one of rock's most passionate and aggressive bands." "Mötley Crüe are a gang of musicians that climbed the mountain of rock to success," Allen Kovac, CEO of Tenth Street Entertainment, said in a statement. "This tour and new music delivers to all those who love one of rock's most passionate and aggressive bands."

Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee, the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush. the original members of MOTLEY CRUE, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February.    The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD,  is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend.   Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush.

For dedicated Crüe fans it’s all about the live show.  In a marathon Motley Crue Style, the band will launch its world tour in February, starting in U.S. arenas and coming back for an amphitheater tour in August and September.  The first leg of the tour will run as follows (* indicates a tentative date):

Date       City, State                Venue                                        On Sale Date / Time

The Mötley Crüe saga began in a musical era when rock was still recovering from the emasculation of disco and the punk rebellion has already begun to take root.  In 1981, bassist Nikki Sixx left his glam-rock band London and met drummer Tommy Lee, both strung-out adolescents with a penchant for the party life and a knack for creating fist-in-the-air anthems.  With the recruitment of guitarist Mick Mars and singer Vince Neil, the band adopted the moniker Mötley Crüe and recorded their first album, Too Fast for Love, a paradigm-shifting effort which stoked the growth of the glam-metal movement based in Los Angeles.  Picked up by Elektra, the Crüe released a string of classic albums through the 1980s: Shout at the Devil, Theatre of Pain, Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr. Feelgood, generating hit singles from most of their cover tracks as well as “Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” and many others.  They were also selling out stadiums, eventually to the tune of over 10 million concert tickets.