Never take a rock star’s word for it when they say they won’t be touring anymore. Especially not when it’s one of the members of Mötley Crüe.
In a December interview he gave to Brazilian radio and just unearthed by the Blabbermouth website, bassist Nikki Sixx said he wishes Mötley Crüe to remain active until at least his fiftieth birthday in 2031.
It would come 16 years after their so-called farewell tour in 2015.
He even shared his wish with the other members of the rock group behind the hits Girls, Girls, Girls and Kickstart My Heart at a party for Tommy Lee’s 60th birthday.
“Me, Tommy and Vince had a talk and I said, ‘What are you going to do for the next eight years?’ Everyone laughed and said ‘I don’t know’. I told them, ‘Why don’t we continue? Let’s get to 50.”
contract broken
Rather, it was supposed to end at age 34 on December 31, 2015 in Los Angeles.
It was the last date on the Final Tour agenda. The quartet had vowed never to go on stage again after this farewell tour. never never never
To prove their seriousness, they even signed a deal during a press conference in front of cameras and photographers – an agreement to stop touring.
Your promise held… four years. In late 2019, they announced their participation in The Stadium Tour, a tour with Def Leppard initially scheduled for 2020 but pushed back to 2022 due to COVID-19.
The two rock groups are even the protagonists of the World Tour, a new trip that will take them to Europe and America this year.
farewell or not
Mötley Crüe are far from the only rock band struggling to avoid the spotlight. The Who (Farewell Tour 1982), Ozzy Osbourne (No More Tours 1992), Kiss (Farewell Tour 2000), Judas Priest (Epitaph World Tour 2012) are just a few examples of bands who broke their touring promise on the side.
Others persevere.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, who can’t get along, still haven’t reformed Oasis. The feuds between the musicians also explain why The Smiths resist urgent calls for a reunion.
Huge financial guarantees didn’t convince 1970s icons Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin to tour again.
As for REM, reunions are always out of the question, even if there are good relations between its members.