For over 30 years, the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe
has killed it in the music industry. After their many worldwide best-selling albums, a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame, and the countless sold-out tours around the world, they are sadly coming to an end.
Now this may not be a popular band to all of us college kids, but to our parents they are kind of a huge deal. Mötley Crüe will be going on their final tour. In other words, our parents’ music era is coming to an end.
Mötley Crüe was formed in 1981. The band’s first release was the single “Stick to Your Guns/Toast of the Town.” “Too Fast for Love” was their first album, released in November 1981, selling 20,000 copies. Just after their first album, the band’s fame in the music industry began to rise.
This past January 15, the band made the announcement on the FOX and Friends morning show that their career would come to an end after this final tour, which started this February in Japan and will be coming to an end in North America, with 34 shows representing their 34 years together.
Mötley Crüe will be coming to Cincinnati August 19, 2015, at the U.S. Bank Arena. Their last kick off will be where they first started off. They will have their final performance at the 2015 New Year’s Eve concert in Los Angeles.
“It’s weird,” says drummer Tommy Lee, 51. “A part of you is extremely happy and proud that you’re leaving a good thing alone. Another part is extremely sad. But it excites me that nobody will be able to say, ‘Look at those old guys playing the county fair. They should have tapped out years ago.’”
Mötley Crüe’s plan for their final tour came up around three to four years ago. They all agreed to plan it out, when the time was right. As we are getting older, so is our music. Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the final tour at http://www.motley.com/tour/.