M?TLEY CR?E has set a June 17 release date for its new album, "Saints of Los Angeles". The CD will be issued through M?tley Records, the band revealed today (April 15) at a press conference in Los Angeles.
In support of the album, M?TLEY CR?E will embark on a 40-plus-city North American amphitheater tour, beginning July 1 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla., and wrapping Aug. 31 at the Post-Gazette Pavilion in Pittsburgh.
Produced by Los Angeles-based Live Nation, Cr?e Fest '08 will also feature rock acts BUCKCHERRY, PAPA ROACH, TRAPT and CR?E bassist Nikki Sixx's side band SIXX: A.M.
Tickets will go on sale via
www.LiveNation.com beginning Friday or Saturday, depending on the market. Fans that can't wait for the onsale can get their tickets immediately by going to TheRockvine.com. Citi cardmembers will also have access to purchase presale tickets through Citi's Private Pass Program, available to all Citi cardmembers at
www.privatepass.citi.com starting now and running through Friday, April 18 at 10pm.
Says Nikki Sixx of M?TLEY CR?E, "We are SO excited not only to headline our own annual summer festival, but also to be able to share the stage with the next generation of great rock bands. There's not a lot M?TLEY CR?E hasn't done so to say this summer's festival is going to be about rock 'n roll excess is an understatement. A night of hit songs by great bands and a trail of panties coast to coast ... Cr?e Fest, hell yeah!"
Today's event featured the premiere of M?TLEY CR?E's brand new single,
"Saints of Los Angeles", which the band played live during a brief but raucous performance. The song, which also includes backing vocals by Josh Todd (BUCKCHERRY), Jacoby Shaddix (PAPA ROACH), James Michael (SIXX: A.M.) and Chris Brown (TRAPT) is the title track of the new album. Lyrically, the new album follows the story of the band's NY Times best-selling memoir "The Dirt", a no-holds-barred tell-all that features every gritty detail of the band's exploits as one of the world's biggest rock bands. The first single and video were serviced today to radio and television and the digital download was instantly made available for purchase at the iTunes Music Store. In an industry first, the song was also made available as a download for the Rock Band video game simultaneously with its single release.
In addition to being televised live on Fuse, the press conference was broadcast live online and syndicated on numerous websites including TheRockvine.com. M?TLEY CR?E chose to deliver the live stream using Microsoft Silverlight via iStreamPlanet, Co's iStream Player. The iStream Player is built on Microsoft Silverlight technology which is a lightweight cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in that delivers the next generation of fully immersive media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight ensures consumers worldwide have a consistent experience while watching content in any browser and on any platform.
Cr?e Fest U.S./Canada tour dates:
July 01 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater
July 03 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater
July 05 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 06 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 08 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheater
July 09 - Buffalo, NY -Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 10 - Sarnia, ON - Bayfest
July 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
July 13 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
July 15 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Center
July 16 - Chicago, IL - FMB Pavilion
July 18 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 19 - Milwaukee, WI -Marcus Amphitheater
July 20 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 22 - Houston, TX - Woodlands/Toyota Ctr.
July 23 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 24 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Amphitheater
July 26 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
July 27 - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
July 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA
July 31 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
Aug. 01 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay
Aug. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - Glen Helen Pavilion
Aug. 05 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater
Aug. 06 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
Aug. 08 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheater
Aug. 09 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
Aug. 11 - Vancouver, BC - GM Place
Aug. 13 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
Aug. 14 - Calgary, AB - Saddledome
Aug. 15 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
Aug. 17 - Winnipeg, MB -MTS Centre
Aug. 19 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Amphitheater
Aug. 20 - Cleveland, OH -Blossom Music Center
Aug. 22 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
Aug. 23 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 24 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
Aug. 28 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
Aug. 29 - Albany, NY - SPAC
Aug. 30 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
Aug. 31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
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