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[Malcolm]

Motley Crue is currently on CNN...Larry King jsut did an interview backstage witht he band and showed about a minute of them performing Dr.Feelgood right now...amazing

[Gunner80]

God it was great to see these guys together again.

[w.axl.rose]

there was a rumor that they where gonna play at the hollywood palladium tonight. is it true?

[Gunner101]

Just saw the video on VH1 after a short news break thing... Pretty good song. I'll be catchin them in NYC.

[Guns N Ballz]

Service charges and all it would cost me $120!!  Damn I'd like to go but that is a chunk!

[Mattman]

Motley Crue is currently on CNN...Larry King jsut did an interview backstage witht he band and showed about a minute of them performing Dr.Feelgood right now...amazing

Are you serious?? ?Well, I'm gonna stay up for the repeat, but I didn't see anything about it on CNN.com, so if you're lying, expect an insulting post directed at you tomorrow. ?

I just looked at the tracklisting for Red, White, and Crue, and I've got to say, I'm pretty impressed. ?They've pretty much hit all the bases, and I have to especially commend them for not being stuck in the 80s, a chronic problem for the Crue. ?One of the CDs is devoted to the 80s glory days, but they've got a whole other CD with stuff from the 90s, which means that the post-Feelgood stuff is finally getting the attention it deserves. ?I only have one big problem with it. ?Theatre of Pain, I've always thought, is a great album. ?But if they were going to put one more track on there from it besides the two singles, why, oh why, did they put "Use It Or Lose It", one of the weakest songs on the album? ?They could have easily put "City Boy Blues", "Keep Your Eye On The Money", "Raise Your Hands To Rock", "Fight For Your Rights" or any of those underrated classics. ?That's my only beef with this new compilation. ?Otherwise, job well done.

[norway]

agree, or tonight, it has the theatre sound and a slight sig of the 80's

I don't put motley in the same category as the 80's glam band, they had and did what those bands hadn't

And they looked and sounded more really metal during to fast, and shout at the devil

The disc will have video footage too i've heard

[One in a million]

www.swedenrock.com

[Malcolm]

Video footage of M?TLEY CR?E being interviewed by VH1 and CNN regarding their announcement that they will reunite for a world tour in early 2005 has been posted online at this location. Pictures from the press conference announcing the tour can be viewed here. Photos from the group's five-song performance at the Palladium in Hollywood, CA Monday night (Dec. 6) have been posted online at Film Magic, Wire Image.

M?TLEY CR?E's set list for the The Palladium in Hollywood, CA ? December 6, 2004:

01. Dr. Feelgood
02. Shout At The Devil
03. If I Die Tomorrow
04. Girls, Girls, Girls
05. Wild Side

Regarding the band's several-year hiatus prior to the reformation, bassist Nikki Sixx told Reuters, "For as much as it's like 'Wow! This is like the ultimate rollercoaster ride in life' it was kinda nice to get off that for a little while. But I'm jonesin' for the thrill now."

The first leg of the tour, taking in North American arenas, will begin on Feb. 17 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Even though 2004 was a dismal year for touring and M?TLEY CR?E's last few jaunts were not exactly hot tickets, Sixx was confident the band had the goods to bring the fans in.

"We wanna be louder, we wanna be fuckin' ruder. We want more, more, more. That's fuckin' M?TLEY CR?E style," Sixx told Reuters. "We're back in ... It's gonna freak you out. Trust me, no one's seen anything like this in years."

Despite plenty of friction within the band in the past, Sixx claimed the atmosphere was now "perfect ... We don't stop laughing."

The secret, as in any relationship, he said is communication.

"Our heads are haunted," Sixx said. "We don't think like anybody else that I know. When I talk to Tommy [Lee, drums] and I say A, he says Q. He doesn't say B. And Vince [Neil, vocals] says Z. And that's why things that happen, happen in a weird dysfunctional way."

[Malcolm]

CNN's Larry King conducted a brief interview with all four members of M?TLEY CR?E prior to the group taking the stage at The Palladium in Hollywood, CA Monday night (Dec. 6) following the official press conference to announce their upcoming reunion tour. A transcript of the interview follows:

King: We'll start with Tommy Lee. All right, Tommy, how did this happen?

Tommy Lee: "Um, I have no idea actually. No, I'm just kidding. No. All of the promoters were calling us and that saying all of the fans wanted this so we got together, and we pulled it together in true M?TLEY CR?E fashion. Like the fans want it so let's do it."

Nikki Sixx: "Give it up for the fans. We made some new music, new video and we're going to go out on tour."

King: But, Vince, you had a bad breakup, what's going to change now?

Vince Neil: "Well, we still hate each other but we're tolerating it. No, good thing is, that me and Tommy found a common bond in Peter Grigio (ph)."

King: Do you expect things to be a lot better now, Vince

Neil: "You know what, it was never bad in the first place.

King: No?

Neil: "It was ? it was kind of like the who squeezed the toothpaste from the bottom or from the top. And Tommy was always the one who squeezed it from the top."

King: Hey, Nick (sic). Were you bothered by the fact, Nick (sic), that Tommy got so famous?

Lee: "Was that Mick or Nik?"

(Crosstalk)

Lee: Mick Mars.

Mick Mars: What was the question? I can't hear.

King: Were you bothered by the fact that Tommy got so famous?

Lee: "This is a really ? Larry ? Larry, you know what, this is a really stupid question."

King: Were you bothered by the fact that Tommy got so famous.

Mars: "I was so depressed, I was befuddled, didn't know what to do."

Lee: "Come on Larry, you can do better than that."

Sixx: By the way, Mick Mars, has video coming ? a porno coming at you next month.

Unidentified Male: "It's called 'The Horse'."

Sixx: "It's called 'The Horse'. We call him the horse."

King: Nikki, you divide your money equally, but Tommy did get very well known, and he burst through. He's got a best-selling book. Does that ? did that hinder the group at all, Nikki?

Sixx: "No way, man. It's awesome, much love for everybody and everybody in this band is so talented. These guys all do their thing, but when we are together, it's totally dysfunctional and rock 'n' roll. You know it's dysfunctional, don't you?"

King: Tommy, do you have all new material?

Lee: "We have a couple new songs. And we're going to go on tour starting January 17?"

Neil: "February."

Lee: "I'm sorry, February."

Sixx: "Tommy is going on tour ? M?TLEY CR?E is [going on tour] 17th of February."

Lee: "We're all going to get it together at some point."

Sixx: "Told you we are dysfunction dysfunctional."

King: How long have you guys known each other?

Sixx: "Wow, man."

Neil: "Me and Tommy actually went to high school together."

Lee: "Yes."

Neil: "So, we ? it was like 8th and 9th grade, something like that."

Lee: "We've known each other forever. Too long. Let's not date ourselves."

Sixx: "Or more they didn't go to high school together."

Lee: "Yes, we just hung out and partied."

Neil: "Hung out together."

King: You're coming back together. Are you nervous tonight? You are about to go on stage, first time together, in like five years. This is a historic evening. Is there a bit of edge here? Is a little bit of nerves?

Lee: "Oh hell, no."

Sixx: "No way. This what we do, we go out and shred."

Lee: "We got go out and kick ass. Oops, can we say that?"

King: Yes, you can say that.

Sixx: "We can say ass?"

Lee: "OK, we're going to go kick some ass, Larry. For you. This one is for you."

Video footage of the interview can be downloaded from FoundryMusic.com.

M?TLEY CR?E's set list for the The Palladium in Hollywood, CA ? December 6, 2004:

01. Dr. Feelgood
02. Shout At The Devil
03. If I Die Tomorrow
04. Girls, Girls, Girls
05. Wild Side

[PhillyRiot]

I heard "If I Die Tomorrow" the new Motley Crue song on the radio.  It is pretty good.  The DJ on 94 WYSP played it 3 times in a row!!!!

[the dirt]

Ok, so the song's growing on me...

[Malcolm]

M?TLEY CR?E will perform a live version of their signature hit "Girls, Girls, Girls" crunched into a medley with "Home Sweet Home" during their appearance on the upcoming 2004 Spike TV Video Game Awards show to be aired on Tuesday, December 14. Prior to their appearance on the video game show, the band will tear up the stage on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Friday, December 10. Meanwhile, CR?E drummer Tommy Lee is scheduled to make a solo, non-musical appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Thursday, December 9.

As previously reported, M?TLEY CR?E will make an appearance as presenters at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be broadcast live on Fox starting at 8:00 p.m EST.

[Lady Livin]

So no one has any idea how much these tix are going to cost yet? It seems like all these dates are going to be held in the noon-afternoon.

[Malcolm]

I got 3 tickets for the Toronto show on Febuary 23rd...Mine were 60 bucks..they range from 60 to 90 i belive...this starts at 8.pm

Just listened to the new Motley song and i love it..Tommy sounds great in it..Motleys back and better then ever baby

If anyone has audio or video from the gig would you please post it up..thanks so much

[norway]

wow, great to see them again

anyone has found downloads to the whole palladium gig, with the five songs?

I saw the beginning of it on larry king, pretty cool

 6pm press conference at the Hollywood Palladium, was that the larry king thing?

[Malcolm]

Whats ur top 5 Fav Crue Songs:

1.Dont Go Away Mad
2.Home Sweet Home
3.Kickstart My Heart
4.Shout At The Devil
5.Dr.Feelgood

[Malcolm]

M?TLEY CR?E's webmaster has posted the following message on the group's web site:

"Today [Monday, Dec. 6] was huge, there's just no other way to describe what happened today! I knew things where going to get crazy, especially when the M?TLEY server was shut down at 9AM due to all of the traffic we where getting. We had over 40,000 people hit the server before we where able to move the site over to a faster server!

"After the sever problems where taken care of, I was off to the Palladium for the band walk through and sound check. It was good to see all of the guys together again playing on stage! In the ten years of covering the band, I've never seen the guys happier then they where yesterday. You could feel that something big was happening today. Steve-O from 'Jackass' showed up half way through the sound check and went straight to work.... being Steve-O from 'Jackass'. By the end of the sound check he was balancing a 20 foot step latter on his chin! Tommy [Lee] flipped out... he thought it was cool as hell!

"After the soundcheck the band and a few lucky people such as yours truly hopped onto a bus and headed to some studios just outside of the Burbank Airport. The band spent about an hour getting ready for the show and doing some press interviews. Just as we where about to leave for the airport to catch the band's helicopter which was going to fly them into the parking lot at the Palladium, Nikki [Sixx] received a call from management. Seems the fire marshal would not give the band permission to land in the parking lot..... even though they had all of the permits from the FAA! So we boarded the bus and headed back to Hollywood where the band ended up meeting with one of Vince's friends from Vegas. He had a tricked out hearse that the band was able to use to ride to the show.

"The guys got out of the hearse and were instantly mobbed by the press. I couldn't see everything but I know Nikki and Vince [Neil] were interviewed by VH1 as they entered the building. I then ran upstairs to catch the press conference. The guys looked great and in typical M?TLEY fashion, had some great answers to some lame questions.... like 'Mick, are you up for this?' Mick's response.... 'I'm going to kick your fucking ass!' Great stuff!

"After the interview I rushed down to the floor to get a good spot so I could get more video footage for the SIN [fan club] members. I usually try to get in the center but I never seem to get a good shot of Vince from that angle, his mic always ends up being in the way. So I decided to place myself on Mick's side of the stage.... I wanted to see if he was going to kick some ass on not tonight!!!

"After the band's live interview with Larry King, who I'm pretty sure has no idea who M?TLEY CR?E is, the guys walked onto the stage, passing a bloody Steve-O. The dude sliced his tongue with a broken light-bulb on stage while warming up the crowd. If you watch the Larry King interview you can see blood on Tommy's back. That's real blood..... from Steve-O. Anyway.... the guys walked onto the stage and the Palladium erupted! The pit was mobbed with press and just behind us where a couple thousand CR?E fans seeing the band reunite in their home town. The guys sounded great and kicked some ass tonight. I just wish everyone could have been there.... but since that's impossible, I will do my best to keep everyone informed with M?TLEY's antics!"

[PhillyRiot]

I'd love to see Motley Crue, but lower level tickets including tax is like 85 bucks!  What the hell? 

[Malcolm]

wow, great to see them again

 6pm press conference at the Hollywood Palladium, was that the larry king thing?

No Larry interviwed them at about 9.30 or so...right before they went on stage..Interview was aboiut 7 minutes and 8 minutes with the performance footage