Motley Crue Drummer Tommy Lee Gets Stuck on Rollercoaster During New Year’s Eve Show.. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/motley-crue-drummer-tommy-lee-851705 by Gabi Chepurny 1/1/2016 4:57pm PST The stage mishap, which occurred during the rock band’s final tour stop at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, left Lee suspended upside down mid-air. At any rock concert, the probability of walking through piss puddles, getting kicked by a stranger or being vomited on is pretty high, but at a Mötley Crüe concert, these events are expected. The legendary rock band’s final show at Los Angeles’ Staples Center was no exception. During drummer Tommy Lee’s solo, his infamous drum kit roller coaster malfunctioned, leaving the rock star suspended upside down halfway through his performance. As road crew members scrambled up the structure, Lee said, “It looks like the roller coaster is broken, well f— the roller coaster! Come on guys, help. Come get me. I can’t believe this is happening on the last night. I knew something wasn’t right when I took off.” The drum kit was set right and as Lee climbed down the roller coaster guitarist Mick Mars launched into his solo. The drum kit was rolled back to the stage without it’s passenger, so Lee could finish playing the show. While the drum roller coaster mishap set the New Year’s toast back by three minutes, the Crüe rang in 2016 with the title track from 1989’s Dr. Feelgood.
EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers they are muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to the fretboard with the force of a rivet gun”.
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Nikki Sixx Held Goodbye Speech On Their Last Show (Video)
MÖTLEY CRÜE did their final show of their thirty-four-year-long-career yesterday at Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles. Below you can watch fan-filmed 5-minute clip of band’s bassist Nikki Sixx saying goodbye to their fans (video by Mark S. Anthony).
To celebrate their mark in rock music’s history and in honor of their devoted fans, the band announces a full length concert film of the final performance, which will also include exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of the last week of the tour, to be released in 2016!
EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers they are muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to the fretboard with the force of a rivet gun”.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-farewell-show/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3 Motley Crue Play Final Show: Tommy Lee’s Drum Coaster Breaks, Video, Setlist After decades of decadence and millions of records sold, Mötley Crüe brought what’s being billed as their last tour to a close, Dec. 31, playing to a packed hometown crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The video of their last song, “Home Sweet Home,” is embedded above and the setlist can be found below. But it didn’t go off without a hitch. Tommy Lee‘s “Crüecifly” drum roller coaster got stuck shortly after taking off. You can check out the video below, but it took a few minutes — which involved much swearing and Lee asking women to expose themselves — for the roadies to rescue him and bring the contraption back down to safety. As you can see below, during his remarks to the crowd before “S.O.S. (Same Old Situation),” Vince Neil teared up. “This is the last time you’re going to be seeing the four of us together on stage,” he said before talking about their earliest days. From there he thanked their entire crew, many of whom have worked with the band for years, and he was overcome with emotion and had to take a few seconds to recover. Neil, Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx each expressed some thoughts on the conclusion of their time together via social media. Neil tweeted a photo of the four of them saying goodbye with the caption “It was a privilege and honor to play with these guys! Rock On!” Lee revealed that comedian George Lopez had sent them a bottle of 1999 vintage Dom Perignon champagne. But Sixx was the most succinct, posting a picture on Facebook of a typewriter spelling out the words “The End.” The group announced its Final Tour in Jan. 2014 with a press conference that started with the band members arriving in a hearse and included a “cessation of touring” agreement prohibiting any and all future live engagements under the Mötley Crüe banner — unless, of course, they all agree to undo it. What started as a 72-date run of shows eventually expanded to include more than 164 concerts across five continents, giving each of the band members plenty of opportunities to field questions regarding whether that loophole would ever be exploited — and to a man, they all vowed they’ll never go back on their word. Most recently, bassist Nikki Sixx threatened that “all hell would rain down” on anyone involved in trying to pull off a Crüe reunion show. “We wanted to go out on top,” explained Neil in another recent interview, adding that unlike certain other veteran bands who limp along with replacement members, they wanted to say goodbye on their own terms, “with people saying, ‘Yeah, man, I saw the last concert. It was awesome!’” To that end, Mötley Crüe stepped up their career-long quest for unforgettable stage presentation during the Final Tour, devoting extra attention to special effects and unveiling a new, souped-up version of Lee’s death-defying Crüecifly kit. All that extra effort paid off to the tune of more than $100 million in grosses and an added burst of merchandising revenue — all of which leads into what’s shaping up to be a multimedia victory lap for the band, with plans to release multiple posthumous projects, including a long-awaited film adaptation of their The Dirt memoir. While not every fan was able to make it out to the Final Tour — and obviously, far fewer could fit into the Staples Center for the last show — Crüe faithful can look forward to a theatrical and home video release of a concert film/documentary hybrid commemoration of the farewell concert, due sometime in 2016. And of course, while the band members might be going their separate ways for now, they’ll all be busy with individual projects for the foreseeable future. Motley Crue, Dec. 31, 2015, Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Setlist 1. “Girls, Girls, Girls” 2. “Wild Side” 3. “Primal Scream” 4. “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)” 5. “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” 6. “Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room” 7. “Looks That Kill” 8. “Mutherf—er of the Year” 9. “Anarchy in the U.K.” 10. “Shout at the Devil” 11. “Louder Than Hell” 12. Drum Solo 13. Guitar Solo 14. “Saints of Los Angeles” 15. “Live Wire” 16. “Dr. Feelgood” 17. “Kickstart My Heart” Encore 18. “Home Sweet Home” Read More: Motley Crue Play Final Show: Tommy Lee’s Drum Coaster Breaks, Video, Setlist | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-farewell-show/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3&trackback=tsmclip
EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers they are muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to the fretboard with the force of a rivet gun”.
MÖTLEY CRÜE To Release Full-Length Live Concert Film Of Final Performance
Iconic, veteran rockers MÖTLEY CRÜE will play their final two shows of their thirty-four-year-long-career tonight and tomorrow at Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles. To celebrate their mark in rock music’s history and in honor of their devoted fans, the band has announced a full-length concert film of the final performance, which will also include exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of the last week of the tour, to be released in 2016.
After thirty-four years performing together, “The Final Tour” has seen the band perform all across the globe, visiting an impressive five continents since July 2014 (North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia) for a total of more than 164 shows. Fans alike will be able to enjoy and/or relive the spectacular and cutting-edge production elements of “The Final Tour”, such as Tommy Lee’s “Crüecifly” drum roller coaster, Nikki Sixx’s fire-spitting bass performance, along with all the fan-favorite hits.
Christian Lamb has been tapped to direct the concert portion of the film, while Jeff Tremaine, creator of the “Jackass” series, is confirmed to direct the documentary segment. Produced and distributed by Live Alliance, the film will premier in theaters worldwide, as well as via pay per view in all cable, satellite and digital formats.
MÖTLEY CRÜE first announced plans for their two-year “Final Tour” by signing a Cessation Of Touring Agreement at a press conference in Los Angeles in January 2014, solidifying the end of their touring career with their last show ever on New Year’s Eve at Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles. Since the announcement the band has been touring tirelessly to say goodbye to fans around the world.
The 2014 leg of “The Final Tour” was one of last year’s top-grossing tours, selling close to a million tickets across 72 cities and grossing more than $45 million.
