Mick Mars turned 62 on Tuesday, and should have enjoyed his birthday by playing a show in Saskatchewan with the rest of Motley Crue. Instead, he was tackled by a “fan,” and had to be helped up and offstage. If the guy that jumped up onstage was anywhere near a Crue fan, he’d have known [...]
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Didn’t get a chance to see Motley Crue’s Las Vegas residency last year? Well the group is giving fans a second chance, as they’ll be returning to The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for another residency. This particular twelve show engagement will take place from September 18 through October 6, with tickets going [...]
Monday, March 11, 2013
Mötley Crüe fans in Australia got to see an abbreviated set Saturday, as singer Vince Neil left the stage after complaining of severe pain from kidney stones. ”He was doubled over on his dressing room floor 5 minutes till show time and was told by the promoter to not even play but Vince said he couldn’t do that [...]
Friday, February 8, 2013
Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil turns 52 today. It would be easy to make fun of his struggles with the law, the bottle, and the city of Las Vegas. Too easy. Plus, we’re sure he’ll do something else dumb again that we’ll be talking about shortly. So instead, we’re going to look at the legacy of [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
Were you a fan of Nikki Sixx’s memoir The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star, and the 2007 “soundtrack” Sixx:A.M. released to coincide with it? Well then you might be interested to learn that the Motley Crue bassist is planning on turning his book into a Broadway play. Sixx [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The KISS song “Detroit Rock City” is a true story about a KISS fan killed in a car accident on his way to the band’s concert in Detroit. Thankfully no one was killed, but there was an accident involving a truck transporting some of the pyro equipment on the way to the KISS and Mötley Crüe [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Did you enjoy Mötley Crüe’s new song “Sex”? Well good, cause that might be the only new material you’ll hear from the Crüe for a while. During an interview with Billboard, Nikki Sixx revealed that the band have no plans to record a full album’s worth of new material. Though admitting that it’s great to [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Nikki Sixx probably didn’t see this one coming. The Mötley Crüe bassist took the opportunity of the third anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death to make some snarky comments about the late King of Pop on his radio show, Sixx Sense. 14-year-old Paris Jackson, however, did not let a comment about her dad pass without a comment, [...]
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Have you heard? There’s an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ‘Rock of Ages’ coming out Friday that does for the ’80s Sunset Strip scene what ‘Moulin Rouge’ did for french whorehouses! Tom Cruise plays fictional rocker Stacee Jaxx, who jumps onstage instead of on Oprah’s couch. And between Billboard and the New York Times, mainstream [...]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
This year’s Revolver Golden Gods Award Show is almost finished with it’s live broadcast. We’re sure video clips of each performance will end up online soon. However, we figured we wouldn’t waste any time sharing who won what for those who decided not to watch the award show on Xbox Live or Facebook. A full [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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