http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/motley-crue-promise-to-never-reunite-after-next-tour-20140128Motley Crue Promise to Never Reunite After Next TourThe band has signed a 'cessation of touring agreement'January 28, 2014
Mötley Crüe promise they will never, ever, ever get back together after they break up next year. Today, the band members went so far as to sign a "cessation of touring agreement" at a press conference in Los Angeles. That legal filing will go into effect at the end of 2015.
"All bad things must come to an end," reads the tag line on the poster for Mötley Crüe's upcoming tour. The group also confirmed details surrounding "The Final Tour" and announced their kick off on July 2nd in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In celebration of their announcements, the band will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight and CBS This Morning tomorrow.
The cessation of touring agreement that the band signed forbids the group from touring after "The Final Tour." At the end of the two-year touring cycle, Lee, vocalist Vince Neil, guitarist Mick Mars and bassist Nikki Sixx will all go their separate ways; there will be no reunions. "Other bands have split up over rancor or the inability of people to get along, but this is a mutual [agreement] among all four original members and peaceful decision to move on to other endeavors and to confirm it with a binding agreement," the band's attorney, Doug Mark of Mark Music and Media Law, said.
The band said it would play its greatest hits on the road along with a few surprises. "As far as letting on to what we're doing, that would be like finding out what you're getting for Christmas before you open the presents," bassist Nikki Sixx said. "We think in an age of too much information, we'd like to keep some surprises close to our chest until we launch the Final Tour."
One secret they're letting out of the bag early, however, is opening artist Alice Cooper, who had some kind words to say about Crüe. "Motley has always gone on stage with one attitude and that's to blow the audience away," Cooper said. "We're going to go out there and tear it up, and I can't wait to see Mötley on stage. Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper. A match made in. . . Armageddon?"
The Final Tour will coincide with two special Crüe-related releases. The first is the 2015 Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, which will be directed by Bad Grandpa's Jeff Tremaine. The film is based on the group's revealing, collaborative biography of the same name and will focus on their exploits. "I relate to the story on so many levels; my whole professional career has been about boys behaving badly, so I have a real connection to the material," Tremaine said. "It's awesome to be working with the band at such an exciting time in Mötley Crüe's history."
The other Mötley-related release is a country-music tribute to the glam metallers. A Country Music Tribute to Mötley Crüe will come out this summer and will include a not-yet-disclosed cover song by Florida Georgia Line. The label releasing the tribute, Big Machine, has not yet confirmed the other artists on the compilation.
Tickets to the Final Tour will be available to the general public on Friday, January 31st.
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