NASHVILLE |DT: AUGUST 25, 2011
MÖTLEY CRÜE:
WRAP SUCCESSFUL SUMMER U.S. TOUR WITH HEADLINING
PERFORMANCE AT THE SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FESTIVAL, DRAWING
RECORD CROWDS
ICONIC GROUP PAYS TRIBUTE TO FANS WITH NEW VIDEO TO
“KICKSTART MY HEART”
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MÖTLEY CRÜE thrill the Sunset Strip Music Festival 2011 crowd.
Iconic rock group MÖTLEY CRÜE wrapped summer’s biggest rock tour as headliners and honorees for the Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) live on Sunset Boulevard this past Saturday night (August 20). The show, a combination of classic hit songs, massive pyro and fireworks displays, state-of-the-art sound and visual effects—including “The 360” drum coaster, with electronic music sensation deadmau5 joining Tommy Lee for a ride—rocked over 15,000 fans. It marked the largest crowd ever for the SSMF.
Hot off the heels of a spectacular summer tour, MÖTLEY CRÜE is giving back to their fans with a newly shot live video to “Kickstart My Heart,” one of the band’s biggest hits. The video, shot by videographer Bobby Hewitt, chronicles life on the road for the iconic rockers, and proves that after 30 years, the group’s music and lyrics have withstood the test of time. MÖTLEY CRÜE remain one of the most explosive and innovative live bands in existence.
MÖTLEY CRÜE issued the following statement to fans: “We documented the whole tour, top to bottom (the good, the bad and the ugly) and as we were looking through all the amazing footage, we thought how cool it would be to cut together a "best of visual" for the fans who made this tour happen. This one is just for the fans, from us.”
The video debuts today on Yahoo! http://new.music.yahoo.com/.
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s summer trek has landed the group on the Billboard “Hot Tours” chart six times so far since the tour launch, marking it as one of the legendary rock group’s most successful tours to date. The 48-city trek tour—which launched on June 24 and wrapped this past weekend—was one of the summer’s highest grossing, packing amphitheaters and arenas all summer long, drawing half a million fans.
MÖTLEY CRÜE has continued to garner solid reviews from their electrifying live performances. In his review for the Los Angeles Times, writer Steve Appleford raved:
“Going home is an enduring theme of rock 'n' roll, and it had special resonance for Motley Crue on Saturday, as headliner and honored guests at the fourth annual Sunset Strip Music Festival, three decades after beginning its long journey of loudness and debauchery along the boulevard…the crowd stretched out for blocks.” (8/21/11).
MÖTLEY CRÜE
www.motley.com, www.sixxsense.com, www.myspace.com/motleycrue,
www.facebook.com/motleycrue
@TheVinceNeil, @MrMickMars, @NikkiSixx, @MrTommyLand
For MÖTLEY CRÜE publicity contact, MSO: 818-380-0400:
Libby Coffey x224, LCoffey@msopr.com
Alexandra Greenberg x223, AGreenberg@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider x235, MSchneider@msopr.com
Bari Lieberman x222 (tour press), BLieberman@msopr.com
Tenth Street Entertainment/The Eleven Seven Music Group:
Corey Brewer 212-293-8430, coreyb@10thst.com
Jessica Ricci 212-293-8429, jessicar@10thst.com
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