It’s been a bit of rough go for Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil during his recent solo performances. Two shows earlier this year drew criticism online for Neil slurring lyrics and relying on the audience to sing many portions of the songs. However, Mötley Crüe’s Stadium Tour alongside Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts looks to finally be happening after being postponed for two consecutive summers.
“It’s on! We don’t think we’ve ever looked forward more to kicking off a tour than this one,” said Mötley Crüe. “We can’t wait to finally see all the fans across North America again. Get ready for a wild ride this summer!” The Stadium Tour has added five new dates, four in Canada and one in Las Vegas, to its already lengthy trek.
“On behalf of the band, we’re beyond thrilled that the stadium tour is finally happening this summer,” Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott said in a statement. “It’s been a while coming and we can’t wait to get back on stage again and we can’t wait to see you in one of the many stadiums soon!” The year the tour was first announced, Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Joan Jett joined Bikini Kill onstage at one of their reunion concerts.
Mötley Crüe’s original “farewell” tour concluded in December of 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Mötley Crüe signed a “cessation of touring” agreement prior to the tour signifying the band’s retirement. “It was pretty interesting,” Sixx said in a recent interview with 98.3 CIFM. “We knocked it on the head because we felt like we had said everything we wanted to say. We felt that we were young enough where we had time left on the clock to do other stuff. And I think it ended in a really good way. We never intended on getting back together It was the movie (‘The Dirt’) … We always knew we were gonna do the movie. And then getting in a studio and making music was, like, ‘That was fun.’ I was, like, ‘Yeah, we’ll do some songs for the movie.’ And we got the movie. ‘It’s been great.’ High five. ‘Tommy, call me for sushi.’ And it started — it just started rolling and rolling. Now there’s, like, 83 or 84 million people who’ve seen the movie, and the phone calls started coming in from around the world.”
Sixx said that Mötley Crüe “owed it to ourselves to have that conversation, ’cause if three of us were, like, ‘Let’s go do it’ and the fourth was not, that’s what the contract was about. We couldn’t leave two guys behind and go out and have two versions of Mötley Crüe. So it was an exciting time, something to celebrate. And if there was any hem and hawing, it was around the idea of going and doing arenas. We’ve done arenas, we’ve done festivals. We just felt like it isn’t gonna get any bigger than how we ended it. And then came the, ‘No, no. They wanna do stadiums.’ And we were, like, ‘Ah, well, that’s a little different conversation.’ ‘And Def Leppard wants to do it with you. The whole thing.’ … We have some very, very cool things that are in development, let’s say. Different than anything we’ve done before.”
Here is the updated schedule for The Stadium Tour:
6/16 Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park
6/18 Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium
6/19 Orlando, FL @ Camping World Stadium
6/22 Washington, DC @ Nationals Park
6/24 Queens, NY @ Citi Field
6/25 Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park
6/28 Charlotte, NC @ Bank of America Stadium
6/30 Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium
7/2 Jacksonville, FL @ TIAA Bank Field
7/5 St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium
7/8 Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field
7/10 Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park
7/12 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
7/14 Cleveland, OH @ FirstEnergy Stadium
7/15 Cincinnati, OH @ Great American Ball Park
7/17 Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Field
7/19 Kansas City, MO @ Kauffman Stadium
7/21 Denver, CO @ Coors Field
8/5 Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
8/6 Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
8/8 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre (new date)
8/10 Orchard Park, NY @ Highmark Stadium
8/12 Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park
8/14 Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium
8/16 Indianapolis, IN @ Lucas Oil Stadium (new date)
8/19 Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park
8/21 San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome
8/22 Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field
8/25 Glendale, AZ @ State Farm Stadium
8/27 Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium
8/28 San Diego, CA @ Petco Park
8/31 Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park
9/2 Vancouver, BC @ BC Place (new date)
9/4 Edmonton, AB @ Commonwealth Stadium (new date)
9/7 San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
9/9 Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium (new date)
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