Mötley Crüe recently announced tour dates for 2026 to celebrate both the 20th anniversary of their “Carnival Of Sins” tour and the 45th anniversary of the band. The group returned to the live stage earlier this year for a Last Vegas residency following a hiatus due to health issues surrounding singer Vince Neil who revealed he had suffered a stroke. Neil said he had to learn to walk again, and his road to recovery was a challenge.
During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk, Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx talked about Neil’s Vegas performances. “I’m proud of him, the fact that he had the courage to get up there,” Sixx said. “And when the whole thing went down and he had the stroke and we had to cancel the first residency, there was doubt. We didn’t know, like, is he going to recover from this? And I know he had fear. But you put the time in, and there’s a lot of stuff that you can do.
Sixx continued: “Your health is everything. I don’t care how big your band is. I don’t care how big of a star you are. I don’t care how wealthy you tell people you are. If you don’t have your health, you’ve really got nothing. We’ve worked all these years, 40 years together, and been touring the world, and now it’s something that could literally make it so he could never get on stage again. So the fact that he did get on stage… And I’m appreciative that he went out and talked about (his health scare), because there’s a lot of people that when stuff goes wrong in their life — and I could just speak about myself with addiction — people either write them off or they can’t survive it. They can’t survive it. And we were there, and we were there the whole time along, talking to him and him focusing on doctors and health and stuff. And we spent a lot of time in rehearsal to give him that opportunity to really get that muscle in shape, the vocal cords. And I was so happy. It just sounded so good. And it felt good.”
Guitarist John 5 previously told Trunk: “Well, we didn’t really know (how he would sound), but when we got into rehearsal, we were, like, ‘Oh. He’s moving good.’ And then he started singing, and we were, like, ‘Oh my God, he’s singing great, actually.’ So I don’t know what happened, but he is — I’ve been in the band for three years now, and he’s singing so well. I’m, like, ‘Wow, this is incredible.’ And he looks great. And I just go into his room all the time and tell him how proud I am of him. Because he said he had to learn how to walk again and all that stuff. I mean, that’s serious stuff. So maybe he was just, like, ‘Oh, okay, and then just everything clicked. I mean, he’s killing it. And there’s no tracks or anything like that. He’s just singing great… When I heard ‘Home Sweet Home’, I was, like, ‘Holy shit. This is really, really great.’ So I’m just so proud of him. And the guys in the band were, like, ‘This is some of the best shows we’ve ever done.’ So, we’re super, super excited.”
