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Doc McGhee has responded to Jon Bon Jovi’s recent claim that the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival was organized as part of a plea deal to keep the manager out of jail. McGhee – who represented Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Skid Row and Scorpions throughout the ‘80s – was busted in 1982 for his involvement with drug smugglers bringing tons of marijuana into America. The manager was facing up to 30 years in prison but was able to avoid jail time. In a recent interview with Conan O’Brien, Bon Jovi insisted the concert was part of the deal. “To keep...

June Dance | May 27, 2021 | Julien Daian Quintet - Topic Featured Artist: Sylvain Gontard Bass Guitar: Tommaso Montagnani Drums: Octave Ducasse Flute: Cyril Benhamou Piano: Edouard Monnin Saxophone: Julien Daïan Trumpet: Alex Tassel Trumpet: Sylvain Gontard Composer: Julien Daïan

Nikki Sixx says that MÖTLEY CRÜE originally invited VAN HALEN's David Lee Roth to share the bill with them and DEF LEPPARD on "The Stadium Tour" but that David passed. "I don't open for bands that I influenced," the CRÜE bassist says Roth told him, according to the Los Angeles Times. Back in October 2019, Roth reflected on the influence of VAN HALEN on bands that followed, telling KKLZ's "The Mike & Carla Morning Show": "Hair bands were the imitations of VAN HALEN. Yeah, it is true, and spandex was what they came up with as something visual. I started...

It’s no secret that Tommy Lee is no fan of Donald Trump – but in this week’s Big Issue magazine he details just how far he is willing to go to escape four more years of the US President. The Mötley Crüe megastar has been hunkered down in his home studio in California working on new music while outside the state has been hit by Covid-19 and smoky skies due to wildfires. As new album Andro is about to be released, he comes up for air to give The Big Issue his opinion on the US election. So what does...

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee posted a lengthy political rant on Tuesday, and he appeared to say ‘McPence’ is in the closet, though it may have been just part of his insult. Tommy Lee revealed an awful paycheck from Motley Crue’s ‘The Dirt’ yesterday. “You Trumpsters better pray that liberals never gain control of the WH [White House] again because we are going to pay you back so f**king hard for all of this shit. Planned Parenthoods on every damn corner. We’re going to re-paint Air Force One, pussy hat pink and fly it over your beloved Bible Belt six...

Rose, whose band played Sunday in the Philippines, fired back at Trump on Twitter. “Um...actually...it’s a lack of federal funding that’s at the ‘root’ of the purported forest mismanagement. Only a demented n’ truly pathetic individual would twist that around n’ use a tragedy to once again misrepresent facts for attempted public/political gain at other’s expense,” the 56-year-old singer wrote. This isn’t the first time Rose has taken issue with Trump. Days before last week’s midterm elections, Rose tweeted that he’d formally asked the President to refrain from using Guns N' Roses songs at political rallies. “Just so ya know…...

God only knows if The Beach Boys will perform at Donald Trump's inauguration. The rock band still has not decided if they will perform at the presidential event on Jan. 20, according to People. A rep for the "God only Knows" musicians — once labeled "America's Band" by former president Ronald Reagan — said the group was definitely asked by Trump to perform at the event, People reported. However, they haven't made up their minds. Rockettes slated to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration John Legend posted a sweet snap with his wife Chrissy Teigen and their baby Luna with a...

Vince Neil is set to perform at the Presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on January 20. The singer tells Billboard he was asked about his availability “months ago.” The longtime Motley Crue frontman will be performing with his own band. Neil is also set to appear on the next season of Celebrity Apprentice with Arnold Schwarzenegger, airing on NBC this January. “The promoters asked if I was available, and I said yes,” Neil reveals. “So we sent all of the band’s passports to the Secret Service so everybody can get in, and all of the crew people,...

Middle East talk in Paris without Israel and the Palestinian Authority, floods in Paris reaching peak levels, China cracks down on Christian Churches and more than 1700 churches have been destroyed in the last two years, Obama issues proclamation declaring June as LGBT Pride month, Venezuela's socialist economy is coming to a standstill and the inflation rate is over 700 percent and the facial recognition system is coming into place with over 250 million video cameras been installed throughout the world.

Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe isn’t feeling good about President Obama anymore. The heavy metal band’s bassist was an Obama supporter but now says POTUS has been a disappointment. Knocking Obama for keeping up with celebrities, Sixx tweeted on Saturday, “Our president is commenting on Kanye, having Lindsey at his party and failing our economy. I used to believe in him but it's time for change!”

Iranian groupie 'risks life' for book on bedding famous rockers A self-proclaimed "slut" from Iran may become the target of Muslim extremists after she penned a book about having sex with the world's most famous rockers. Roxana Shirazi, who lived in Tehran until she was 10, claims to have had sexual encounters with members of Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Velvet Revolver, Papa Roach and Skid Row. Several editors and agents reportedly refused to work with her on the book, titled The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage, for fear of enraging the Muslim community. "I haven't attacked...

WEST HOLLYWOOD -- Firefighters are trying to determine the cause of a massive fire at a landmark strip club in West Hollywood. Firefighters were sent to "The Body Shop" strip club at 8250 Sunset Boulevard around 6:45 a.m. Thursday morning. Flames could be seen shooting through the roof. The fire was mainly confined to the attic, fire inspector Frank Garrido said. The fire was extinguished within an hour, but the building sustained about 70 percent damage. Sunset Blvd. was closed in both directions between La Cienega and Crescent Heights. People in nearby buildings were evacuated, but the fire was contained...

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 6, 2006 — Hide the Bats! Christopher Walken has agreed to play the ultimate bad-boy rocker — Ozzy Osbourne.. Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil told ABC News Radio in an exclusive interview that the 63-year-old Oscar-winning actor will make a cameo appearance as Osbourne in "The Dirt," a movie based on the band's controversial 2001 autobiography. "How funny is that going to be," Neil told ABC's Al Mancini at the Opening of Vince Neil Ink, the singer's new tattoo parlor in Las Vegas. Walken's press representatives did not immediately return a call to ABCNEWS.com for comment....

Judge Sides With Original Supernova In 'Rock Star' Suit Ruling requires Tommy Lee's band to change name following show's finale. David has defeated Goliath. According to a Tuesday (September 12) ruling by San Diego Judge John Houston, the producers of CBS' "Rock Star" are going to have to come up with an alternate name for Supernova, the band made up of Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee, Voivod's Jason Newsted and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke. Last month, the original Supernova — an Orange County, California, punk trio — filed for a preliminary injunction in San Diego's U.S. District Court...

ATLANTA Sep 18, 2005 — Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil is recovering from a leg injury after slipping off stage during a performance. The band was about five songs into the concert Friday night when Neil leaned over to sing along with the audience and slipped off stage, said police spokeswoman Sylvia Abernathy. "I just felt something snap in my leg," Neil wrote on the band's Web site. "I just couldn't go on." The band was forced to end the concert early. Neil was treated at Piedmont Hospital and released Saturday, hospital spokeswoman Diana Lewis said. The band said...

Nostalgia market wasn't ready to embrace that decade… and may never be Nikki Sixx, the bassist for the famously fast-living glam-rockers Motley Crue, thinks that even 24 years after its debut, his band still has a certain timeless aspect. “If you want to drop the tailgate, get some beer and go to a strip club, that's the Crue,” he said recently before a rehearsal for the band's new tour. Yet Sixx's band, which just released a two-disc career anthology, is returning at a particularly interesting moment. The music of the 1980s has re-entered the zeitgeist in a gigantic way. You...

'80s refrain restrained Bands like Duran Duran are selling lots of tickets but few albums. Nikki Sixx, bassist for the famously fast-living glam-rock outfit Motley Crüe, believes that even 24 years after their debut, his band still has a certain timeless aspect. "If you want to drop the tailgate, get some beer and go to a strip club, that's the Crüe,'' he said the other day before a rehearsal for the band's new tour. Yet Sixx's band, which just released a two-disc career anthology including 1987's "Girls, Girls, Girls'' and 1989's "Dr. Feelgood,'' is returning at a particularly apt moment....

LOS ANGELES: Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars is being sued for $US10 million ($NZ14.42 million) in palimony by a former girlfriend who has accused him of reneging on a promise to take care of her for life. According to the lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, the woman, Robbie Mantooth, said she met Mars in 1990 and the two became lovers. She said she gave up her career as a documentary filmmaker and moved into the heavy metal guitarist's Malibu home with him. She said Mars promised her repeatedly that he would always provide for her financially...

I don't know how many of you are watching the Tomight Show tonight, but it's a live show. Motley Crue was playing "Girls, Girls, Girls" and during the song Vince Neil turns to Tommy Lee and says, "Hey Tommy, Happy F***in' New Year!" Apparently there was no 7-second delay. Wonder if the FCC will do anything about this or if anyone will complain...

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee soon may be filming a reality TV show at the University Nebraska Lincoln.Lee, who helped Motely Crue record hard rock classics like 'Kickstart My Heart' and 'Smokin' in the Boys Room' could soon be hoping to put the doctorate in 'Dr. Feelgood.'Rolling Stone reported that the 42 year old has signed on to star in the series for NBC, in which cameras will follow Lee as he enrolls in college and experiences college life. UNL spokesman David Fitzgibbon confirmed Monday that NBC will soon film a reality show on campus although university officials wouldnt confirm...