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Mötley Crüe destroy “touring cessation” agreement in order to come out of retirement
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 19 November 2019
Remember when Mötley Crüe announced their final ever tour and even went so far as to sign paperwork promising never to play live together again?
I think we all wondered how long that would last at the time. And now we know. Five years. Nearly six. Which is probably longer than anyone expected. Anyway, they’re back now, and planning to tour again next year.
The band signed their “cessation of touring agreement” in 2014, playing what was supposed to be their last ever show on New Year’s Eve 2015.
However, something happened since then that no one could have predicted: Netflix. Well, OK, they could, because Netflix was very much up and running as a streaming service by then, and was already funding its own shows. So this was entirely predictable.
What I’m trying to tell you is that the band’s autobiography ‘The Dirt’ was turned into a show for Netflix, which has brought their music to a whole new audience. Tens of thousands of young people who never got the chance are now apparently clamouring to see them play. What’s a band to do? Let these poor kids down?
“Since playing Tommy Lee in ‘The Dirt’, so many of my fans have said how they wish they could’ve seen the real Mötley Crüe play live”, says Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly). “I never thought I would see the day when this would become a reality. But the fans spoke and Mötley Crüe listened!”
The band are reportedly set to tour US stadiums with Def Leppard and Poison in 2020. Dates are still to be announced. What about that contract though? Does no one remember the contract! That thing was legally binding. Probably. Well, it doesn’t matter now, because the band have blown it up, as shown in this video announcing their return:
