Hear Motley Crue’s Defiant New Song ‘Cancelled’

Motley Crue have launched the title observe to their new Cancelled EP.

It’s the third and last tune to be launched from the band’s first assortment of recent music for the reason that departure of founding guitarist Mick Mars, following “Dogs of War” and a canopy of the Beastie Boys’ “Fight for Your Right.”

“Cancelled” sticks nearer to the Motley Crue’s basic sound than the earlier two songs, with a strutting guitar riff and drum beat that might sound correct at house on 1987’s Girls, Girls, Girls. “Woke up in the morning, just got cancelled,” Vince Neil sings. “Daily Mail is such a handful / Take a shot, throw a hand grenade / Monkeys on the internet got it made / ….Speak your mind you might get cancelled / Call me trash, burn down my castle.” 

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Tommy Lee informed Bill Maher concerning the inspiration behind the brand new tune final yr. “There was this article that was like, ‘How did Motley Crue ever not get cancelled?” And we had been like, ‘Fuck, we received to put in writing a tune about that as a result of we did not ever get it,” the drummer explained on the Club Random podcast. “We snuck in underneath no matter threshold, wherever that was, the place we received away with fucking homicide.”

Motley Crue Set to Return to Las Vegas and the Sunset Strip

Next week, Motley Crue will return to the Los Angeles clubs where their career started for three charity fundraising “Hollywood Takeover” shows. They’ll perform at the Troubadour on Oct. 7, the Roxy on Oct. 9 and the Whisky a Go Go on Oct. 11.

Yesterday the group announced a new Las Vegas residency, set to kick off on March 28, 2025. Motley Crue promises to “take the viewers on a journey again to their gritty rock beginnings” with a revamped set list. “The tell-all present will immerse the viewers within the band’s historical past, main throughout their record-breaking Stadium Tour.”

Hear Motley Crue Perform ‘Cancelled’