Motley Crue took a stroll down reminiscence lane this week with their “Hollywood Takeover,” a sequence of membership exhibits on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip the place they obtained their begin greater than 40 years in the past.

The stunt took the hard-living rockers to the Troubadour on Oct. 7, the Roxy on Oct. 9 and the Whisky a Go Go on Oct. 11. You can see photographs from their Roxy efficiency under.

From the starting, Motley Crue knew make an entrance and captivate an viewers with over-the-top stunts, together with lighting bassist Nikki Sixx on hearth. They continued this pattern for his or her first Hollywood Takeover present when a rubbish truck deposited them on the avenue exterior the Troubadour earlier than a crowd of a number of hundred followers.

“It was all about music, and putting on the biggest show ever,” Sixx instructed Classic Rock in 2020. “From the get-go we’ve always been about fashion and melody and songs and energy onstage. There’s really early videos of us playing the Starwood Club in ’81 and we’re giving 150%, and that was right in the middle of new wave, everyone was shaking their heads and doing little handclaps. We didn’t say ‘we’re gonna be different,’ we just were.”

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Motley Crue’s New Music and Vegas 2025 Plans

Motley Crue simply launched a three-song EP titled Cancelled and will carry out on Sunday at Aftershock pageant in Sacramento, California, for his or her final at the moment scheduled present of the yr. They’ll decide again up in late March for his or her third Las Vegas residency, consisting of 11 exhibits at Dolby Live at Park MGM.

“Motley Crue and Las Vegas have always been the perfect combination of extravagance and decadence,” the band mentioned in a shared assertion. “We’ve always loved the idea of the Vegas residency, because we’ve always loved the idea of staying in one location to build a unique show for the fans. We’re excited to get into rehearsals and work up a lot of songs that have been requested by the fans for years.”