Fox News Host Greta Van Susteren spoke with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx yesterday (March 16th) about a number of topics including Crüe Fest 2. A few excerpts from the chat found here follow:

Van Susteren: So things are going pretty well for you.

Sixx: "It really is. There's a recession. Albums sales are down. People aren't buying books, they're not buying merchandise, they're not going to concerts. I don't see it. We believe that if you give real quality, you really care about what you're doing, people, they're looking for something."

Van Susteren: So the economy is not affecting your business?

Sixx: "People say it is. They just cancelled Ozzfest this year. And people were asking us, and we're going out with our second Cruefest. But we're not seeing the numbers be affected, but we're also doing it a little different. We don't have three stages. We have one stage. We might be adding a second stage. We really work on the numbers so it works right. We are just not throwing good money after bad money. We are really trying to make it right so we keep the ticket prices down. And it is a lot of work, it's a lot of responsibility for four guys who didn't go to high school."

Van Susteren: How many people travel with your entourage who put all this stuff together and carry it and move it to the next venue?

Sixx: "Seventy."

Van Susteren: So you do pay a lot of attention. If you're paying attention to the gas, the fuel, you're actually paying really close attention to this.

Sixx: "Yes. And the thing is, with a Motley Crue, what our fans know is that we try to keep the ticket prices down and we try to keep the pyro and the volume up. So, a lot of times, we do not put as much money in our pocket as people would think, because we choose to invest in our career. We choose to invest in doing this -- we have been doing this for 27 years. It must work. We always give back. We always give as much as we can to the show. We're always 150 percent with our energy and our time. And people keep coming."

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