Report: TOMMY LEE Settles Lawsuit With Former Assistant

February 23, 2012, 12 years ago

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Starpulse.com reports:

Rocker Tommy Lee has agreed to pay a former assistant $400,000 and issue a public apology to settle a dispute over unpaid wages.

Michael Sullivan launched legal action against the MÖTLEY CRÜE star in December, claiming he was regularly asked to be "on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week" during his six-year employment with Lee, but did not receive full payment for the extra hours worked.

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Classic Rock Revisited recently issued a review from Mötley Crüe's February 10th residency show at The Joint in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. An excerpt is available below:

"The set list was weighted with songs from 1989 and back, with four songs from their debut album being performed. In fact, all but three songs came from Too Fast For Love, Shout At The Devil, Theater Of Pain, Girls Girls Girls and Dr. Feelgood. The three songs performed from outside of the bands’ heyday were 'Primal Scream' from Decade of Decadence, 'Saints Of Los Angeles' from the band’s latest studio album of the same name and 'Afraid' from Generation Swine. The heavy emphasis on the classics went over well as the crowd sang along with every word, half the time singing by themselves as vocalist Vince Neil spent a lot of time with his microphone pointed towards the crowd.

It should be noted that Neil, who has often been berated for off key and sloppy vocal performances earned, on this night, a solid B. He struggled at times, most notably during the acoustic set on the song 'Without You' when he sounded like a cat being woken out of a deep slumber by someone stepping on its tail. In all fairness, however, Vince was having issues with his inner ear microphone at the time and could not hear himself. During other tunes, including 'Too Fast For Love' and 'On With The Show' Neil sounded great.

Vince’s vocals were as acceptable as some of the sloppy guitar and bass playing that muddied the sound in The Joint. It was not a stellar musical performance, yet it was highly entertaining, loud and, all in all, more than good enough to have one hell of a good time.

Let’s be real, this is Mötley Crüe we’re talking about, not the London Symphony Orchestra. Some slop and mud is expected coming from the sickest and sleaziest band to ever take the stage. People don’t want Mötley Crüe sounding perfect; they want them raw and powerful, and raw and powerful is exactly what they got at the Hard Rock on this night. The band played a set of classic songs that had the audience eating out of their hand.

The musical highlight of the evening came directly after the acoustic set as Mötley pounded outa fist raising rendition of 'Looks That Kill' that featured a nasty distorted guitar solo from the hunched over Mick Mars. The guitarist thrilled audiences with a killer guitar solo in which he was joined by two other Mick Mars; the real Mick and two holographic Micks. The three jammed away making their guitars howl, screech and scream in pain. At the end of the solo the two processed Micks’ blew up leaving only the real one, as the band joined him onstage and blasted out 'Piece of Your Action'."

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The setlist on the night was as follows:

'Live Wire'

'Wild Side'

'Too Fast For Love'

'Saints Of Los Angeles'

'Shout At The Devil'

'Afraid'

'Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)'

- guitar solo -

'Without You' (acoustic version)

'On With The Show' (acoustic version)

'Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)' (acoustic version)

- drum solo -

'Looks That Kill'

'Piece Of Your Action'

'Primal Scream'

'Dr. Feelgood'

'Smokin' In The Boys Room'

'Girls, Girls, Girls'

Encore

'Home Sweet Home'

A behind-the-scenes look at the opening weeked is available below:


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