MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke with MusicRadar.com about the band's impending retirement, heralded by The Final Tour. An excerpt is available below:

Nikki: “This tour has to top everything we’ve done before and it will. It has to, we have no choice. We’re just in preliminary conversations and looking at things we want to involve with the show.

"I call them shapes. When you look at our sets you think, ‘That’s a little bit off.’ We always start with the shapes. Like Carnival of Sins, when you walked into the arena you went, ‘Everything seems a little bit titled.’ Everything was a little bit titled, just enough to make you realise something was off and then we started building it from there.

"We’re just getting all of our ideas together, and then we plug the songs in. Nobody wants to see Mötley Crüe for the last time and not hear every single hit. That would be the worst thing. Can you imagine a band on their final tour, like going to see Aerosmith for the final time and they don’t play Dream On? They’ll be none of that, we’ll be playing all of the hits.”

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Mötley Crüe's final tour dates, featuring ALICE COOPER:

July

2 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
4 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
5 - Noblesville, IN - Klipsch Music Center
6 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
8 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
9 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
11 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena
12 - Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena
13 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
15 - Cedar Park, TX - Cedar Park Center
16 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
18 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater
19 - Phoenix, AZ - AK-Chin Pavilion
21 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
22 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amp
23 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
25 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
26 - Ridgefield, WA - Sleep County Amphitheater
27 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater
29 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater
30 - Chula Vista, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater

August

1 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amp
2 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
3 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
5 - Sturgis, SD - Sturgis Buffalo Chip
6 - Sioux City, IA - Tyson Events Center
8 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
9 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
10 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amp
12 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
13 - Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
15 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amp
16 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
17 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amp
19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
20 - Virginia Beach, VA - Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
22 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
23 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
24 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
26 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing. Arts Center
27 - Allentown, PA - Great Allentown Fair
29 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
30 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
31 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

October

10 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Arena
11 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia W. Mitchell Pavilion
12 - Bossier City, LA - CenturyLink Center
14 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
15 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
17 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Live
19 - Jacksonville, FL - Veterans Memorial Arena
21 - Greenville, SC - Bon Secours Wellness Arena
22 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
25 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Events Center Phoenix - AK-Chin Pavilion
26 - Montville, CT - Mohegan Sun
29 - Syracuse, NY - The OnCenter Complex

November

5 - Biloxi, MS - Mississippi Coast College
6 - Southaven, MS - Landers Center
9 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center
11 - Green Bay, WI - Resch Center
12 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
13 - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Center
15 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
16 - Fargo, ND - FargoDome
18 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
19 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
21 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena