MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist MICK MARS To Release Solo Album In April 2020
November 30, 2019, 5 years ago
Responding to a fan's Twitter comment on his forthcoming and highly anticipated solo album, Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars revealed that the record will be released in April 2020.
His comment: "No one will ever stand in the way of my solo record. Ever. Watch for it in April 2020."
Check out the exchange below.
I mean I guessed Mick's record was almost finished, but it's just one of those things that you believe are true and still want to hear that they're true.
— Vince Vengeance (@dammit_vince) 25. November 2019
Now guess who is happy.
On November 25th, Mars posted the following message via Instagram:
"While I was clearly joking about the free tickets that night on TMS (That Metal Show), I was also deeply convinced that we would never ever be touring again. I would never have expected to be facing a whole new generation of fans demanding to see us play. In fact, touring with MÖTLEY CRÜE comes at a weird place in time, since my solo record is almost complete after such a long time of writing and recording. But, I put our fans first. Anyways, I am eating a lot of crow and humble pie this Thanksgiving for those remarks and accept that some of you see this as me being dishonest. I said what I said and I was wrong. Peace."
Mars was responding to a statement he made back in 2014 on That Metal Show, which can be seen below. Mick was asked if Mötley Crüe would ever reunite after their final tour, to which he answered, "Let me put it this way. If that happens, I will invite the world to come for free."
The official Mötley Crüe website has been updated with the following:
Almost 6 years after signing a Cessation of Touring agreement, the contract is off the table because a whole new generation of Crüeheads are relentlessly demanding for the band to come back together. Following the huge success of their Netflix biopic The Dirt, Mötley Crüe has seen a massive surge in new audience. And the band best known for breaking the rules has destroyed their cessation of touring contract in true Mötley Crüe-fashion, by literally blowing it up (see video below).
After 35 years together on stage, and 30 years since the release of Dr. Feelgood, the members of Mötley Crüe parted ways without speaking to each other after their Final Show on December 31, 2015. Vince, Nikki, Mick and Tommy didn’t come together again until 2018 to participate in the making of The Dirt movie, which unexpectedly brought them closer together again including seeing them head back into the recording studio after having gone in their own directions for several years. The fuse was lit.
“Since playing Tommy Lee in The Dirt, so many of my fans have said how they wish they could've seen the real Mötley Crüe play live,” said Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly). “I never thought I would see the day when this would become a reality. But the fans spoke and Mötley Crüe listened!”
The Dirt currently enjoys an audience score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. And its massive global success earlier this year saw Mötley Crüe’s popularity rush to new highs, catapulting the band’s music back to the top of the worldwide charts with the younger 18-44 demographic now representing 64% of the band’s fanbase. Moreover, in the six months following the release of The Dirt, Mötley Crüe has celebrated a meteoric rise of almost 350% increase in streams of their music across all streaming platforms. However, most of the new fans have never seen any of the legendary live shows that Crüeheads have relished for close to 4 decades.
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Rolling Stone reported that Mötley Crüe will be hitting the road next year for a US stadium tour with fellow hard rock acts Poison and Def Leppard. Stay tuned for complete details, expected soon.