According to Billboard.com, veteran rock band MÖTLEY CRÜE is second among the current list of Hot Tours based on totals from its Dead of Winter Canadian Tour that played ten cities during January and February (BILLY JOEL and ELTON JOHN’s Face To Face tour is #1). Totals from eight of those concerts were reported during the past week with an overall gross of $2.8 million ($3 million Canadian) earned at the box office. Of those eight shows, the top attendance came at Edmonton’s Rexall Place, home arena for the NHL’s Oilers. The January 27 event produced over half-a-million Canadian dollars in gross ticket sales. The band’s short Canadian trek follows a busy 2009 on the road beginning with last year’s Saints of Los Angeles Tour in North America and Europe as well as the second consecutive summer Crüe Fest Tour that played July through September.

Coming in third place is GUNS N' ROSES featuring Axl Rose and new guitarist, DJ Ashba from SIXX:A.M. With six venues submitting totals during the most recent reporting period, combined grosses topped $2.6 million (over $2.7 million Canadian). The 17,500-seat arena Rexall Place in Edmonton produced the band’s top gross and attendance on January 17 just as it did for Mötley Crüe 10 days later.

A new album from Sixx:A.M. is expected sometime this year. Tonight (February 18th), you can listen to Nikki Sixx (bassist) and James Michael (vocals) on Nikki’s new radio show Sixx Sense. Nikki and James will be discussing the upcoming Sixx:A.M. album. Fans can listen to Sixx Sense at www.sixxsense.com.