MÖTLEY CRÜE To Perform Dr. Feelgood In It's Entirety On Crüe Fest 2; Limited Edition Album Reissue This Spring
March 2, 2009, 15 years ago
MÖTLEY CRÜE announced today they will perform the entire album, Dr. Feelgood, from beginning to end at every performance on their Summer festival tour, Crüe Fest 2.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Dr. Feelgood, which became the Crüe’s first #1 album on the Billboard charts. To celebrate the anniversary, the band plans to theme the second edition of their festival tour with imagery inspired by Dr. Feelgood. Mötley Crüe will reveal details of the tour at a major press conference from the Fuse TV studios on March 16th in New York City and Fuse will air press conference highlights at 9 PM ET/PT that evening.
Pre-sale tickets for Crüe Fest 2 are available to the public today. Visit www.CrueFest2.com for details.
Eleven Seven Music/Mötley Records will re-release Dr. Feelgood later this spring. Originally released on September 1st, 1989, Dr. Feelgood reached #1 on the Billboard Charts and went on to sell more than 7 million copies worldwide, producing 5 Billboard Hot 100 hits. The title track which reached #7 on the Hot 100 and earned the band their first two Grammy nominations (Best Hard Rock Performance: 'Dr Feelgood' in 1989 and 'Kickstart My Heart' in 1990).
Notes Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, "On this summer's Crue Fest we really wanted to give the fans something they've never seen before. And since its the 20th Anniversary of the release of Dr. Feelgood, we figured what better way to celebrate than to play it live TOP TO BOTTOM every night."
Crüe Fest 2 will kick off Sunday, July 19 at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. Pre-sale tickets are now available at this location.
Tour dates:
July
19 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center21 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
22 - Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
27 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater
28 - Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheater
30 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
31 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Ampitheater
August
1 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino3 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
4 - Englewood, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
5 - Albuquerque, NM - Hournal Pavilion
7 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
8 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
9 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
11 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
12 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
15 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
16 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
19 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
21 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
22 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
23 - Raleigh, NC - TWC Music Pavilion
29 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
30 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September
1 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center4 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
5 - Darien Lake, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Mötley Crüe's upcoming two-disc DVD called Crue Fest 1 2008 which will be in stores in the US on March 24th and in Canada on April 7th via Universal Music.
The tracklist is as follows:
Disc 1: Mötley Crüe
'Mötley Crüe Opening', 'Kickstart My Heart', 'Wild Side', 'Shout At The Devil', 'Saints Of Los Angeles', 'Live Wire', 'Sick Love Song', 'Tit E Cam', 'Mother Fucker Of the Year', 'Don't Go Away Mad', 'Same Ole Situation', 'Primal Scream', 'Looks That Kill', 'Girls Girls Girls', 'Dr. Feelgood', 'Home Sweet Home'.
Disc 2:
TRAPT - 'Headstrong', 'Contagious'
SIXX:A.M. - 'Life Is Beautiful', 'Pray For Me'
PAPA ROACH - 'Last Resort', 'Forever', 'Time Is Running Out'
BUCKCHERRY - 'Lit Up', 'Sorry', 'Crazy Bitch'
Universal Music Canada are screening Crue Fest 1 2008 as a one-night only event nationally with Cineplex on March 26th. More information to follow.