During their career, Motley Crue made a significant error, which Nikki Sixx will now reveal
Nikki Sixx, the bassist for Motley Crue, discussed the period when the band’s retirement occurred in 2015. During an interview with People, Sixx stated that the band’s choice to retire was evidently a mistake. “We were wrong in retiring, obviously,” he remarked. “We want to just relook at our songs and [incorporate] songs that people have been asking us to play for a long time, maybe some B-tracks, some different tracks, and rethink the idea of an intimate evening with the band,” Sixx added. “We want to incorporate songs that people have been asking us to play for a little while now.” Despite the fact that we are in the beginning stages of the creative process, we do not like to repeat ourselves. What we want to do for Vegas is something truly remarkable.
“Of those days, they have long since passed. I am of the opinion that the life that we had and the experiences that we were fortunate to have are not going to be able to be replicated by any future generations. “We were there at a time, and the time was not what a lot of people think it is, by the way,” remarked the bassist for the Crue group. Moving forward is the most important thing for us. The fact that Motley Crue is still having successful singles 43 years after the band’s inception is evidence that we do not really want to be living in the past. We are still touring and performing in stadiums. Not only are you a part of your history, but we are also a part of our future.
In response to the question of why the band made the decision to “un-retire,” the drummer Tommy Lee stated, “That was about it.” All of us said our goodbyes. The 32nd and 33rd years of our lives were at their most enjoyable. No more of us. If you want to go out on top, this is the best way to do it ever. “Mic drop, boom, see you later,” No more of us. That was the end of it. It is over now. We didn’t really communicate with one another for what seemed like a whole year. Everyone went their separate ways and did what they wanted to do.
We were all like, ‘Ehhh…’ when Live Nation asked us whether we would be interested in doing a stadium tour four years later. “And here it is today, four years later,” And after that, we gave it some thought for a brief moment. The thought occurred to us that this is the one thing that this band has never done before. Yes, we have performed in stadiums at festivals all over the world, but what about our very own concerts in stadiums? What we were saying was, “Hold on. So, let us give this some thought. That’s OK,'” he conceded.
As part of the Cessation of Touring agreement that they signed in 2015, the band announced that they would no longer be performing. On the other hand, seven years later, they had the opportunity to perform for big crowds at music festivals when co-headlining The Stadium Tour and The World Tour alongside Def Leppard.
The most recent interview took place shortly after Motley Crue made the announcement that they will be doing 11 gigs at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas during the following year, beginning on March 28 and ending on April 19. Since their previous residencies in 2012 and 2013, this will be their first time returning to the beautiful city of Las Vegas. In the year 2022, Vince Neil had said that the band was exploring the possibility of performing again. On March 28 and 29, as well as on April 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, and 19, the performances are scheduled to take place. All of the band’s most popular songs will be performed during “The Las Vegas Residency.”