Mötley Crüe is Working on New Music, Mick Mars Be Damned

April 14th, 2023 at 3:10pm
Hesher Keenan

They may be embroiled in a legal battle with their former guitarist Mick Mars, but that’s not stopping Mötley Crüe‘s Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, and John 5 from getting in the studio and writing some new tunes. We know this because Sixx shared a photo on his Twitter account of the three of them working at Riott House Studio in North Hollywood.

In a follow up tweet, the bassist that allegedly uses backing tracks in a live setting elaborated a little more on the band’s work:

We are writing.The creative process of songwriting has always been the heartbeat of our band. We’re gonna go in the big studio next week and record a few off the floor and see where it goes. We don’t have a definitive plan at this point.Just letting the songs guide us.— ???? (@NikkiSixx) April 13, 2023

Of course, all this is sure to only throw gas on the flames of an ongoing legal battle between the band and Mars, who said he intended to continue working with the band in the studio when he retired from touring. With John 5 now firmly in his spot in the band’s lineup, he’s now pretty much officially on the outside looking in.

All of this is in line with the fact that the band apparently saw Mars as already out of the band when he backed out of his touring responsibilities, but it’s still bound to cause some problems down the road. Things have already gotten ugly between the two camps and this certainly isn’t going to help things.

Who knows how this will all play out? Mötley Crüe are currently getting ready to commit crimes in concert in Europe by subjecting fans to Vince Neil’s singing or Sixx and Lee’s backing track shenanigans. You can check out the full list of dates below.

Motley Crue and Def Leppard: The World Tour 2023
Feb 10: Atlantic City, NJ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, US
Feb 11: Atlantic City, NJ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, US
Feb 18: Mexico City Foro Sol, MEX
Feb 21: Monterrey Estadio Banorte, MEX
Feb 25: Bogota Parque Simon Bolivar, COL
Feb 28: Lima Estadio Nacional, PER
Mar 03: Santiago Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, CHI
Mar 07: Sao Paulo Allianz Parque, BRA
Mar 09: Curitiba Estádio Couto Pereira, BRA
Mar 11: Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio, BRA
May 22: Sheffield Bramall Lane, UK
May 25: Mönchengladbach Sparkassen Park, GER
May 27: Munich Koenigsplatz, GER
May 29: Budapest MVM Dome, HUN
May 31: Krakow TAURON Arena Kraków, POL
Jun 02: Prague Rocks, CZE
Jun 03: Hannover Expo Plaza, GER
Jun 07: Solvesborg, Sweden Rock Festival, SWE
Jun 09: Helsinki RockFest, FIN
Jun 11: Trondheim Rocks, NOR
Jun 14: Copenhagen Copenhell, DEN
Jun 18: Dessel Graspop Metal Meeting, BEL
Jun 20: Milan Ippodromo SNAI San Siro, ITA
Jun 23: Lisbon Passeio Maritimo de Alges, POR
Jun 24: Rivas-Vaciamadrid Auditorio Miguel Ríos, SPA
Jun 27: Thun Stockhorn Arena, SWI
Jul 01: London Wembley Stadium, UK
Jul 02: Lytham Festival, UK
Jul 04: Dublin Marlay Park, Ireland
Jul 06: Glasgow Hampden Park, UK
Aug 05: Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome, NY
Aug 08: Columbus Ohio Stadium, OH
Aug 11: Fargo Fargodome, ND
Aug 13: Omaha Charles Schwab Field Omaha, NE
Aug 16: Tulsa H.A. Chapman Stadium, OK
Aug 18: El Paso Sun Bowl Stadium, TX

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