Mötley Crüe w/ Alice Cooper at Xcel Center, St Paul (05 Aug 2015)
Mötley Crüe Setlist
Intro: So Long, Farewell (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
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Tour Dates
08/20/15 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
08/22/15 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
08/23/15 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
08/24/15 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
08/26/15 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
08/28/15 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
08/29/15 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
08/30/15 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
09/02/15 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
09/04/15 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
09/05/15 Houston, TX Toyota Center
09/06/15 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
09/08/15 Monterrey, Mexico Arena Monterrey
09/10/15 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Ciudad
09/19/15 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Rock In Rio
10/05/15 Hidalgo, TX State Farm Arena
10/07/15 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
10/08/15 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
10/10/15 Evansville, IN Ford Center
10/11/15 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
10/13/15 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
10/14/15 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
10/16/15 Bridgeport, CT Webster Bank Arena
10/17/15 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
10/18/15 Bangor, ME Cross Insurance Center
11/02/15 Newcastle upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena
11/03/15 Manchester Manchester Arena
11/04/15 Birmingham Genting Arena
11/06/15 London The SSE Arena, Wembley
11/08/15 Stuttgart Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle
11/09/15 Basel, Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
11/10/15 Assago, Italy Mediolanum Forum
11/12/15 Monte Carlo, Monaco Sporting Club
11/13/15 Munich, Germany Zenith
11/14/15 Dusseldorf, Germany ISS Dome
11/16/15 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe
11/18/15 Helsinki, Finland Hartwall Arena
11/20/15 Abu Dhabi Emirates du Arena
12/04/15 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
12/07/15 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford
12/08/15 Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center
12/10/15 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
12/12/15 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
12/13/15 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
12/15/15 Portland, OR Moda Center
12/17/15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
12/19/15 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
12/20/15 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
12/22/15 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
12/27/15 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
12/28-12/31 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
When Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper came through last November as part of the Crüe’s Final Tour, many thought it was the last local farewell, with people paying in the thousands on the secondary market, for prime seats to their heroes’ last ride into the sunset.
But, time and the allure of additional money earned, was too hard to pass up, so the band has made another leg around the country, stopping again at major markets and hitting secondary cities as well, so that as many as possible can get their last glimpse before it all winds up in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve.
Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ was tacked on the end of the band’s own, ‘In God We Trust’ and Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ finished their 30 min. set, with Cusimano leaving the stage for a run through the floor to high-five fans along the way.
The band was generally tight, led by triple guitarists Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen, and Nita Strauss (she recently of Iron Maidens tribute band) with Strauss ably replacing the departed Orianthi, though maybe playing with slightly less flash.
Alice was entertaining as always, and in reasonably good voice, though somewhat on auto-pilot, as he didn’t say much between songs, perhaps eager to get as much music in, as the 50 min. set time allowed.
As a reflection of the audience’s age, later Cooper hits like ‘Poison’ got as much or more applause than some of the ‘70s numbers.
Mötley Crüe decided to soften everyone up with a family-friendly ‘Sound of Music’ intro track before things turned dark, a beating heart could be heard, and the band entered to dive in head first into their 105 min. set with the motorcycle intro roars of ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’.
The foursome was all dressed in black- guitarist Mick Mars more mobile and playing stronger than expected, drummer Tommy Lee shirtless and still clearly having fun, and bassist Nikki Sixx in spiked hair and warpaint, singing into a flaming and dangling pentagram mic.
Pyro was plentiful, with explosions happening numerous times during just the opening track and the band continued in high gear with ‘Wild Side’. Singer Vince Neil, while still entertaining, has lost some of the range he had during the band’s glam days, often holding the mic to the crowd, instead of trying to reach some of the high notes he once did (especially on the early songs).
Spoken profanities were as plentiful as the pyro (always expected at a Crüe show), though Sixx, clearly the heart of the band, did make a heartfelt speech mid-way through about the band’s history, using a knife analogy and telling of their perseverance and overcoming all odds.
After an arena-raising ‘Dr. Feelgood’ and ‘Kickstart my Heart’ (two of Mars’ greatest intro riffs) ended the main set, the band re-emerged on a smaller b-stage, located behind the soundboard, that raised and lowered 25 feet with a dozen diehard fans who paid an additional $745 for the privilege, in tow.
After thirty-four years of addictions, internal squabbles, record company woes, scandals, deaths, near-deaths, and so much more, Mötley Crüe has earned the right to go out on their own terms… which is just what they are doing.
