Looking to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the “Wild Side?” You’re in luck, because the bad boys of rock ‘n’ roll Mötley Crüe are bringing “Crüe Year’s Eve” to Acrisure Arena.
Doors for the Dec. 31 concert will open at 8:30 p.m. and the show will start at 10 p.m. Mötley Crüe will perform through midnight to celebrate the New Year on stage with fans.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 at ticketmaster.com.
It’s not a Mötley Crüe concert without the special effects, pyrotechnics and theatrical elements. In a statement, Acrisure Arena Senior Vice President John Page described the show as a “unique celebration for fans.”
Mötley Crüe is known best for hard partying, famous girlfriends and 1980s-era hits like “Girls, Girls, Girls” and “Dr. Feelgood.”
‘Not just a concert’
“It’s not just a concert; it’s a special event to close out the year with the Mötley Crüe experience. The energy and showmanship they bring are unparalleled, and there’s no better way to ring in the New Year than with this legendary band,” Page said. “Acrisure Arena is honored to be the exclusive host for Mötley Crüe’s only scheduled performance and final show of 2023.”
In 2022, Mötley Crüe, which features Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, embarked on a U.S. stadium tour with rock bands Poison, Def Leppard and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. It was the band’s first tour since its farewell tour in 2015.
Following the tour, the band announced the departure of guitarist Mick Mars, who was retiring for medical reasons.
The band said in a statement that they “accept Mick’s decision to retire from the band due to the challenges with his health” as Mars struggled with ankylosing spondylitis. They promised to “carry out Mick’s wish” by moving forward with the band’s 2023 tour, announcing guitarist John 5 would be performing in Mars’ place.
But in April, Mars filed a lawsuit against the band for allegedly kicking him out as he struggles with ankylosing spondylitis. Mars’ attorneys allege in the 29-page lawsuit that the band planned to oust him, “to fire him as a director of the corporation, to fire him as an officer of the corporation, and to take away his shares of the corporation.”
Mars’ lawsuit outlines years of legal trouble and drug addiction related to other band members. It also alleges that the guitarist was the only one who played live for all of his final tour dates, while other members used recordings.
Desert Sun reporter Brian Blueskye covers arts and entertainment. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @bblueskye.
