MÖTLEY CRÜE: Mexico, Argentina, Japan Tour Dates Announced
August 14, 2008MÖTLEY CRÜE has scheduled the following tour dates in Mexico, Argentina and Japan:
Oct. 03 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Arena VFG
Oct. 05 - Mexico City, Mexico - The Sports Place
Oct. 07 - Monterrey, Mexico - Monterrey Arena
Oct. 11 - Buenos Aires, ARG - Pepsi Festival
Oct. 19 - Tokyo, JPN - Super Arena
Oct. 21 - Fukuoka, JPN - Zepp
Oct. 22 - Hamamatsu, JPN - Actcity
Oct. 23 – Nagoya, JPN - Zepp
Oct. 25 - Osaka, JPN - Jo Hall
Oct. 26 - Tokyo, JPN - Super Arena
A teaser for MÖTLEY CRÜE's video for the song "Mutherfucker of the Year" can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's new album, "Saints of Los Angeles", which has sold 194,000 copies in the United States since its June 24 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD is MÖTLEY CRÜE's first studio album since 2000's "New Tattoo", which has sold a little over 200,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The band's last studio effort with all of its original members was 1997's "Generation Swine", which debuted and peaked at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, and has sold more than 300,000 units.
According to Billboard, the 99,000 bow of "Saints" represented the biggest sales week for MÖTLEY CRÜE since Christmas week of 1991, when its hits package "Decade of Decadence" sold 121,000.
"Saints of Los Angeles" is loosely based on the band's memoir, "The Dirt", which was published in 2001.
MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Crüe Fest" kicked off on July 1 in West Palm Beach, Florida and will hit 40 cities before wrapping up in late August.
MÖTLEY CRÜE's most recent tour in 2005/2006 grossed $46.3 million and drew more than 960,000 people to 125 concerts, according to Billboard Boxscore.
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