Motley Crue members have signed a contract binding them to retirement.
If you're a Motley Crue fan and you live in New Zealand, you've been waiting a long time to see the legendary hellraisers perform live.
Your wait is over: the Crue have confirmed they'll perform at Auckland's Vector Arena on Saturday, May 9, with Alice Cooper coming along for the
ride.
But the Los Angeles rockers' first show here will also be their last: it's part of the Crue's farewell tour, which started in July last year and is set to conclude with a New Year's show at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles at the end of 2015.
They really mean it: the band's four members - Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Vince Neil - have signed a Cessation of Touring contract binding them to their decision retire the band after that final show. There won't be any comebacks and that's sad news for fans - Motley Crue's career has become the stuff of rock legend, lasting 34 years across four decades and resulting in nine albums of classic hard rock, and plenty of stories of rock star excess.
Opening act Alice Cooper was last here in 2011 for a show we described at the time as "a nightmare of a night" with "gory and gonzo-like theatrics".
