The group that was once described as the world's most notorious rock band is coming to Estevan.
The City of Estevan announced Monday morning that MÖtley Crüe will play Spectra Place May 4.
Featuring lead singer Vince Neil, bass player Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars, MÖtley Crüe is one of the best selling bands in history with over 80 million albums sold.
They also became known as one of the hardest partying groups in rock history after breaking out of Los Angeles in the early '80s with the hit album Shout at the Devil. That success was followed by the release of Theatre of Pain, Girl, Girls Girls and Dr. Feelgood which all went platinum and produced a string of hit songs such as Home Sweet Home, Wild Side and Kickstart My Heart.
After going through some lineup changes in the '90s, the original MÖtley Crüe lineup regrouped in the latter part of the decade and remains one of the top live acts in rock.
Despite not producing a new album since 2008, MÖtley Crüe recently enjoyed a run of sold out shows at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
They are currently on tour with KISS in Australia and will kick off their largest ever tour of Canada April 20 in Penticton, B.C. In all they will hit 18 cities on the tour.
The fact that MÖtley Crüe is on tour with KISS is somewhat ironic as local rock fans were given a brief stir last week after it was reported that Gene Simmons had posted on his website that the legendary band would be in Estevan in July.
It was later announced by the City that not only was KISS not booked to play Spectra Place, they hadn't even spoken to representatives of the band.
Canadian band Big Wreck will provide the opening act for the tour. Big Wreck was recently in Estevan as part of a double headlining tour with Theory of a Deadman.
Tickets for the show will go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at Henders Drugs in Estevan or online at ticketmaster.ca
