Notes From The Pit

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ROCK BANDS ON ONE STAGE

THE TOUR

SUMMER 2012

 
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 20, 2012) – Rock ‘n Roll doesn’t get any bigger than this! KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE… On the same stage… On the same night. This spectacle of spectacles announced today, KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE are
uniting to launch THE TOUR of 2012. The summer’s biggest, baddest rock
tour will level 40+ cities nationwide starting July 20th. The Live Nation promoted tour will go on sale beginning Friday, March 23rd at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.   Both bands will have fan club pre-sales beginning Wednesday, March 21st at 10am.

These
veterans of the music business are still at the height of their
popularity. KISS is the juggernaut of them all, with 3,000 licensed
merchandise products, including the KISS golf course in Las Vegas and a
new album. KISS has broken box office records set by The Beatles and
Elvis. MÖTLEY CRÜE is
the first rock band in history to have just completed an epic sold-out
Las Vegas residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The
band is best known for continuing to reinvent not only their live show
(with mind blowing elements such as Tommy Lee’s 360 drum roller coaster)
and music (brand new song due out this spring), but remain on the
cutting edge via social media interaction.  MÖTLEY CRÜE’s New York Times bestselling book The Dirt is currently being adapted into a major motion picture.  Last month, the band was featured in one of the highest rated Super Bowl ads of all time for the KIA Optima.

For tickets & VIP packages, including opportunities to meet KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE, please visit www.KISSonline.com or www.Motley.com

KISS AND MÖTLEY CRÜE THE TOUR:

DATE               CITY                                        VENUE

Jul 20               Bristow, VA                            Jiffy Lube Live

Jul 21               Virginia Beach, VA                 Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach

Jul 22               Raleigh, NC                              Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek

Jul 24               Atlanta, GA                             Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood

Jul 25               Charlotte, NC                           Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Jul 27               West Palm Beach, FL              Cruzan Amphitheater

Jul 28               Tampa, FL                               1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre

Jul 31               Pelham, AL                              Oak Mountain Amphitheatre

Aug 3              Houston, TX                            Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Aug 4              Dallas, TX                                Gexa Energy Pavillion

Aug 7              Albuquerque, NM                    Hard Rock Casino Presents The Pavilion

Aug 8              Englewood, CO                       Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

Aug 10            Phoenix, AZ                            Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion

Aug 11            Las Vegas, NV                       Mandalay Bay Arts Center

Aug 12            Chula Vista, CA                       Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

Aug 14            Irvine, CA                                Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Aug 16            Concord, CA                           Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord

Aug 18             Auburn, WA                            White River Amphitheatre

Aug 19            Ridgefield, WA                        Sleep Country Amphitheater

Aug 24            Grand Junction, CO                 Rock Jam

Aug 26             Tulsa, OK                                BOK Center (on-sale 3/30)

Aug 27             Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Aug 29             Minneapolis, MN                      Minnesota State Fair (on-sale 3/31)

Aug 31             Cincinnati, OH                          Riverbend Music Center

Sep 1               Noblesville, IN                          Klipsch Music Center

Sep 2               Pittsburgh, PA                         First Niagara Pavilion

Sep 4               Nashville, TN                           Bridgestone Arena

Sep 5               Clarkston, MI                            DTE Energy Music Theatre

Sep 7               Tinley Park, IL                          First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Sep 8               East Troy, WI                           Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Sep 11             Allegan, MI                               Allegan County Fair (on-sale 5/5)

Sep 12             Cleveland, OH                         Blossom Music Center

Sep 13             Toronto, ON                             Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

Sep 15             Darien Center, NY                   Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Sep 16             Mansfield, MA                         Comcast Center

Sep 18             Scranton, PA                           Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

Sep 19             Camden, NJ                             Susquehanna Bank Center

Sep 21             Holmdel, NJ                              PNC Bank Arts Center

Sep 22             Wantagh, NY                           Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

Sep 23             Hartford, CT                            Comcast Theatre

About KISS

KISS
remains one of the most influential bands in the history of rock and
roll.  As one of America’s top gold-record champions, KISS has released
44 albums and sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Decades of
record-breaking tours around the globe have included high-profile
appearances at Super Bowl XXXIII, the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City,
the Rockin’ The Corps concert dedicated to our troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and special guest appearance on the 2009 American Idol
finale that boasted 30 million viewers and a 2010 Dr. Pepper Super Bowl
commercial and advertising campaign in support of their Hottest Show On Earth tour.  

The
KISS legacy continues to grow, generation after generation. The
unparalleled devotion and loyalty of the KISS Army to the “Hottest Band
in the World” is a striking testament to the band’s unbreakable bond
with its fans, and just one of the reasons KISS was nominated for
induction into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.    KISS is currently in the
studio recording “Monster”, the followup to  their 2009 chart topping
album “Sonic Boom” and preparing for a soon to be announced major world
tour starting in summer of 2012.    

For more information, please visit www.KISSonline.com and follow the band: @KISSonline

About MÖTLEY CRÜE

Hailing
from Los Angeles, CA, the quartet—Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars
(guitars), Nikki Sixx (bass) and Tommy Lee (drums)—has commandeered the
rock pantheon for over 30 years. In that time, they have accumulated
worldwide album sales exceeding 80 million, seven platinum or
multi-platinum albums, 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits, six Top 20 pop
singles, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three Grammy nominations
for Best Hard Rock Performance, a New York Times bestselling memoir, and countless sold out gigs across the globe, playing to millions of fans.

For more information, please visit: mailto:www.motley.com

 Follow the band:  @motleycrue, @thevinceneil, @MrMickMars, @nikkisixx, @MrTommyLand

About Live Nation Entertainment:

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is
the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five
ecommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live
Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300
artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management
company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live
Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing
solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million
consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and
digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.