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2014 hennemusic Rock News Artist Of The Year – Top 10
10 – PINK FLOYD
09 – JUDAS PRIEST
08 – QUEEN
07 – AC/DC
06 – KISS
05 – GUNS N ROSES
hennemusic Rock News Artist of The Year No. 4 – MOTLEY CRUE
Motley Crue opened 2014 with news of a pending farewell tour announcement, and made things official at a Los Angeles press conference on January 28: the 2-year trek would open in July and hit 72 cities across North America – with special guest Alice Cooper – before playing international dates in 2015.
Drummer Tommy Lee announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend, Sofia "Sofi" Toufa, on February 24 and, on March 15, bassist Nikki Sixx married model Courtney Bingham at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.
In March, guitarist Mick Mars revealed the band will release a new single in sync with the farewell, whose title, “All Bad Things Must Come To An End”, was confirmed in April.
The following month, Lee said the tune would be included in a new greatest hits package – their 6th, for those who are counting – that would be issued during the tour.
Motley Crue launched their farewell tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 2; video surfaced of a performance of “All Bad Things Must Come To An End” in Milwaukee on July 4 and a preview of the studio version appeared in a tour promo a few days later.
On August 15, a truck carrying equipment for the farewell tour was involved in a fatal collision in Jefferson County, Alabama when the driver of a vehicle died after a crash with the 18-wheeler.
The Crue accepted Alice Cooper’s invitation and took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge onstage in Virginia Beach on August 20 and donated $10,000 to the cause while helping raising awareness of the health issue.
The same month saw "Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue" – a collection featuring country music artists performing tracks by the classic rockers – land a US top 10 debut on the Billboard 200 chart.
The band wrapped up the summer leg of the farewell tour in Buffalo on August 31 and, a few days later, Sixx underwent a double hernia operation after performing with pain during the summer shows.
In early September, Neil was awarded an expansion team in Las Vegas by the Arena Football League and, two weeks later, the singer revealed the location of the final show of the farewell tour.
The Crue opened the second North American leg of the tour in Oklahoma City on October 10, with those dates wrapping up in late November.
The group will resume their farewell tour next month with a 5-date Japanese tour, following which they are expected to tour Europe – three festival dates have already been announced – and revisit the U.S. before playing a final series of shows in Los Angeles in early 2016.
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