At the moment on the street for his or her summer time “Stadium Tour” with Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett, Motley Crue drew consideration from followers at a latest July 5 present in St. Louis when lead singer Vince Neil was noticed utilizing a teleprompter to recollect music lyrics.
Whereas some could not discover utilizing a teleprompter for lyrics to be such a musical sin — different main acts have used them resembling Judas Priest and Weapons N’ Roses — others despise the apply, most notably Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson. In a 2014 interview with The Guardian, Dickinson voiced his distaste for artists utilizing autocues.
“I by no means realized that individuals have been utilizing autocues. What the fuck is that every one about?” mentioned Dickinson. “Individuals pay good cash and you may’t even keep in mind the sodding phrases.”
The breaking of Vince Neil’s teleprompter use garnered destructive reactions throughout the rock and metallic neighborhood not pointed in the direction of Neil however reasonably the media retailers who broke the story, calling into query the newsworthiness of a singer utilizing a teleprompter to recollect lyrics. One notable tackle the matter got here from Disturbed’s David Draiman who took to Twitter:
“All you parasitic vultures pretending to be journalists who broke the ‘large story’ that Vince Neil/@MotleyCrue makes use of a teleprompter onstage ought to actually discover one other line of labor,” mentioned Draiman. “SO FUCKING WHAT? Most artists with intensive catalogs do. Depart the man alone FFS.”
Shinedown’s Zach Meyers additionally took to Twitter to voice his distaste on the matter merely asking “Gradual information day?”.
Stray From The Path’s Craig Reynolds had a comedic tackle the information saying, “my brothers in christ have you learnt what metalcore is doing with laptops?”
Motley Crue continues their stadium tour Friday July 8 with a present at Chicago’s Wrigley Area. See beneath for upcoming tour dates in addition to footage from the band’s July 5 present and go to right here for ticketing data.
Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison + Joan Jett Summer season 2022 U.S. Tour Dates
July 8 – Chicago, Ailing @ Wrigley Area
July 10 – Detroit, Mich. @ Comerica Park
July 12 – Hershey, Pa. @ Hersheypark Stadium
July 14 – Cleveland, Ohio @ FirstEnergy Stadium
July 15 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Nice American Park
July 17 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ American Household Area
July 19 – Kansas Metropolis, Mo. @ Kauffman Stadium
July 21 – Denver, Colo. @ Coors Area
Aug. 5 – Boston, Mass. @ Fenway Park
Aug. 6 – Boston, Mass. @ Fenway Park
Aug. 8 – Toronto, Ontario @ Rogers Centre
Aug. 10 – Orchard Park, N.Y. @ Highmark Stadium
Aug. 12 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ PNC Park
Aug. 14 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ U.S. Financial institution Stadium
Aug. 16 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Lucas Oil Stadium
Aug. 19 – Houston, Texas @ Minute Maid Park
Aug. 21 – San Antonio, Texas @ Alamodome
Aug. 22 – Arlington, Texas @ Globe Life Area
Aug. 25 – Glendale, Ariz. @ State Farm Stadium
Aug. 27 – Inglewood, Calif. @ SoFi Stadium
Aug. 28 – San Diego, Calif. @ Petco Park
Aug. 31 – Seattle, Wash. @ T-Cellular Park
Sept. 2 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ BC Place
Sept. 4 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Commonwealth Stad.
Sept. 7 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Oracle Park
Sept. 9 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Allegiant Stadium
Bands Who Had Remaining Excursions That Weren’t Remaining
Whether or not as a result of interpersonal turmoil, the need to pursue different inventive endeavors and/or one thing else, listed here are 10 acts who – deliberately or not – introduced closing excursions that, nicely, weren’t really closing.
