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Motley Crue announces retirement, one member moves to Nashville, country tribute planned

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From left, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars seen at Motley Crue Press Conference, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Los Angeles. The heavy-metal band says it will retire after performing 72 goodbye concerts. The band made the announcement at their press conference. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

From left, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars seen at Motley Crue Press Conference, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Los Angeles. The heavy-metal band says it will retire after performing 72 goodbye concerts. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Motley Crue announced plans to retire during a Tuesday press conference at Beacher’s Madhouse Theater in Hollywood, and what comes next involves Music City in at least a couple of ways.

The '80s rock band famous for hard living and hit songs including “Girls Girls Girls” and “Home Sweet Home” plans to play a final tour before hanging up the name for good. The 72-date run – which includes a show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Oct. 15 – kicks off in July and runs through November. Alice Cooper will open the tour dates. Tickets for the Nashville show will go on sale 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster.

After the tour, band members Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars, plan to pursue individual interests including making music separately.

For guitarist Mick Mars, that included moving to Nashville. During the press conference, Mars announced he had recently moved to Music City and that he planned to make his solo album in the town.

“I got lots and lots of musicians to work with,” he said. “(There are) blues people, jazz people, all sorts of people. I should have a very diverse album. It will be a lot of fun.”

Also during the press conference, Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta announced plans to release a country Motley Crue tribute record.

“When you look at the song catalog, the songs are going to be the things that stand the test of time,” he said. “I’m going to match up some of my outlaw artists with some of these great songs and we’re going to go pretty wide.”

Borchetta said that so far he’s already confirmed Florida Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert, LeAnn Rimes, Cassadee Pope and Eli Young Band want to participate – and there’s room to grow.

“Everybody that I brought this up to has been so excited,” Borchetta said. “We’re intentionally leaving a few slots open because now that we’ve announced this I know there’s going to be people who want to be on this record.”


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