Mötley Crüe Reunites All Original Members After More Than Six Years To Announce "Red, White And Crue Tour 2005... Better Live Than Dead," Presented By VH1 and VH1 Classic. All Four Original Members of The World’s Most Infamous Rock Band Release New Single and Video While Also Heralding New Anthology Album.

Los Angeles (December 6, 2004) – The raucous rulers of the sex-and-drugs-fueled nightlife on L.A.’s Sunset Strip have returned to their old stomping grounds. All four original members of Mötley Crüe, the glam-metal gods who’ve sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and who paved the way for other seminal rock acts, have reunited for the first time in six years, announcing a new world tour – VH1 & VH1 Classic Present “Mötley Crüe: Red White & Crüe Tour 2005…Better Live Than Dead,” – and giving their fans a live taste of it. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, December 11th at Ticketmaster and VH1.com.

The event at the Hollywood Palladium began at 6:00 p.m. with a press conference announcing the tour, a new anthology album and the debut of a fresh single and video, “If I Die Tomorrow.” The new tour, it was revealed during the press conference, resulted not only from strong demand by homegrown audiences, but was largely fueled by the diligent efforts of Mags Revell, a UK promoter with Metropolis Music Group, who launched his own grass-roots campaign in the UK designed to get the band to reunite. Taking the unprecedented steps of placing advertising in UK media and putting a hold on concert venues in the UK for June, 2005, Revell’s efforts quickly gained traction with fans all across the world who added fuel to the fire by taking to the internet and spreading the word.

Said Revell, “I honestly did not know until now whether Mötley Crüe would respond to our efforts. With the help of tens of thousands of fans in the UK and around the world, I wanted to show the band that there was a real demand for their reunion and I took a big risk. This is the band that we all never thought we'd have the chance to see live again and I strongly admire them for responding to their fans. It is the realization of a dream for so many people for whom Mötley Crüe represents what rock music is all about.”

"Mötley Crüe are a gang of musicians that climbed the mountain of rock to success," Allen Kovac, CEO of Tenth Street Entertainment, said in a statement. "This tour and new music delivers to all those who love one of rock's most passionate and aggressive bands."

Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee, the original members of Mötley Crüe, whose stature as the world’s most infamous rock band was made legend in their NY Times best-selling autobiography ‘The Dirt’, will be touring the world in 2005, beginning with arenas in the US and Canada in February. The US portion of the the world tour, dubbed RED, WHITE AND CRUE TOUR 2005—BETTER LIVE THAN DEAD, is being presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic and goes on-sale to the general public this weekend. Beginning today, however, VH1.com are offering a limited number of seats on their website to fans wanting to beat the box office rush.

For dedicated Crüe fans it’s all about the live show. In a marathon Mötley Crüe Style, the band will launch its world tour in February, starting in U.S. arenas and coming back for an amphitheater tour in August and September. The first leg of the tour will run as follows (* indicates a tentative date):

The first dates to be announced are as follows:

Feb. 17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Office Depot Center
Feb. 18 Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Feb. 20 Greenville, SC @ Bi-Lo Center
Feb. 22 Cleveland, OH @ Gund Arena
Feb. 23 Toronto, Ontario @ Air Canada Center
Feb. 25 Detroit, MI @ The Palace
Feb. 27 Ottawa, Ontario @ Corel Centre
Feb. 28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center
Mar. 3 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Mar. 4 Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum .
Mar. 5 Boston, MA @ Fleet Center
Mar. 6 Washington D.C. @ MCI Center
Mar. 8 Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
Mar. 10 Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
Mar. 12 Milwaukee, WI @ US Cellular Arena
Mar. 14 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Mar. 15 Kansas City, MO @ Kemper Arena
Mar. 17 Dallas, TX @ Nokia Live
Mar. 19 Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavillion
Mar. 20 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
Mar. 22 San Diego, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
Mar. 23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum (tentative)
Mar. 25 Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center
Mar. 26 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
June 7 Helsinki, Finland @ Icehall Monsters of Millenium
June 8 Turku, Finland @ Rock in Turku 2005/Ellysee Arena
June 10 Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum Skooks
June 11 Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival
June 12 Bologna, Italy # Gods of Metal
June 14 Glasgow, Scotland @ SECC
June 15 Manchester, England @ Evening News Arena
June 17 Birmingham, England @ NEC
June 18 Cardiff, Wales International Arena
June 19 London, England @ Wembley, Arena

Fans can see performances by Mötley Crüe on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday, December 10th and The Spike TV Video Game Awards on Tuesday, December 14th. A feature film based on the band’s best-selling autobiography, The Dirt, is currently being developed by the band in conjunction with MTV Films/Paramount. The screenplay is being written by Rich Wilkes.

Track Listing for Red White & Crue Anthology:

DISC ONE:
1. Live Wire
2. Piece of Your Action
3. Toast of the Town
4. Too Fast For Love
5. Black Widow
6. Looks That Kill
7. Too Young To Fall In Love [remix]
8. Helter Skelter
9. Shout at the Devil
10. Smokin' in the Boys Room
11. Use It Or Lose It
12. Girls, Girls, Girls
13. Wild Side
14. You're All I Need
15. All In The Name Of...
16. Kickstart My Heart
17. Without You
18. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
19. Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)
20. Dr. Feelgood

DISC TWO:
1. Anarchy In The UK
2. Primal Scream
3. Home Sweet Home ['91 remix]
4. Hooligan's Holiday [Brown Nose Edit]
5. Misunderstood [Successful Format Version]
6. Planet Boom
7. Bittersuite
8. Afraid [Alternative Rave Mix]
9. Beauty
10. Generation Swine
11. Bitter Pill
12. Enslaved
13. Hell on High Heels
14. New Tattoo single version
15. If I Die Tomorrow (new)
16. Street Fighting Man (new)
17. Sick Love Song (new)