7/1/13
Mötley Crüe is dragged into a lawsuit filed last October between Steven Tyler's former management company Kovac Media Group (d/b/a Tenth Street Entertainment) and his lawyer Dina LaPolt, which claimed she cost Tyler a $6 to $8 million pay raise in 2011 in his contract for another season with American Idol. Kovac Media Group chief Allen Kovac is now claiming that LaPolt attempted to retaliate against him for the lawsuit by "conspiring" to "set up a competing management company" to steal away Mötley Crüe, the band Kovac has been representing for the past fifteen years. Declarations by Mick Mars and Tommy Lee are filed along with new court papers by LaPolt asking a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to strike Kovac's complaint based on California's anti-SLAPP statute.

The Hollywood Reporter says that according to Mick's declaration, he first learned of what had happened on October 15, when he got an email from LaPolt describing the dispute and stating that he should get an independent attorney if he was concerned. Mick says he was "completely shocked and mad that Mötley Crüe's manager had sued our lawyer. I trust Dina implicitly, to the point that she is my trustee if I die or become disabled." A few hours after getting the email, he says he was informed that Pam Malek, the band's business manager, had told one of Kovac's attorneys to draw up documents giving Kovac $200,000 of Mötley Crüe money. According to Mick, the money was supposed to repay a personal loan that Kovac had given to Vince Neil (who is not a shareholder in the band), but Mick said that he never voted for that to happen. "Once I saw Pam Malek's email, I got very concerned about her ability to be unbiased and act in my best interests," says Mick. "Because Pam is also the business manager for 11-7 Recording Corp. (one of Allen Kovac's companies) and represents many of Allen Kovac's clients, I felt she was controlled by him and would do whatever he demanded, whether or not it was in my best interests." Eventually, Malek was terminated, and Mick hired new representatives. Mick calls Kovac's assertion that LaPolt was interfering and guiding him to retain new business reps to be "false and ridiculous" and that "any strain between Mötley Crüe and Allen Kovac is caused by Allen Kovac's actions." Tommy echoes that same sentiment, saying that he is also upset that Kovac has added claims against the band's lawyer, LaPolt. Tommy is angry that he now has to give a deposition and feels like he was entitled to a better heads up about this. "Obviously, I would have the right to know that they were having problems performing under our management agreement," he says.

8/1/13
Last year's Kiss and Mötley Crüe tour grossed $19.1 from its forty one shows, landing at number forty eight on Pollstar's 2012 Top 200 North American Tour chart. The Crüe grossed another $3 million from their own shows.

16/1/13
Schecter Guitar Research announces a partnership with Nikki and the forthcoming release of his signature bass named the Schecter Sixx that will reflect Nikki's style, both visually and sonically, while being able to withstand the punishing rigors of the road from opening night to the end of tour closing set. Nikki says, "It was an exciting and creative process to work with Schecter on the new Schecter Sixx Signature Series Bass. It was important to all of us to design a bass that would feel right as well as sound amazing in the hands of all players, not just me. Every detail about the new Schecter Sixx comes from all of our collective experiences — whether it's my thirty years of playing live and recording or Schecter's unprecedented standards for making quality instruments for players of all genres. Simply said, this bass rocks!" The Schecter Sixx: Nikki Sixx Signature Bass has a mahogany body with 5-ply maple/walnut neck and a rosewood neck, finished in satin black or vintage sunburst.

26/1/13
Nikki introduces his Schecter Sixx signature bass with an exclusive signing at the winter NAMM conference in Anaheim, California. On his switch from Gibson to Schecter, Nikki has said, "I was very loyal to Gibson for a lot of years, but towards the last few years the quality of the instrument became not very consistent and it became frustrating for me - some would sound great and some wouldn't."

1/3/13
A judge dismisses most of an $8 million dollar lawsuit against Steven Tyler’s attorney Dina LaPolt, brought on by his former manager, Kovac Media Group/Tenth Street. The suit alleged that LaPolt ruined negotiations with American Idol in 2011 costing him millions of dollars for a second season of the FOX show. But LaPolt’s attorneys presented declarations from several rock stars including Tommy and Mick who signed declarations showing their displeasure with their manager suing their attorney. Another matter in the lawsuit where Kovac claims LaPolt is trying to manage Mötley Crüe herself and steal them away from Kovac is still to be dealt with.

2/2/13
Nikki says Sixx: A.M. has six new songs ready for their next album, adding, "We'll probably knock another ten around and then we'll figure out which ten we put on a record and then we'll figure out when we're gonna release it. The biggest problem for Sixx: A.M. is that I'm in Mötley Crüe. It's a great thing because people know of Sixx: A.M. because if they like me in Mötley, then they're willing to give it a listen. But, Mötley is a big machine and it's busy and it takes up a lot of time. So there's very little amount of time for me to take Sixx: A.M. out and tour. I think I would like to go out in 2013 and do some shows, maybe a month's worth of shows, just to kind of feel what it feels like. I think at some point I would like for Sixx: A.M. to be a bigger priority as far as a live act than it is now."

5/2/13
Asked if there is talk of a new Mötley Crüe album, Vince tells Music News Nashville, "No - no new album. What I'm hearing is that maybe two or three or four more songs might come out to go with that song we released [last] year, but it will be something like an EP, not an album. Our schedule seems to have a lot of touring. If something did come out in the form of an EP, it would probably be in the beginning of 2014."

25/2/13
As Mötley Crüe heads to Australia to embark upon their biggest tour in that country, they announce an eighteen-show 2013 Canadian Tour during April and May that is the most expansive run through the country in the band's history. The Crüe will be supported by Big Wreck.

1/3/13
Photographer Freddy Hernandez files a lawsuit against Tommy in the Circuit Court Of The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit that covers Florida's Palm Beach County. The lawsuit alleges that on July 7 last year, Tommy was at a public beach in Palm Beach County and the photographer was also a visitor at the same beach, taking pictures of Tommy. It alleges that Tommy touched and/or struck the photographer without his permission, by hitting his camera as it was being held, and as a result, the photographer suffered injuries.

2/3/13
From his hotel room in Australia, Nikki says, "James sent through another track from the new Sixx: A.M. album for me to track bass on, so that's what I am up to for the next few hours. As beautiful as it is outside here in Adelaide today, I think I’m just going to hang in the room, finish off this song and then send to it James to lay into the session back in Nashville. The way Sixx: A.M. is recording this album is we all get together and write the songs face to face and then record it in pieces. Sometimes we’re together and sometimes we’re in separate towns (and countries) since none of us live in the same city. It’s really the best of both worlds creatively. This album is another leap into the adventurous, and to be honest, I don't think any of us know what this album will actually end up sounding like and for some odd reason I think we really like the idea of that. I hope we can to find the time and a way for us to tour behind this album."

4/3/13
Tommy says he will no longer participate in Mötley's paid meet-and-greet sessions with fans. Tommy explains, "For those of you that are asking why I am not doing anymore meet-and-greets, it's got nothing to do with me not wanting to meet the fans; I just don't agree with doing it under the certain given circumstances. I love you all and I'll gladly high-five y'all if I see you out 'n' about - and you won't have to pay me for that."

7/3/13
During an interview in Australia, Nikki talks about plans to end Mötley Crüe on a high. He says, "I want to finish our movie and put out a new album. We'll be back in Australia and that'll be it. I can honourably say, 'We did it our way and we're never coming back.' It's important that when you do a farewell tour that people understand that when you put a bullet in the back of the horse's head, and it goes down, it's not a plastic bullet it's a fucking shotgun blast. You know, blow its fucking brains out, it's never coming back. It's the only way I can look at myself in the mirror and do a farewell tour. That's it. So when we take our final bow, it's it. I will cry. I cry thinking about it. So it's very emotional and I just think it's important that we finish what we started and then, you know, it will be whatever it will be. It could be beautiful. It could be a beautiful ending! When you go and see a great movie - I'll leave you with this: when you go and see a great fucking movie and it ends and you go, 'Fuck!' like, you walk out and you go, 'That was amazing! That blew my mind!' It's not like, 'That blew my mind and, um, maybe there'll be a sequel to it'."

10/3/13
Following Tommy and Mick's solos, the Crüe ends their Australian concert at Allphones Arena in Sydney short by four songs when Vince is unable to continue his performance. Nikki apologises to the crowd, telling them that Vince was in pain throughout the show and has been to taken straight to hospital from the stage. Rushed to hospital by ambulance, he immediately undergoes a CT scan. The severe internal pain was caused by kidney stones and he undergoes surgery the following morning to have them removed. Nikki says, "He was doubled over on his dressing room floor five minutes 'till show time and was told by the promoter to not even play, but Vince said he couldn't do that to the fans. I've seen Vinnie go onstage with broken bones, his voice completely blown out and torn ligaments, but he never ever cancels... Just like an athlete, you sometimes have to play through the pain, but last night it became too excruciating."

12/3/13
Vince makes a full recovery from surgery to remove kidney stones and he takes to the Brisbane Entertainment Center stage, ensuring the final two performances of the band's Australian tour proceed without cancellation.

29/3/13
In regard Mötley's set list, Mick says that even though the band's 1994 self-titled album with John Corabi on vocals is one of his favourites, the band is "staying true to the original four" when it comes to live song selections. Hence no songs from New Tattoo are played either, since Tommy was not a part of that album. He says the forthcoming Canadian tour will feature "a whole new production that the world hasn't seen yet." When asked if new music from Mötley Crüe should be expected in 2013, he says, "I'm hoping so. We're having meetings starting next week to discuss all kinds of stuff and a record. You know, there will be a record, new tour all that kind of stuff, all together like a package. And BAM! We'll hit the world with that one."

2/4/13
Mötley Crüe announces their return to Las Vegas for an exclusive twelve show residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino from September 18 through October 6. The fall shows will be an all-new production and the band is pushing their own envelope once again. The production will be designed exclusively for The Joint in partnership with AEG Live. There will be plenty of surprise elements for fans and a set-list full of hits. Nikki says, "We are proud to have pioneered the Las Vegas rock residency last year and can't wait to come back this year to take it over the top with a brand new show that will be unlike anything you've ever seen Mötley Crüe do before."

17/4/13
Ikea releases a new TV campaign in the UK that focuses on their outdoor range of products and features a family's battle against a gnome army, set to a cover of Mötley's song Time For Change by the The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and The Heritage Singers. The TV campaign will be supported by outdoor, press and online activity.

18/4/13
When asked about Nikki's recent comments that Mötley's next studio album will be their last and then they'll do a farewell tour and call it quits, Vince tells QMI Agency, "We're going to put out some new music next year and then it's our farewell tour - we'll do the world one more time and then call it a day. Our farewell tour (will be like) 2014 or '15. Tours last about two years, so to finish the world, you've got to do the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia... it takes some time." As to the reason why the Crüe will then end, Vince says, It's time, that's really it. Do you want to go out on top rather than fading away? And that's it. You know, I'll continue to sing Mötley with my solo band and put out solo records and stuff, and Nikki's got his radio show, and Tommy wants to be a DJ, and so we'll see what happens."

4/5/13
On the day he turns sixty-two, Mick is knocked down by a concert attendee who rushes the stage at the end of playing Primal Scream at Spectra Place in the Canadian city of Estevan. Luckily, Mick’s only injury is a scraped elbow, while his security Rhyno sustains two broken ribs during the incident.

18/5/13
In the afternoon before their performance at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, Mick, Vince and Nikki attend the unveiling of a Mötley Crüe star on the casino's Walk of Fame.
 

 

 

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