Mötley Crüe announces breakup, final tour

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Last call! Mötley Crüe is hanging it up after three hard-rocking decades.

They're going to play a farewell tour first, though — 70 shows, with tickets going on sale Friday, starting at $15. Alice Cooper has been slated as the group's opening act. And when they say final, they mean it: The band even signed a legal contract stating that they're breaking up, and the last tour is exactly that, the group said during a press conference Tuesday in Hollywood.

The band — Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee — helped put the hair in metal and the glam in rock. In the 33 years they've been together, they've been to prison, done enough drugs to make Keith Richards jealous, had sexual escapades that would have made Freud blush and trashed their fair share of hotel rooms. And let's not forget the iconic Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson sex tape. Notoriety is hard work.

They've also paid the consequences of hedonism. Sixx even died for a couple of minutes following a heroin overdose in 1987, an event he described in his 2007 book The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.

As for what they're going to do once they scatter to the winds, Neil plans on getting more involved in the restaurant industry. Sixx will focus on his Sixx:A.M. band. He's also working on a Broadway play and his radio show. Mars, who just moved to Nashville, plans to immerse himself in a solo album. He's also writing a book about himself, which, he jokes, he might write backward, from his death to birth. As for Lee, all he revealed is that he has some big surprises planned. The band will make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel tonight to talk details.

They've sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and released nine albums, making them one of the most successful heavy metal bands in music history.

The tour dates:

JULY

2 Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
4 Milwaukee, Summerfest
5 Noblesville, Ind., Klipsch Music Center
6 Cincinnati, Riverbend Music Center
8 Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
9 Maryland Heights, Mo., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
11 Des Moines, Wells Fargo Arena
12 Wichita, INTRUST Bank Arena
13 Tulsa, BOK Center
15 Cedar Park, Texas, Cedar Park Center
16 Dallas, Gexa Energy Pavilion
18 Albuquerque, Isleta Amphitheater
19 Phoenix, Ak-Chin Pavilion
21 Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl
22 Irvine, Calif., Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23 Mountain View, Calif., Shoreline Amphitheatre
25 Reno, Reno Events Center
26 Ridgefield, Wash., Sleep County Amphitheater
27 Auburn, Wash., White River Amphitheatre
29 Wheatland, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre
30 Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre

AUGUST
1 Salt Lake City, USANA Amphitheatre
2 Denver, Pepsi Center
3 Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center
5 Sturgis, S.D., Sturgis Buffalo Chip
6 Sioux City, Iowa, Tyson Events Center
8 Tinley Park, Ill., First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
9 Clarkston, Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre
10 Toronto, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
12 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Blossom Music Center
13 Burgettstown, Pa., First Niagara Pavilion
15 Pelham, Ala., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
16 Atlanta, Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
17 Tampa, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
19 Charlotte, PNC Music Pavilion
20 Virginia Beach, Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
22 Bristow, Va., Jiffy Lube Live
23 Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center
24 Mansfield, Mass., Comcast Center
26 Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saratoga Performing Arts Center
27 Allentown, Pa., Great Allentown Fair
29 Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
30 Holmdel, N.J., PNC Bank Arts Center
31 Darien Center, N.Y., Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

OCTOBER
10 Oklahoma City, Chesapeake Energy Arena
11 The Woodlands, Texas, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
12 Bossier City, La., CenturyLink Center
14 Louisville, KFC Yum! Center
15 Nashville, Bridgestone Arena
17 Hollywood, Fla., Seminole Hard Rock
19 Jacksonville, Veterans Memorial Arena
21 Greenville, S.C. Bon Secours Wellness Arena
22 Greensboro, N.C., Greensboro Coliseum
25 Atlantic City, Borgata Events Center
26 Montville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
29 Syracuse, N.Y., The OnCenter

NOVEMBER

5 Biloxi, Miss., Mississippi Coast Coliseum
6 Southaven, Miss., Landers Center
9 Moline, Ill., iWireless Center
11 Green Bay, Resch Center
12 Madison, Wis., Alliant Energy Center
13 Omaha, CenturyLink Center
15 St. Paul, Xcel Energy Center
16 Fargo, FargoDome
18 Edmonton, Alberta, Rexall Place
19 Calgary, Alberta, Scotiabank Saddledome
21 Vancouver, British Columbia, Rogers Arena