LOS ANGELES (Motley Crue PR) -
Fresh off the first leg of their headlining, sold-out "
Red, White & Crue" tour,
Motley Crue has just agreed to be the special guest closing act at the KROQ Weenie Roast 2005 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA on May 21.
The announcement was made on the station's popular
Kevin and Bean morning show by the band's
Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil.
Other groups on the show include Audioslave, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, MxPx, Queens of the Stone Age, the Mars Volta, Alkaline Trio, Bloc Party, The Bravery, Dead 60s and Transplants.
The Crue's new single, "Sick Love Song," the second track from their platinum Island/UME album Red White & Crue, was premiered on KROQ May 12 and remains in rotation, with the video making its world premiere on VH1. The network will also debut Inside Out: Resurrecting Motley Crue on May 30 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), the documentary which gives the blow-by-blow account of how Tenth Street Entertainment helped reunite the band and book the tour, which has turned out to be the surprise success of the year.
"There's no denying Motley Crue's massive appeal and influence," said Infinity Sr. Vice President Programming and longtime station PD Kevin Weatherly. "They are rock icons in Los Angeles and across the nation. KROQ listeners always expect the unexpected and they have been known to embrace certain bands outside the conventional alt-rock boundaries. KROQ was the first radio station to ever play Motley Crue, and it only took us 20 years to convince them to play the Weenie Roast. I know the other bands are psyched to be sharing the stage with the band that knows how to bring it, Motley Crue."
The choice is reminiscent of Metallica serving as the surprise closing act for the KROQ Weenie Roast back in 1999, which broadened the band's audience from Active to Modern Rock, and attracted a whole new fan base.
Motley Crue will launch the second part of their tour, the "Carnival of Sins," with special guests Sum 41, The Exies and Silvertide, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on July 26 after a month-long stint in Europe.
