Mötley Crüe is coming back to rock CT at Mohegan Sun Arena, eight years after its ‘Final Tour’

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant
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Legendary metal band Mötley Crüe is returning to Connecticut and ready to rock the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 31, according to a release from Mohegan Sun.

It’s the 1980s metal band’s first show in the state since its “Final Tour” of 2015, though the band regrouped several years ago and did major tours in 2022 and 2023.

Three original members are still with the band, including bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist Vince Neil. Since 2022, Mötley Crüe’s guitarist has been John 5 (formerly with Rob Zombie’s band), who was brought in following the retirement of founding guitarist Mick Mars.

While the arena is promoting the show as “a night filled with their greatest hits,” it has been reported that Mötley Crüe has recently been working on new recordings. A new album would be the band’s 10th, and their first since “Saints of Los Angeles” in 2008. Some new songs were released as recently as 2019, as part of the soundtrack for “The Dirt,” the popular 2019 Netflix movie about the band based on a bestselling book released in 2001.

Mötley Crüe was formed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s and has broken up more than once. A 2014 tour was announced as the band’s last and included an agreement that no member of the band could tour under the name Mötley Crüe after 2015. The final show, on Dec. 31, 2015, was released as a concert film titled “The End.” The so-called “Final Tour” stopped in Connecticut three times in October 2014 and August 2015 at Mohegan Sun Arena, then in October 2015 at Webster Bank Arena (now Total Mortgage Arena) in Bridgeport.

The retirement did not last long, with a reunion tour announced for 2020, though it ended up not happening until 2022 due to continual COVID-related delays. That tour, called The Stadium Tour, did not play Connecticut. Neither did the 2023 World Tour which followed it. The August date at Mohegan Sun will be the first time Mötley Crüe has played the state in over eight years, and the first time since the band’s reunion.

While the recent tours have found Mötley Crüe sharing the bill with other ’80s acts such as Poison, Joan Jett and Def Leppard, the Mohegan Sun announcement doesn’t mention other bands.

Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Friday at 10 a.m., and at the Mohegan Sun box office starting Saturday. Ticket prices have not yet been released.