Motley Crue to webcast press conference

Motley Crue's upcoming press conference on April 15th in Los Angeles will be streamed live on the Web and broadcast live on the Fuse cable music channel, according to sources at the band's management company. The source indicated that the webcast will be handled by "Microsoft," although it wasn't clear whether that meant MSN.com. The event is tentatively set to begin at 7 p.m. ET and will include what's being billed as a "colossal" announcement. Although management has denied reports that the group will be unveiling a festival-type "Cruefest" tour, it did confirm that up to two dozen other acts will be involved.

Some of the groups potentially participating include Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Drowning Pool, Chevelle, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd and Crue bassist Nikki Sixx's side project, Sixx A.M.

A 30-second snippet of a new Motley Crue song called "Saints of Los Angeles" surfaced online last week. The track will most likely appear on the band's upcoming new album, The Dirt, due out on July 8th.

The CD will be the first all-new Crue album since 2000 and the first in more than a decade to feature all four original members. Bassist Nikki Sixx told RollingStone.com this week that the new CD "has the vibe of (classic Crue albums) Dr. Feelgood, Girls, Girls, Girls and Shout at the Devil," adding, "There's also a lot of humor because, let's face it, we're ridiculously funny."
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