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All four original members of Mötley Crüe—including vocalist Vince Neil and drummer Tommy Lee—held a (rock) star-studded press conference in Hollywood yesterday, confirming the dates and bands for their first-ever Crüe Fest. Running from July 1 in West Palm Beach, FL, to August 31 in Pittsburgh, PA, the stacked bill features Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt, the Nikki Sixx side project Sixx:A.M. and of course the Crüe themselves.

"We are so excited not only to headline our own annual summer festival, but also to be able to share the stage with the next generation of great rock bands," Sixx said in a statement. "There's not a lot Mötley Crüe hasn't done, so to say this summer's festival is going to be about rock and roll excess is an understatement. [It's going to be] a night of hit songs by great bands and a trail of panties coast to coast."

Sixx and company also announced the June 17 release of their first original lineup effort in nearly a decade, Saints of Los Angeles. The group christened its first single by performing the title track with the help of Josh Todd (Buckcherry), Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), James Michael (Sixx:A.M.) and Chris Brown (Trapt).

And now, the dates:

7/1 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
7/3 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
7/5 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
7/6 Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon WirelessVirginia Beach Amphitheater
7/8 Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
7/9 Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
7/10 Sarnia, ONT - Bayfest
7/12 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
7/13 Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
7/15 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/16 Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/18 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
7/19 Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
7/20 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
7/22 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/23 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/24 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
7/26 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
7/27 Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/29 Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
7/31 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
8/1 Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
8/2 Los Angeles, CA - Glen Helen Pavilion
8/5 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
8/6 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
8/8 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
8/9 Portland, OR - Rose Garden
8/11 Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
8/13 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
8/14 Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
8/15 Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
8/17 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
8/19 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Amphitheatre
8/20 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
8/22 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
8/23 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
8/24 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
8/28 Toronto, ONT - Molson Amphitheatre
8/29 Albany, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8/30 Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
8/31 Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
04.16.08