Motley Crue have been grabbing headlines since final yr, once they went on the highway with Def Leppard on an enormous North American comeback Stadium Tour that grew to become one of many yr’s highest-selling stay runs. They have been fast to increase their tour to a worldwide affair and, in correct Crue vogue, not with out its controversy hooked up.

Final yr in October 2022, John 5 departed Rob Zombie’s band to develop into part of Motley Crue as he changed Mick Mars because the guitarist struggled with well being points.

The cut up appeared amicable sufficient till final month when Mars sued the band for his share of the earnings, accusing bassist Nikki Sixx of “gaslighting” him into considering that his psychological colleges have been declining and that reminiscence loss was stopping him from enjoying the songs correctly. Mars additionally added that the hair steel legends extensively used backing tracks, claiming that Nikki didn’t play stay at nicely, one thing that the guitarist was against.

Crue additionally addressed the difficulty with a counterstatement reiterating that the guitarist was unfit to carry out and stating that there have been no backing tracks concerned of their performances, which led to many followers and musicians turning into divided between each events.

Whereas this authorized drama was taking place behind the scenes, Crue have been gearing as much as begin the European leg of their worldwide tour.

So, with this environment surrounding the band’s stay run, it most likely would come as no shock that folks have been being particularly attentive to the group’s performances and fast to attract criticism for any mistake.

Nonetheless, Nikki lately shared his good-humored ideas on a detrimental evaluate from one of many band’s latest gigs, and the complaints are usually not fairly what you’d anticipate.

The bassist wrote on Threads:

“I learn a trustworthy criticism e-mail from one of many venues about us at present. It was fairly spot on. Stated we have been sexist pigs needing a bathe flaunting half bare lady round on stage. Stated we have been too loud and mentioned Fück an excessive amount of through the household oriented present as nicely…and that is us being good.”