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MOTLEY CRUE EXTENDS TOUR INTO 2006:

November 14, 2005

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Having racked up an improbably successful reunion tour this year, Motley Crue is heading back on the road in 2006.

The hard rock quartet will close out the year with a December 31 New Year’s Eve show in Auburn Hills, Mich., and then resume touring February 10 in Columbus, Ga.

The trek will focus on secondary markets such as Evansville, Ind., Roanoke, Va., and Sioux Falls, S.D., where it will wrap up on April 1. It will also visit Lincoln, Neb., on March 31, where drummer Tommy Lee filmed his recent reality series, “Tommy Lee Goes to College.”

Afterward, Motley Crue plans to begin work on its first new studio album since 2000’s “New Tattoo.” A handful of new songs were included on the compilation “Red, White & Crue,” which debuted in February at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.

The band’s 2005 roadwork has grossed more than $33 million from 84 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore, 40 of them sell-outs. Saturday (November 19), Motley Crue begins a swing through Japan and Australia that also includes a December 14 show in Honolulu.

Here are Motley Crue’s 2006 tour dates:

February 10: Columbus, Ga. (Columbus Civic Center)
February 11: Ft. Myers, Fla. (Germain Arena)
February 12: Columbia, S.C. (Colonial Center)
February 14: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Wachovia Arena)
February 15: Baltimore (1st Mariner Arena)
February 17: Erie, Pa. (Erie Civic Center)
February 19: Dayton, Ohio (Nutter Center)
February 21: Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Memorial Coliseum)
February 22: Evansville, Ind. (Roberts Stadium)
February 24: Rockford, Ill. (Metro Center)
February 25: Kalamazoo, Mich. (Wings Stadium)
February 26: La Crosse, Wis. (La Crosse Center)
March 6: Lewiston, Maine (Central Maine Civic Center)
March 7: Springfield, Mass. (MassMutual Center)
March 8: Providence, R.I. (Dunkin Donuts Center)
March 11: Richmond, Va. (Coliseum)
March 12: Charleston, W. Va. (Civic Center)
March 13: Roanoke, Va. (Civic Center)
March 15: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
March 24: Houston (Toyota Center)
March 25: Jackson, Miss. (Jackson Coliseum)
March 26: Baton Rouge, La. (River Center)
March 28: Huntsville, Ala. (Von Braun Center)
March 30: Tulsa, Okla. (Convention Center)
March 31: Lincoln, Neb. (Pershing Center)
April 1: Sioux Falls, S.D. (Sioux Falls Arena)

Courtesy of www.billboard.com