The opening act for this tour is a little band called, Alice Cooper. Yeah, that Alice Cooper. The \u201cSchools Out\u201d, I\u2019m Eighteen\u201d and \u201cFeed My Frankenstein\u201d iconic rocker from Detroit whose career spans five decades. I\u2019m still trying to figure this one out. Not that I\u2019m complaining. I love Alice Cooper as much as the\u00a0Cr\u00fce, but it just seems odd, for him to be opening for them, but that\u2019s show biz.<\/p>\n
Vincent Furnier and his band played an amazing set. So full of life, and death, as Cooper controlled the stage with his alter ego and incredible stage show. He blazed through 13 songs that included the above listed as well as, \u201cNo More Mr. Nice Guy\u201d, \u201cPoison\u201d and \u201cI Love The Dead\u201d to name a few more. During his set, he was made into a 10 foot tall Frankenstein monster, danced with the dead and lost his head in a guillotine.\u00a0\u00a0 The 67 year old Alice Cooper still shows no sign of aging or retiring. Which is a good thing because if someone hasn\u2019t yet seen his show, you still have time. And you need to!<\/p>\n After a small break, the lights dim again and we hear, \u201cSo Long, Farewell\u201d playing. The curtain drops and with a flash and a bang, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce take center stage. The set is massive! \u00a020 foot metal spikes stick up from the stage. \u00a0Pentagram logos on fire everywhere. \u00a0Raised platforms for the band to jump around on. \u00a0Robotic arms that Nicki Sixx, Vince Neil and Mick Mars jump in and jaunt out over the crowds and of course the white elephant in the room – Tommy Lee’s ginormous drum roller coaster racing down the middle and out into the audience.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Cr\u00fce start with \u201cGirls, Girls Girls\u201d from 1987\u2019s album of the same name and then they go right into \u201cWild Side\u201d, also from the same album. This band still has the same raw power they\u2019ve always had, visually and sonically. We\u2019re in for a treat as we soon learn that they bust out tracks from their entire catalog (in the current, original lineup) with classics from Theatre of Pain, Dr. Feelgood, Saints of Los Angeles and all the way back to the very beginning with Too Fast For Love. \u00a0About the only thing off during this performance was Vince Neil’s singing abilities. \u00a0He hasn’t been able to hit those high notes for years, but tonight he seemed to forget lyrics at times too.<\/p>\n Of course no M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce show would be complete with out a drum solo. And what a drum solo Tommy Lee gave. If you don\u2019t know, Lee takes his drums to new levels. Literally. This time his drums are mounted to a rollercoaster. One that takes him out over the audience and back. The crawling kit rotates on a metal girder track that rolls him out spins him around upside down and lands on the other side to greet the audience he\u2019s surrounded by. It\u2019s a pretty amazing sight to see.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> for a video of the rolling steel and flesh monstrosity that is Tommy Lee and his drum kit.<\/p>\n After Lee\u2019s drum solo and his return back to the stage, Mick Mars gets moment in the spotlight as he grinds through a guitar solo. The 64 year old can shred with the best of them. He may not get around much on stage, but that doesn\u2019t matter. His playing ability is unmistakably Crue. He\u2019s influenced many but always kept focus on what is true to him- the Cr\u00fce \u2013 and it still shows.<\/p>\n After the solo\u2019s, they all come back for Saint\u2019s of Los Angeles, Live Wire (TNT mashup), Dr. Feelgood and end with Kick Start My Heart.<\/p>\n They end with fire, lights, smoke and all the fanfare that is M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce. They leave the stage, but the audience beacons for more.\u00a0\u00a0 Shortly after the pause, we see Tommy Lee come out and sit down at the white grand piano as his starts off the final song of the final show with, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d, that fades into Sinatra\u2019s, \u201cMy Way\u201d.<\/p>\n All though this band has built a stage show that warrants the size of All State Arena, it would really cool if the band had chosen to do the real, last final tour in the smaller clubs and venues they started in. An intimate close quarters rock show with diehard fans. I can only imagine Mick, Mars, Lee and Neil rocking the walls of the Aragon Ballroom. One of the first places they played in Chicago back in 1984. That would have been an amazing send off, but that\u2019s just a dream. Or is it. Word on the street is that they have a few unofficial \u201cfinal surprises\u201d in store at the very end. Could this be one?<\/p>\n For more videos of the show, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Motley](\"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Motley-Crue-Alice-Cooper-Allstate-080815_06.jpg\")
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