Mötley Crüe – Wembley Stadium – 1 July 2023. Vince Neil is in fine voice, his distinctive yelp exactly what the music demands as Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee bring their thunderous chops. The suitably frenetic Wild Side kicked off their portion of the night, adrenaline already flowing and the terrace chant and raised fists for Shout At The Devil perfectly suited the terraced surrounds of the stadium. With the huge neon-spattered screens that surrounded the stage and constantly changing video images, this was going to be a retina-scorching and eardrum-shattering trip into their twisted world.
No one quite manages to mix sleazy grit and glam to such heights as this outfit, their long career built on some of the most memorable music to ever come out of the grimy streets of L.A., mirroring the contrast between Hollywood’s glittering image and its dark underbelly. The band have always attracted a level of cynicism from some quarters, claiming that Crüe are more about the bad boy image than the music but given that the set is full of genuine high-octane thrills and solid gold rockers, that viewpoint is made redundant. The Underworld show may have been a celebration of music at its most primal, but today was all about reaching every single person, from the front row to the nosebleeds at the very rear and height of Wembley. Photography: Robert Sutton Mötley Crüe – Wembley Stadium – 1 July 2023. For those lucky enough to witness their tiny club gig the night before, Wembley was another demonstration that one of the most notorious bands in rock had lost none of their edge, their ferocity not blunted by playing a stadium.
Mötley Crüe are old hands at this, but reinvigorated by The Dirt film and the savvy addition of John 5 to the line-up, they are a band reborn.
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