Lee, Motley Crue set tour

Lee, Motley Crue set tour
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Tommy Lee will return to the scenic backdrop of his TV reality show -- and he's bringing his bandmates with him. Motley Crue will perform March 31 at Pershing Auditorium on their "Carnival of Sins" tour. The 43-year-old rocker shot NBC's "Tommy Lee Goes to College" on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus last fall. Some of the scenes showed him in uniform, stepping out with the UNL marching band. "I know he had a good time there," said Crue bassist Nikki Sixx during a recent telephone news conference about the spring tour, which opens Feb. 10 in Columbus, Ga. Lee, who wasn't part of the phone conference, suffered minor burns on his arms and face last month during a pyrotechnics explosion at a concert in Casper, Wyo. Injuries come with the rock territory, said singer Vince Neil, who injured his leg in September. "Every tour somebody gets knocked around onstage," he said. "I've performed in a cast. It's ... like athletics. You're out running around for two hours. Things are going to happen."
For Venus Williams, otherthings supersede tennis
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Venus Williams says winning her third Wimbledon title was exciting -- but it wasn't the best thing that happened this year. "It wasn't the highlight of my year. There's so many other things I was so excited about," she said in a recent interview. Tops on her list was attending a 1980s-themed prom.
"Seriously, it was the best time of my life," she said. "I had lace gloves. I was so '80s it was ridiculous; I was disgusted with myself." Neither Venus nor her sister Serena attended public high school, so Serena threw a party with a high school theme.
"We played all kinds of games like bobbing for apples," Venus said. "I don't get to do that, it was amazing. I took it so seriously." Both sisters will start 2006 with an exhibition in Hong Kong before going into the Australian Open without playing an official warmup event.
"I'd like to achieve health the whole year, stay strong and stay healthy and avoid the viruses," Venus said. The sisters' season was derailed this year by injuries that allowed them to sample life outside tennis.
Since losing at a tournament in Beijing in September, Venus has resumed college classes in fashion design. Serena filmed an upcoming episode of the NBC medical drama "ER."
Today's birthdays
Judge Joseph Wapner is 86. Statesman Howard H. Baker Jr. is 80. Actor Ed Asner is 76. Actor John Kerr is 74. Singer Petula Clark is 73. Comedian Jack Burns is 72. Actress Joanna Barnes is 71. Actor Sam Waterston is 65. Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 60. Actor Bob Gunton is 60. Director-actor James Widdoes is 52. Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 51. Actress Beverly D'Angelo is 51. CBS News anchor-reporter John Roberts is 49. "Tonight Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks is 48. Rapper E-40 is 38. Actress Rachel True is 36. Country singer Jack Ingram is 35. Christian rock musician David Carr (Third Day) is 31. Actress Virginie Ledoyen is 29.
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