Motley Crue and Co. launch festival tour

LOS ANGELES — Motley Crue is hitting the road again — and they’re bringing some friends along for the ride.

The heavy metal band announced the launch of the first-ever Crue Fest on Tuesday. The summer rock festival will feature the four original members of Motley Crue — singer Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist Mick Mars and drummer Tommy Lee — as well as Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and Trapt. “We’ve been wanting to do this forever,” Lee told The Associated Press about the festival. “And we’re finally doing it.” Produced by Live Nation, Crue Fest will kick off July 1 in West Palm Beach, Fla. The tour will stop in 41 U.S. and Canadian cities, including Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Aug. 20; and Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pa., Aug. 31.

Motley Crue also announced it will release “Saints of Los Angeles,” their ninth studio album, on June 17.