Motley Crue @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 21-Sep-2012

Mötley Crüe rocked a 17,000-strong crowd at New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Centre in Holmdel on Friday 21 September 2012. Original members Nikki Sixx (bass), Tommy Lee (drums), Mick Mars (guitar) and Vince Neil (vocals) played twelve songs during one of the final concerts of their North American summer tour with Kiss, simply dubbed The Tour. Here are photos from the first two songs – Saints of Los Angeles and Wildside (featuring dancing backup singers Sofia Toufa and Allison Kyler) – taken back at the sound desk, per the band’s standard protocol for this tour.

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A hooded Tommy Lee enters the stage via a procession through the crowd, with Nikki Sixx behind him.

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