Interview: Motley Crue (Nikki Sixx & Tommy Lee)

Legendary Mötley Crüe members Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee join us to discuss their extraordinary career and give us an inside look at their upcoming 2027 Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Mötley Crüe: Nikki Sixx & Tommy Lee (2026)

Host Lori Rosales talks to rock legends — bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee — from the band Mötley Crüe. They discuss the band’s iconic journey, their influence on generations, and details about their 2027 ‘Carnival of Sins’ tour in Las Vegas (The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, March 19 through April 3, 2027).

PLEASE NOTE: This version of the interview differs slightly from the original TV broadcast. Host segments have been rearranged, and some promotional clips have been changed or removed.

Mini-Biographies:

Born December 11, 1958, in San Jose, California, Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.) is a musician, songwriter, author, and radio host best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Rising to global prominence in the 1980s with landmark albums including “Shout at the Devil” and “Dr. Feelgood,” Sixx defined the era’s glam and hard rock scene before later forming the rock band Sixx:A.M. in 2007. Beyond his decades-long recording career, he is a New York Times bestselling author of several memoirs and books, including “The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star” (2007) and “The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx” (2021), as well as the host of the nationally syndicated radio program “Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx.”

Born October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass) is a musician, songwriter, and producer best known as the co-founder and long-time drummer for the iconic heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Raised in California, he anchored Mötley Crüe’s rhythm section with his powerful drumming while becoming famous for his high-flying stage production, performing upside-down and 360-degree roller-coaster drum solos on landmark multi-platinum albums like “Theatre of Pain” (1985) and “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987). In addition to his decades with Mötley Crüe, Lee founded the rap-metal supergroup Methods of Mayhem in 1999, released solo studio albums including “Tommyland: The Ride” (2005), and co-formed the rock group Rock Star Supernova. A New York Times bestselling author for his collective band autobiography “The Dirt” (2001) and his memoir “Tommyland” (2004), he has also appeared on various television series and remains one of rock music’s most recognizable drummers.