Mötley Crüe kicked off their Summer 2026 North American tour with Extreme and Tesla on Friday in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, playing a hits-heavy 17-song set.
The extensive 33-city tour, dubbed “The Return of the Carnival of Sins,” will run through a September 26th show in Ridgefield, Washington. Along the way it will hit such markets as Toronto, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Phoenix, among others. Get tickets here.
Mötley Crüe opened up the show with “Red Hot,” a heavy metal thunderer from Shout at the Devil that leans closer to the heft of Accept than the theater of Poison in terms of the band’s sound.
The most represented albums on the show were also their two heaviest, Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil, with their bigger albums Dr. Feelgood, Girls, Girls, Girls and Theater of Pain taking a lesser role, while relatively underrated album Generation Swine made an appearance with “Afraid.”
Openers Extreme and Tesla played 10 and nice songs respectively. While Extreme’s set was heavy on their mega-hit album Pornograffiti, it featured a sizable chunk of material from their newest LP, Six. Tesla, meanwhile, stuck to the hits, with only two songs from their most recent record Homage, a covers album, making the set.
See photos and fan-filmed video footage of Mötley Crüe’s kickoff show, as well as the full setlist and upcoming tour dates, below.
Mötley Crüe Setlist:
Red Hot
Louder Than Hell
Wild Side
Shout at the Devil
Too Fast for Love
Looks That Kill
Too Young to Fall in Love
Take Me to the Top
Primal Scream
Afraid
Home Sweet Home
Guitar Solo
Smokin’ in the Boys Room
Live Wire
Girls, Girls, Girls
Dr. Feelgood
Kickstart My Heart
Mötley Crüe Remaining Tour Dates:
07/20 – Clarkson, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
07/22 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre
07/24 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
07/25 – Bangor, ME @ Maine Savings Amphitheater
07/27 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
07/29 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
07/31 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
08/01 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
08/03 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
08/12 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
08/14 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
08/15 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
08/17 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
08/19 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
08/21 – Shakopee, MN @ Mystic Lake Amphitheater
08/22 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
08/24 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
08/25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
08/27 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Acrisure Amphitheater
08/28 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
09/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Morton Amphitheater
09/10 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
09/11 – Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
09/13 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
09/16 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
09/18 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
09/19 – Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Amphitheater
09/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
09/23 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
09/24 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater
09/26 – Ridgefield, WA @ Cascades Amphitheater
