Is It a Cash Grab? Probably.
This is interesting on a few different levels — and almost none of them are the ones the press release intends.
The news first: Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt hits 98 Regal locations for one night only on Saturday, June 27. The screening opens with a never-before-seen Q&A video from the band, and closes with the first-ever theatrical showing of the 1986 documentary Mötley Crüe: Uncensored — two unreleased videos and 25 uncensored minutes of behind-the-scenes footage included. It’s all part of the 45th-anniversary lead-in to the 33-date “Return of the Carnival of Sins” tour kicking off July 17.
Level one: The Dirt came out on Netflix in 2019. Seven years ago. There’s no John 5 in it — not even a hint that was possible — and John 5 is a major part of why you want to see Mötley Crüe live in 2026, because Vince Neil in particular does not sing well live anymore.
Level two: the Q&A. What exactly do you do there without Mick Mars? The movie’s story belongs to the original four, and that feud never got smoothed over — it ended in arbitration this winter with the band beating every claim and Mars ordered to repay over $750,000. Whoever’s on that screen, it won’t be the guy who co-founded the band.
Level three is the awkward one. The Dirt literally ends with the band signing a contract to never tour again and riding off into the sunset. That was the whole point. Now they’re screening that ending as marketing for the next tour.
And yet — Mötley Crüe is a fun band to see live, I’m seeing them later this year, and 1986 footage that’s never hit a screen might be worth the ticket on its own. Is it a cash grab? Probably. Either way, tickets are at the link below if you want to go.
Source: Regal Cinemas announcement (PR Newswire)