Rocker Tommy Lee has ended speculation about his future as Motley Crue’s drummer by announcing he will join the rockers when they tour the world later this year.Lee reportedly threatened to quit the group last autumn, prompting bassist Nikki Sixx to comment on his departure, but it appears the bandmates are back on friendly terms.In a new posting on his website, the drummer announced the band will tour the globe from July 4.He writes: “I never quit! Silly rumours! We’re all together!”Further suggesting all is harmonious in the Crue camp, Sixx recently posted his own online message, stating: “The chemistry in the studio as we’re writing (the new album) is unbelievable.” [Source]

MÖTLEY CRÜE will launch a world tour, in support of their new album, The Dirt, on July 4th. In an online post, drummer Tommy Lee also commented on his status in the group, stating, “Nope! I never quit! Silly rumors! We’re all together! We’re goin’ on a world tour starting July 4th!” As previously reported, Mötley Crüe has set a July 8th release date for The Dirt, their ninth studio album. The first single from the new album is expected to impact radio on May 7th. The new album is based on The Dirt: Confessions Of The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band, the 448-page tome which catalogues the drug and alcohol abuse, nasty infighting, and sex parties of Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx. A film version of the book is expected to be released this year by Paramount and MTV. It’s been billed as a true-life version of This Is Spinal Tap. Mötley Crüe was formed in 1981 and, as one of the best-selling hard rock heavy metal acts, have sold 50-million albums worldwide. [Source]

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has revealed that the band’s world tour will kick off on July 4. The trek is expected to coincide with the release of the group’s ninth studio album, titled “The Dirt”, which is tentatively due on July 8. A yet-to-be-named single will arrive at radio stations on May 7. The record is based on the band’s 2001 memoir of the same name and will be its first all-new studio effort since 2000′s “New Tattoo”. 1997′s “Generation Swine” was the last to feature the group’s original lineup, which reunited for a successful world tour in 2005. Although it was reported last fall that drummer Tommy Lee had again quit the CRÜE over legal issues, he and the group have apparently reconciled.”Nope! I never quit! Silly rumors! We’re all together!” Tommy wrote in a February 25, 2008 online posting. “We’re goin’ on a world tour starting July 4th!!”Bassist Nikki Sixx wrote in a recent online update, “10 songs done for the new CRÜE album so far, I’m very proud of the songs. I think we’re onto some of the better songs we’ve had in years…Time will tell, of course. A couple of song titles on the CRÜE album are called ‘A Scar On Hollywood Boulevard’ and ‘The Saints Of Los Angeles’… The chemistry in the studio as we’re writing is unbelievable.”The CRÜE recently denied a post at Robin Leach’s Las Vegas gossip blog which suggested that the band had signed a three-album, three-tour deal with Live Nation for $100 million. Although the source of the rumor was reportedly singer Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx said in a statement, “MÖTLEY CRÜE has not signed any deals to tour or record whatsoever. Any information to the contrary is 100 percent incorrect.” [Source]

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has lined up a number of DJing appearances during the coming weeks, also featuring DJ Aero (real name: Chester Deitz):Feb. 14 – HOM – Charlotte, NC Feb. 19 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV Mar. 15 – Shamrock Fest – Washington DC Mar. 24 – Red Room – Dublin, IrelandMar. 26 – Gansevoort – South Miami Beach, FLMar. 27 – Nikki Beach – Miami Beach, FL Tommy Lee and DJ Aero recently released the first music from their WTF? eletronica project. Check out the songs “Redic”, “Chicken”, “CEABA55555″ and “You Can’t Afford This” at this location. [Source]

Big contract signed by Mötley Crüe… Mötley Crüe signed a ten year, $100 million dollar contract with Live Nation last week.The contract will have the band going on three world tours and producing three studio albums for Live Nation. In a recent blog by Robin Leach, Vince Neil, lead singer, told Leach, “We’ll actually have been together for 37 years by the time it comes to an end.” The band will go on a world tour this July. However, no news has been released on the status of Tommy Lee in the band.Mötley Crüe is currently working on a new studio album, The Dirt, which is the same name as the band’s 2001 memoir. [Source]