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Hard-rock home sweet home: Motley Crue’s Joint residency starts with a bang

John Katsilometes  Wed, Feb 8, 2012 (6:08 p.m.)

It is a grand experiment and an embrace of the obvious, this Mötley Crüe residency at the Joint. An experiment, because no hard-rock band has performed such a series of shows at a Las Vegas venue, 12 in all, the type of engagement more fitting for a Tom Jones at MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theatre, or on a more grandiose scale, Cirque du Soleil, with its Michael Jackson Immortal arena show at Mandalay Bay. Obvious, because the Joint has returned to its rock roots, and Mötley Crüe happens to be one of the few classic hard-rock bands still intact to carry that message.

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