Motley Crue headline the River’s Rockin’ Birthday Bash tonight.

I saw them for the first time 40 years ago this past February in London. Yes that’s right I first saw Motley Crue on the Theatre Of Pain tour at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England.

Photos: Vince Neil through the years 1982: Motley Crue poses backstage April 19, 1982, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. Left to right: Mick Mars, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx. (Randy Bachman/Getty Images)

August 12, 2026 at 3:26 p.m. UTC

By Nick English

Check out some of the pics from that night below.

Cheers from English Nick.

[ English Nick's first Motley Crue show in 1986 ]

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