Motley Crue Announces Retirement Tour With Alice Cooper

American glam metal legends Motley Crue have announced that they will be embarking on a 72 date tour across North America this year, where they will be joined by shock rock icon, Alice Cooper, before retiring the band at the end of 2014.

The group held a press conference today confirming the retirement rumours and announced that tickets for the tour would go on sale tomorrow for fan club members, before being made available to the public from Friday and Saturday is different areas.

You can check out a promotional video for the tour below. The initial tour dates are as follows:

July 2 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
July 4 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
July 5 - Noblesville, IN - Klipsch Music Center
July 6 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
July 8 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
July 9 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 11 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena
July 12 - Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena
July 13 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
July 15 - Cedar Park, TX - Cedar Park Center
July 16 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 18 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater
July 19 - Phoenix, AZ - AK-Chin Pavilion
July 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
July 22 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amp
July 23 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 25 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
July 26 - Ridgefield, WA - Sleep County Amphitheater
July 27 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater
July 29 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater
July 30 - Chula Vista, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheater
August 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amp
August 2 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
August 3 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
August 5 - Sturgis, SD - Sturgis Buffalo Chip
August 6 - Sioux City, IA - Tyson Events Center
August 8 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 9 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 10 - Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amp
August 12 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
August 13 - Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
August 15 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amp
August 16 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
August 17 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amp
August 19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
August 20 - Virginia Beach, VA - Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
August 22 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
August 23 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
August 24 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
August 26 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing. Arts Center
August 27 - Allentown, PA - Great Allentown Fair
August 29 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 30 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
August 31 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing. Arts Center
October 10 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Arena
October 11 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia W. Mitchell Pavilion
October 12 - Bossier City, LA - CenturyLink Center
October 14 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
October 15 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
October 17 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Live
October 19 - Jacksonville, FL - Veterans Memorial Arena
October 21 - Greenville, SC - Bon Secours Wellness Arena
October 22 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
October 25 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Events Center Phoenix - AK-Chin Pavilion
October 26 - Montville, CT - Mohegan Sun
October 29 - Syracuse, NY - The OnCenter Complex
November 5 - Biloxi, MS - Mississippi Coast College
November 6 - Southaven, MS - Landers Center
November 9 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center
November 11 - Green Bay, WI - Resch Center
November 12 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
November 13 - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Center
November 15 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
November 16 - Fargo, ND - FargoDome
November 18 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
November 19 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
November 21 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena

Black Sabbath Wins Grammy Award For "Best Metal Performance"

Back in December the Grammy nominees for "best metal performance" were announced, and if you've forgotten the lineup was as follows:

"T.N.T." - Anthrax
"God Is Dead?" - Black Sabbath
"The Enemy Inside" - Dream Theater
"In Due Time" - Killswitch Engage
"Room 24" - Volbeat Featuring King Diamond

While many put their money down on Volbeat, it turns out Black Sabbath actually took home the win for "God Is Dead?"

The track was also nominated for "best rock song" and the new album "13" was up for "best rock album," although Sabbath didn't actually snag a win in either of those categories. Here were the nominations for best rock song and best rock album:

BEST SONG

"Ain't Messin' 'Round" -- Gary Clark Jr.
"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear (Winner)
"Doom and Gloom" -- The Rolling Stones
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath
"Panic Station" -- Muse

BEST ALBUM

Black Sabbath -- "13"
David Bowie -- "The Next Day"
Kings of Leon -- "Mechanical Bull"
Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" (Winner)
Queens of the Stone Age -- "... Like Clockwork"
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- "Psychedelic Pill"

Metallica also performed during the awards ceremony, playing the track "One" alongside pianist Lang Lang. Footage of the event can be seen below.

Metallica Preparing To Enter The Recording Studio

After performing live in Antarctica and releasing a 3D movie, Metallica is finally gearing up to enter the studio and record a new album.

In an interview with Billboard.com, Kirk Hammett states Metallica will be entering the studio in a few weeks, and he also comments:

"When we start, that's going to be our main priority, and we're pretty excited about it because we've been saying we need to start working on this album, but we've been procrastinating greatly with it. We've pretty much come up with every sort of excuse we can not to start work on the album, but we've run out of excuses, so we pretty much have to start work on it now."

He also goes on to say, "You hear about these bands that are sitting in the studio and they don't have any songs, what are they gonna do? That's not Metallica. Metallica's problem is the total opposite. We have too many ideas. James (Hetfield) has, like, 800 ideas. I have 400. Those number alone are just crazy. That's formidable."

This new, as-yet-untitled album, will follow the disastrous flop "Lulu" and the band's 2008 album "Death Magnetic".