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Artist News
Tommy Lee gets his fingers burned
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 19 August 2009
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has been unable to play a number of gigs on the band’s Crue Fest 2 tour after burning his left hand while playing with some sparklers. Tommy Lee is 46 years old.
Writing on MySpace, frontman Nikki Sixx told fans: “Accidents do happen and, yes, frustration does happen to everybody, including Tommy, who would rather play drums (even with a damaged hand) than just about anything in the whole world. But following doctor’s orders for a few shows is what we have to [do] right now. We all wanna say we’re sorry Tommy has to sit out a couple shows, but we hope to have him back up on the drums ASAP”.
Stepping in behind the drums until Lee’s hand has healed is Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose, of whom Sixx said: “I think Morgan needs a standing ovation for his dedication to kicking ass and helping not only Motley Crue out, but the road crew and everybody else out here whose lives would [have] been effected [if we’d had to cancel these shows]”.
Tommy is still appearing on stage “jumping around” and “helping out on vocals”, but there’s currently no word on when he will be able to play drums again. The tour runs until 2 Sep.
