Nikki Sixx schedules live debut with new band Sixx: A M
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has issued the following update: "Be a part of rock history and attend the first ever live performance of my new band, Sixx: A.m. All you have to do is bring a printout of your MySpace profile with 'Heroin Diaries' [MySpace] in your Top 8, and the single 'Life is Beautiful' in your audio player. Admission is limited (approximately 150 people) and is on a first-come-first-served basis. The concert will take place July 16th at 9:00 a.m. at 1024 S. Grand in Los Angeles, California."
A seven-page preview of Nikki Sixx's upcoming book "Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", has been posted at RockConfidential.com.
Due September 18 via Mtv/Vh1 Pocket Books, a division of Simon&Schuster, "The Heroin Diaries" offers an unflinching and utterly gripping look at Sixx's descent into drug addiction with a soundtrack, featuring James Michael and Dj Ashba (ex-Beautiful Creatures), to match. The book is a tell-all, drawn from Nikki's 1986 and '87 journals.
Sixx found the diaries in storage and spent years compiling them for the book. He said he sees them more as a commentary on the record business than as a portrait of a lurid rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
The album will be released by Eleven/Seven Music and distributed by Ada, with a portion of proceeds donated to Nikki's Running Wild in the Night, a fundraising initiative for Covenant House.
Nikki Sixx's video for "Life Is Beautiful", the first single from "The Heroin Diaries" soundtrack, can be viewed at YouTube.