Nikki Sixx Welcomes Mötley Crüe Fans Across Political Lines

Nikki Sixx is telling Mötley Crüe audiences that their politics and sexuality have no bearing on their place at the band’s shows. In concert footage circulating on X, the bassist addresses Republican and Democratic fans before extending the same welcome to gay and straight members of the crowd.

“We’re all in this together. Can we agree?” Sixx asks the audience.

Sixx made a similar appeal during Mötley Crüe’s August 17, 2026, performance at Truliant Amphitheater in Charlotte. In his review for The Charlotte Observer, Théoden Janes described the bassist inviting a young fan onstage before speaking about acceptance. With the girl beside him, Sixx told the audience that political affiliation and sexuality mattered less to the band than everyone being there together, then urged the crowd toward unity.

The footage is circulating amid renewed attention to musicians’ comments about politics at concerts. At Metallica’s October 10, 2026, show at Sphere in Las Vegas, James Hetfield told fans the band wanted the evening to offer relief from outside pressures and would not use its performance to push an agenda. He did not identify another artist by name.

Sixx had discussed his approach in a 2016 interview with NME, while touring with Sixx:A.M. He said people within the band’s camp did not share identical political views and that interrupting a rock show to discuss the election did not feel appropriate for them. He also acknowledged expressing his own views on social media. His concern was the pressure political divisions could put on listeners, who might feel they had to choose their music according to the candidate they supported.

Sixx left room for other artists to make a different decision. “We don’t feel that’s right for us. It doesn’t mean it’s not right for somebody else,” he told NME.