Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5 has revealed that he's a big fan of playing deep cuts while in rehearsal with the band, even going as far as name-checking tracks from the much maligned Generation Swine.

The shredder also doubled down on why he doesn't deviate from original guitar player Mick Mars' arrangements while performing with the band.

He made his comments while chatting to eonmusic about his May 2026 UK and European solo tour.

Speaking about how important it is for him to play the songs exactly as they were recorded, John said: “People are going to be all over the place today,” he added, laughing.

“You can’t change them.

It just is not right if you change them, because they’re burned in my brain and your brain like that,” On the possibility of new material from Mötley Crüe: “I don’t know what’s going to happen after the tour.

When asked by eonmusic if he’d like to play songs form the ’94 John Corabi-fronted album, or 1997’s Generation Swine he replied; “Every time at rehearsal, I’ll play ‘Red Hot’, I’ll play ‘Ten Seconds To Love’, ‘Bastard’, ‘Take Me To The Top’, ‘Louder Than Hell’, ‘Glitter’, ‘Generation Swine’, anything.

I’ll play all these songs all the time, and it’s so fun.

He also insinuated that the set might change for their upcoming tour, though was tight-lipped on whether any of the above songs might make it into the set; We’re going to hit the road this summer, John 5 will bring his extraordinary talents to the UK and Europe in May 2026.

Apart from a few shows in 2016 this is John’s first ever solo tour in these territories.

The tour will feature twelve UK appearances along with shows in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Tickets and VIP meet and greets on sale now at j5.com.

The tour kicks off May 5 – Southampton, UK – The 1865 6 – Exeter, UK – Phoenix 7 – Bristol, UK – Thekla 8 – Manchester, UK – Club Academy 9 – Newcastle, UK – Newcastle University 10 – Glasgow, UK – Slay 12 – Chester, UK – Live Rooms 13 – Wolverhampton, UK – KK’s Steelmill 14 – London, UK – Underworld 15 – Milton Keynes, UK – Craufurd Arms 16 – Southend On Sea, UK – Chinnerys 17 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 19 – Tilburg, Netherlands – Hall Of Fame 20 – Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Neushoorn 22 – Ghent, Belgium – Winter Circus 23 – Cologne, Germany – Club Volta 24 – Hamburg, Germany – Molotow 26 – Krakow, Poland – Hype Park 27 – Prague, Czech Republic – Rock Café 28 – Munich, Germany – Live Evil