Blabbermouth — YouTube channel Justin Newton has uploaded several video clips of MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s July 5 concert in St. Louis, Missouri as part of “The Stadium Tour”. Clearly visible in the footage, which has been embedded below, is the onstage teleprompter which singer Vince Neil is apparently relying on to get him through each show.

A teleprompter, or autocue, is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script, and it is usually used by vocalists — including JUDAS PRIEST‘s Rob Halford and BLACK SABBATH‘s Ozzy Osbourne — who are getting on a bit and have a large body of work to remember.

Two years ago, IRON MAIDEN‘s Bruce Dickinson called out singers who use teleprompters during live performances, saying, “I don’t use an autocue on stage. A lot of singers now, they just have the words there: ‘Breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law.’ Breaking the what? ‘Breaking the law. Breaking the law.'”

Bruce previously brought up the topic of singers relying on teleprompters in a 2014 interview with The Guardian. He said at the time: “I never realized that people were using autocues. What the fuck is that all about? People pay good money and you can’t even remember the sodding words.”


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