Tommy Lee hits out at artists for promoting music and tours during LA wildfires: “Nobody gives a fuck”

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Mötley Crüe‘s Tommy Lee has hit out at artists for promoting music and tours during the ongoing LA wildfires.The series of wildfires, which began last Tuesday (January 7), have led to the confirmed deaths of 24 people, the evacuation of more than 180,000 residents and an estimated 12,000 buildings destroyed.Taking to his Instagram, Lee said: “Makes me fucking sick to see most people just caring on a posting on lame ass social media!

Guys right now nobody gives a flying fuck when your record drops or the next concert is when so many people are in the middle of one of the biggest disasters of all time!”He continued: “I get that some comic relief is always needed, but Jesus Christ leave it all alone and maybe just stop and see who needs help if you can.”A post shared by Tommy Lee (@tommylee)A host of artists have postponed concerts in the wake of the fires including Nine Inch Nails who “paused” an announcement about their forthcoming 2025 tour “while people try to deal with all that is happening”.

Metallica have also donated $500,000 to relief efforts for the LA wildfires.Beyoncé also postponed a planned major announcement today (January 14), which fans have speculated could be a potential live tour in support of ‘Cowboy Carter’.The update comes after Beyoncé donated $2.5million (£2million) to the wildfire relief fund in LA through BeyGOOD.Last week, Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles revealed that her Malibu bungalow had been destroyed in the fires. “It was my favourite place, my sanctuary, my sacred Happy Place.

Now it is gone!!,” she wrote.In other news, The Weeknd has pushed back his new album ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ “out of respect and concern for the people of Los Angeles county”.But other musicians have pressed on with.