MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Says 'Breakdown In Communication' Is To Blame For DEE's Absence From Tour

September 11, 2009

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum played his second show with MOTÖRHEAD Wednesday night (September 9) at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.

Sorum is filling in for MOTÖRHEAD's regular drummer, Mikkey Dee, who is sitting out most of the band's current North American tour in order to take part in "Kändisdjungeln", the Swedish version of the popular U.K. and U.S. reality-TV show "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!".

"There was a breakdown in communication, really," MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister told Noisecreep. "Our management didn't know that he'd signed up for this when they booked the tour. We didn't want him to have to cancel, they might have sued him or something."

Sorum made his first appearance in Washington D.C. on September 8, after only one rehearsal. "He's rehearsing by watching live DVD," Kilmister said a couple of days before the gig, clearly not worried. "He's a good drummer, he's a professional."

Noisecreep asked Lemmy if he would like to appear on the reality TV show, too? "No, no thank you. I've seen the British one, and it's not for me," he said diplomatically. "Well, you've got to be polite haven't you. But, yeah, it's fucking boring as hell, God damn it!"

A total of 10 celebrities will appear in the inaugural season of "Kändisdjungeln" — which is being filmed in the jungles of Malaysia — including Mikkey, Swedish wine expert Bengt Frithiofsson and actress Inger "Pippi Långstrump" Nilsson.

Consisting of 16 episodes, "Kändisdjungeln" is expected to be one of biggest shows of the fall for TV4, which is Sweden's largest television network. The program's format allows viewers to vote, by phone, text message or TV interactive service for the celebrity to complete a physical task usually involving snakes, spiders or other animals and for the celebrity they would like to see win. The last celebrity, after all the others have been evicted, is the winner and is named king or queen of the jungle.

The first episode of "Kändisdjungeln" will air tonight (Friday, September 11).

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