Nikki Sixx Releases “This Is Gonna Hurt,” with Book Signing Tour

Motley Crue/Sixx A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx has just released his second book, entitled This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx. The 224-page book is a mixture of his photography and a journal that dives into his inner thoughts.

“It’s definitely not an autobiography,” he told Billboard.com. “I don’t write with an editor in mind or critique myself. It’s just me shooting from the hip. Sometimes it’s tirades and rants. Sometimes it’s very focused. Sometimes it’s very sentimental and soft and reflective… It’s all my opinion, and I stand by it.”

The book, which is the follow-up to his bestseller Heroin Diaries, will be accompanied by a soundtrack album by Sixx A.M. that will be released in May.

To celebrate the release, Sixx going on a book signing tour. Here are the dates:

• April 13, 2011 at 7 p.m.: University Book Store – 4326 University Way NE – Seattle, WA
• April 14, 2011 at 6 p.m.: Book Passage – One Ferry Building – San Francisco, CA
• April 15, 2011 at 7 p.m.: Barnes and Noble – 21001 N. Tatum Blvd. – Phoenix, AZ
• April 16, 2011 at 3 p.m.: Barnes & Noble – Lincoln Park Shopping Center 7700 West Northwest Highway – Dallas, TX
• May 2, 2011 at 7 p.m.: Bookends – 211 E. Ridgewood Ave – Ridgewood, NJ
• May 3, 2011 at 7 p.m.: Borders – 10 Columbus Circle – New York, NY
• May 4, 2011 at 6 p.m.: Barnes & Noble – 555 12th Street NW – Washington, DC
• May 5, 2011 at 6 p.m.: Barnes & Noble – 1805 Walnut Street – Philadelphia, PA
• May 6, 2011 at 7 p.m.: Boston University Bookstore – 660 Beacon Street – Boston, MA