Bret Michaels Hospitalized While Touring with Poison in Nashville: 'Working on Being Back 100%'

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Emma McIntyre/GettyBret Michaelsencountered a medical emergency while on tour.ThePoisonfrontman, 59, was hospitalized Thursday in Nashville just before the band was set to perform as part of theStadium TourwithDef Leppard,Mötley CrüeandJoan Jett and the Blackhearts, PEOPLE confirms.His bandmates took to the stage with the announcement, regrettably informing the audience they wouldn’t be able to perform,according to TMZ, which first reported the news.Michaels laterconfirmed the incident on his personal Instagramlate Thursday night, writing, “To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication and following hospitalization, it was not possible. I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight!!! I’m working on being back 100% very soon and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and the Classless Act!!!“Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6, previously spoketo PEOPLEon the 10th anniversary of his brain hemorrhage in 2020, which happened to fall on the night he was revealed as the banana on season 3 ofThe Masked Singer.Kevin Winter/Getty"This is the roses and thorns of my life,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving. I don’t ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage.“But how ironic that it is literally 10 years to the moment when the show airs, it was airing at the exact time that they were operating at night on my brain. Who knew that this would all come full circle on April 22? On my kids' life, my life, I had no idea that any of this would line up,” Michaels added.RELATED VIDEO: Bret Michaels Recaps ‘Best Time Ever’ on ‘The Masked Singer’: ‘I Got to Be A Real Life Avenger’TheRock of Lovestarhad surgery to repair a hole in his heartfollowing a mini-stroke in 2011, a year aftersuffering his brain hemorrhage.“It has been rough. But I’m feeling pretty damn good. I’m really blessed to be here,” hetold PEOPLEin 2012.“I thank a higher power that I am alive today,” Michaels added. “It just wasn’t my time to go. I know I’m still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me.”

Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty

Bret Michaelsencountered a medical emergency while on tour.ThePoisonfrontman, 59, was hospitalized Thursday in Nashville just before the band was set to perform as part of theStadium TourwithDef Leppard,Mötley CrüeandJoan Jett and the Blackhearts, PEOPLE confirms.His bandmates took to the stage with the announcement, regrettably informing the audience they wouldn’t be able to perform,according to TMZ, which first reported the news.Michaels laterconfirmed the incident on his personal Instagramlate Thursday night, writing, “To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication and following hospitalization, it was not possible. I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight!!! I’m working on being back 100% very soon and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and the Classless Act!!!“Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6, previously spoketo PEOPLEon the 10th anniversary of his brain hemorrhage in 2020, which happened to fall on the night he was revealed as the banana on season 3 ofThe Masked Singer.Kevin Winter/Getty"This is the roses and thorns of my life,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving. I don’t ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage.“But how ironic that it is literally 10 years to the moment when the show airs, it was airing at the exact time that they were operating at night on my brain. Who knew that this would all come full circle on April 22? On my kids’ life, my life, I had no idea that any of this would line up,” Michaels added.RELATED VIDEO: Bret Michaels Recaps ‘Best Time Ever’ on ‘The Masked Singer’: ‘I Got to Be A Real Life Avenger’TheRock of Lovestarhad surgery to repair a hole in his heartfollowing a mini-stroke in 2011, a year aftersuffering his brain hemorrhage.“It has been rough. But I’m feeling pretty damn good. I’m really blessed to be here,” hetold PEOPLEin 2012.“I thank a higher power that I am alive today,” Michaels added. “It just wasn’t my time to go. I know I’m still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me.”

Bret Michaelsencountered a medical emergency while on tour.

ThePoisonfrontman, 59, was hospitalized Thursday in Nashville just before the band was set to perform as part of theStadium TourwithDef Leppard,Mötley CrüeandJoan Jett and the Blackhearts, PEOPLE confirms.

His bandmates took to the stage with the announcement, regrettably informing the audience they wouldn’t be able to perform,according to TMZ, which first reported the news.

Michaels laterconfirmed the incident on his personal Instagramlate Thursday night, writing, “To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication and following hospitalization, it was not possible. I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight!!! I’m working on being back 100% very soon and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and the Classless Act!!!”

Michaels, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6, previously spoketo PEOPLEon the 10th anniversary of his brain hemorrhage in 2020, which happened to fall on the night he was revealed as the banana on season 3 ofThe Masked Singer.

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“This is the roses and thorns of my life,” he said at the time. “I’m so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving. I don’t ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage.

“But how ironic that it is literally 10 years to the moment when the show airs, it was airing at the exact time that they were operating at night on my brain. Who knew that this would all come full circle on April 22? On my kids’ life, my life, I had no idea that any of this would line up,” Michaels added.

RELATED VIDEO: Bret Michaels Recaps ‘Best Time Ever’ on ‘The Masked Singer’: ‘I Got to Be A Real Life Avenger’

TheRock of Lovestarhad surgery to repair a hole in his heartfollowing a mini-stroke in 2011, a year aftersuffering his brain hemorrhage.

“It has been rough. But I’m feeling pretty damn good. I’m really blessed to be here,” hetold PEOPLEin 2012.

“I thank a higher power that I am alive today,” Michaels added. “It just wasn’t my time to go. I know I’m still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me.”

source: people.com