Poison frontman Bret Michaels appears to have posted a response to drummer Rikki Rockett‘s claim, that the band’s 40th anniversary tour was scrapped, due to financial disagreements.
Michaels wrote on his Facebook account:
…”To my friend Rikki Rockett – have fun tonight with my good buddy Eddie Trunk and enjoy the Metal Hall Of Fame ceremony,” Michaels added. “As always, I consider Poison to be Bobby, C.C., Rikki and myself. I also make no bones about loving the BMB and will always have both in my life.
Bottom line – I love music, I love the fans and I’m always forever grateful. Onward & upward and let’s all focus on the positive in 2026, and the potential of a future reunion.”
Poison were last on tour in 2022 when they supported Mötly Crüe and Def Leppard on a massive stadium tour. After that tour ended, Michaels went back to performing sporadic shows — consisting almost entirely of Poison hits — with his solo band.
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Maybe Brett’s being unreasonable up front, so he can then later say, “Ok, just to be fair, I’ll accept only twice as much (not 6X as much) as the other band members. Now I’m being reasonable.”
Interesting…
Lets Make a Deal
Oooh, the BMB! Now that’s a household name. There’s nothing unreasonable or crazy about wanting six times as much money as the rest of your Poison bandmates. Why play with Poison as an equal member when you’re (almost) selling out dive bars and bowling alleys across the country?
Yep total greed. Hope fans Boycott his solo shows. No original material sung all Poison songs and a LS cover with an amateur band.
What joke. Lets be positive and hopefully a new potential tour ? The milestone was the 40th tour.
Will not support this guy and anything he does. What a slap to the face for all fans.