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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Would love to see a Poison 40th anniversary tour. My idea of a great bill: Poison, Michael Monroe (or Hanoi Rocks with OG members! I can dream, no?). To miss an opportunity to reunite to celebrate the first Poison album, it’s a shame, because it’d be so much fun. And I think we can all use some fun, right? HIT IT, CC…
I saw the Poison/Ratt tour in ’87, they put on a good show.
I don’t know how to interpret Bret’s response, but this is how I read it….”Yeah, it’s true I wanted the majority of the money for a Poison reunion. After all, I can make that much money performing with the Bret Michael’s Band. I don’t need those guys in Poison, they need me!”.
I can see how you interpreted it that way, but I think it was a veiled attempt at “Hopefully, at some future date, we can come to an amicable agreement?” 🙂