Poison frontman Bret Michaels is back on the road for a prolonged stretch of dates that will run through the end of November. Michaels proved he was in good form throughout June and July when he and Poison played a 19-date swing throughout the East and Midwest with Cheap Trick. Michaels and his band will next play on Friday (August 3rd) at Mankato, Minnesota’s Ribfest at Vetter Stone Amphitheater.
Bret Michaels, who was born and raised in Pennsylvania, has often been looked upon as one of the true survivors from the infamous ’80s hair metal scene of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip. Michaels explained that a huge part of his success was believing in himself and the band’s talent: [“So I go to L.A. — we’re starving — and the person I bet on, I bet on myself. We have no money, and we would get offered these publishing deals; they would hear songs like ‘Every Rose (Has It’s Thorns)’ that have sold seven, eight, 10 million copies of these singles, and people were like, ‘Hey, we’ll give you. . . ‘ Now, ‘member, this is a starving musician I’m ‘starving’ starving and they offer — they say, ‘We’re gonna give you 100 grand and we’ll own your publishing’ — and you’re going, I didn’t even know what 100 grand was then — I’m like, ‘That’s a lot of money.’ But then I bet on myself, and I said no. I want to be in control of my career, I wanna be in control of my music, where it goes, what it sounds like — for better or for worse.”] SOUNDCUE (:34 OC . . . or for worse)
- Bret Michaels tour dates (subject to change):
August 3 – Mankato, MN – Ribfest at Vetter Stone Amphitheater
August 5 – Tumbler Ridge, BC – Grizfest 2018
August 11 – Grand Forks, BC – Cannafest 2018 at James Donaldson Park
August 12 – Billings, MT – Rimrock Auto Arena
August 16 – Lynden, WA – Northwest Washington Fair
August 18 – Snoqualmie, WA – Snowqualmie Casino Ampitheater
August 21 – Boise, ID – The Dish Grandstand at the Western Idaho Fair
August 24 – Kennewick, WA – Benton Franklin County Fair
August 25 – Draper, UT – Leatherheads
August 31 – Loveland, CO – Thunder Mountain Amphitheater – Thunder in the Rockies
September 1 – Parachute, CO – Rally, Rumble & Rock at the River at Cottonwood Park
September 2 – Obetz, OH – Zucchini Festival 2018
September 9 – Webster, MA – Indian Ranch
September 10 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Head On Stage
September 13 – Hutchinson, KS – Kansas State Fair
September 14 – Biloxi, MS – Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
September 15 – Kansas City, MO – Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City
October 13, 14 – Bowling Green, KY – Vette City Motorcycle Music Fest
October 19 – El Dorado, AR – Musicfest 31
October 26 – West Wendover, NV – Peppermill Concert Hall
November 6 – Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – 80’s In the Sand at Breathless Resort and Spa
November 9 – Greensburg, PA – The Palace Theatre
November 11 – Greeneville, TN – Niswonger Performing Arts Center
November 26 – Detroit, MI – Motor City Casino
FAST FACTS
- Bret Michaels‘ recent shows feature a Poison-heavy show including such favorites as “Talk Dirty To Me,” “Look What The Cat Dragged In,” “Something To Believe In,” “Unskinny Bop,” “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn,” “Fallen Angel,” “Nothin’ But A Good Time,” along with the band’s classic arrangement of Loggins & Messina’s “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” and his own renditions of Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s “Sweet Home Alabama” and Kiss’ “Rock And Roll All Night.”