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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Poison band member says 40th anniversary tour thwarted by Bret Michaels’ money demands

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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And I was so looking forward to their tour.

0:37.7

Yeah, yeah, right.

0:38.6

Poison scrapping plans for their 2026 40th anniversary tour.

0:43.5

The drummer, Ricky Rocket, says that Brett Michaels demanded a 600% increase more money than the rest of the band.

0:52.1

This is not going to happen now.

0:53.9

Let's just say, back in the late 80s, I was a big poison fan. So this is a little upsetting to me because I would actually go see poison in concert. I saw poison when they opened up for rat. And how were they? They were just starting on the scene and the audience didn't really know how to take it because they were, you know, doing the whole wearing makeup and the big hair.

1:14.3

Yeah, they were the peak hair band in the 80s glam rock.

1:17.8

But I don't know if I should be ashamed or proud to admit this.

1:22.1

But that song we heard at the bumper there, nothing but a good time.

1:24.8

I know every single word to that song.

1:27.4

I could sing that song

1:28.4

karaoke without the monitor giving me the lyrics. So Ricky said that he doesn't resent Brett

1:34.6

Michaels and ruled out replacing him as a lead singer calling him the best frontman for poison.

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