Metal Anarchy

Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has further explained the initial postponement of the band’s Las Vegas residency. As it turns out, he suffered a stroke on December 25, 2024.

Neil told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he felt fine when he went to bed on Christmas, but when he woke up he discovered that his “whole left side went out.” He continued:

“I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough. The doctors said they didn’t think I’d be able to go back on stage again. I go, ‘No, no, I’m gonna do it. Watch and see.’”

Neil went on to say he had months of physical therapy:

“I went from people carrying me to the bathroom, because I couldn’t walk myself, finally to a wheelchair. I graduated to a walker, and then I had a cane. Now I don’t need anything. But it’s like a full-time job getting back to where you feel good again.”

He added:

“It takes a while to get your brain to start moving your legs, for them to do what your brain wants to do. You try to walk but it doesn’t come out right.”

He also revealed that he was undergoing ladder agility drills from a local football coach:

“I’ve doing that a lot, a lot of running — I learned how to run again. “It’s been tough, but I’m back, I’m 90-, 95-percent to where I was before, and it’s going to be great.”