According to Billboard, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe’s recent stadium tour ended up earning $173.5 million after selling 1.3 million tickets. The trek, which also featured Poison and Joan Jett, made its best money during two concerts at Fenway Park in Boston, MA, which generated $9.3 million. Four other shows also broke $6 million including dates in Charlotte, NC, Denver, CO, Glendale, AZ, and Inglewood, CA. The tour averaged about 37,520 tickets sold each night with $4.96 million earned.
During their August 20 show in Tulsa, OK, Poison were joined onstage by original Saliva singer Josey Scott for a performance of “Nothin’ But A Good Time.” You can see fan-filmed footage of that below:
[via Blabbermouth]
During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk,” Poison’s Bret Michaels revealed that “The Stadium Tour” might be the band’s last tour until 2025. Despite this, the frontman is still planning a special “Party Gras” solo tour for 2023.
Michaels said the following:
“For me, next year, I put it off this year, because we didn’t know this year… With everything going on in the world, we didn’t know if ‘The Stadium Tour’ was gonna go [ahead in 2022]. I prayed every day — I’m, like, ‘I hope this goes. I’ve been waiting since ’20.’ First words out of my mouth besides thanking the fans and the bands and the crew, I go, ‘I’ve been waiting two, almost three years for this’ [since] we announced ‘The Stadium Tour’. But for me, this year we were gonna do the ‘Party Gras’ tour. I put together something incredible, and now we’re gonna launch that in ’23. And when I tell you what this is and the way we’ve designed it with everybody, it’s an incredible amphitheater tour that’s just gonna be — I think it’s gonna be insane and gonna be the ‘all thriller, no filler’ summer party. And you’ll know what I mean when it hits the stage. It’s really an exciting idea.”
“This would be my own band, in ’23. I’m just saying ’25 is probably when POISON will put a humongous world tour together and go back out and be incredible. And it’ll be awesome. My ‘Party Gras’, this entire amphitheater thing we’re doing and festival, as soon as we knew we were doing ‘The Stadium Tour’, we moved that to ’23 and we got to do ‘The Stadium Tour’, which is incredible.”
He also added the following about the “Party Gras” lineup:
“We [already] know [who it is]; we just don’t wanna say it yet. When you see the concept I wrote up… Like I said, it’s all-thriller, no-filler, all-original-singer, nothing but hits that just is gonna roll. Truly when I use the words ‘nothing but a good vibe’ or ‘nothing but a good time’, it is gonna be that kind of night. And we’re only pick select dates in all the amphitheaters, Live Nation amphitheaters, and then take it out to the festivals and everything along with it.”
[via Blabbermouth]
As previously reported, Poison were forced to cancel their June 30 set in Nashville, TN after Bret Michaels was reportedly hospitalized “because of an allergic reaction to medication.” Now, the frontman has officially commented on the situation. He said the following:
“To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in the Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication & following hospitalization, it was not possible. I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight!!! I’m working on being back 100% very soon & hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/ Joan and Classless Act!!!”
According to Blabbermouth, Poison will be sitting out tonight’s (June 30) stop on their stadium tour with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, and Joan Jett due to frontman Bret Michaels suffering from illness. Guitarist C.C. DeVille reportedly told the Nashville crowd that the singer was hospitalized “because of an allergic reaction to medication.” This news comes after Metal Sludge previously claimed that he tested positive for COVID-19. Notably, the concert is also having delays due to lightning strikes.
During Poison’s June 18 set in Miami Gardens, FL, C.C. DeVille paid tribute to the late great Eddie Van Halen by shredding “Eruption” during his guitar solo. You can see fan-filmed footage of that below:
During Bret Michaels’ April 28 show at Six String Grill & Stage in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the singer was joined onstage by Poison tribute band Shot Of Poison for a performance of “Nothin’ But A Good Time.” You can see footage of that below:
[via Blabbermouth]
Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts have added five more dates to their summer tour. This includes new stops in Toronto, ON, Indianapolis, IN, Vancouver, BC, Edmonton, AB, and Las Vegas, NV.
Tour Dates:
06/16 Atlanta, GA – Suntrust Park
06/18 Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium
06/19 Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium
06/22 Washington, DC – Nationals Park
06/24 Flushing, NY – Citifield
06/25 Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
06/28 Charlotte, NC – Bank Of America Stadium
06/30 Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
07/02 Jacksonville, FL – Tiaa Bank Field
07/05 St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium
07/08 Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
07/10 Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
07/12 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
07/14 Cleveland, OH – Firstenergy Stadium
07/15 Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark
07/17 Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field
07/19 Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium
07/21 Denver, CO – Coors Field
08/05 Boston, MA – Fenway Park
08/06 Boston, MA – Fenway Park
08/08 Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
08/10 Buffalo, NY – New Era Field
08/12 Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park
08/14 Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
08/16 Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium
08/19 Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park
08/21 San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
08/22 Arlington, TX – Globe Life Park
08/25 Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
08/27 Inglewood, CA – Sofi Stadium
08/28 San Diego, CA – Petco Park
08/31 Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
09/02 Vancouver, BC – BC Place
09/04 Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
09/07 San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
09/09 Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
Poison’s Rikki Rockett has revealed that he recently tested positive for COVID-19. The drummer has already been fully vaccinated, but some breakthrough cases like his are expected considering the vaccines are not 100% effective at stopping infection. Despite this, the shots are still effective at preventing death and severe illness.
Rockett said the following in part:
“I was diagnosed, or got a positive test… My son and I stayed in the camper on Friday. On Saturday, he came down with symptoms. So Saturday afternoon, I took him to the urgent care and we had him tested. The doctor said, ‘It’s 50/50. We don’t know.’ Sunday, we got the call that he was positive. On Monday, I went in and got tested. It came back negative, ’cause I was a day early. And I got the results on Tuesday. By then, I was having symptoms. And so I went back in and got a rapid test. And it was positive. So, I’m not the only one in my family. Now everybody has it.”
He continued:
“Guess what: I’m vaccinated. I’m fully vaccinated, and I’ve been vaccinated for months. I don’t know if this is the [COVID-19] delta variant, but every physician I’ve spoken to said it has every hallmark of being the delta variant.”
“You’re probably thinking to yourself, ‘Vaccinated and you still got COVID. Do you feel like an idiot for getting vaccinated?’ No. The reason I don’t feel that way is because I know that this would be way worse, especially if it was the delta variant. And I’m pretty sure — pretty, pretty sure; and I’m gonna get a DNA sequence to make sure — but absolutely every doctor that my family and I have come in contact with, and I think we’re counting seven doctors now, have all said, ‘It is the hallmarks… Everything that you describe is the delta variant.’ So I’m quite confident that that’s what it is. And that would completely devastate me if I hadn’t had the vaccine.”
Rockett also added:
“I am a cancer survivor — almost five years ago, I had cancer, and I’ve been cancer-free since then. I did a little inquiry with the clinic, and they said, ‘No. We’re getting dozens of people a day that are vaccinated that are testing positive with the delta variant.”
“So, this is the predominant variant right now, and it just sucks, ’cause it’s no fun — trust me — it’s no fun. But it could have been a lot worse. I’m not on a respirator. My doctor told me yesterday. We had a nice call for about 20 minutes. I showed him all my numbers. But he said, ‘I’m pretty convinced you’re out of the woods.’ It’d be very weird for me to just relapse all of a sudden.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts have postponed their stadium tour once again due to the coronavirus pandemic. The trek is now scheduled for 2022. The following statement was issued:
“To all our loyal fans, we wanted to let you know that we learned today that the tour is getting moved to 2022. This is the only way to ensure that we can play ALL of the dates for ALL of you who have purchased tickets. We appreciate you hanging in there and can’t wait to get back on stage and bring The Stadium Tour to all of our fans. It is going to be one for the history books!”
2022 Tour Dates:
06/16 Atlanta, GA – Suntrust Park
06/18 Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium
06/19 Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium
06/22 Washington, DC – Nationals Park
06/24 Flushing, NY – Citifield
06/25 Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
06/28 Charlotte, NC – Bank Of America Stadium
06/30 Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
07/02 Jacksonville, FL – Tiaa Bank Field
07/05 St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium
07/08 Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
07/10 Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
07/12 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
07/14 Cleveland, OH – Firstenergy Stadium
07/15 Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark
07/17 Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field
07/19 Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium
07/21 Denver, CO – Coors Field
08/05 Boston, MA – Fenway Park
08/06 Boston, MA – Fenway Park
08/10 Buffalo, NY – New Era Field
08/12 Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park
08/14 Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
08/19 Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park
08/21 San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
08/22 Arlington, TX – Globe Life Park
08/27 Inglewood, CA – Sofi Stadium
08/28 San Diego, CA – Petco Park
08/31 Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
09/07 San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
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