POISON Kicks Off 25th-Anniversary Tour In Front Of Nearly 4,000 Fans

May 26, 2011

POISON kicked off its 25th-anniversary tour last night (Wednesday, May 25) in front of nearly 4,000 fans at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi. This larger-than-life reunion tour features all four of the band's original members Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall and C.C. DeVille. Also appearing on the bill were WARRANT and Tupelo's own SPUNK MONKEES.

Fan-filmed video footage of POISON performing its smash hit "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" during last night's concert can be viewed below.

To celebrate POISON's 25th anniversary, 35 of the multi-platinum band's top hits and fan favorites have been gathered for "Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits", a new career-spanning 2CD and digital collection which was released May 3 by Capitol/EMI.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits" sold 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

"Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits" features all of the band's charting singles, including the #1 smash ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Top 10 hits "Nothin' But A Good Time", "Unskinny Bop" and "Something To Believe In", and other big hits and fan favorites, including "Talk Dirty To Me", "I Want Action", "Your Mama Don't Dance", "Fallen Angel", "Ride The Wind" and many more, including standouts from the band's most recent album, 2007's "Poison'd!"

"Between 'Double Dose Of Poison' and the 25th-anniversary tour, I honestly can't think of a better way to mark this major milestone," said POISON's singer Bret Michaels. "I'm so excited to get back out on the road with the band again to celebrate and 'Double Dose' is going to be such a must-have collection: All the hits in one place. This is going to be really special for all of the fans and especially for all of those who have been with us since Day One."

POISON's highly-anticipated tour with MTLEY CRE and the NEW YORK DOLLS kicks off June 7 at Dallas' Gexa Energy Pavilion, before continuing on to more than 30 other cities and major venues across North America, including Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl on June 14, Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre on June 28, Detroit's DTE Energy Music Center on June 29, and Chicago's FMB Amphitheatre on July 1.

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