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BRET MICHAELS Hopes To Announce 'Really Awesome' POISON 2020 Tour 'In The Next Month Or So'

Bret Michaels has confirmed to Arizona Republic that POISON will return next year with a "really awesome" tour. "Every other year," he said, "we're out with the all-original lineup and it's always out in the arenas and amphitheaters, having an amazing time. It'll be great and hopefully we'll get to...
November 12, 2019
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BRET MICHAELS Is 'Working Real Hard' To Put Together 'Incredible' POISON Tour In 2020

Bret Michaels says that POISON will return next year with an "incredible" tour and hopefully "at least" one new song. In 2018, POISON completed the "Nothin' But A Good Time" tour with CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL. POISON's last album of new material was 2002's "Hollyweird". An album of covers, "Poison'd...
November 6, 2019
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POISON Drummer RIKKI ROCKETT Sues Over House Remodel Gone Wrong

According to The Blast, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has filed a lawsuit against a construction company that he says been handling the remodeling of his Los Angeles-area home. Rikki, whose real name is Richard Allan Ream, claims he hired the company in May 2018. A short time later, the company start...
July 24, 2019
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POISON Drummer RIKKI ROCKETT's Immunotherapy Story (Video)

When oral cancer threatened to leave Rikki Rockett speechless, the drummer for POISON found an immunotherapy clinical trial. In June 2015, Rikki visited his primary care doctor with a sore throat. His doctor found a small tumor at the base of his tongue, and Rikki learned he had human papillomaviru...
June 10, 2019
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BRET MICHAELS Says POISON Will Return In 2020 With An 'Incredible Tour' And 'Hopefully' Some New Music

Bret Michaels says that POISON will return next year with "an incredible tour" and "hopefully" at least one new song. In 2018, POISON completed the "Nothin' But A Good Time" tour with CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL. POISON's last album of new material was 2002's "Hollyweird". An album of covers, "Poison'd...
March 26, 2019
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Video Premiere: ONSLAUGHT's 'A Perfect Day To Die'

"A Perfect Day To Die", the new video from British thrashers ONSLAUGHT, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, due later in the year via AFM Records. Guitarist Nige Rockett comments: "We are super stoked to finally get some new material out to the fans. "'A Perfect Day...
March 8, 2019
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POISON Drummer Is 'Hopeful' For New Music And Return To Europe In 2020

Rikki Rockett says that he is "hopeful" that POISON will return to Europe and that the band will record new music in 2020. The drummer made the comments while chatting to Eonmusic and the "Neil Jones Rock Show" at "Ultimate NAMM Night", which took place on January 26 in Anaheim, California. POISON...
February 25, 2019
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RIKKI ROCKETT On Possibility Of New POISON Music: 'Hopefully We'll Get Our S**t Together And Go Do It'

Rikki Rockett says that he hopes POISON will make some new music in the not-too-distant future. "I'm always up for working and writing and recording with POISON," the drummer told VintageRock.com at this past weekend's NAMM show in Anaheim, California (see video below). "It's my baby, it's my life's...
January 28, 2019
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STEVE VAI, BILLY SHEEHAN, RIKKI ROCKETT, DOUG ALDRICH, Others To Perform At 2019 'Ultimate NAMM Night'

"Ultimate Jam Night", the long-running community-oriented show in residency at the Whisky A Go Go, presents its second annual show at NAMM dubbed "Ultimate NAMM Night - The Power Of Music" on Saturday, January 26 at the Hilton Anaheim California Ballroom. The show is sponsored by DW drums, Ampeg, M...
January 20, 2019
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BRET MICHAELS Says POISON Will Return In 2020 'With Some New Songs'

Bret Michaels says that POISON will return in 2020 "with some new songs." Earlier this year, POISON completed the "Nothin' But A Good Time 2018" tour with CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL. POISON's last album of new material was 2002's "Hollyweird". An album of covers, "Poison'd", followed in 2007. In a bra...
December 25, 2018
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ONSLAUGHT Begins Recording New Album

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have entered the studio to begin recording their new album. The first teaser video can be seen below. ONSLAUGHT guitarist Nige Rockett recently spoke to The Metal Crypt about the band's latest additions, drummer James Perry and guitarist Wayne Dorman. He said: "James has...
November 21, 2018
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ONSLAUGHT Guitarist On New Lineup: 'There Are No Limits To What We Can Achieve'

Guitarist Nige Rockett of British thrashers ONSLAUGHT spoke to The Metal Crypt about the band's latest additions, drummer James Perry and guitarist Wayne Dorman. He said: "James has been waiting in the wings to join the band for many years now. He's a longtime friend and helped us out on a South Ame...
November 7, 2018
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POISON's BRET MICHAELS To Perform At STAGECOACH Country Music Festival

POISON vocalist Bret Michaels – who has long courted acceptance from the country music establishment, from his temporary relocation to Nashville in the 1990s to his 2013 re-recording of POISON's No. 1 hit "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Country Music Hall Of Famer Loretta Lynn — will perform on the...
October 18, 2018
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POISON's BRET MICHAELS Looks Back At 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' On Single's 30th Anniversary

According to The Pulse Of Radio, frontman Bret Michaels looks back at one of the 1980s' most enduring power ballads on the 30th anniversary of POISON's sole chart-topping single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The song was originally released on May 3, 1988 on POISON's second album, "Open Up And Say......
October 15, 2018
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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT: 'I'm Not Gonna Post Things That Are Political In Nature Anymore'

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett says that he will no longer make social media posts that are "political in nature." He made his latest comments just two days after he weighed in on the U.S. Senate's 50-48 vote on Saturday to place Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment...
October 8, 2018