‘Poison’ Lead Singer Bret Michaels Hospitalized For Unknown Medical Condition, Cancels Show

Frontman Bret Michaels of the band “Poison” had to be hospitalized Thursday for an unknown medical condition — and the rock group had to unexpectedly cancel their show in Nashville.

The 59-year-old lead singer took to Instagram Friday to update fans about why the band had to cancel the show right before he was set to come out on stage. The rocker said he had to be taken to a local hospital for an “unforeseen” reason. He also thanked fans for their support and gave a bit more information about what went wrong.

“To all the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!” Michaels wrote on his official social media page. “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!” the rocker added. “I’m working on being back 100% very soon & hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and Classless Act!!!”

While Michaels didn’t explain what landed him suddenly in the hospital, TMZ reported that he was suffering an apparent reaction to medication triggered by his diabetes.

Poison has currently been on a huge stadium tour with other popular rock groups like Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Joan Jett.

Fans in the audience reportedly shared that band members took the stage Thursday and told them that the show was off after Bret had to go to the hospital due to a bad reaction to some medicine. But no other details were given.

The tour’s next show is set for Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, and Sunday in Mississippi. It is unclear at the time of this publication if Poison will be joining the rest of the 80s rockers.

The huge rock  tour was originally planned to go down in 2020 but the pandemic canceled all the shows and they only recently were able to finally hit the road.

Michaels has Type 1 diabetes and had to have an emergency appendectomy back in 2010, Page Six noted.

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