In a new conversation with Ethan Dometrius, Bret Michaels hinted at an ‘Absolute Party’ for Poison’s 40th-anniversary tour in 2026.
“So here’s the deal. I go through ’25,” the singer mentioned Poison’s plans to tour in 2026 for the 40th anniversary of their 1986 album ‘Look What The Cat Dragged In.’ “We’re doing a bunch of these big festivals [with my solo band] … So I’m doing a bunch of those.”
He continued, “And then 2026, C.C. [DeVille, Poison guitarist] and Bobby [Dall, Poison bassist] and Rikki [Rockett, Poison drummer], I’m here because of them, because of us having each other’s back in the beginning, through the middle, through right now.”
“And it’ll be four years since we’ve toured, since ‘The Stadium Tour,’ together, and we’re just hoping to make this absolutely 40 awesome dates, and just putting every, as we do, putting every ounce of energy on that stage and just bringing an absolute party,” Michaels added.
In October, Rikki Rockett was asked by SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk if Poison would tour alone in 2026 or join another band for a stadium tour. The rocker replied, “It’s not figured out. We have agreed to do a minimum of 40 dates and maybe more.”
“So whatever it works out to be, but it’s for sure gonna be that many, at least. And I don’t know. I mean, if there’s somebody that we can package with that makes sense, great. If there isn’t, then we’ll headline. Whatever makes sense,” Rockett explained.
He then noted, “I don’t know who’s going out yet that year, in ’26, but if it makes sense to package with somebody, we’ll do it. If it doesn’t, we’ll do it ourselves. It’s like Bret said, if you can’t do it right, do it anyway. But we’ll be doing it right [Laughs].”
Michaels talked about Poison’s plans to tour in 2026 in September, too. He mentioned that it would be great, but they need to plan carefully as a band. Unlike his solo work, where he makes all the decisions, with Poison, they work together as a team to make sure everything works for everyone.
