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The Stadium Tour

THE STADIUM TOUR

SUMMER 2020

DEF LEPPARD   MÖTLEY CRÜE

JOAN JETT& THE BLACKHEARTS

December 4, 2019 – The world’s most iconic and celebrated rock legends will hit the road together next summer for a coheadlining tour SO MASSIVE that it could only be held in America’s biggest stadiums.  THE STADIUM TOUR featuring DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE, with POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS will hits elect cities in the U.S. where each band will bring their electrifying stage shows while promising to perform their stadium sized anthems.  Produced by Live Nation, the summer tour is set to steamroll through America, visiting the country’s most iconic stadiums, was announced today at SiriusXM’s Hollywood Studios live on the Volume Channel 106.

Tickets will go on-sale to the general public beginning Friday, December 13 at 10am at www.LiveNation.com , check local listings for details.   Citi is the official presale credit card for the tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday, December 10 at 12pm localtime until Thursday, December 12 at 10pm local time through CitiEntertainment SM . For complete presale details visit  www.citientertainment.com .

Following the huge success of their NETFLIX biopic THE DIRT, Mötley Crüe has seen a massive surge in new audience with fans around the world demanding the band tour again. This lead to the band members reuniting and announcing that “Mötley Crüe is back” just recently. While The Dirt caused a meteoric 350% increase in streams of Mötley Crüe’s music across all platforms and the younger 18-44 demographic now represents 64% of the band’s fanbase most of the new fans have never seen any of the band’s legendary live shows that Crüeheads have relished for close to 4 decades. Mötley Crüe is also celebrating the 30th Anniversary of their #1 charting, 7x Platinum album, DR. FEELGOOD this year. The band is ready to deliver an over the top stage show packed full of hit songs.

2019 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Def Leppard are one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the past year,the icons closed out a sold-out worldwide tour including a North American stadium run & headlining the UK’s Download Festival to 90k screaming fans.Def Leppard’s star continues to rise and prevail. The band have amassed a staggering 2.5 billion streams since releasing their music digitally last year.Def Leppard’s influential career crosses generations and includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, both of which are certified Diamond (10x platinum).

POISON will be bringing a rocking real and relevant no holds barred thunderous live show to the Stadium tour this summer with the all original lineup of Bret Michaels,C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett. POISON will be unleashing an onslaught of hit after hit songs in its set. Friday the 13th will be an historic date for two reasons, stadium tour tickets will go on sale as well as POISON front man, Bret Michaels will receive the Humanitarian of the Year award to air on the CW network the same night.  Michaels along with POISON is known to bring a unique style of passionate high energy, sincere gratitude and a positive attitude.  Michaels engages all the fans and makes it an absolute epic ride of true live music.   Together With C.C.Deville on guitar, Bobby Dall on bass, and Rikki Rockett on drums POISON will rock the stadium with a chemistry that will bring a big summer mega party vibe and Michaels promises to give 1000 % on the stage as the hotter it gets the harder POISON promises to rock!!!

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Jett & The Blackhearts are no strangers to stadium sized shows having toured with The Who, Green Day and the Foo Fighters in recent years on their stadium tours.  Jett celebrated the story of her life in a critically acclaimed 2018 documentary Bad Reputation which showcased all the female firepower of her life and musical career.

TOUR ITINERARY Tuesday, July 7 MIAMI, FL Hard Rock Stadium Thursday, July 9 ORLANDO, FL Camping World Stadium Saturday, July 11 CHARLOTTE, NC Bank of America Stadium Tuesday, July 14 ARLINGTON, TX Globe Life Field Wednesday, July 15 HOUSTON, TX Minute Maid Park Sunday, July 19 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Oracle Park Thursday, July 23 SAN DIEGO, CA Petco Park Saturday, July 25 PHOENIX, AZ State Farm Stadium Sunday, August 9 ATLANTA, GA SunTrust Park Tuesday, August 11 HERSHEY, PA Hersheypark Stadium Thursday, August 13 BUFFALO, NY New Era Field Saturday, August 15 PHILADELPHIA, PA Citizens Bank Park Sunday, August 16 PITTSBURGH, PA PNC Park Tuesday, August 18 MILWAUKEE, WI Miller Park Thursday, August 20 DETROIT, MI Comerica Park Saturday, August 22 WASHINGTON DC Nationals Park Sunday, August 23 FLUSHING, NY Citi Field Tuesday, August 25 BOSTON, MA Fenway Park* Friday, August 28 CHICAGO, IL Wrigley Field Sunday, August 30 DENVER, CO Coors Field Wednesday, September 2 SEATTLE, WA T-Mobile Park Saturday, September 5 LOS ANGELES, CA SoFi Stadium *pre-sales begin December 16 with general on-sale December 20

ABOUT DEF LEPPARD

With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, THE 2019 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES with two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., Def Leppard-Joe Elliott(vocals),Phil Collen (guitar), Rick “Sav” Savage (bass),Vivian Campbell (guitar)and Rick Allen (drums) – are one of the most important forces in rock music. The band have amassed a staggering 2.5 billion streams since releasing their music digitally only one year ago. As they did with the original release of their records, Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again. Chart stats saw their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK. Def Leppard had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalog albums chart.

Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as an institution in both the music and touring industry. DefLeppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time,Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages”, “Pour Some Sugar on Me”and “Foolin.” The band’s 2015 self-titled studio album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Independent Albums charts. The album also took the #5 spot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums and #10 spot on the Top 200, as well as claiming 15 top 10 debuts around the world.

ABOUT MÖTLEY CRÜE

Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, the quartet—Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars (guitars), Nikki Sixx (bass), and Tommy Lee (drums)— has commandeered the rock pantheon for 38 years. They’ve accumulated worldwide album sales exceeding 100m, 7 platinum and multi-platinum albums, 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits, 6 Top 20 pop singles, 3 GRAMMY nominations, 4 New York Times best-sellers and even landed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With utmost success from their biopic, The Dirt on Netflix and its soundtrack, the band landed another #1 album on iTunes and Top 10 worldwide with 22 chart-topping singles and 7 albums on the charts. Its massive global success saw Mötley Crüe’s popularity rush to new highs, catapulting the band’s music back to the top of the worldwide charts with the younger 18-44 demographic now representing 64% of the band’s fanbase. Moreover, in the six months following the release of THE DIRT, Mötley Crüe has celebrated a meteoric rise of almost 350% increase in streams of their music across all streaming platforms. Known for their iconic live performances, they’ve sold-out countless tours across the globe in front of millions of fans with groundbreaking production highlights such as Tommy Lee’s, Crüecifly-Drum-Roller coaster and Nikki Sixx’s Flame-Throwing-Bass. The band concluded their extensive two-year final tour in 2015 after 165 shows across 5 continents, grossing over $100m. Mötley Crüe’s music is frequently licensed by major household brands such as KIA Motors, Dodge, Coldwell Banker, NASCAR, Carl’s Jr. and many more.

ABOUT POISON

In its all original line up POISON (Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett) has kept it rocking, real and relevant and promises they will bring their own style, unbelievable live energy and big hit songs to the stage this summer. Relentless from the ground up and forged in the hell fires of the Pennsylvania and Los Angeles club scenes, they smashed their way up as an independent band who bet on themselves. Selling over 3 million copies of an independent album which included the big hits “Talk Dirty To Me”, “I Won’t Forget You”, “Cry Tough”, “I Want Action” and the underground smash “Look What The Cat Dragged In” they were soon picked up by Capitol Records and beat the sophomore jinx by releasing the #1 smash “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. Written out of emotion by singer/songwriter and frontman Bret Michaels, the song blasted into the charts remaining a top the pop, rock and country genres for 3 months consecutively. The album “Open Up and Say…Ahh!” sold 8 million copies out of the gate and spawned other hit singles, “Fallen Angel”, “Nothin’ But A Good Time” and “Your Mama Don’t Dance”. Followed up by the multi-platinum album“Flesh & Blood” Poison again lit up the charts with several more smash hit singles including “Unskinny Bop, “Something To Believe In” and more! Friday the 13 th will be a historic date for two reasons, the Stadium Tour tickets will go on sale plus POISON frontman Bret Michaels, a lifelong Type 1 juvenile diabetic will receive his recently awarded Humanitarian Of The Year award for his philanthropic work on The CW. Bret Michaels continues to celebrate our veterans and first responders on-stage nightly keeping all politics aside, just respect for these heroes. With a long list of big hit TV shows including multiple seasons of Vh1’s highest rated show “Rock Of Love,” which brought all the Poison hits to a new generation of fans, and NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice , Michaels vows on behalf of his band that they will bring the live, raw and real energy that is synonymous with POISON to the stage with all their biggest hits this summer along with an incredible VIP meet and greet and photo experience that all their fans have come to know.

ABOUT JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS

Joan Jett is an originator, an innovator, and a visionary. As the leader of the hard- rocking Blackhearts, with whom she has become a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, she’s had eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock’N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” and “Crimson and Clover.” Her independent record label, Blackheart, was founded in 1980 after she was rejected by no less than 23 labels. Blackheart is one of the longest running indie labels and continues to give voice to new bands. As a producer, she has overseen albums by Bikini Kill, Circus Lupus, as well as the Germs’ LA punk masterpiece, GI. Jett’s music has become a permanent force in mainstream culture. Jett and the Blackhearts released their latest record,’Unvarnished,’ in 2013 and continue touring the globe with headline shows alongside fellow rock icons like The Who, Green Day and the Foo Fighters.Additionally, Jett has acted and appeared in movies & television, including the film Light Of Day . Jett was also able to see her story told in The Runaways , the film based on (lead singer of The Runaways) Cherie Currie’s book Neon Angel, starring Kristen Stewart as Jett, and Dakota Fanning as Currie. Jett was close to the project, serving as executive producer. In January 2018, the documentary film based on Jett’s life, “Bad Reputation,” –produced by Blackheart’s SVP Carianne Brinkman and directed by Kevin Kerslake –premiered to critical acclaim at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, with the NewYork Post hailing that “ ‘Bad Reputation’ does it right, tracing Jett’s trailblazing path as one of the first, and still the hardest-rocking, woman.”

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'I'm a grateful guy': Bret Michaels on health, touring solo and with Poison and a love of bandanas

Bret Michaels is "cutting up I-80" on his way to a solo show in Fort Dodge, Iowa, a little more than a week before the kickoff of the summer rock circus known as The Stadium Tour.

The indefatigable Poison frontman – who is joining his bandmates , as well as Def Leppard , Motley Crue and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts on the three-and-a-half-month outing that began June 16 in Atlanta – is squeezing in a few concerts with the Bret Michaels Band, a practice he’ll continue throughout the summer.

But his strategy is identical whether it’s a Poison show or one of the 100-plus solo gigs he plays every year: “Bring 1,000% energy.”

The amiable Michaels, 59, appreciates his longevity in the music business – 36 years since Poison’s debut album – and approaches his career with refreshing self-awareness.

“I’m a grateful guy,” he tells USA TODAY from his RV. “To be on the good side of the dirt after all I’ve been through … I live to be on the road. It’s my freedom. It’s good for my soul.”

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Michaels manages his Type 1 diabetes with workouts in his mobile gym during the drive 

Michaels has often publicly discussed living with Type 1 diabetes – he was diagnosed at age 6 – and the ensuing challenges for a rock star on the road. Controlling his blood sugar is his primary concern throughout the day, which he monitors through diet and dedication to exercise.

He’ll pull out his mountain bike for a ride at a truck stop, but for the endless hours of road travel between tour dates, Michaels fashioned a mobile gym. He drilled a “big bolt” into the ceiling of his RV for triceps and back exercises and also bolted down a stationary bike, which he rides a couple of hours at a time.

“Rather than eating my way through an eight-hour drive, I put on a movie, lock the bike down, seat belt myself in and ride for the whole thing,” he says. “I come from a family that likes to party, but as a diabetic, I have to find more balance.”

In an unexpected turn of events, Michaels pulled out of Poison's Nashville show on June 30 after being hospitalized for an "unforeseen medical complication." 

"I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight," Michaels wrote on Instagram . "I am working on being back 100% very soon." 

The Poison singer collects his trademark bandanas at truck stops

Michaels’ TikTok showcasing his “patented headband diamond” folding technique of his trademark bandanas has generated more than 1.3 million views . He is unapologetic about both his love for the carefully arranged fabric (“It keeps me from sweating in my own face and it gives you swagger”) and the fact that he handpicks them from his favorite roadside stops.

“I have a drawer full of custom truck stop bandanas in a schmear of different colors. Just like life should be – all-inclusive,” he says.

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Michaels is proud that he’s “the real deal,” meaning no backing tracks to supplement his vocals and no Pro Tools manipulating any of the instruments’ sounds.

“It’s just straight-up live music and raw,” he says. “It’s the only way I know how to play.”

As his pre-stage prep, Michaels pops on his headphones and heads to the backstage stairs. “I always listen to AC/DC’s 'Thunderstruck'  as the last thing before I go on stage. Now I’m on (level) 10. It fires me up and boom! It’s like when a bull flies out of the gate.”

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The hit catalog among the four artists on The Stadium Tour could be its own Top 40. While Michaels has affection for every Poison song, from "Talk Dirty to Me" and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" to "Nothin' But a Good Time" (“They’re like my children, I love them all for different reasons”), he’s also eager to hear some smashes from his peers.

“With Joan, my standards are ‘Bad Reputation’ and ‘I Love Rock ’N Roll' – that one is always going to be in my party playlist. Motley, I love listening to ‘Dr. Feelgood,’ ‘Wild Side’ is great, ‘Live Wire,’ and of course ‘‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ – you can’t miss with that one. And Def Leppard , I love all of their music, but ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ and ‘Photograph,’ those are really good songs with such great harmonies.”

‘I built every house from brick one’

In addition to life as a rock ’n’ roller, Michaels is an entrepreneur, dabbling in film and TV and boasting an online store with branded wares.

The musician says he learned early that maintaining a lengthy career “means you take care of business, otherwise someone else will."

With Poison, he and bassist Bobby Dall "sign all the checks" and stay attuned to the needs of hardworking crew members. In his solo band, Michaels tends to his own team.

"There's got to be gas, hotels, per diems, where is everyone eating and sleeping," he says. “But I came from a basement in Pennsylvania, so I love being part of the business. I built every house from brick one, so if something goes wrong, I can go back to that foundation.”

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In November, A&E will debut “The Origins of Bret Michaels,” a multipart documentary drawn from the musician’s “Auto-Scrap-Ography Vol. 1,” his visual-heavy memoir released in 2020.

“These are stories about me standing in my basement in front of my parents’ washer and dryer and having to move it to set up our amps,” Michael says. “The book gives you a real dive into my head. And in spite of myself, I am still here and still rocking.”

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Poison’s Bret Michaels Returns to Stadium Tour

Poison vocalist Bret Michaels thanked fans for their support after he returned to the Stadium Tour despite not being fully recovered from his recent hospitalization .

The show in Jacksonville, FL. last night (July 2) went ahead despite yet another episode of heavy weather threatening proceedings. According to SetList.fm , Poison performed a seven-song set, shorter than the 11 tracks they've been delivering on most nights of the road trip.

“It has been a rough couple of days for me,” Michaels said in a short video released earlier in the day. “I just want to say to everyone, thank you – it means the world to me. I’m here in Jacksonville and I’m ready to rock. I’m going to give you a thousand per cent of everything I got in the tank right now. I’m not feeling my Sunday best but I’m gonna keep rockin’; I’m gonna burn it.”

After delivering the shortened set, Michaels posted an update saying: “Jacksonville, Florida fans in the pouring rain rocked my world. Seriously love you and sorry I was sick.”

Meanwhile, two Motley Crue members celebrated personal milestones after the show.

Drummer Tommy Lee completed his second full set with his colleagues, as his broken ribs continued to heal. In a social media post he thanked his friend, movie star John Travolta, for providing “energy movement” on his injury and for “rockin with us” at the concert. After delivering his first complete show on Jul. 1, Lee had reported: “I’m back kids!!! Can’t even tell ya how fucking pumped I am to smash drums for the whole show. It’s been really frustrating playing a few songs here n there…let’s go!”

Bandmate Nikki Sixx marked his 21st year without a drink on the same day, observing: “What a glorious life sobriety will give you if you’re willing to put in the work.” He posted his Twelve Steps app update that said he’d been sober for 252 months, 7,671 days or 184,089 hours.

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In March of 1983, Bret Michaels and his bandmates left Mechanicsburg, a town just west of Harrisburg in central Pennsylvania, to try their luck on the Sunset Strip, where the glam-metal scene was exploding, as Poison.

Nearly 40 years later, he's having what he calls "the time of my life" on the Stadium Tour with one of that scene's other most successful exports, Motley Crue, joining Def Leppard, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and a young group known as Classless Act.

As Michaels has been saying since the tour was first announced in late 2019, pre-pandemic, to take place the following summer, "If I wasn't on this show? As a rock fan, I'd have bought a ticket."

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'When I hit the stage, it's a party'

As it turns out, that's exactly how a lot of rock fans have responded to the twice-delayed Stadium Tour. It's one of this year's main events, grossing just under $5 million a show. 

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And Michaels swears the energy he brings to leading Poison through their greatest hits for an average of 36,000-some people a night is really not much different than the energy he brought to rocking Pennsylvania in his teens. 

"When we were playing at the Pine Grove Inn, we had to use their slogan, 'Shake your hiney at the Piney,' while we're playing to a crowd of 30 people at a bar in central Pennsylvania," Michaels says. 

"And we loved it. Treated every set like we were playing Madison Square Garden."

It's just how he's wired.

"When I hit the stage, it's a party," Michaels says. "I charge out there like it's my first show, possibly my last show. That's really how I feel.

"And due to some of my medical history, I laugh about it, but I treat it like this could be it. So I'm gonna go out there and leave it all on the stage."

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Despite that extroverted personality that made him what my brother swears was the most entertaining act on the bill when the Stadium Tour hit Pittsburgh, there was some culture shock involved in leaving small-town Pennsylvania for the Sunset Strip.

"When I got to Los Angeles, I'm not gonna lie, at first you're like, 'Wow, this is overwhelming,'" Michaels says. 

"We had no money. We thought we'd be one of the few bands out there. Little did we know there's 40,000 other bands trying to write original material. So we got real smart and adapted real quick."

One thing Poison quickly figured out was they could make enough to scrape by if they lined up some gigs on the outskirts of town.

"Los Angeles at that point, you actually had to pay to play," Michaels says. 

"We had a windowless Chevette, or pretty much no windows left, an old ambulance van and a Ford pickup truck. We could load all of our gear in and play all these outlying cities and towns to make money to eat."

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For a while, he says, they lived behind the back half of a dry cleaner.

"There was one running faucet that had no hot water," Michaels says. "And that was your shower or what you boiled to make food. We slept in sleeping bags. That was how we existed. When I say we paid our dues, we paid our dues."

For three years, Michaels says, "We literally starved, but we kept writing original stuff."

They also kept building a fan base. But even then, nobody wanted to sign them.

"We would play this place called the Palace across from Capitol Records and sell it out," Michaels says. "National acts would co-headline or open for us. But no record label would touch us."

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'Look What the Cat Dragged In' 

Finally, in 1986, an independent label called Enigma Records took a chance and signed them, releasing a "glorified demo," as Michaels has called "Look What the Cat Dragged In," a glam-metal classic that spent a full year climbing to its Billboard chart peak, No. 3. 

"Our big signing party was sitting on a cement floor in a warehouse, boxing up albums," Michaels says. 

He and his bandmates were putting promotional items in with the record stores' orders, shrink-wrapping their own cassettes.

"I'm thinking, 'This sure as hell isn't like the Kiss autobiography. They had jets and parties and limousines," Michaels says with a laugh. "But honestly, we had the time of our life. We didn't know any better. We were like, 'OK, this is it!'"

They hand-delivered the album to KROQ in Los Angeles.

"We went right in there and handed them our record and they played it," Michaels says. 

"We sat out in the car, in the Chevette, and listened to them play 'Talk Dirty to Me' and 'Cry Tough.' I thought, 'Man, touchdown!'"

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When 'Talk Dirty to Me' exploded

From there, they tried the same approach in San Diego and Phoenix.

"We just took our records and we'd walk in," Michaels says.

"The radio station's like, 'Who are these freaks trying to get in our front door?' And we'd have to explain that we were popular in L.A. but the rest of the world didn't know us yet. Then finally 'Talk Dirty to Me' exploded."

Released in February 1987 as the second single from "Look What the Cat Dragged In," "Talk Dirty to Me" peaked at No. 9 on Billboard's Hot 100, followed by "I Won't Forget You," a bluesy power ballad that peaked at No. 13. 

Those were exciting times that included a lot of what Michaels calls Spinal Tap moments.

"We would do in-stores and sometimes there would be 100 people and we'd run out of the 10 records we had," he says. "And we'd be signing Butte, Montana, roadmaps, you know what I mean? But we lived and learned."

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'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'

They even managed to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump with four Top 20 entries on the Hot 100 from 1988's "Open Up and Say... Ahh!" — "Nothin' But a Good Time," "Fallen Angel," a spirited cover of Loggins and Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" and the ballad that remains their biggest hit, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."

That last one, which topped the Hot 100, was a tough sell at rock radio.

"We had had great luck with 'I Won't Forget You,' but that one didn't start with an acoustic kind of country-esque Eagles Americana feel," Michaels says. "I said, 'Please, this song is from the heart.'"

Michaels credits a cluster of stations in Dallas with breaking the single, which "went No. 1 like a freight train" from there. 

"No one believed in this song, and we just kept at it," he says. "Then, suddenly, everyone's like, 'Oh, we always knew this was a No. 1 song.'"

Michaels laughs.

"And I'm like, 'Yeah, that's because it's a No. 1 song now.' I said, 'Three months ago, you guys wanted to take it off the record.'"

He laughs again, then adds, "All of this is as true as it gets."

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The '90s took off like a rocket for Poison when their third hit album, "Flesh and Blood," sent two songs to the Top 5 on the Hot 100 — "Unskinny Bop" and "Something to Believe In."

Things started unraveling in 1991, when Michaels got into a fistfight backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards with C.C. DeVille, their lead guitarist, who was subsequently fired.

That awards show was Sept. 5. Five days later, Nirvana released a single widely seen as the beginning of the end of the glam-metal era.

"I blame nobody," Michaels says. "There was definitely a change in the music business but I only blame myself. There was a lot of partying."

He never understood the animosity people just assumed he would've felt toward artists like Nirvana. 

"Grunge was great," he says. "We used Nirvana's director, Sam Bayer, on the video to 'Stand.' Alice in Chains' first arena show was opening for Poison.

"I was like, 'I didn't know I was in a fight with Alice in Chains. They were just at my house riding go-karts,' you know what I mean?"

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By 1996, DeVille was back on board, rejoining Michaels, bassist Bobby Dall and drummer Rikki Rockett to complete the classic Poison lineup.

Three years later, they were drawing crowds as large as 18,000 on the Greatest Hits Reunion Tour.

"All you can do is just be who you are and stick to your guns," Michaels says. "And it all came back bigger and better than ever.

"I don't have a victim mentality. I take responsibility for things that happen. You own it and you just keep rocking. That's what happened. Within a couple years, everything comes right back around."

To Michaels, the massive success of the Stadium Tour is not the slightest bit surprising.

"The truth is this: They all were at those concerts all that time, selling out the arenas and amphitheaters," he says. 

"A rock audience is a lot like a country audience. They're very loyal. So they never got the Post-it Note that said, 'You're not supposed to like this.'" 

Bret Michaels' life in Arizona

For Michaels, the Aug. State Farm Stadium concert in Glendale is a bit of a homecoming show, having divided his time between a home in northern Scottsdale and his L.A. ranch for more than 15 years. 

"I love it," Michaels says. "If half my friends show up on the guest list, we'll have a sold-out show."

Further strengthening Michaels' connection to the Valley, he credits St. Joseph’s Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix with having saved his life.

That's where Michaels was treated in 2010 for a brain hemorrhage and again in 2011 for a procedure to close a hole in his heart. A year after that second procedure, he opened  the Bret Michaels Hospitality and Music Room at St. Joseph's Hospital.

The singer's interest in philanthropy dates to childhood. He was diagnosed at 6 with Type 1 diabetes and his parents started a diabetes youth camp in Harrisburg.

"That's where the philanthropic side of me came in, seeing how much good it did," he says. 

Through his Life Rocks Foundation, Michaels is able to give back to communities along the tour, from helping kids with diabetes to assisting veterans and beyond.

"It's just something that I want to do and need to do," he says. 

Solo gigs during gaps in the Stadium Tour

In addition to rocking the Stadium Tour with Poison, Michaels has filled in the gaps in his schedule with solo performances.

"These are my dad and mom's exact words in one of the Behind the Music shows," he says. "They're like, 'I don't know what it is with my son Bret. He has a unique extra energy, an extra gear that is unexplainable.'

"I don't know why. I just like being active. Smart musicians take a day off. I'm like, 'That'd be a great day. We can get to Minneapolis, do the Moondance Festival and get back in time to play the next stadium date."

His approach to the solo shows is the same as the Stadium Tour.

"The way I mentally and physically treat both is 1,000%," Michaels says. 

"If you said, 'Look, a bunch of our buddies are gonna get together, we're throwing a charity event in a 100-seat room, I would bring the same energy as if I'm playing Glendale at the stadium."

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Parti-Gras and 'Chicken Soup for Rock'

Michaels plans to focus on more solo dates in 2023, with an amphitheater tour based on a concept he calls Parti-Gras.

"Like Mardi Gras," Michaels explains.

"It's gonna be that summer mega-party. A festival bigger than any one name. One night could be me and Jimmy Buffett. Last night in Tulsa, Josey from Saliva did 'Nothin' But a Good Time' and the place went crazy. I call it 'All killer, no filler.' Nothing but hits."

There's a photo journal on his website,  bretmichaels.com,  reliving highlights of those solo dates and the Stadium Tour in images and words as a digital outgrowth of "Auto-Scrap-o-Graphy," the singer's photo memoir.

"It's like Chicken Soup for Rock," he says. "In other words, stories that get right to the point and I've got a picture. So I'm not talking about some friend for 13 chapters and you're like, 'Can I see a picture of him?' I've got the picture of us in the basement with my parents' laundry stacked up on the washer and dryer while we're playing."

'I'm sorry I knocked your tooth out'

As for Poison, Michaels says they're in a good place as bandmates and friends. 

"Here's the truth," he says. "We always get along great.

"No one has ever made me laugh harder or been through as much as we've been through together, from the ground up. I'm talking the basement, sump-pump water on the floor. We're definitely four uniquely different personalities. But on that stage, it's electric."

When Michaels says they "always" get along great, he's not counting the 1% of the time it all goes straight to hell.

"When it goes bad, it goes straight to a fistfight," Michaels says.

"It's like, 'What'd you say?! Oh, yeah?!' And the next thing you know, it's a bar fight on the tour bus or backstage. Then the next day we're playing on stage together and I'm like, 'I'm sorry I knocked your tooth out.' They're like, 'Yeah, I'm sorry I hit you in the gut.'"

That potential for a fistfight may be part of the appeal of seeing Poison live, Michaels adds with a laugh. 

"Hell, me and Bobby got in a fistfight on stage. Me and C.C. at the MTV awards. I think half the time, people who come to Poison, they're like, 'Wait, good tunes I can sing along to, good pyro and occasionally a prize fight? You get your money's worth.' 

It's been 20 years since "Hollyweird," their latest album of original material. And Michaels isn't necessarily eager to get back in the studio and make another album. What he would be into, though, is adding one more classic single to the repertoire

"I know I could get outvoted on this," Michaels says. 

"But I said, 'Guys, I beg you. Let's just write a straight-up rock song.' A 'Nothin' But a Good Time.' But modern. 'Talk Dirty to Me.' A great guitar riff, good lyrics, a hook in the chorus. Just something that's fun for us to write. And who knows? Maybe it could be a modern-day 'You Shook Me All Night Long.'"

But just one song.

"You give us a whole album," he says, with a laugh, "you'll get the best prize fight you've ever seen."

The Stadium Tour

When: 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.

Where: State Farm Stadium, 1 Cardinals Way, Glendale.

Admission: $99.50 and up.

Details: 800-745-3000,  ticketmaster.com.

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Poison’s Bret Michaels Announces 2023 US “Parti-Gras” Tour

The summer run will feature support from Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship, Steve Augeri, and Mark McGrath

Poison singer Bret Michaels has announced the Summer 2023 US “Parti Gras” tour featuring a stacked support cast of Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship, Steve Augeri (ex-Journey), and Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray).

Dates kick off July 13rd in Clarkston, Michigan, and run through August 6th in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A Citi Cardmember ticket pre-sales goes live today (December 5th) at 10 a.m. local time, and a Live Nation pre-sale begins Tuesday (December 6th) at 10 a.m. local time (code: CHEER ). General public sales start Friday (December 9th) at 10 a.m. local time. You can pick up tickets via Ticketmaster .

In addition to the aforementioned support package, a surprise guest will make an appearance each night to “rock your world,” according to the press release. The tour poster emphasizes that each performer will play “all the killer hits, no filler.”

“I created Parti-Gras as a sincere and grateful thank you to the fans, friends, and family who have rocked with me over the years,” Michaels said in a statement. “I promise to deliver positive energy, live, raw, real music, and all the bands will deliver sing-a-long hit after hit songs. Your voice will be hoarse after an epic, big, fun stage show.”

Added Rick Franks of Global Touring Live Nation: “After seeing Bret bring the party in every market of the Stadium Tour [supporting Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe] this past year, we are looking forward to more of his ‘nothing, but a good vibe, high-energy performing’ on the Parti-Gras Tour next summer.”

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Below you can see the tour poster and a full list of dates for Bret Michaels’ “Parti Gras” US tour. Get tickets here .

Bret Michaels’ 2023 US Tour Dates with Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship, Steve Augeri (ex-Journey), and Mark McGrath: 07/13 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre 07/15 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake 07/16 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center 07/21 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center 07/22 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion 07/23 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion 07/28 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 07/29 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 07/30 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center 08/04 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds 08/05 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre 08/06 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion

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BRET MICHAELS: POISON Will 'Do Another Big Stadium And Arena Tour In 2025'

During a February 25 question-and-answer session aboard the Rock Legends Cruise XI , Bret Michaels spoke about POISON 's plans to regroup for more shows following the band's 2022 participation in "The Stadium Tour" alongside MÖTLEY CRÜE , DEF LEPPARD and Joan Jett . he said: "When we go back, I think in 2025, it's always been, to me, all-original POISON . We'll have C.C [ DeVille , guitar] and Bobby [ Dall , bass] and Rikki [ Rockett , drums] and myself and go do another big stadium tour and arena tour in 2025."

Regarding his motivation for going back out on the road with POISON after spending most of his time touring with his solo band, Bret said: "We've known each other since we've been in junior high school… I wouldn't be here without Bobby or Rikki or C.C. And then, as you go along, we've been together a long time — still great friends. If anyone saw 'The Stadium Tour' , that was a party. And when you're out there with that DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY and Joan , you're talking A-plus awesomeness. And we just came out and brought it.

"For me, what it is, we do about a couple of years solo, and then we'll go out and do 35 or 40 dates with POISON ," he explained. "And we set it up, we schedule it."

POISON 's long-delayed North American trek with DEF LEPPARD , MÖTLEY CRÜE and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS was originally planned for 2020 and later moved to 2021 and then to 2022.

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" , followed in 2007.

Back in 2018, Dall said that POISON "should" be making a new studio album but claimed that he didn't know if it would happen. "I'm not going to bullshit you and say there's any [new music] in the process [of being made]," he told All That Shreds . "Would I like there to be? Yes. But, it's a matter of everyone having the time. Everybody in the band has other commitments. Some members have younger children than others. So between those two issues, it's difficult, and, you know, [there are] health issues as we get older. Should we be making a new record? Yes, definitely. But will it happen? I don't know."

In a 2017 interview, Rikki acknowledged that part of the reason the band hasn't been motivated to work on new music has been the fact that fans rarely show interest in hearing fresh material performed live when classic rock groups go on tour. "We could write the second coming of 'Talk Dirty To Me' , and I don't know if people wanna hear it or not, and that's a frustrating thing; it really is," he said. " AEROSMITH was able to do it, but not everybody is. I mean, even THE ROLLING STONES have had problems with that in the last few years. So… I don't know. But I do think it's important to stay viable. For the 'über fans,' it's always a really, really good thing. And that's what you do it for — you do it for you, you do it for the real fans, the real true fans."

More recently, Rockett admitted that he and other members of POISON harbored some resentment toward Michaels , whose frequent tours as a solo artist caused the band to take a five-year break from the road.

"I think we need to get away from each other and do other things, but at the same time, I think he spent a little too much time away," Rockett said. "There's definitely some resentment, but not resentment like I want him to fail. I want him to do good. I just want POISON to be important too, and I would like [him] to put a little more energy into POISON ."

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Bret Michaels Announces POISON Will Do Another Big Stadium & Arena Tour In 2025

• March 7, 2024
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During a Q&A session aboard the  Rock Legends Cruise XI , singer Bret Michaels opened up about Poison’s plans to tour following 2022 participation in ”The Stadium Tour” with Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Joan Jett.

Bret Michaels said:

“When we go back, I think in 2025, it’s always been, to me, all-original Poison. We’ll have C.C (DeVille), and Bobby (Dall), and Rikki (Rockett), and myself and go do another big stadium tour and arena tour in 2025. […]

“We’ve known each other since we’ve been in junior high school… I wouldn’t be here without Bobby or Rikki or C.C. And then, as you go along, we’ve been together a long time, still great friends. If anyone saw ‘The Stadium Tour’, that was a party.

”And when you’re out there with that Def Leppard and Motley and Joan, you’re talking A-plus awesomeness. And we just came out and brought it.

“For me, what it is, we do about a couple of years solo, and then we’ll go out and do 35 or 40 dates with Poison. And we set it up, we schedule it.”

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I’ve been a poison fan since the beginning my first concert was poison and slaughter plz do another tour with the original member I’ll be there

Please come to Coralville iowa we have an extremely area only been to 1 concert in my 55 yrs of being alive it was def leppard, tesla and journey all in one concert

Biloxi, Ms. PLEASE!!!

As someone who saw them on that last concert tour, I can say, Brett brings the energy in a way that just makes people smile. Poison rocks and is a live show that is a must see.

My brother introduced me to Poison. He graduated in 1990 and I took him to your concert in Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Been hooked every since. Seen you twice in Virginia Beach

Chicago Baby!!

Please come back to glasgow Scotland, you where here the early 90s at the barrowlands.

I went to the stadium tour in Nashville and didn’t get to see poison play due to Bret Michaels ended up having an allergic reaction. I was so sad but glad he was ok. Would love to be able to see yall. One of the main reasons for going to that concert was to see poison. Wish yall could’ve of done a concert for everyone that had a ticket to that show you missed yall

Come to Arkansas so I can walk memery lane after 38 yrs

Poison is a phenomenal performance- everytime! I’ve NEVER seen a bad show!! Stage performance and crown interaction is fantastic ❤️❤️💯

Saw them in 2017 with Def Leppard and Tesla. Put on 1 heck of a show

Please come to New Zealand sick of just the Taylor swift and pink shows 💕

I really hope you come to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to play at American Family Field formally known as Miller Park in 2025!!!! I seen you State Fair and Summer Fest and both concerts were awesome!

Please do another tour in Pittsburgh I am originally from butler now live in clarion I love poison/bret

Come to Europe too, please 😉

I’m absolutely excited about the band getting back together again, I know for sure you will hit Phoenix Az and I will be right here waiting! My first concert was Poison, Warren’s, Trixter, and Firehouse! Those were the best time of my life!

Please come back to Cleveland, Ohio! I saw the 2022 Stadium tour and it was unbelievably amazing! I am a die hard Poison fan! You are my all time favorite!!

Come to Chicago Poison Night Ranger Bon Jovi Whitesnake

Love love 💕 to see you here somewhere close to my city 🌆 like Casper Ford event center, or Rapid City 🌆, I live in Gillette, WY, it’d be AWESOME to possibly even see you guys in my town….😁😁

Portugal is waiting 🤘🏽

I loved this! Please come back Pittsburgh!

I wish you could come to México!

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Bret Michaels announces return to central Pa. for concert. These rock stars will join him

• Updated: May. 06, 2024, 7:05 p.m. |
• Published: May. 06, 2024, 10:57 a.m.

Bret Michaels performs during the Hollywood Casino Outdoor Concert Series. Aug.26, 2023. Sean Simmers | [email protected]

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Bret Michaels’ Parti-Gras 2.0 will be making a stop in the rock star’s old stomping grounds.

Michaels, best known as the frontman for the rock group Poison, grew up in the Mechanicsburg area and often makes return visits to the region.

Last year, his Parti-Gras concert made a stop at the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course . And he’ll be returning there once more this year, with another Parti-Gras concert on Sept. 14.

Michaels made the announcement via a digital press conference, in which he shared that he will be joined at the show by Dee Snider, lead singer of Twisted Sister, as well as singer Mark McGrath of the band Sugar Ray.

“When we do this, this is a non-stop party, a night of all killer hits, no filler,” Michaels said. “It’s going to be unbelievable.”

Michaels also noted in the announcement the odd coincidence that he, Snider and McGrath all shared the same birthday, March 15.

“This is like a birthday spectacular,” he said. “It will be the first time all three of us will get together and rock the stage.”

The show will also include opening acts Great White and Dave Bray, and will once again honor local veterans at the performance, as well as raise money for diabetes care.

As with last year, the concert is partnered with the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame. And Michaels added that “coming back to Central Pennsylvania where I grew up, it’s going to be an unbelievable night.”

“People ask me, why do you so often come back to central Pennsylvania?” Michaels said. “That’s simple: I love it.”

Tickets for the show open for public sale starting at 10 a.m. on May 9 through Ticketmaster . More information on the Hollywood Casino Outdoor Concert Series can be found through their website here .

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Bret Michaels Hospitalized, Poison Misses ‘Stadium Tour’ Gig in Nashville

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Poison frontman Bret Michaels was hospitalized yesterday (June 30) in Nashville “due to an unforeseen medical complication,” forcing the band to cancel its performance in Music City as part of its Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Joan Jett and Classless Act.

“To all the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!!” Michaels, 59, wrote on his Instagram account . “I was truly fired up to get on stage in the Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication and 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 and hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and Classless Act!!!”

According to TMZ , Michaels “may have had a bad reaction to medication that is related to COVID … medication that triggered a reaction as a result of his diabetes.” Michaels has suffered from diabetes since he was a child. He had a brain hemorrhage that required surgery in 2010 and later suffered what was called a “mini-stroke” necessitating heart surgery.

No further information was available on Michaels’ condition at deadline or his status for the next show on the Stadium Tour tomorrow in Jacksonville, Fla. Poison has been playing an hour-long set each night on the trek, packed with ’80s hits such as “Talk Dirty to Me,” “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” “Unskinny Bop” and a cover of Loggins & Messina’s “Your Mama Don’t Dance.”

The post Bret Michaels Hospitalized, Poison Misses ‘Stadium Tour’ Gig in Nashville appeared first on SPIN .

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A new tour has been added to the mix for the Carowinds Summer Music Fest series.

The Bret Michaels Parti-Gras Tour 2024 is set for Saturday, July 6, at the Paladium -- the on-site and seldom-used amphitheater, which was transformed into a venue in 1991. 

Bret Michaels leads the lineup at the amusement park, along with guests Great White, Slaughter, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, and Journey's former lead singer Steve Augeri.

More than 30 performances will take place on multiple stages in the park over five weekends in July and August. Flo Rida , LeAnn Rimes and Skillet  are headlining the series.

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Headliners will perform at the Paladium. Charlotte-area bands and emerging artists will perform on stages throughout the park as well. 

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Since 1975, the Paladium has welcomed big names like Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, James Taylor, Mary J. Blige and the Temptations. 

The music series is free with park admission throughout the summer.

Here's the full 2024 lineup that's been released to date:

• Friday, July 5: LeAnn Rimes
• Saturday, July 6: Bret Michaels Parti-Gras Tour 2024 with Dee Snider, Steve Augeri, Great White, and Slaughter
• Saturday, July 20: TobyMac with Tenth Avenue North
• Friday, July 26: Brett Young with Restless Road
• Saturday, July 27: Brantley Gilbert with Lauren Alaina
• Friday, Aug. 2: Skillet
• Saturday, Aug. 3: Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra and Tonic
• Friday, Aug. 9:  Flo Rida
• Saturday, Aug. 10: Russell Dickerson with Tyler Rich

Bret Michaels to perform at the 2024 National Cherry Festival

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The National Cherry Festival has announced that Bret Michaels will be performing at this year’s festival.

Michaels will perform on Monday, July 1 on the Pepsi Bayside Music Stage, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

"We are excited to bring Bret Michaels and his energetic style to the Bayside Music Stage," said Executive Director Kat Paye.

Ticket sales for the event began on Friday, May 10.

Reserved tickets cost $70, while general admission tickets cost $45.

Those interested in purchasing tickets can do so by clicking here to visit the festival's website , or by calling 888-212-3258.

Bret Michaels is an American rock musician who has been performing for over 40 years.

He is most well known as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Poison, whose most famous songs include "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Something to Believe In," "Fallen Angel" and more.

For more information about Bret Michaels, click here to visit his website .

National Cherry Festival announces Bret Michaels as performer

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - APRIL 06: Bret Michaels of Poison performs onstage during day two of Tortuga Music Festival at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on April 6, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (FOX 2) - Bret Michaels is joining the lineup for this summer's National Cherry Festival in Traverse City.

The Poison lead singer will take the stage the night of July 1, the fest announced Monday. Tickets for the concert go on sale this Friday at 9 a.m.

Michaels joins an existing lineup of both musicians and comedian Gabriel Iglesias.

This year's National Cherry Festival is scheduled for June 29 through July 6. Other things to do at the fest include parades, an air show, car shows, and more.

Cherry Festival concert lineup

Saturday, June 29 – Stone Temple Pilots

Sunday, June 30 – T.I.

Monday, July 1 – Brett Michaels

Tuesday, July 2 – Leanne Morgan

Wednesday, July 3 – Goo Goo Dolls

Thursday, July 4 – Dylan Scott and DASHA

Friday, July 5 – Gabriel Iglesias

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635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

635-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 86646

Activated 1953 in Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1945th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1984 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 55 15 43N, 38 32 13E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E14-1)
• Support area: 55 16 50N, 38 32 28E
• Guidance area: 55 16 31N, 38 30 38E

1984 converted to the S-300PT (SA-10) with three independent battalions:

• 1st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Bessonovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 09 34N, 38 22 26E
• 2nd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion and HQ (Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast) - 55 15 31N, 38 32 23E
• 3rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Shcherbovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 22 32N, 38 43 33E

Disbanded 1.5.98.

Subordination:

• 1st Special Air Defence Corps , 1953 - 1.6.88
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.6.88 - 1.10.94
• 86th Air Defence Brigade , 1.10.94 - 1.10.95
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.10.95 - 1.5.98

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