Consistent with drummer Rikki Rockett, Poison will hit the street in 2026
At the October 31 episode of Trunk Country With Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett shared thrilling information in regards to the band’s plans for a 2026 excursion to commemorate a significant milestone: the Fortieth anniversary in their debut album, “Glance What The Cat Dragged In“. The album, launched in 1986, catapulted Poison into the highlight and assisted in shaping the glam steel scene of the ’80s. Now, just about 4 many years later, the band is gearing as much as relive the ones iconic moments with fanatics on what is usually a really unforgettable excursion.
All the way through the interview, Eddie Trunk requested Rikki if the up to now hinted at 2026 excursion can be a Poison-headlined tournament or a part of a bigger bundle with different big-name acts. Hypothesis about attainable stadium collaborations has been swirling, and fanatics are already dreaming about what a lineup may seem like if Poison groups up with different mythical rock bands. Rikki stored main points beneath wraps however gave some perception into what the band is envisioning for this main anniversary excursion.
He stated (as transcribed via BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s now not discovered. We’ve got agreed to do no less than 40 dates and perhaps extra. So no matter it really works out to be, but it surely’s needless to say gonna be that many, a minimum of. And I don’t know. I imply, if there’s anyone that we will be able to bundle with that is smart, nice. If there isn’t, then we’ll headline. No matter is smart. I don’t know who’s going out but that yr, in ’26, but when it is smart to bundle with anyone, we’ll do it. If it doesn’t, we’ll do it ourselves. It’s like Bret [Michaels, Poison frontman] stated, if you’ll be able to’t do it proper, do it anyway. However we’ll be doing it proper. [Laughs]”
This previous September, Bret mentioned Poison‘s 2026 excursion plans with Arizona Republic, pronouncing: “Yeah, that may be implausible. We’ve simply set to work out the entire transferring portions. However all unique participants. There’s such a lot making plans is going at the back of that. After I’m out as Bret Michaels, it’s more practical as a result of I’m making the entire finish choices. Whilst you’re in a band like Poison, it’s a committee. You move in there, and you work it out in combination. You’re making positive everybody’s just right. And confidently, we will be able to make that paintings in ’26.”
When Bret was once requested if the unique band participants in Poison nonetheless were given alongside adequate all over 2022’s “The Stadium Excursion” with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Joan Jett, he spoke back: “Completely. I wish to be very transparent. Rather then an occasional throw down fistfight — I’m now not making this up — we’re like easiest buddies. However there’s no grey house. Unexpectedly, we’ll get in a fistfight. However the next day to come, we’ll move out and play. We’ll paintings it out like a band of brothers.
“‘The Stadium Excursion’ was once superb. We had been having amusing. We didn’t get too many soundchecks. We simply handled what we got and had been thankful to be there. Def Leppard and Mötley, they had been superb. They performed nice. However we simply got here out, and we knew we had one hour at 6 o’clock to head available in the market and provides it the entirety we had. And it was once one of the most most effective stadium excursions that from Reside Country‘s lips to everybody’s ears, it was once 98 to 100% crammed when Poison went on.”
This excursion shall be a full-circle second for Poison, celebrating the album that featured hits like “Communicate Grimy to Me,” “I Need Motion,” and “Cry Difficult,” all of which changed into anthems of the glam rock technology. The unique lineup of Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall, and C.C. DeVille has been identified for turning in high-energy performances, entire with pyrotechnics, confetti, and the wild spirit that outlined their presentations within the ’80s and ’90s. Their attainable go back to the street has fanatics reminiscing about the ones days and in a position to make new reminiscences in 2026.
Rockett, now 63, hinted that fanatics may see “no less than 40 presentations” as a part of the excursion—even though he left open the chance for much more dates. A excursion of this dimension may just simply take them throughout main towns, hitting each arenas and most likely even stadiums. Whether or not they’re headlining solo or becoming a member of a formidable multi-band lineup, Poison‘s Fortieth-anniversary excursion is shaping as much as be a significant tournament that each longtime fanatics and new listeners gained’t wish to pass over.
