Drummer Rikki Rockett has confirmed that Poison will regroup in 2026.
Rockett dropped the information in a brand new interview on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation. The drummer didn’t mince phrases, all however guaranteeing that the glam metallic heroes will likely be again in motion in 2026 — and with all band members on board.
Host Eddie Trunk prompted Rockett by studying a textual content message he’d obtained from frontman Bret Michaels earlier than taping the episode.
“Once I introduced on socials a couple of week in the past once I knew you had been gonna come on at this time,” Trunk recounted, “Bret despatched me a textual content, Bret Michaels a day or two in the past, and he stated, ‘Hey, I hear you’re gonna have Rikki Rockett on. Ship him my love and inform him Poison 2026.’ What are your ideas on that? Are you hopeful of that?”
Replied Rockett: “Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, completely. ’26 is for positive gonna occur and like, I imply, except some unexpected factor occurs, however all band members have caught their hand in and stated, ‘Yeah, we’re positively doing it for sure.’”
Poison final toured as assist for Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe’s 2022 stadium tour, although the exhausting rockers haven’t launched a studio album since 2007’s Poison’d!
Michaels has maintained a solo profession within the meantime, releasing 4 studio albums since 2008. Nonetheless, he’s handled quite a few well being illnesses as of late, together with diabetes, a mind hemorrhage, pores and skin most cancers, and what Bret has dubbed “headbanger’s neck.”
In a submit on his official web site again in March, the singer said that he will likely be taking most of 2025 off “to recharge the batteries,” but in addition teased potential Poison reunion exhibits subsequent yr (although Rockett’s newest feedback indicate that these plans have been shifted again to 2026).
“In 2025, in mild of some latest medical outcomes and setbacks,” stated Michaels within the assertion, “and with a lot dialogue and actual recommendation from my docs and household, I will likely be taking most, if not all, of 2025 off, apart from a number of choose dates with each the Bret Michaels Band and presumably all authentic Poison.”
Beneath you’ll be able to hear the clip of Rikki Rockett confirming the 2026 Poison reunion on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation.