Bret Michaels Talks New Tour with Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard

Bret Michaels and his fellow Poison bandmates are preparing for what’s promised to be an epic 2020 tour with rock legends Mötley Crüe and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Def Leppard. The dynamic trio — joined by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts — will blow fans away during their nationwide Stadium Tour, which kicks off on July 7 in Miami. “I love to host a great party,” Michaels told PEOPLE backstage shortly after the bands officially announced the news. “Like if you come on the bus over the summer, it’s a party.

I wanna make sure everyone’s having a great time, and I want people to have the time of their life at my party. ” This marks the first tour for Mötley Crüe since the band announced their “Final Tour” in 2014, and Michaels couldn’t be happier about their highly anticipated reunion. “I had been throwing this positive, positive vibe out there wanting Mötley to get back together. I sort of was hinting over and over again on stage, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if?

’ And then next thing you know…” says the 56-year-old rocker, who was recently named Humanitarian of the Year. The rocked-up venture began as a talk between Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett. “Def Leppard I’m great friends with — those guys are amazing to tour with,” Michaels says. That’s when Mötley Crüe decided to end their four-year hiatus.

“The fact that they blew up their contract, it’s the best thing because it’s great rock and roll and I think all of us out there together, it’s gonna be incredible. ” He was quick to shout out the efforts of the road crew and management for putting the show together. “It doesn’t happen by accident. There’s a lot of hard work.

Then you know what the party is? It’s when you finally walk out there and grab the mic and you sing — that’s a good day. ” On teaming up on stage, “I say we have to all come out one night and all do one song [together] at the end of the night and just make it insane,” he says. “I would do it every night, but if we get one night out of it I will be happy.

” Though Michaels brings the heat to all of his shows, the rock star — who has been living with Type 1 diabetes since he was just 6 years old — has battled some serious health scares. In April 2010, the Poison frontman underwent an emergency appendectomy. A few days later, he was struck by a subarachnoid hemorrhage – bleeding in his brain stem that could have proved fatal.