Overview
- After his comeback performance at The Bowl at Sugar Hill on Friday, August 21, doctors and paramedics evaluated Bret Michaels and recommended he take "the next several months off" to recover.
- Michaels underwent emergency surgery in July for a "complicated obstructing kidney stone" and had a ureteral stent placed, a procedure his doctors say requires a slow recovery.
- Physicians Dr. Abby Borhan and Dr. Patel cited heat, humidity and the physical demands of touring as factors that can destabilize blood sugar and raise the risk of infection while the stent remains in place.
- Michaels Entertainment Group canceled the remaining 2026 dates, including the Mountain Music Festival headline and other August through November shows, and issued apologies to ticketholders and partners.
- Michaels acknowledged on social media that he may have returned too soon, said medical teams are adjusting his medications, and expressed hope to resume performing healthy in 2027 while his recovery is monitored.