Overview
- Michaels performed a comeback show on Friday, August 21 at The Bowl at Sugar Hill and was evaluated immediately afterward, prompting his team to cancel the remainder of his 2026 Live & Amplified dates.
- He underwent emergency surgery in July for a complicated obstructing kidney stone and had a ureteral stent placed during the procedure.
- Doctors including Dr. Abby Borhan and Dr. Patel said they are “pulling him off the road” because the stent and his Type 1 diabetes raise the risk of serious urinary infection or urosepsis and summer heat can destabilize blood sugar.
- Michaels and his medical team are adjusting medications and insulin as part of a slow recovery plan, and his management said he hopes to return to performing in 2027 or 2028.
- The decision affects festival lineups and ticket holders for shows such as the Mountain Music Festival and underscores how Michaels’s past health crises shape a cautious, medically guided approach to touring.