Overview
- Michaels was admitted to a hospital the day after a July 18 private show at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane when pain from a kidney stone became too severe to manage on his own.
- After nearly a week of trying to pass the stone, he underwent emergency surgery to remove it and is now out of post‑op recovery, according to his social‑media update.
- He says he performed through “intense” pain at concerts in Charleston, West Virginia, and Grantville, Pennsylvania, as well as the Spokane appearance before seeking treatment.
- Michaels thanked frontline doctors and nurses for their care, joked about being changed into a hospital gown after going straight from a show to the hospital, and listed a July 31 Belleville, Illinois date as his next scheduled appearance.
- The episode comes as part of Michaels’s longer health story — he has managed Type 1 diabetes since childhood and survived a 2010 brain hemorrhage — which frames public concern and attention to his recovery and tour plans.