{"id":869056,"date":"2026-08-23T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869056\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:24:12","slug":"bret-michaels-shares-health-update-after-canceling-rest-of-2026-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869056\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret Michaels Shares Health Update After Canceling Rest of 2026 Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Bret Michaels<br \/>\n                          Comeback Show Was Too Much Too Soon<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              August 23, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:30 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260823_2a2a93749b344ddd97111aa3be18adb4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:93c5ada2-aeb7-40a7-8f70-e10b2d5e59b6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2a2a93749b344ddd97111aa3be18adb4_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-bret-michaels-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bret-michaels\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bret Michaels<\/a> says his body may be forcing him to slow down &#8230; but his mind is still very much onstage.<\/p>\n<p>The Poison frontman gave fans a fresh health update Sunday after canceling the rest of his 2026 tour &#8230; saying he&#8217;s been working closely with doctors and physical therapists following his attempted comeback Friday in Sugar Hill, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260823_466c432e30934616981680baea1b2ddd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:93c5ada2-aeb7-40a7-8f70-e10b2d5e59b6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/466c432e30934616981680baea1b2ddd_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-bret-michaels-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bret says he thought he could power through his recent health issues &#8230; but admits he didn&#8217;t fully account for the Atlanta heat, a coast-to-coast flight and new medication adjustments.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He is a Type 1 diabetic and says all of that took a toll on his blood sugar and blood pressure &#8230; and now his doctors are tweaking his meds and insulin.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Bret says he&#8217;s itching to get back out there &#8230; writing, &#8220;If I could, I would be back out there tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bret&#8217;s team announced Saturday he was canceling the rest of his 2026 shows after doctors and paramedics checked him out following Friday night&#8217;s concert &#8230; determining he needed more time to recover from recent surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Bret says he was especially crushed to miss Tennessee&#8217;s Mountain Music Festival &#8230; but vowed to return in 2027 or 2028.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/a0f22028-0e3f-4f3e-b1c4-763f5ac08ec3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0e83b05101d8409fbfa35ac20e3c79bc_md.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Diana-INLINE-hulu\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>For now &#8230; he&#8217;s hoping this latest setback is temporary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bret Michaels Comeback Show Was Too Much Too Soon Published August 23, 2026 1:30 PM PDT Bret Michaels&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-869056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}