C.C. DeVille and Bret Michaels.Photo: Victor Chavez/WireImage
Longtime Poison bandmatesBret Michaelsand C.C. DeVille are the definition of friendship through thick and thin.
“C.C. and I get along 99 percent of the time. When it goes bad, it turns into a fistfight,” Michaels says of the volatile moment, which prompted DeVille to leave the band. “Parting ways [then] was heartbreaking for me, but he’s one of my best friends now.”
Years after their brawl, Michaels and DeVille were able to find their way back to each other, amidst DeVille’s struggles with addiction.
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“They all got different projects and different things they do, whether in music or not,” he says. “I’ve known these guys for a long time, and there’s no hatred, none. Zero. I want fans to know you don’t have to choose a side. We’re all good.”
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While he’ll be performing solo on his upcoming Parti-Gras tour in July, he makes clear “there’s a bond” with his bandmates that will always remain “unbroken.”
“There’s a brotherhood and a love there,” he says. “We’re never breaking up.”
In 2025, he even teases, “Poison is going to come back together as the original four, reunited and undivided.”
Tickets for Michael’sParti-Gras tourare on sale now.
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source: people.com
