Poison plays the Ford Amphitheatre on July 22
Article published on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
TAMPA - Poison with special guests Sebastian Bach and Dokken take the state at the Ford Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Tuesday, July 22, 7:30 p.m.
Reserved seat tickets are $45, $35 and $27.50 and available at the Ford Amphitheatre Box Office, online at www.livenation.com and all Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call Ticketmaster at 727-898-2100 or 813-287-8844.
In 1986, Poison released their debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. After years of hard work, touring and controversy, radio and MTV finally took notice of the band and their music, propelling Poison into superstardom. Look What the Cat Dragged In peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard album charts, charted three singles and sold more than four million copies.
The band’s 1988 follow-up, Open Up and Say … Ahh! went Platinum two weeks after its release. The single “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Singles chart and the album sold more than seven million units.
1990’s Flesh & Blood featured a second Gold single, “Unskinny Bop,” and the album went multi-Platinum.
In 2006, Poison rocketed into the Billboard Top 20 with the No. 17 debut of the band’s 20th anniversary hits collection, The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock. The 18-track hits collection was soon certified gold, and Poison tore through the summer on their highly successful “20 Years Of Rock” North American concert tour.
Poison’s last studio album, POISON’D!, was released in June 2007 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Featuring Poison’s original members, Bret Michaels (vocals), C.C. DeVille (guitar), Rikki Rockett (drums) and Bobby Dall (bass), and produced by Don Was, POISON’D! represented the band’s first new studio recordings since 2002s.
The band has now sold more than 25 million records and DVDs worldwide. They continue to be one of the most exciting and enduring live shows in music today. Last July, VH1 premiered a new reality show, “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels.” VH1’s description of the show had “the hard-rockin' Poison front man looking for a woman who can truly keep up with his rock-n-roll lifestyle and not become jealous of his one true passion - performing, which has been the reason for and destruction of most of his relationships.” Season 2 premiered this January. The man is still looking.
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Article published on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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