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Bret Michaels talks Poison, reality TV, and his health ahead of solo show Saturday

By Nicole CrosbieFormer Poison frontman Bret Michaels has kicked off his solo summer tour, and will perform at the Medina Entertainment Center this Saturday. See what Michaels has to say about reality television, his health, his new album, and reuniting with Poison in his interview with Gimme Noise.

Big & Rich bring "Xtreme Muzik" Tour to Mystic Amphitheater Friday

​This Friday, country duo Big & Rich's "Xtreme Muzik Tour" hits the Mystic Amphitheater (8PM, $25-49), with openers Cowboy Troy and Two Foot Fred. Say what?

Top Five ways Tim Pawlenty is just like Donald Trump

Pawlenty and Trump: Not so different.​Tim Pawlenty has struggled to get attention for his presidential run with action movie promos and appearances with Jon Stewart. Meanwhile, Donald Trump merely pretends to run and is the talk of CNN. T-Paw just can't win! Perhaps the solution is for The T ... More >>

Bret Michaels to bounce back at Medina Friday

1988, Los Angeles. Poison's Open Up and Say...Ahh! peaks at #2 on the American charts. By the end of the next year the band will have become one of the top five best-selling hard rock bands of the 1980s, behind Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Gn'R and the Crüe. It don't get better than this.

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We've prepared the following shortlist of prospective Cowell replacements; call it a rogue's gallery.

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