{"id":12964,"date":"2020-02-19T19:20:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T03:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000007402"},"modified":"2020-02-20T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T19:41:39","slug":"poisons-bret-michaels-to-rock-this-years-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/news\/poisons-bret-michaels-to-rock-this-years-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Poison&#8217;s Bret Michaels to rock this year&#8217;s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bret Michaels, who, as lead singer for the glam-rock band Poison, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide in the 1980s and 90s, will be the featured performer at this year\u2019s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach\u2019s Saturday concert at 6 p.m. on, April 18.<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old Michaels grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and began playing music in small clubs in Pennsylvania in the late 1970s. In 1984, his band, Paris, changed its name to Poison and moved to the then-bustling Sunset Strip nightclub scene in Los Angeles and the band quickly became one of the biggest glam-rock bands in the world, behind the hit \u201cEvery Rose Has Its Thorn\u201d and a string of multi-platinum albums, including \u201cOpen Up and Say&#8230;Ahh!\u201d and \u201cFlesh and Blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to enjoying a solo career in the 2000s, with the albums &#8220;Songs of Life&#8221; in 2003 and &#8220;Freedom of Sound&#8221; in 2005,\u00a0 Michaels has parlayed his music fame into a career in acting and he appeared on a number of reality and talent programs, including winning Donald Trump\u2019s and NBC\u2019s \u201cCelebrity Apprentice 3\u201d in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The April 18 concert is free to Saturday ticket holders at the Grand Prix and will begin after the day\u2019s race activities. 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