--- title: Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage description: The former Poison front man and Type 1 diabetes sufferer ended his show after his blood sugar plummeted to dangerous levels canonical: https://time.com/2796600/bret-michaels-diabetes-poison-cancels-show/ author: Per Liljas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-30T09:06:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:07:32.373Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage og:description: The former Poison front man and Type 1 diabetes sufferer ended his show after his blood sugar plummeted to dangerous levels og:url: https://time.com/2796600/bret-michaels-diabetes-poison-cancels-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e668fea16cea820/69869566169ab0e7fa279ad1/ap575801164021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AP575801164021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage twitter:description: The former Poison front man and Type 1 diabetes sufferer ended his show after his blood sugar plummeted to dangerous levels twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e668fea16cea820/69869566169ab0e7fa279ad1/ap575801164021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Singer Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas May 30, 2014 9:06 AM CUT  Singer Bret Michaels performs at the "Sing For Your Supper Campaign" Launch at Hard Rock Cafe in New York, NY, on April 15, 2014. Singer Bret Michaels performs at the "Sing For Your Supper Campaign" Launch at Hard Rock Cafe in New York, NY, on April 15, 2014.Anthony Behar—Sipa USA/AP by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas May 30, 2014 9:06 AM CUT Singer Bret Michaels urgently ended a New Hampshire concert Thursday, after suffering a medical emergency. The former Poison front man suffers from Type 1 diabetes, and rushed off the stage three songs into his set after his blood sugar plummeted to dangerously low levels. When guitarist Pete Evick went to the band’s bus to check on Michaels, “he could barely speak, but begged me to apologize to the fans,” [wrote](https://www.facebook.com/BretMichaels?ref=ts&fref=ts "undefined") Evick on Michaels’ Facebook page. Michaels, who won the 2010 “Celebrity Apprentice” for raising money for the American Diabetes Association, also offered thanks to the paramedics who assisted him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2796600/bret-michaels-diabetes-poison-cancels-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2796600/bret-michaels-diabetes-poison-cancels-show/"},"headline":"Singer Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage","datePublished":"2014-05-30T09:06:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:07:32.373Z","description":"The former Poison front man and Type 1 diabetes sufferer rushed off stage as his blood sugar plummeted to dangerous levels. He apologized to fans","url":"https://time.com/2796600/bret-michaels-diabetes-poison-cancels-show/","keywords":["celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e668fea16cea820/69869566169ab0e7fa279ad1/ap575801164021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e668fea16cea820/69869566169ab0e7fa279ad1/ap575801164021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AP575801164021","caption":"Singer Bret Michaels performs at the \"Sing For Your Supper Campaign\" Launch at Hard Rock Cafe in New York, NY, on April 15, 2014.","creditText":"Anthony Behar—Sipa USA/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2796600/bret-michaels-diabetes-poison-cancels-show/","name":"Singer Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage"}}]}] ```