Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil suffered a stroke last year and had to learn to walk again. In a new interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal , the Mötley frontman revealed that his stroke recovery was the reason why the band had to postpone its Vegas residency , which now starts Friday night.
“I had a stroke. My whole left side went out,” he told the outlet, explaining that the health scare happened while he was sleeping on Christmas night last year. “I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough. The doctors said they didn’t think I’d be able to go back on stage again. I go, ‘No, no, I’m gonna do it. Watch and see.’”
Back in March, Neil had shared that the band — which he comprises with Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, and new guitarist John 5 — would push back the residency from March/Ap