{"id":2018202,"date":"2025-09-13T02:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2018202"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:08:24","slug":"motley-crues-vince-neil-says-he-had-a-stroke-doctors-thought-he-couldnt-go-back-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/motley-crues-vince-neil-says-he-had-a-stroke-doctors-thought-he-couldnt-go-back-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Motley Crue\u2019s Vince Neil Says He \u2018Had a Stroke,\u2019 Doctors Thought He Couldn\u2019t \u2018Go Back on Stage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Vince Neil<\/strong> recently got candid about a serious medical condition he endured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, September 12, the M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce frontman, 64, gave an interview to the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neon.reviewjournal.com\/kats\/i-had-a-stroke-vince-neil-shares-long-recovery-back-to-performance-3320415\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Las Vegas Review-Journal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Las Vegas Review-Journal <\/a>and revealed he experienced a stroke in his sleep on Christmas night in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI had a stroke,\u201d the rockstar told the outlet. \u201cMy whole left side went out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI had to learn to walk again, and that was tough,\u201d the singer admitted. \u201cThe doctors said they didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to go back on stage again. I go, \u2018No, no, I\u2019m gonna do it. Watch and see.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Neil also detailed some of his recovery process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI went from people carrying me to the bathroom, because I couldn\u2019t walk myself, finally to a wheelchair,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI graduated to a walker, and then I had a cane. Now I don\u2019t need anything. But it\u2019s like a full-time job getting back to where you feel good again.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Lies Angeles \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1008\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/V90lQtH03SPIsHRkz8je2g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEwMDg7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/globe_458\/f5f737eb5e411e149e96e7d62440ec02\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lies Angeles \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt takes a while to get your brain to start moving your legs, for them to do what your brain wants to do,\u201d he added. \u201cYou try to walk but it doesn\u2019t come out right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In terms of getting back into shape, the musician said he worked with a Nashville-based football coach, who taught him some drills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI learned how to run again,\u201d he shared. \u201cIt\u2019s been tough, but I\u2019m back, I\u2019m 90-, 95-percent to where I was before, and it\u2019s going to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In March, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce announced that they would have to postpone their residency dates at Dolby Live at Park MGM Las Vegas \u201cdue to a required medical procedure recently advised by vocalist Vince Neil\u2019s doctors,\u201d according to an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGykIAKS-Qc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> statement at the time. The rock band moved their dates at the indoor amphitheater to September 12 through October 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vince Neil recently got candid about a serious medical condition he endured. On Friday, September 12, the M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce frontman, 64, gave an interview to the Las Vegas Review-Journal and revealed he experienced a stroke in his sleep on Christmas night in 2024. \u201cI had a stroke,\u201d the rockstar told the outlet. \u201cMy whole left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2018203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[370424,370310,370309],"class_list":["post-2018202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-las-vegas-review-journal","tag-motley-crue","tag-vince-neil"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Motley-Crues-Vince-Neil-Says-He-\u2018Had-a-Stroke-Doctors.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}