Vince Neil suffers stroke, Motley Crüe Las Vegas residency delayed

Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has disclosed that he suffered a stroke while sleeping on Christmas night last year, a health crisis that forced him to relearn how to walk and prompted the band to postpone its Las Vegas residency originally scheduled for late March and April. The residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM was rescheduled to begin in mid-September and run through Oct. 3, the band announced; some reports have listed the first performance as Sept. 13 and provided slightly different show dates.

Neil told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the stroke left his left side paralyzed. "I had a stroke. My whole left side went out," he said. "I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough." He described a recovery that moved from being carried to the bathroom to using a wheelchair, then a walker and a cane, and finally walking unaided after months of physical therapy in Nashville. He said his voice was not affected. "It takes a while to get your brain to start moving your legs, for them to do what your brain wants to do," he added. Doctors initially warned he might not be able to perform again; Neil said he rejected that prognosis. "No, no, I'm gonna do it. Watch and see."