The rocker had a major stroke on Christmas night that sidelined the band for most of the year
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil recently spoke with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation. During the conversation, he opens up about his recent health issues, revealing he had multiple strokes, with the latest sidelining the band for much of 2025.
“I’ve had four strokes,” Neil tells Trunk. “You know, two of them I didn’t even know I had. One of them was like a mini stroke that happened, and I just lost feeling in my hand, and that was it. And I got over that pretty quickly, other than this last one was a big one.”
He says he didn’t even know he had other strokes.
“Because they can see it in your brain,” he says. “It’s scarred just right around the same spot where I had four scars in my brain at the neurologist. Those are all strokes. I can’t remember any other time I felt weird or something, you know, they just must have just happened and just, I got over it, you know, didn’t even know it.”
Neil recently revealed that he suffered a major stroke on Christmas night of 2024 that forced Mötley to postpone its Las Vegas residency by six months.
“That was Christmas night, and I went to sleep. I woke up and I couldn’t get out of bed. I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And my left leg wouldn’t work, and my left arm wouldn’t work. And so I had to get helped out of bed. I couldn’t push myself up to get myself comfortable in bed. And I had to have help, and I slowly, slowly but surely, the sensation came back in my legs, and I had to learn to walk again,” he says.
Initially, it was announced that Neil had to undergo a “required medical procedure” as he recovered.
“I went from a wheelchair to a walker, to a cane, to now I can walk,” he states. “But for five months, it was just off and on, not knowing what’s gonna happen. And the doctor said that I probably wouldn’t be on stage again. And I was like, ‘Oh man, I can’t do that.’ And so I just tried, I worked my butt off to get back in shape to go on stage. And I was really sad to have to cancel those shows. But I just wasn’t ready yet. I wasn’t ready to be back on stage yet. It was really sad. But now it’s really worth it because I can get on stage and sing and have all that good stuff.”
Neil returned to the stage in August with his solo band, with many fans noticing his sluggish appearance in videos. The performance was Neil’s first since last October, when he and Mötley headlined Aftershock in Sacramento. Neil revealed that he canceled the other solo gigs this summer to focus on giving his all to the Mötley residency, which wraps next week.
The ten-run residency was moved to the fall, with the group headlining Park MGM through October 3rd. Off the heels of the historic Höllywood Takeöver club shows at the iconic Whisky A Go Go, Roxy, and Troubadour in Los Angeles last fall, the Crüe is excited to bring an unforgettable night and inimitable new show with many surprises to fans for the residency — From The Sunset Strip, To The Las Vegas Strip. The legendary band that pioneered the Las Vegas rock residency over a decade ago is excited to return to the city following their two previous sold-out runs: Mötley Crüe Takes On Sin City in 2012 and Evening In Hell in 2013.
Last week, the band released its new career-spanning collection. From The Beginning features four decades of iconic anthems, including a duet version of “Home Sweet Home” with Dolly Parton, which recently topped the radio charts.
During his interview with Trunk, Neil gave an update on what’s ahead for Mötley Crüe.
“Mötley’s, Mötley,” he states. “It’s a great band and we have a lot of stuff in us, left in us, and hopefully we’re gonna go out after this. I just haven’t heard anybody putting anything together yet, or nothing? But probably after the first of the year, we’ll be able to give you some dates where we’re gonna be.”
SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, hosted by Eddie Trunk, airs daily at 3 pm ET on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk 103.
