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Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil had to 'learn to walk again' after suffering a stroke


MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 14: Vince Neil  performs with Motley Crue at Marvel Stadium on November 14, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Sam Tabone/WireImage)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 14: Vince Neil performs with Motley Crue at Marvel Stadium on November 14, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Sam Tabone/WireImage)
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Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil is still recovering from a stroke her suffered last Christmas.

The band delayed their Las Vegas residency in March so the 64-year-old singer could undergo a "medical procedure" and the “Girls Girls Girls” hitmaker is now revealing his recovery process.

“I had a stroke. My whole left side went out,” he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Neil explained he went to bed on Christmas night feeling fine but his "health scare" began in his sleep and he needed months of physical therapy to get back on his feet.

“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.’”

The rocker continued, “I went from people carrying me to the bathroom, because I couldn’t walk myself, finally to a wheelchair. I graduated to a walker, and then I had a cane. Now I don’t need anything. But it’s like a full-time job getting back to where you feel good again.”

"It takes a while to get your brain to start moving your legs, for them to do what your brain wants to do. You try to walk but it doesn’t come out right,” he added.

The “Home Sweet Home” rocker's voice wasn't affected by the stroke and he's now feeling confident about being back on stage.

"It’s been tough, but I’m back, I’m 90-, 95-percent to where I was before, and it’s going to be great,” he told the outlet before the band kicked off their residency on Friday night.

He teased the set list for the shows is “extensive, with some deep cuts, but the songs that fans want to hear.”

“It takes you through the full Mötley Crüe lifestyle. I am going to push through the best I can.”

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