Bret Michaels Knocked Down, Injured During Tonys (VIDEO)

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NEW YORK -- Bret Michaels ran into some scenery at the Tony Awards.

Michaels, star of the reality show "Rock of Love," took to the stage with his hair-metal band Poison during the telecast's opening production number, featuring performances from the season's Broadway musicals.

They performed "Nothin' But a Good Time" with the cast of "Rock of Ages," and as Michaels exited the stage, a descending set piece smacked him on the head and knocked him _ splat! _ to the ground.

Tonys spokeswoman Christina Stejskal says the rocker "missed his mark." Though it looked it, he did not break his nose. Stejskal did not immediately know the extent of his injury.

"Rock of Ages" celebrates 1980s hair music and features songs by Journey and other bands. It stars Constantine Maroulis as an aspiring rock star.

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Comments

[Joye]

Hope he is better soon..

[fuzzyhearts]

Hilarious!

The funny thing is that a normal person would have just crashed. But all of that botox in his face made him completely bounce off. Charlie Chaplan would be proud.

[Wuud52]

I love a good joke, but I am missing this one. That prop is coming down pretty fast; could have broke his neck if it hit him square on the head. Instead, he ended up with a broken nose and busted lip.

Funny??? Hmmmm

[AZ4thatone]

Agreed. His hat apparently had obscured his superior vision and he never saw the thing coming. You can tell because he was starting to step up just as the set knocked into his head. Ouch!

[PaiaGirl]

When you are on stage, you are pretty much blinded by the lighting.

[TheBrizz]

If he'd suffered more serious injuries, then no, most of us wouldn't be laughing. But he didn't. This is funny. And I'm sure even he's laughing about it now.

[TheBrizz]

This is funny. Period.

[Eric8869]

The point of the opening of the tony awards was one big production number with different musicals running on and offstage.

It was not time for him to take an extra bow or acknowledge the applause. He was supposed to get his butt offstage quickly. All the other acts (mostly huge casts of musicals) had no problems..­..why did he??? his bandmates weren't hurt.

When you are supposed to get off stage - GET OFF

[bub26]

That's the funniest thing I've seen since Danny Bonaduce dumped Jonny Fairplay

[surg88]

Every Tony has its thorns....

[Belgian Beer]

Cheesy joke, but funny.

[Wanjiru]

...didn't see this but sounds hilarious.­..hope he kept his wig on!

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[gageeandbaba]

couldn't that have killed him?

[truthsayer1000f]

I think it was a stage-hand just trying to answer the question..­."what the hell's going on under that hat / bandana???"

Just admit it Bret... baldness is nothing to be ashamed of.

[Bitsko]

Heavy metal should be in a museum of ancient history.

[stanblack]

You may already be ancient history if you think Poison was or is heavy metal.

[patrickmcdougal]

the 80's sucked

[Khirad]

We have different definitions of heavy metal. Hair bands don't qualify in my book.

[PresidentRobertBooth]

BAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHA­H!!!!

[Bitsko]

Somewhere in actor's heaven, Antoinette Perry (for whom the Tony's are named) is laughing her arse off.

[DG3]

Exactly.

[bartonfink]

goodnight cleveland!!! we love yo- SMASH!!

11 seconds of pure spinal tappian bliss

[thundermummy]

Did he find his good time that he was looking for nothing ain't?

Ah, the pride of Harrisburg.