Poison [ tickets ], using a tried-and-true formula that it has tested for the past four years, hooks up with some fellow '80s-era metal acts for its fifth such summer outing.

The run launches in Minnesota on Memorial Day weekend, and dates are lined up through late June, with more to come, according to Poison's website.

A few days before kicking off the summer road trip, Poison frontman Bret Michaels--who turns 40 this month--delivers his first solo album. Titled "Songs of Life," the set hits shelves on May 20. A video for the album's first single, "Raine," is due to surface in early April, according to Michaels' website.

Poison's most recent release is last May's "Hollyweird." The group supported the set with a 2002 summer tour that also featured Faster Pussycat, Cinderella and Winger.

Skid Row [ tickets ] delivers a new album titled "Thickskin" and a DVD titled "Under the Skin: The Making of Thickskin" on April 30, according to the band's website. The group's lineup features founding members Rachel Bolan (bass), Dave "Snake" Sabo (guitar) and Scotti Hill (guitar), along with new drummer Phil Varone and singer Johnny Solinger, who has replaced the band's well-known original frontman, Sebastian Bach.

Motley Crue frontman Neil hasn't released a new solo set since 1995's "Carved in Stone." The singer recently appeared in a WB Television reality series titled "The Surreal Life," in which he shared a house with Emmanuel Lewis, M.C. Hammer, Corey Feldman and others.