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Bret Michaels settles head-banging Tony Awards lawsuit

Bret Michaels' Tony Awards headache has finally come to an end. The 49-year-old Poison frontman settled with the musical awards show and CBS Broadcasting Monday, after filing a lawsuit back in March 2011 for an onstage mishap during the 2009 Tonys that he claims caused him to have a brain hemorrhage.MORE: Miley Cyrus' "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" will finally be released as single, says Bret Mic
Bret Michaels
Bret MichaelsDan Steinberg / AP / Today

Bret Michaels' Tony Awards headache has finally come to an end. The 49-year-old Poison frontman settled with the musical awards show and CBS Broadcasting Monday, after filing a lawsuit back in March 2011 for an onstage mishap during the 2009 Tonys that he claims caused him to have a brain hemorrhage.

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According to Michaels, it wasn't explained to him that a set change would occur after his band's performance during the show, and he was consequently hit in the head by a set piece when he remained onstage.

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The rocker suffered a brain hemorrhage 10 months later.

Terms of the settlement agreement were not released.

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