According to TMZ, POISON singer BRET MICHAELS' band is confident that the singer will join them on their upcoming tour - but they're still preparing an emergency plan in case something goes wrong.

Sources close to the band tell us that when Bret returns, "someone in the crew will be required to provide the bus drivers with a list of every hospital from current location to next location ... addresses and all ... so in the event of an emergency, they have the info readily available."

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Michaels' new ballad 'Wasted Time' is available on . The track was recorded before his recent health scares and will be included on his forthcoming solo album, Custom Built, due out later this year. The track's lyrics are eerie to say the least:

"Lately I just ain't been myself," he begins. "Lately I've been feeling something else / There's a time to hurt, a time to heal."

On CNN's Larry King Live on Thursday, May 6th, US television personality Larry King discussed Michaels' health issues with guests Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, BRET MICHAELS BAND guitarist Pete Evick and the neurosurgeon treating Micheals, Dr. Joseph Zabramski.

About Michaels current condition following a brain hemorrhage, Zabramski says he's "doing really well, but still suffering a great deal." He expects a 100% recovery and Michaels will resume all activity.

Evick says that Michaels "is a little slower than I'm used to seeing him, but he realizes how lucky he is to be alive. Bret has every intention to continue, heal and show the world he's here to rock."

Adds Rockett: "I don't think he should be operating any heavy machinery or dancing with the stars right now. At times he's upbeat, but he was going crazy in the hospital. After going into rehab he sounds a whole lot better. He's the Evel Knievel of hard rock singers."

Rockett also remarked that that he and Bret had spoken about the band's 25th Anniversary next year and they have every intention to celebrate it next summer.