Bon Jovi shine with rock basics at Melbourne concert
* Nui Te Koha
* From: Sunday Herald Sun
* December 12, 2010 12:00AM
NO two Bon Jovi concerts are ever the same.
NO two Bon Jovi concerts are ever the same.
Accordingly, there were subtle differences in the way Bon Jovi's Circle show unfolded at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night compared to their performance at Rod Laver Arena on Friday.
Then there was the obvious contrast - last night was the full-scale stadium experience, with massive video screens and enough production bells and whistles to justify a world tour schedule of 130 shows in 30 countries.
"That was like a club gig compared to this," Bon Jovi said last night. "This is going to be better."
And how.
There was no claw stage. Instead, Bon Jovi grips its believers with sweaty, back to basics rock, and upbeat anthems about better days.
Bon Jovi was formed in 1983.
Yet, frontman Bon Jovi, 48, looks more youthful and vibrant than rockers half his age.
He was every bit the rock star and rattle-shaking evangelist on Saturday night.
You Give Love A Bad Name and a new wave flecked Runaway came early in the set, but it was the one-two punch of Keep The Faith and Bad Medicine that really got the party started.
"It's Saturday night in Melbourne and I've got nowhere to go for two days," Bon Jovi said, then cleverly morphed Roadhouse Blues and Shout into the set.
It was a crowd pleaser that turned up the momentum for the rest of the show.
Bon Jovi's Circle is a classic rock tour de force without props or pretense.
It is also one of the best concerts of 2010.
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