Bon Jovi: Rolling Stone Spain review.... Yeah its what you'd expect.

I think to work at Rolling Stone they give you a list of acts you must & must not like, Bon Jovi is on the must not like list.

This was translated by Google so some of it doesn't make a lot of sense, but you get the gist.

Bon Jovi is redeemed in Barcelona with a three-hour recital

The band returns to New Jersey Richie Sambora in great shape and extends in a loop of endless encores. By Sandra Astor

Bon Jovi, yesterday in Barcelona.Did a pact with the devil to not aging? (Photo: Country, Job Vermeulen)

Concert: Bon Jovi. 
Venue: Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys (Barcelona). 
Date: 27/07/11. 
Price: 20 to 90 euros. 
Attendance: 41,000 people (there was no fill)

Expectation prior to the enactment of the Americans in the Olympic Stadium after the debate in Spanish last visit (last year) at the Teatro Circo Price in Madrid ( read here the chronicle ).There, last November offered an exclusive direct fleeting 75 minutes that managed the feat of pissing off even his most ardent fans , who branded the promotional event for "scam" up.

It is true that this was a special case and the actions included in this tour Open Air 2011 happened last night in Barcelona, ​​the last before a hiatus that will move away from the sand for a long time and deserved much-fancied it juicy consistent with the price of tickets. And so it was 180 minutes of greatest hits. Last night at the Olympic Stadium was a long walk for three decades that have gestated timeless classics , but have neglected to turn the freshness of the early years to come boldly to the radio formula In their most recent compositions. They were all that were, nor were they all are (not listening to hurts Runaway ) , but you know, it never rains to everyone's taste, and even more in a repertoire that varies with each performance.

Another of the great enigmas to the group's seventh visit to Barcelona was the presence or absence of virtuosoRichie Sambora . The musician joined a few months ago in rehab for the third time due to problems with alcohol , but the group flag placed by that of "the show must go on" and sought a replacement to continue the established dates. The guitarist was reinstated in time to intervene in the proceedings and Spanish snatch, con the characteristic display of themselves, and the prominence to Pelaz white smile of the singer.Sambora was shown smiling, recovered and in good shape: double strapped to his neck and flirting with the talk box (a device that can change the sound of the instrument with the mouth) is so fond.

They had not spent even 10 minutes of the stipulated time when nostalgic 40 and 50 living with younger generations in the stage of DEFLORATION It's my life began a timid boo. P oco real rocker and many children running around the track. He did not fill the stadium, but she looked comfortable enough when one aspect, setting the clock to 22:00 (15 minutes later), the group opened repertoire Raise your hands .

Jon Bon Jovi showed up wearing a lion tamer style jacket for a red that shines through the three large screens attached to a semicircular building covering the entire stage. Throughout the show, screens projected images of the band, bright collages and messages calling for the mobilization, peace and freedom, even could see the portraits of President Obama and Bob Dylan , among others, with the motto "inspire ".

Accompanying the usual Tico Torres (drums) and David Bryan (keyboards), Hugh McDonald's also essential to the low and Bobby Bandiera on rhythm guitar. They all had their brief moment of glory at the mercy of the singer, who sought and shared with them a mixture of versions which led the start of Bad medicine : from Not Fade Away , Buddy Holly, to celebradísimo Vertigo , U2. The accused direct an alarming lack of pace in precisely the acoustic beats later. They were the longest minutes and dull night. They had dropped two large,You give love a bad name right from the start, and It's my life celebrated as if the song banner of a Global Training Soccer l, but if there is something going on Bon Jovi's singles: there was still time to remember I'll be there for you in two very acoustic and cheered, Have a nice day and Keep the faith .

The clouds held their threat of rain in the dark sky Barcelona after 11 pm. A cold incomprehensible to the season that we are tentatively beginning to enter among the attendees. No memory for Amy Winehouse , but word of thanks to public support for 30 long years professed. Jon showed his routine manual stretching of arms and seductive poses that characterize and cause hives to his detractors. His forte is not the dancing (especially when you shake the maracas and tambourine), but well kept up for the dimensions that his voice without crack or tune over 26 songs. even dared to sing in Spanish chorus Bed of roses anchored in a bath of crowd in the center of the runway, where agreed by two bridges that connected with the stage.

It is very foolish to say that past successes are those who keep alive the band live , you just have to calculate the decibel level among the attendees at the first notes of Wanted dead or alive , with Richie wore the cowboy hat, or of We got it going on the penultimate studio album, Lost Highway . It did not sound any of the singles from his latest unpublished Greatest hits , but neither were they missed.

Drew to a close with Something to believe in after midnight. Singer's costume change to meet the first encore of the concert, which eventually adding two more in a spiral of false goodbyes. Three times they said goodbye before returning to pick up instruments to play a total of six subjects. The last two, the perfect balladAlways and too easy to post I love this town to finish. Before the respectable had gone mad by singingLivin 'on a prayer like the first time.

Constant target for criticism (some deserved, some not so), it is difficult at this point to dispose of Bon Jovi rock label harmless to everyone, but as we heard last night: a band playing for three hours worth, at least one respect.