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Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi Lisbon gives a strong "goodbye"



LISBON, Aug 1 (EFE) .- Bon Jovi last night ended his tour in Lisbon marathon with an endless night of classic rock orchestrated by their leader, who almost 30 years after taking the stage, it is difficult to pull down it.

"Is that I can not have some fun?" Jon Bon Jovi asked, smiling after scoring a disproportionate hips, dancing of apologizing to those who still are surprised to see him in top form for almost 50 years.

And the singer and his companions Richie Sambora, Tico Torres and David Bryan, the most famous rockers from New Jersey, again demonstrated the fervor of his eternal youth in this last show before taking a break of two years.

But he then came up with homework well done.

The band rocked for nearly three hours devoted to 60,000 spectators who walked three encores, extra beats in hits like "Keep the faith" and a dramatic beginning of its award-winning a cappella "Livin 'on a Prayer."

For the dedicated fans offered surprises, some expected songs like "Any other day," and the general public until the cows met their "hits" more recognized.

"Raise your hands" opened a prelude included "Lost Highway" and some almost forgotten song of his first album as "Get Ready", as the singer recalled.

But only the hymn "It's my life", which has united generations of parents and children in one of the most successful tours of the trajectory of the band managed to raise the tide of arms covering the Lisbon Bela Vista Park.

The night temperature shot up even more from "Bad Medicine," the first single from their fourth album "New Jersey", who managed to start the soul rock guitarist Richie Sambora and eighties sound of the keyboards of David Bryan .

Songs like "These Days" paid tribute to the legacy of the nineties the group and "Have a nice day" was the best representative of the period of 2000, when the group went to his more commercial pop rock.

By the encore, when the clock struck two hours, the group tamed the crowd with a string of classic ballads like "This Is not A Love Song" or "I'll be there for you", which starred Jon concentrated and loaded with a dose of drama.

Nor lacked emotion to reach its viewers that pampered with care. Let them sing, I was screaming and jumping, and even proudly showed them his love for Portugal when he dared to tangle in a Portuguese flag.

Their playful nature also lit up the night when he was a passionate boy interrupted the classic metal of "Bad Medicine" for versions without hesitation and with grace the legendary song from the movie "Pretty Women".

Unpredictable again after almost thirty years in the limelight, the group topped the finale to the tune of "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles, he left his followers as smiling as they left the stage.
That put the casualty toll to an end "The Circle World Tour", starting a tour that began in February 2010 in the United States and Canada, followed by European capitals such as "Open Air".

The long journey has given itself more than any other throughout his career, in terms of number of concerts and total revenue.

The group dared to break the record of 21 concerts in London in a single month, held by Prince and Michael Jackson also sought to overcome before his death.

In addition, Bon Jovi managed to be the musical world's most collected in 2010, ahead of AC / DC and the Irish group U2, is not yet known figures of 2011.

The golden age is recognized by the group leader himself in various interviews, in which Bon Jovi defines these times as "older", but "wiser."

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