At his East Hampton home in New York on Saturday night, Bon Jovi invited 60 of his closest friends, including Jack Nicholson, for his annual end-of-summer bash including a live performance and fireworks.
When the show kept raging after the local 11.00pm sound curfew, police rolled up to shut down the stage, but the diplomatic rocker invited the officers in just to squeak out one last song, the New York Post reported.
News of the rocking party follows reports the 64th birthday bash of former US President Bill Clinton at a rented Hamptons mansion ended in drama after a valuable vase was broken and a neighbor complained about parking.
The party was thrown by wife Hillary and Clinton's longtime aide Doug Band.
Jon Bon Jovi invited police into his home for a private concert.
The rock star is best known as the lead singer and namesake of chart-topping US band Bon Jovi, and is famed for his love of the party lifestyle.
Jon had invited around 60 good friends, including famous faces such as the actor Jack Nicholson, to a party at his home in East Hampton, New York, at the weekend.
The rocker and his friends are believed to have been enjoying themselves so much the local police turned up to tell Jon he had surpassed the 11pm sound curfew that East Hampton residents must abide by.
Rather than put an end to his wild antics, Jon decided to invite the police officers to join the party instead, and ended up performing a Bon Jovi hit for them, the New York Post reports.
It is not known which song Jon sang for the police, although he has an extensive back catalogue with his band, whose hits include Livin’ on a Prayer and Always. After the quick performance, the officers are believed to have left the bash.
The rock star hosts this end-of-summer party annually, which usually involves live music and firework displays.
I would bet money that it was Who Says You Can't Go Home.
This is the party that hosts the super dooper group (beyond super group) of JBJ, the Boss, The Piano Man, and Sir Paul.
Hmm maybe Jon could learn a little from a possible party attendant:
BY JEFF DEDEKKER, THE LEADER-POSTJULY 27, 2010 2:04 AM
BON JOVI
(with Kid Rock and Enjoy Your Pumas)
6 p.m. Wednesday
Mosaic Stadium
Life as a rock star has many perks, with fame and fortune providing a life that most people can only dream about.
While some artists may take the adulation and money for granted, Jon Bon Jovi understands that with success comes expectations and responsibilities. During a recent telephone interview, Bon Jovi talked about the fan base the band has cultivated over the past 25 years and the impact the support has had on the band.
A prime example are Blaine and Chera Miller of Regina. The couple has seen Bon Jovi perform nine times and consider themselves lifelong fans of the band. When they were married, their first dance was to "Thank You For Loving Me," and when their second child was born last year, they named the youngster Jovi.
When asked how such dedication made him feel, Bon Jovi sounded genuinely touched by the gesture.
Jovi??? You named your kid Jovi? My vet says they have a dog named Jovi (and it's owner claims to be Jon's aunt, go figure) but you named your kid Jovi?
While I mock it I'm also having a sense of why didn't I think of that moment as well.
"It's humbling. It's very humbling to think that you've touched somebody's life for them to make such a kind of an important decision in their lives," said Bon Jovi.
"It's humbling."
Although the Millers will be seeing Bon Jovi for the 10th time when the band brings The Circle Tour to Mosaic Stadium on Wednesday, they will be viewing a show unique to Regina. Bon Jovi plans on playing a number of the band's hits like "Wanted Dead Or Alive," "You Give Love A Bad Name," "Livin' On A Prayer" and "It's My Life" but the set list has been changing from night to night on the current tour.
Bon Jovi, along with bandmates Richie Sambora (guitar), Tico Torres (drums) and David Bryan (keyboards), decided the only way to keep the tour fresh was to tinker with the set list each night. The everchanging set list not only challenged the band members but the video crew as well.
"They're pretty good, I have to say. I challenged the bastards," Bon Jovi said with a laugh. "We just concluded 12 nights in London at the O2 (Arena) and the number of songs started to add up because I couldn't bear to go out there and ever perform the same set twice.
"I said the goal was to play 70 different songs over the course of the 12 nights. I was calling some of them on the fly and I'll be damned that by the first chorus, that video didn't make a liar out of me. They were right there. They kept up pretty good."
*cough* Rarely do they fly by the seat of their pants. Songs are done at least once during sound check. Audibles are planned. The excepting will be at the end of the article, I promise its a good one.
The challenge of expanding the set list has been enjoyable for the band.
"During the course of the late afternoon, we come in every day, even 60 shows in, and do a power sound check. I'd have a list of songs in my head -- 'I was thinking about this one from that album. Why don't we play this one and tomorrow we'll do it.' I always kept them going," explained Bon Jovi. "It became a bit of a game for us so that by the end even Tico was bringing me a list of songs saying, 'We didn't do this one and we didn't do that one.' It became fun, because for whatever it's worth, not that many bands go out there and do 70 different songs in one location."
Another aspect that separates Bon Jovi the band from other groups is how its music has changed over the years. Many bands find a formula that works and then spends the rest of its career trying to duplicate that sound with every passing album.
Bon Jovi had no interest in following that blueprint for success.
"On our first record I was 21 years old and now I'm 48. If I didn't change it would be sad. It would be too bad," said Bon Jovi. "No matter who the artist is, if you've been around that long, your sound has gone through ebb and flow periods, introspective and experimental periods. It would have to in order to have a long body of work. I'm thinking of guys that I should never compare myself to but nonetheless have had long careers -- Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, (Bruce) Springsteen, (Elvis) Costello, guys that I admired. They all experimented."
Bands such as AC/DC and Nickelback have fashioned wildly successful careers by sticking to the tried and true method. Bon Jovi applauded their success but reiterated that style was not for him.
"To each his own. That's not for me."
I've seen Bruce Springsteen several times and at every show someone from the audience will have a sign, the last show I went to the guy had a sign that said, "ROSIE COME OUT TONIGHT!!!" and he ran down the steps towards the stage and I'll be Damned Bruce screams out, "ROSIE COME OUT TONIGHT!" and the E Street Band broke out into the intro of Rosalita (Come Out Tonight).
But here's the Bon Jovi special one, from Amsterdam on the Lost Highway tour (you notice rarities only come out in Europe), Stick to Your Guns, and this song shows us once again the awesome-tastic-ness of one Richie Sambora who's telling Jon the chords at the beginning of the song.
Baby don't hurt me, shamon don't hurt me shamon, no more
Ron Burgundy: Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast. Champ Kind: It jumped up a notch. Ron Burgundy: It did, didn't it? Brick Tamland: Yeah, I stabbed a man in the heart. Ron Burgundy: I saw that. Brick killed a guy. Did you throw a trident? Brick Tamland: Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident. Ron Burgundy: Brick, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. You should find yourself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder.
