Bon Jovi: Request a song for the live show November 10th

Here are the details:

Bon Jovi LIVE on YouTube Nov. 10th! Send in a request via Moderator 

Bon Jovi fans have the exclusive opportunity to shape the set list of the November 10th Best Buy Theater webcast performance right here on YouTube!

On November 9th in the U.S. and Canada Bon Jovi will release their brand new GREATEST HITS album, which will transport listeners back in time through the band's worldwide monster hits, and offer a bridge to the future with the debut of four brand new tracks. In celebration of this release we want to know: which Bon Jovi song from their vast catalog inspires you the most?

You can submit your song requests from all over the world right here. You can submit with either a text request OR (even better) with a video request explaining why that Bon Jovi song is your particular favorite. Other fans will then be able to vote on all of the suggestions and the most popular picks will rise to the top. So get your video cameras ready and tell us what to play! Tell everyone the song title FIRST and then go on to tell us why it's your favorite. You can submit your favorite song now through Monday, November 8th at 5pm ET. On November 10th, tune in to our live streaming concert right here on the Bon Jovi channel on YouTube to hear YOUR top picks of our greatest hits.

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I have an idea. Since Jon has subjected us to Who Says You Can't Go Home so many times lets pay him back. The crowds in London were close, but with a WORLDWIDE voting audience lets see if we can get Bon Jovi to play:

IN AND OUT OF LOVE or EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART

I know I dream the impossible dream, but it's possible.  Tweet your friends, post on Facebook, share it on Backstage, let's see if the unstoppable force (aka every Bon Jovi Fan on the face of the Earth) can stop the impenetrable ego (aka Jon Bon Jovi).

WE CAN DO IT!!!

Bon Jovi: Concerts for the Coast and I was there Part Deux

Here are some pictures I took:

The man with the finest ass in Rock N Roll

Jon during Blood on Blood

Richie during Whole Lotta Leaving

Reading the teleprompter while dancing, now that's multitasking.

Gutter Pimp Ustreaming the concert.  All Hail Gutter Pimp (even though he's a Cowboys Fan [BOOOO!])!!!!!!

Um, who is this sexy man???

Are you still with me???

The rest of the pics are Here.  I don't watermark my images (images are open season once they go on the net, so....  I don't hold any illusions) so if you use them please credit me.  Feel free to leave a comment or favorite them.  I took over 800+ so stop by throughout the day.  Also here's the opening w/Blood on Blood I uploaded to You Tube

Bon Jovi - The Concerts for the Coast Happened, and I was there. Part 1

So this is my weekend Friday and Saturday.

Went to work Friday, left early, hitched a flight to Pensacola on Continental thanks to their Fantastic One Pass program that I hope doesn't go away due to the merger with United and their sucky Mileage Plus program. Arrived on one of those Flintstones jets where you actually go up stairs to get on the plane and then you self propel the plane with your feet. I thought I was going to die.
Met Stacy & her husband Mike (who is a Cowboy's fan but otherwise a very cool person) and Lauri. We end up cramming ourselves and our luggage into Stacy & Mike's car as they drove 14 hours from West Texas. Stopped along the way and bought some essentials. Then headed for Gulf Shores for Condo of Sin Gutter Girls weekend. We have rented this 3 bedroom condo right on the beach in Gulf Shores. I've never been to this part of the gulf coast its really nice. The waves are breaking right under the balcony.

We were all tired by the time we settled in for the night.

Friday morning we got up and planned to be at the venue around 1 because allegedly fan club could get the VIP tickets at 2 PM. We got there and couldn't find the Fan Club tent. Some nice guy who worked for the City of Gulf Shores escorted us to the tent. We got our wristbands and were told we could go into the venue & get in line with all the other VIP's and Fan Club peeps.

Bon Jovi: What do You Got live in Mexico

Finally good video surfaces of this new Bon Jovi hit being played in a stadium. The PC Richards version is nice but in reality so many more people will be exposed to this song in a stadium or arena setting. Also the acoustics are better at the PC Richards Theater than they are in a stadium.

Bon Jovi: Few people have come to expect to Bon Jovi

From our Bon Jovi loving friends in Costa Rica.

Since No Hablo Espanol, the translation is courtesy of the all powerful and multi-lingual Google Translate.

The first story has a video of the band's plane landing.

Group performs tonight at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

17 years later, Bon Jovi returned

Arrival rockers arrived the country yesterday and were immediately taken to the hotel where they met several fans

Gerardo González V. gegonzalez@nacion.com 25/09/2010 08:45 PM

A small and enthusiastic group of lucky fans received yesterday, shouting at the band Bon Jovi on arrival at your hotel.

The private flight brought the singer Jon Bon Jovi and his companions landed at Juan Santamaría International Airport, when the clock struck 5:10 pm

Immigration officials were responsible for registering the income of the country rockers.

A production team was waiting at the foot of the stairs to transfer them immediately to their hotel, a caravan of vehicles.

The band and their entourage were taken to a luxurious hotel in the capital, whose name we can not disclose at the request of the production. There, a warning fans could see how the singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, drummer Tico Torres and keyboardist David Bryan entered as a bullet to the hotel, amid the security personnel.

Only one young man could steal a kiss on the cheek, the singer and the young Salvadoran Quiteño René Torres got him to sign his album Slippery When Wet.

The musicians ignored the presence of the press. Tico Torres only waved to the cameras.

Meanwhile, the camera flashes and some threw away their screaming begging for a little souvenir of the reunion.

Wanting more. The swift passage of the musicians left with a distaste for those who were waiting anxiously in the hotel.

Melissa Ponce, a resident of Santa Ana, was one that could see up close rockers.

"It was too fast, I could only say hello. I thought they would have more contact with the public, "he told the young man of 29 years.

For his part, Abraham Madrigal Puriscal, described as a dream come true seeing their idols in person.

Not everyone was so smiling after the entry of the musicians.

"We came from Quepos and not at all" was the comment that said the boy Samuel Alvarado, age 7, visibly disappointed at the fleeting passage of rockers.

He, along with her mother and brother Lineth Solano, Efren 10 years, came to San Jose just for the concert today.

The band will perform tonight at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in his tour Tibás The Circle and after an absence of 17 years when they first came and played before a sold out show at the Palacio de los Deportes.

Today, the band returned with a show they have promised will be huge, full of innovative technology and, above all, with their biggest hits.

Yes, I expect them to stand outside of a hotel in Costa Rica and sign autographs, just like I expect them to do the same thing here in the states.  *Rolls Eyes*

Story numero dos.

Few people have come to expect to Bon Jovi

Caterina L. Elizondo celizondo@nacion.com 26/09/2010 36 minutes ago

At about 11 am, the atmosphere at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa was not yet very hot, waiting for the concert of the band Bon Jovi.

However, the 'fans' most loyal in the group were there even queuing since Thursday.

Parents and children, coworkers, friends and even acquaintances through social networks began to fill the lineup, although the income is scheduled for 4 pm

According to Paul Fonseca, manager of corporate security Isaseca, three days of monitoring the area and so far there has been no major incidents.

"At the moment production (Evenpro) has not done reporting on items that can not enter, but we know that professional cameras are banned," said Fonseca.

Sales are also strong, along the block of the stadium there are several food stalls and sales of items such as shirts, scarves and memorabilia from the band. . There is no shortage of ticket resellers, who prowl through the rows looking for who they sell and buy tickets.

At this time it rains in Tibás, and as mentioned some concert-goers have been covered with coats and umbrellas, because outside the stadium there are no tents or camping allowed.

In a few hours will bring more information about the environment before the concert of Bon Jovi, after 17 years of no-show in the country, www.nacion.com .

Bon Jovi: Bits of useless fluffy gossip

Ok, here's some things that have been popping up in my Google Alerts.

In the "Book that shall not be named" it "alleges" that back in 1985 Jon Bon Jovi dated Diane Lane  which this is true there are pictures to prove it also, Jon briefly mentions it during this interview from a few years ago on Centerstage on the YES Network (with Yankees announcer Michael Kay) this is also the interview at the end where Jon says "...The next night you see Richie and...  My wife's always said the devil's not gonna be red and have the horns, he gonna look just like Sambora and he's gonna go... (Jon makes hand gesture gesturing a person to come closer)."



What the book goes on to say and I'm going to paraphrase so I don't have to link to anything, Jon liked that she could party, but the party was over and Jon broke up with her when he found out that she was partying with Richie Sambora.  This kind of matches up with what was said in Star Man about Richie on page 141.

Next useless gossip bit:

Heather Deen Sambora will legally be Heather Locklear again per TMZ:

Heather Locklear is finally erasing the last trace of her 12-year marriage to Richie Sambora ... his last name.

Heather -- who filed for divorce in 2006 -- filed documents on Friday in L.A. County Superior Court requesting her name officially be changed from Heather Deen Sambora to Heather Locklear.

Heather also wants the name changed ASAP ... because she claims she needs a new passport with her old name attached by the time she travels abroad on October 25.

So now you CAN get that Future Ex-Mrs Sambora shirt and not feel there still might be another legally Ex- Mrs Sambora wandering around.

Also another thing that popped up was a comment on a message board about performing fellatio on many African American Men to give Richie a Bubble Bath, and I paraphrased that since the person who wrote it was much more explicit.  I mean how do you go to boards and make comments like that?  Where does your motivation come from?

So if you're reading this, make an outrageous comment.  I'll laugh.

Bon Jovi: My Favorite T-shirt from the Circle Tour

In the Bon Jovi store they have my Favorite shirt from the Tour.  After the show in Tampa I was on my way home and stopped at my Local McDonald's for $1 sweet tea & a small fries, and they guy in the window told me his Mom went to the show.  And I told him his mom should get him this shirt.  Yes it stuck with me.

But I alas, could not buy it as I do not have children (Thank God!  But do dogs count??)

Here is my favorite Shirt from the Circle Tour

There's a couple of you that this could apply to, they should also make, My Wife Went to Bon Jovi and didn't want to come back, My Girlfriend went to BON JOVI and didn't come back.

The possibilities are endless.

Bon Jovi: A FAN GETS A LITTLE TOO ‘CHEEKY’ WITH JON BON JOVI

I can't bring the sound byte over but read the story and click the link.
 If the sound byte doesn't work here's what happens (highlight the text below with your mouse to read it):

Jon was introduced to a woman on the set of his first movie (not mentioned if this was YG2 or M&V) and she drops her pants and shows him on her ass she has a greatly detailed image of his face and the reason for this is she gets to sit on his face nightly.

This reminds me of a Monty Python song.
 

A FAN GETS A LITTLE TOO ‘CHEEKY’ WITH JON BON JOVI

The band Bon Jovi has been together for over 27 years. For those 27 years, they have had very devoted fans who follow the band when they are touring, and immediately buy their albums when they are released. But then there are some unique fans who really go to the extreme to express their devotion to the band. 

When Fox All Access host Chris Leary caught up with Jon Bon Jovi, he described the craziest thing that a fan has ever done for him. (Click on the audio player to hear Jon Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi: In Chicago

Jon Bon Jovi's good time revival

At packed Soldier Field, a marathon of spirit-boosting nostalgia, catchy hooks, devotional pledges every woman longs to hear

By Bob Gendron, Special to the Tribune

5:45 AM CDT, July 31, 2010

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Nothing was insurmountable in Jon Bon Jovi's world Friday at the first show of a two-night stand at Soldier Field. No matter the odds, or how daunting "living in the broken home of hopes and dreams" became, the vocalist fell back on survival, deliverance and faith, leading his namesake band through a marathon 155-minute set steeped in the kind of wholesale inspirational optimism trumpeted by motivational office posters. The good-guy approach is paying dividends.

Bon Jovi remains a rare exception during a summer in which arena concert-ticket sales have plummeted. Immune to the empty seats that have greeted many big-name acts, the veteran group's current trek ranks as the current top-grossing North American tour. Bon Jovi's live appeal? Spirit-boosting nostalgia, catchy hooks, devotional pledges every woman longs to hear and a sex-symbol frontman that, together, functioned as comfort food.

Apparently recovered from a leg injury suffered onstage a few weeks ago, the 48-year-old singer refrained from running but engaged in exercises—air punches, jumping jacks, hip thrusts—to underscore the pop-rock climaxes. While his falsetto is gone, Bon Jovi's voice primarily sounded like it did in 1986, delighting a sold-out crowd that stood and shouted along to myriad hits.

Bon Jovi kept everything simple and abided by formula. Choruses clung to an assortment of wordless refrains, with "nah nah nah," "yeah yeah" and "hey hey" running a close second to the ubiquitous "whoa-oh." Several tunes seemed interchangeable. At their root, "Have a Nice Day," "It's My Life" and "Livin' on a Prayer" were the same song with different lyrics albeit parallel sentiments. No matter. Whether raising his arms, looking skyward or bowing his head, Bon Jovi sold the drama with strategic moves and a coy smile.

Yet despite Bon Jovi's thespian attempts at profound sincerity, the band's ballads mined a litany of lyrical clichés familiar to anyone who's ever composed a love note to a high-school sweetheart. "Work for the Working Man," a forced stab at sympathizing with blue-collar plight, proved equally hollow, especially considering some fans paid upwards of $1,700 for V.I.P. packages. And there was no escaping the irony as images of cultural pioneers such as John Lennon flashed onscreen next to generic slogans ("Act Now," "Rise," "Freedom") during "We Weren't Born to Follow," a by-the-book rallying cry that was anything but defiant or original.

The group fared better on upbeat older music ("Bad Medicine," "Runaway") that allowed drummer Tico Torres a chance to beef up the keyboard-heavy mix with rhythmic muscle. "Wanted Dead or Alive" rang true with an authenticity other material lacked, and a cover of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock & Roll," performed with opener Kid Rock, resonated with an invigorating soulfulness that temporarily smeared the band's polish.

If you go Saturday:

Be aware that Friday's show ended nearly an hour later than the city's normal 11 p.m. all-ages curfew. Plan accordingly. Bon Jovi took the stage at 9:25 p.m. Opener Kid Rock went on shortly after 7:45 p.m., following a short set by 7th Heaven. If you have field seats, keep your ticket on your body at all times. Security is tight and abundant. Will call is at the Southern entrance. In getting to Soldier Field, try and take public transportation. By 6 p.m., traffic backed up for miles between Belmont and Oak on Lake Shore Drive. Parking is expensive. Find a restroom early. Lines for the women's bathrooms looked exceedingly long.

Bon Jovi: Jon gets beat by Bruce again...

Billboard.com did an online poll to find out who the sexiest man in rock is, since it's an online poll I think the results are a little skewed (IMO).

Billboard’s Top Ten Sexiest Men In Music:

1. Adam Lambert (It's like saying Keisha is the hottest woman in music)
2. Nick Jonas (Really????? Maybe to a 16 year old)
3. Chris Brown (hot only if you like a boyfriend & a beat down)
4. Justin Timberlake (BARF, I still don't see what other people see in him)
5. Enrique Iglesias (Even since it got removed all I see is a big mole on his face)
6. Bruce Springsteen (BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE Surprising to see him on the list but awesome since a majority of the artists cater to the tween acts which means their parents got on the net and voted!)
7. Jon Bon Jovi  (7th, to me this is WORSE than being dropped off the Forbes Richest Musician list!)
8. Usher
9. Maxwell
10. Drake

Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi makes up for lost time with a Regina stadium show heavy on hits and deep cuts

They performed This Is Our House TWICE.  I guess this will be the first single off what I am dubbing Crossroads 2.0. I'm personally on the fence about this song because #1 it was performed at Gillette Stadium whenever the Patriots score (If Jon's such a big Giants fan why wasn't it played in Giants Stadium whenever the Giants Scored? I'm mean c'mon Jon, what the F?) and #2 it better have more lines than what was played before the shows this tour. But those are just my opinions so...

Bon Jovi makes up for lost time with a Regina stadium show heavy on hits and deep cuts

Troy Fleece/Leader-Post

Jon Bon Jovi having fun on the stage at Regina's Mosaic Stadium

By JEFF DeDEKKER

Leader-Post

Even Jon Bon Jovi is willing to admit that time flies when you’re having fun.

“Somebody told me before the show that it’s been 20 years since we were last in Regina. How is that possible?” the 48-year-old rocker asked the estimated crowd of 35,000 at Mosaic Stadium on Wednesday night.

“I like lots of things about Regina. I liked the fly over before the show. I liked the nice things written about us in the newspaper. And I met Jovi, a baby who was named after the band. It won’t be another 20 years before we’re back in Regina.”

Currently touring in support of their their latest album, The Circle, Bon Jovi certainly made up for lost time with an impressive 23-song, 135-minute set. Bon Jovi, joined as always by Richie Sambora (guitar), Tico Torres (drums) and David Bryan (keyboards), dipped deep into the band’s discography and gave the crowd a taste of the music that’s enabled the New Jersey rockers to sell 130 million albums worldwide over the past 26 years.

Opening with “Blood On Blood” and “We Weren’t Born To Follow,” Bon Jovi decided to challenge the crowd right off the bat.

“Regina — are you with me out there?” he shouted.

The answer was a resounding yes and when Bon Jovi asked the crowd, “Show me what you’ve got,” they responded with an enthusiastic singalong of “You Give Love A Bad Name.”

While the music was front and centre, the massive stage was also a sight to behold. Backed by a high definition video screen in the shape of a half circle — it measures an imposing 115 feet wide by 50 feet high — the stage also included a circular ramp into the crowd. With rectangular video screens on each side of the stages, fans were guaranteed not to miss a beat, whether it was a sly smile from Bon Jovi or a sneer from Sambora.

During “We Weren’t Born To Follow,” a song about standing up and fighting for a belief, the screen filled with images of Lance Armstrong, the Wright brothers, President Barack Obama, Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey and Martin Luther King Jr. It was interesting imagery — most people wouldn’t compare Lance Armstrong with Martin Luther King Jr.

Bon Jovi, who usually is very active on stage, apparently was limited by a calf injury he suffered on July 9 while performing at the new Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It took Jon 11 songs but he finally made it out onto the circular walkway. It was a gentle stride out into the crowd and although Jon didn’t appear to be limping, he definitely wasn’t his usual high-energy self.

The pre-concert press kit indicated Sambora brings 15 different electric guitars on the road and if he didn’t use all 15 Wednesday night he came close. It seemed he changed guitars with every song but what didn’t change was Sambora’s skill — he plays like a man possessed, with poise and confidence. He might not be AC/DC's Angus Young but Sambora is capable of holding more than his own with it comes to guitar licks.

Sambora also proved he was more than just guitar player by taking centre stage and lead vocals for “Lay Your Hands On Me.” Sambora’s voice fit the quintessential rock ballad perfectly as he morphed into a church choir leader orchestrating the congregation.

Jon’s voice sounded great, the band sounded great, the visuals were impressive but the set did hit a bit of a lull one hour in with “(I Want To) Make A Memory,” “I’ll Be There For You,” ”Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night,” “In These Arms” and “Work For the Working Man.” This isn’t a knock on the songs — the material definitely was good — but stringing that many slower songs together took the crowd out of the performance.

The band regained its footing, ending the set with “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” and “Keep The Faith.”

Jon threw a curveball with the first song of the encore: “This Is Our House.”

“We’re going to play a song we’ve never played live before,” Jon explained. “And I hope you don’t mind but we’re going to film this for a video. So if you want to fix your hair and makeup, go ahead.”

Before playing the song a second time for extra filming, Jon had an interesting suggestion: “I wouldn’t mind if the Riders wanted to use this as they’re new theme song.”

Of course like any great showman, Bon Jovi kept the best for last, completing the encore with “Wanted Dead Or Alive” and a haunting version of the band's king-making hit, “Livin’ On A Prayer.”

On the latter, it sounded as if all 35,000 sang every word. It was a great way to end a great night.

Bon Jovi set list

1. “Blood on Blood”

2. “We Weren’t Born to Follow”

3. “You Give Love a Bad Name”

4. “Whole Lot of Leavin’ ”

5. “Born to Be My Baby”

6. “Lost Highway”

7. “It’s My Life”

8. “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”

9. “We Got It Goin’ On”

10. “Bad Medicine”/“Pretty Woman”/“Shout”

11. “Love Is The Only Rule”

12. “Lay Your Hands on Me”

13.“(I Want To) Make A Memory”

14. “I’ll Be There For You”

15. ”Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night”

16. “In These Arms”

17. “Work For the Working Man”

18. “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”

19. “Keep the Faith”

Encore

20. “This Is Our House” (twice)

21. “Wanted Dead or Alive”

23. “Livin’ on a Prayer”

Bon Jovi: It just make you say awww....

Awww.... this is so sweet.  Today most guys who go to see Bon Jovi are there with their girlfriends wives significant others so this probably would not happen.

Bon Jovi concert is much more for Sask. couple

In the world of music, the year 1989 was full of wild hair and classic rock. It was also the last time Bon Jovi performed in Regina, as part of his New Jersey tour.

For Jim and Michelle Weins, that tour forever changed their future.

“I was just going to have some fun with the girls,” Michelle said. “See a band that we idolized, back then -- listen to some music. I never once thought that my life would change that night.”

It was at the Agridome that August night when two teens came face to face for the first time.

“I just looked right at her and said, ‘Hi, I’m Jim’,” Jim said.

Heavy metal band Skid Row was halfway through their performance when Michelle lost track of Jim.

“I looked over and he wasn’t there anymore,” Michelle said. “Then I realized he was standing right beside me.

“Within minutes we were holding hands.”

Twenty-one years later, the couple is still together, including 13 years of marriage. They have three kids and a collection of Bon Jovi memorabilia. It’s a story they are not afraid to tell others about.

“We always have this argument back and forth about who grabbed whose hand first,” Jim laughs.

With Bon Jovi taking the stage once again in Regina, the Weins say the night is about much more than just music.

“It’s something to celebrate our whole lives together, how much our lives have changed from back then, when we were just two silly kids from highschool,” Jim said.

To them, the concert represents over 20 years of happiness.

Bon Jovi: You can't bring what into the stadium?

I hope this isn't a sign of things to come and its only for this one show.  But according to this article...

Extra police on duty for Bon Jovi show

By CBC News

Regina police plan to add an extra 75 to 80 police officers to ensure a Wednesday night rock concert featuring Bon Jovi goes smoothly.

Regina police plan to add an extra 75 to 80 police officers to ensure a Wednesday night rock concert featuring Bon Jovi goes smoothly.

While officials did not have the cost associated with the additional police presence, they said the bill would be covered by the promoters of the event.

"One of the goals of this event, from a police perspective, is to assist Regina in hosting a major concert with a minimum of inconvenience to residents of the neighbourhoods surrounding [concert venue] Mosaic Stadium," police said Tuesday.

About 30,000 people are expected to attend the show, which is expected to run until 11:30 p.m. with gates opening at 5:30 p.m.

Police officer will focus on ensuring vehicular and pedestrian traffic before and after the show is safe and effective.

Officers will also be on had at entrance gates to help security.

Items that will not be allowed into the stands include:

Cameras and recording devices.

Laser pointers.

Knives or any other weapons.

Gang colours.

Fireworks.

Chairs, strollers, umbrellas.

Aerosol cans.

Food.

There will be alcohol for sale and police are reminding people who drink to plan a safe ride home.

A shuttle bus service will be available, free of charge, to and from the show and Regina shopping malls, including Victoria Square, Northgate, Southland and Normanview Crossing, starting at 5 p.m.

The cost of the service is being supported by the insurance company SGI, a provincial Crown corporation.

Gang colors???  At a Bon Jovi show?  Aerosol cans, what the hell am I going to do with that extra can of aqua net I bring to concerts (especially Bon Jovi Concerts)?  Fireworks?  Don't we have to bring our own in for Keep The Faith?

Cameras?  Does this mean no digital cameras?  No Youtube videos.

Should I be concerned that they might do a rarity or something we haven't heard in a long time.  Jon likes to change things up a bit so....  *cough*

Nah I'm not concerned, I'm not worried.  Enjoy the show tonight Regina.

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Bon Jovi: Another article on 'the book'

Another day and another story with pictures about that book.  I'll save the picture for the end as it is NSFW.  And please tell me if you look closely next 2 the second blond right near the edge of her panties on the left, ok maybe I'm imagining it.  Or maybe not.  It looks decidedly phallic in nature.

Clean-cut rock star Jon Bon Jovi as he's never been seen before... in bed with four naked girls

By Lizzie Smith

Last updated at 11:10 AM on 27th July 2010

He's known as the nice guy of rock and roll.

But newly released photos show a different side of family man Jon Bon Jovi - the wannabe star trying to make it in the music industry.

The posed shots show the singer lying on a bed with four naked girls on top of him, in a provocative scene.

Before he was famous: Jon Bon Jovi the aspiring rock star poses with four semi-naked girls in a 1985 photo published in new book Sex, Drugs And Bon Jovi

They were taken by famed photographer Ross Marino in 1985 when Jon was just 22, busy promoting second album 7800°Fahrenheit.

It wasn't until the release of Bon Jovi's third album, Slippery When Wet that the band shot to superstardom.

The never-published pictures were kept locked away for more than 20 years by the band's former tour manager, Rich Bozzett, who has included them in his new book charting his time with the band.

He told Mail Online he tracked them down years after they were taken at the request of Bon Jovi, who asked him to destroy them after remembering their existence following his rise to fame.

But Bozzett kept them along with other memorabilia from his seven years with the band.

He said he had great memories of travelling the world with the unknown band during their rise to fame - and particularly of Jon Bon Jovi.

'He treated me very well, I felt he was a nice person, and very genuine.'

He said he remembers the photoshoot well - and that Bon Jovi enjoyed it.

'Back at that time, you're a young man, you're going to enjoy something like that,' he said.

But he said that the shoot was a set-up, with Bon Jovi already dating the woman who would become his wife, his teenage sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, the mother of his four children.

'We were trying to toughen up the image,' he explained, saying the huge record sales of bands like Motley Crue inspired the idea.

In his book Bozzett, who now works on house renovations, also talked about the alleged drug use of members of the band.

But the 52-year-old, who said at times he felt like the 'sixth member' of the band, said Bon Jovi were nothing like their more edgy contemporaries.

'I'm thankful that I worked for him [Jon], he was basically squeaky clean.'

Bozzett was eventually dropped from the band and claims he was denied his share of profits by their then-manager.

But he said his book was not motivated by malice - he just felt the time was right to tell his story.

'I would tell people stories and people would just be fascinated,' he explained. 'They couldn't hear enough of it.'

Ok, here's the picture unlike the US the UK likes nipples and won't blur them out.  This is also why you don't ever sleep with hotel room comforters on your bed.  And eww Alec.
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Bon Jovi:Bon Jovi Mosaic Stadium concert

Another day. Another interview where Jon lies. And no it's not about those pictures on TMZ.

Bon Jovi Mosaic Stadium concert

Jon promises special show for Regina

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.

Bon Jovi: Babies Go Bon Jovi

I don't have any children.  It's a good thing for me I admit I'm selfish.

I also happen to despise radio Disney and all those Kids Bop records.  Having a chorus of 7 year olds sing Green Day doesn't make it any better it's still Green Day, sung by 7 year olds.  Let your kids listen to real music.  My niece knew all the words to RUSH's Moving Pictures CD at 3.  Does she listen to Kids Bop, no.  But she's not listening to Jay-Z either.

I was trying to find out if Crossroads 2.0 was up (aka Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits volume 2) So I found this on Amazon instead. 

Babies Go Bon Jovi

 

First of all... the New Jersey album cover was a leather jacket not a denim jacket, while Jon wore a denim jacket that said Bon Jovi New Jersey on it, the album cover was leather.  Anyway Babies doing Bon Jovi is like Midi elevator music versions of Bon Jovi.  It has 14 songs on it and the only redeeming thing is there is no Who Say You Can't Go Home (see Jon BABIES don't like it either)

Track listing looks like this:

 

 

1. Always 
2. Never Say Goodbye (this is actually really pretty although I don't know how you can get to the part with Remember when we used to Park down on Butler Street out in the Dark Remember when we lost the keys, and you lost more than that in my backseat baby... and not wake your baby with laughter.
3. Living On A Prayer
4. Born To Be My Baby
5. You Give Love A Bad Name
6. (You Want To) Make A Memory
7. Bells Of Freedom
8. I'll Be There For You
9. This Ain't A Love Song
10. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
11. Wildflower
12. Blaze Of Glory 
13. It's My Life
14. Bed Of Roses

So many ballads it looks like a bad Time/Life Love CD that you can purchase at 3 AM off the TV.  And the exclusion of Wanted and Have a Nice Day (teach your kids young to disrespect authority, see I shouldn't have children mine would be flipping everyone off and I would be laughing about it.)

 

It's Always midi'ed up for babies, and if that doesn't make you want to cry like a baby check this one out (no they didn't do lay your hands on me)



This company has taken it upon themselves to Baby-fy other artists. My Friends are big fans of Depeche Mode:

I think I prefer Nouvelle Vague's Just Can't Get Enough if I can't get the original.



But here's the one that really makes me cry. The Rolling Stones Satisfaction:


If Mick Jagger were dead he would roll over in his grave

Bon Jovi: Setting Up For Bon Jovi

Set up in under way in Regina. 

Setting Up For Bon Jovi

Preparations underway for massive Wednesday concert

Reported By Trelle Burdeniuk

From football stadium to concert super centre. The conversion of Mosaic Stadium to prepare for Wednesday's concert is well underway.

Neil Donnolly with Evraz Place says the atmosphere will be electric. "It's going to be fantastic. I mean you've got an incredibly solid entertainment bill with Kid Rock and Bon Jovi together. We've got nearly a full house of people...over 30,000 people are coming to the event."

Image via Wikipedia

 

However, he says there are still some tickets left for last minute fans.

But for those who already have their tickets, grab your air guitar and start preparing for a great concert.

Bon Jovi: Never say goodbye

Never say goodbye

Bon Jovi is rocking hard, aging gracefully, and just hitting its stride

By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff | July 23, 2010

Bon Jovi may only be playing one show at Gillette Stadium (tomorrow, with openers Kid Rock and local band Mission Hill), but thanks to recent residencies at other venues — including 12 nights at London’s O2 arena — the band is primed to play just about anything. Whether it’s tracks from the multiplatinum rockers’ most recent release, “The Circle,’’ expected hits like “Livin’ on a Prayer,’’ or a deep cut from his “Young Guns II’’-inspired solo album “Blaze of Glory,’’ Jon Bon Jovi is prepared. “A lot of bands write a set list and go out and do that all year. We’ve never been that kind of band,’’ the frontman said recently by phone from Philadelphia. Just don’t expect to hear ’80s pop metal anthem “In & Out of Love.’’ Ever again. “Oh lord, no thank you. Pass.’’

Q. You appeared on the Tonys last month via satellite to congratulate your keyboardist Dave Bryan on being nominated for, and eventually winning, the best musical award for “Memphis.’’ Even though he had to take a break from the tour, you must have been thrilled.

A. We’re very proud of that; it’s a hell of an accomplishment for a first time.

Q. That got me to thinking: a Bon Jovi jukebox musical, perhaps? It certainly worked out for Frankie Valli and Abba.

A. Yeah, right? We’ve got a song or . . . two in that [musical] “Rock of Ages.’’ When you have a catalog of music that’s cross-generational and it’s universally accepted as [ours has] been, you’re not saying something that hasn’t crossed my mind.

Q. You were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last year. What was that like?

A. I’m very proud of it. I love it. . . . But . . . now you’re staring at a blank piece of paper and you’ve got to do it again.

Q. When you get an award like that does it tempt you to reflect on your evolution from the first album to “The Circle’’?

A. Absolutely. We’re not trying to be something we’re not, and we’re not trying to rehash the past and rewrite “You Give Love a Bad Name.’’ When I was 25 I never wanted to be 50 and pretending to be something I wasn’t. And now that I’m 50, I’m not going to pretend to be 25. This is part of growing up in public and having shared a life with a lot of people who’ve witnessed it. So “The Circle’’ is a huge leap, a mature step, I think.

Q. Bon Jovi has a group of songs it has to do every night. Are you tempted to rearrange them? Do you ever find yourself mentally going over your grocery list during “You Give Love a Bad Name’’?

A. Don’t think that that hasn’t happened. (Laughs.) But yes, there are going to be that handful that it’s unforgivable if you didn’t do them — “Wanted,’’ “Livin’ on a Prayer’’ — and you understand that. Because I remember being a fan and seeing Eric Burdon doing reggae versions of the Animals and I thought “Oh no, no, no. I don’t want to hear reggae versions. I want to hear ‘Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’ the way it’s supposed to be sung.’’ And yet I understood why he was over it. But I still like singing “Livin’ on a Prayer.’’ Who wouldn’t with the response it gets after all these years?

Q. Or the response it gets after a few beers, which is when most people find themselves singing it.

A. It’s the karaoke song of the century.

Q. Are you a studio guy or stage guy? Or does it feed different parts of you?

A. One feeds the other in this order: writing it, recording it, and then performing it live. Writing it, you think you have something. Recording it and realizing you do in fact have something makes you want to share it with the audience and then you go out there and do it.

Q. So it’s all good for you?

A. No, it’s just different stages of good. The writing to me is the best, it’s my favorite. Recording is second and then touring is third because it’s physically demanding, it takes you away from any kind of a life, it’s tedious. But when you’re in good shape and you’re doing what we’re doing now and the kinds of ridiculous accomplishments we’re having in this last decade, it’s pretty hard not to enjoy it.

Q. Be honest, have you ever had nightmares about losing your hair since you haven’t actually lost it?

A. Thank the lord! It’s like “mirror mirror on the wall.’’ (Laughs.) But you’ve gotta know how to grow old gracefully and just know that you’ve got to deal with it. It’s all part of the process, I ain’t 25 but I’m not 65 yet either. I’m just enjoying the ride.

More Sex Drugs and Bon Jovi: Menage a Bon Jovi

 **UPDATED**

The NY Post has a story on the Book I posted about yesterday (You can find that post here)

Menage a Bon Jovi

By SUSANNAH CAHALAN

Talk about giving love a bad name.

A new photo shows Jon Bon Jovi -- splayed out on a bed nuzzling four topless women, a shirt hanging from a lamp and six cocktails resting on the nightstand -- in one of the tamer images taken during his 1985 "7800º Fahrenheit" tour.

Although staged, the picture is hardly the portrait you'd expect of America's squeaky-clean rocker.

But, then again, America was never supposed to see it.

Former tour manager Rich Bozzett -- who claims he was bilked out of millions of dollars by the star's then-manager -- includes the shot in his new memoir, "Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi," out tomorrow.

Four years after the photo was taken, Bon Jovi wed his high-school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, to whom he is still married. They have four kids.

Bozzett says the pictures, shot by famed rock photographer Ross Marino, were meant to be publicity shots.

A spokesperson for Jon Bon Jovi shrugged off the images, saying: "This is an outtake of a photo shoot. Everyone should be so lucky at 22 years old."

The photos were all but forgotten until Marino's death three years later.

"A panic-stricken Jon Bon Jovi immediately called up Doc [McGhee, his manager] to tell him that we needed to track down the pictures as soon as possible," Bozzett writes.

Bozzett, now a general contractor living on the Upper West Side, found the photos but was fired by McGhee and was denied his share of the band, he claims. So he pocketed the negatives.

Bon Jovi "asked me to please destroy the negatives," Bozzett told The Post. He didn't, but kept them in a safety-deposit box until last year, when he decided to write the book.

"I like Jon. I love him," Bozzett said. "I don't want to hurt his fans or his children. It's about helping other people out there who have been mistreated like I was."

Bon Jovi's spokesperson has a different take: "Rich is remembered as a nice-enough guy who was eventually in over his head as the band's success grew. As far as his attempt to cash in on alleged experiences he had 21 years ago? No comment."

Richie and Alec *shudders* seem really comfortable in front of the camera, Jon too. 
Tico is a voyeur????  And Dave is looking at the camera.  LOL

Here's the video for the book on Youtube.  DO NOT GO TO THE WEBSITE.  Like I agreed with from yesterday's story the Flash does not stop and the demon voice over after the second time you hear it make you want to smash your computer.






Here's one of the salacious pictures.  TMZ is going to have a gallery up: