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6/21/11
6/20/11
Bon Jovi: Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
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Very Nice Jon
I haven't watched a lot of videos from the Horsens show but he sounds like he's in a lot of pain.
I want to say Bobby was playing lead on this since he's played with BRUUUUUUUUUUUCE many times (and his band has backed him many times as well, as recently as last December).
Here's Bruce back in 1978 with the "Big Man", same song
I haven't watched a lot of videos from the Horsens show but he sounds like he's in a lot of pain.
I want to say Bobby was playing lead on this since he's played with BRUUUUUUUUUUUCE many times (and his band has backed him many times as well, as recently as last December).
Here's Bruce back in 1978 with the "Big Man", same song
6/19/11
Bon Jovi: Set List from 6/19/2011
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I know people associate Jungleland with Clarence Clemons but I always think of Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, because of the line 'The Change was Made Uptown and the Big Man joined the Band'. Nice tribute to Clarence, Jon.
The Change was made up in Heaven and the Big Man Joined the Band.
Bon Jovi: The first reviews from Denmark are in
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You can call it Karma, call it luck, Jon obviously doesn't give a f-f-f-f-f-f
Pitiable Jon Bon Jovi on one leg and with bad sound in front of 30,000 Sunday evening
Bon Jovi, Casa Arena Horsens, Sunday 19th June
At Casa Arena and any other football stadium, it is relatively common for players being injured, but it is certainly a rarity to see an injured rock singer.
It was nevertheless the case Sunday night at 20.44, where Jon Bon Jovi limped on stage with a splint on his left knee after an accident Friday in Helsinki.
Front man was clearly inhibited, and the wildest he could do was to jump a little on the healthy leg. From time to support the 49-year-old star is even on a stick!
Tragikomsik views
It was obviously a tragicomic vision, and the old boys from New Jersey did when not to make fun of the situation in front of the sold-out stadiums 30,000 attendees.
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'Bad Medicine' was appropriately introduced with 'is a doctor present?! "And the protagonist noted that rail was like something from Michael Jackson's wardrobe.
But you can rock out on a limb? Jon Bon Jovi tried at least added all-American 'the show must go on' attitude and Duracell energy, while Colgate smile shone Jutland up to a degree, so you got the feeling that he would play merrily on, if he was shot in the other knee.
Much needed
The setting was much needed at a very gray evening in Horsens, where a heavy rain squall shorted the Copenhagen heating band The Breakers, who had to interrupt their set.
At the press seats at Casa Arena roared sounds horrible, like it was a bad day in the park and the disabled actually the concert more than Jon Bon Jovi's battered bentøj.
During a series of ballads, mid-fall the mood down at the level of temperature in the cool evening, but were comforted a little, because Bon Jovi as the first encore Honourable the recently deceased saxophonist from the E Street Band, Clarence Clemons, with a surprising interpretation of Bruce Springsteen's "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out '.
On the back row
From that time his hair was almost as big as choruses got congregation chants "You Give Love a Bad Name 'and' Livin 'On a Prayer', still when the back row, but the majority on the layout that is barely reached beyond the stage.
The show was probably due to Jon Bon Jovi Finnish blunder shortened compared to the tour earlier concerts, but nine unsightly neighborhood was more than enough obscene acoustics and a one-legged singer.
Bon Jovi: Interview with Jon from the Scottish Daily Record
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I love the man but sometimes I just want to punch him in the face. I just personally feel he's lost touch with the true fan base.
Jun 19 2011 Billy Sloan, Sunday Mail
AS hotel rooms go, Jon Bon Jovi's lavish suite at the five-star Bayerischer Hotel in Munich is the daddy of them all.
The lounge area is the size of a five-a-side pitch, expensive pictures adorn the walls and a spiral staircase leads up to a rooftop apartment.
I greet the US rock superstar who is sitting in a corner dwarfed by his surroundings, sorting out his on-the-road "home comforts"...a laptop computer with pictures of his wife and kids, a guitar and his favourite training shoes.
"What's up there?" asked the singer, pointing to the staircase. "I've not even had the chance to find out. If only people could see the opulence of this hotel room. It's wonderful but I don't need it. Just give me a bed. I really don't care for the rest of it."
Bon Jovi are on the home straight of their 2010-2011 world tour, playing 135 shows in 30 countries including a gig at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
It's a punishing schedule but the New Jersey-born singer is holding up well. Just hours before a show for 80,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium, Jon, 49, told me: "I'm not really feeling the wear and tear of having done 120 shows already.
"There are extremes to being on the road. When I'm at home I'm just dad.
You're taking the kids to school, dealing with high school graduations and proms.
"Then I go on tour and the next day I'm back to being a vampire again. I sleep until one in the afternoon and don't go to bed until way too late when the wine has dried up.
It's a whole different lifestyle but it works for me. I'm not the kind of guy who needs a lot of luxury on the road."
At Murrayfield, Bon Jovi will perform a three-hour set encompassing hits from every phase of a 27-year career which includes classic albums Slippery When Wet, Bounce, Have A Nice Day and 2009's The Circle. The band give 110 per cent every night, underlining their status in rock's elite.
"I feel if I don't leave a piece of my lungs on that microphone tonight I didn't do my job. It's a very all-consuming physical thing for me," admitted Jon. "Before you arrived a Chinese acupuncturist was sticking me in places that shouldn't be stuck with needles.
"If you wanna play hard you've gotta be on your game. Maintain that certain level of desire to be great. I don't get nervous before a show. It's only if you don't know what the hell you're doing you'll have a problem. We're playing to 80,000 people but the size of the crowd doesn't mean anything. If it was only 8000 people I'd still want it to be great.
"The last thing I want to do is feel cheated or let myself down, let alone the band or the crowd. I think very long and hard about what it is we do out there. You can't take this for granted. That cliche stuff of being in a kid band saying: 'I'm just gonna get off my rocker, go out and not care what the audience thinks' ... then you're a fool. You won't still be here in 27 years."
But it's not all been plain sailing. In April, guitarist Richie Sambora went back into rehab to fight his addiction to alcohol. The group were forced to fulfil tour dates using substitute guitar player Phil X. Jon was determined the show must go on.
He said: "To be honest about it, we've got to pay a road crew who are dependent upon that paycheck to put food on the table and shoes on their kids' feet. You can't put them out of work. We also have people who come to see the band and book air tickets and hotels way in advance. They were not refundable.
"We all fully supported and embraced my dear friend and songwriting partner. But the show goes on. I'm not beholden to anyone."
Jon is delighted Richie, who looked fighting fit in Munich, is back.
He said: "It was great for Richie to go and take care of himself knowing full well he was not being fired or punished. He needed and wanted to seek help. Now, he's focused, re-energised and everything is great. Our partnership is as strong as ever.
"Is Richie conquering his demons? How can I comment on that without knowing the disease. I think he's very cognisant of the situation and loves his mother, daughter and band more than anything in the world. I'm very proud of his efforts. He's still my dearest friend."
Was it strange playing without the guitarist who co-wrote such hits as Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive and Keep The Faith?
Jon said: "The shows actually went pretty well. It's not a slight by any means but Phil X did a fantastic job. It made it easier for me, the band and crew. So we have much affection for him. Obviously he's not gonna play those guitar parts in the same way as Richie because he wrote them.
"But my admiration for Richie runs deep. His abilities as a player never suffered. Richie's talent is God-given. He's blessed."
At the Olympic Stadium, I rubbed shoulders with WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko who chatted backstage with Jon at the venue which staged the 1972 Olympics and 1974 World Cup Final. The audience erupted when Bon Jovi launched into Raise Your Hands and You Give Love A Bad Name. They were on stunning form and highlights included Bad Medicine, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and the epic Always.
Jon promised there is more to come. Next March, he hits his landmark 50th birthday and hopes to keep on rocking as long as his heroes The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney.
He said: "Given the opportunity I would gladly take up the baton. My aspiration as a kid was to grow up to be a Rolling Stone. I also have a picture of McCartney on my mantlepiece. I hope I'll still be able to do it at 65.
"This band is past the point of breaking up or anything silly like that. There's such a mutual respect. We continue to make No. 1 records and fill stadiums.
"But will we still be doing 150 shows per tour? I just can't see it. I don't know how the hell Mick Jagger does it at 67. That would be the first question I'd ask him. He runs around the stage as much as I do yet he's got almost 20 years on me.
"Those guys were the originators for a reason. They're that great. There's not a kid who's come along in my generation or the next who is better. With admiration I look up to them still.
"After July 31, I don't have a game plan. If I've got one brain cell left I'll go sit on a beach and read a book.
"For now, I'm happy to be playing Murrayfield. After 27 years you shouldn't necessarily still be at this level. So I'm very grateful and I won't let you down."
Bon Jovi play Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, on June 22. For tickets log on to www.aeglive.co.uk or telephone: 0844 481 8807/8898.
Keeping the faith in pal Obama
Jon has formed a unique friendship with one of his biggest fans - US President Barack Obama.
In 2008, the singer campaigned for the then Senator and when he was voted into the White House, he performed at the Inauguration.
Jon showed me pictures of his kids meeting Obama and said: "I'm pleased he's a fan of our music. What kid in his right mind would think he'd be having access to the President. He's a great guy.
"You always look up to the President as being this older, wiser man. He is very smart but he's a contemporary.
He grew up doing what I grew up doing - listening to Led Zeppelin and watching Happy Days."
President Obama has appointed Jon to his Council for Community Solutions to help the homeless and poor.
Jon said: "I have a job in The White House. Working for the President is pretty cool."
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