Jon Bon Jovi performs Blind Love & Fingerprints; talks about 2016 album

At the last fan club show of 2015 -- in Dallas, Texas -- Jon Bon Jovi debuted Blind Love and Fingerprints from Burning Bridges. Check out the videos.

Blind Love


Fingerprints


And since I'm already here, here are a few other videos from the gig, courtesy of Serpephone.

Destination Anywhere - The album of the same name is probably my favourite solo project of anyone from Bon Jovi.


Never Say Goodbye - Jon started this twice after a funny mixup with the lyrics.


With These Two Hands - A bonus track from What About Now that's arguably better than half the actual album.


You Give Love a Bad Name - This is similar to the version Bon Jovi did for the This Left Feels Right DVD and on MTV Unplugged, which is not to everyone's liking, but it's something a little different.


Jon also said the new album, This House Is Not for Sale, will be out in the first half of 2016. Here's part of the Q&A from this show.

Bon Jovi Tel Aviv set list 3/10/15

Bon Jovi's last stop on the tour -- their first concert in Israel -- was not without pre-show controversy. Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters -- who has been campaigning for musicians to boycott Israel -- wrote this open letter accusing Jon, David Bryan, and Tico Torres of supporting crimes committed by the Israeli Government by going ahead with the concert.

Would've been nice to get some surprises for the last show after all that, but anyway, here's what was played.

Tel Aviv, Israel - Park HaYarkon - October 3, 2015

1. That's What the Water Made Me
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Runaway
5. We Got It Goin' On
6. We Weren't Born to Follow
7. Lost Highway
8. Whole Lot of Leavin'
9. We Don't Run
10. It's My Life
11. Because We Can
12. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - acoustic
13. Wanted Dead or Alive
14. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. Keep the Faith
17. Bad Medicine
Encore:
18. In These Arms
19. Born to Be My Baby
20. Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
21. Have a Nice Day
22. Livin' on a Prayer

Bon Jovi Abu Dhabi set list 1/10/15

In another setback to the tour, Bon Jovi's two scheduled concerts in Taipei, Taiwan were cancelled due to Typhoon Dujuan.

So next up was Abu Dhabi. Jon had the #18 on his guitar in honour of Evan Murray, a New Jersey high school quarterback who died during a football game. It was a touching tribute.

When Bon Jovi played in Abu Dhabi on the Lost Highway tour, that show marked the first time the electric version of Bed of Roses had been played in five years. This time around there were no such pleasant surprises, and sadly, this review highlighted what many of us have known about Jon's voice for quite some time. It used to be that only a certain type of diehard fan really noticed when Jon sounded bad, but it seems like it's getting to the point where we can't just say "Oh, he's having an off night" most nights anymore. I say this not to be mean, but because Jon is one of my musical idols and frankly, it hurts to hear a guy who used to have one of the best rock voices now struggling to hit the notes in his own songs.

Anyway, here's what was played.

Abu Dhabi, UAE - du Arena Yas Island - October 1, 2015

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Born To Be My Baby
5. We Got It Going On
6. We Weren't Born To Follow
7. Lost Highway
8. Whole Lot of Leavin'
9. We Don't Run
10. It's My Life
11. Because We Can
12. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - acoustic
13. Wanted Dead Or Alive
14. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. Keep The Faith
17. Bad Medicine
Encore:
18. In These Arms
19. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
20. Have A Nice Day
21. Livin' On A Prayer