Bon Jovi in Dallas 26/03/18

After getting all excited over "Blood on Blood" yesterday, Bon Jovi reverted to almost the same set we've seen for much of this year. There were a couple of differences: "When We Were Us" was dropped for the first time on this leg of the tour; "Whole Lot of Leavin'" was back after being dropped in New Orleans; and "Because We Can" (which had replaced "Whole Lot of Leavin'") stayed. Here's Bon Jovi's full set list in Dallas:

Dallas, TX, USA - American Airlines Center - March 26, 2018

1. This House Is Not for Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. Because We Can
7. Born To Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born To Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. Keep The Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed Of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands On Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. Wanted Dead Or Alive
21. Livin' on a Prayer 

Videos from Dallas

"Livin' on a Prayer":

If you'd like to share any videos from Dallas, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

The band now has a few days off before the tour resumes in Boston...

Bon Jovi in New Orleans 25/03/18

Bon Jovi's New Orleans show brought with it  "Blood on Blood"! "Make a Memory" also returned, while "Because We Can" replaced "Whole Lot of Leavin'". Here's the full set list:

New Orleans, LA, USA - Smoothie King Center - March 25, 2018

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Lost Highway
5. Because We Can
6. When We Were Us
7. Born To Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born To Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. Keep The Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed Of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands On Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have A Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. Blood On Blood
21. (You Want To) Make A Memory
22. Wanted Dead Or Alive
23. Livin' On A Prayer

Videos from New Orleans

At the time of writing, I couldn't find many videos from the show... but I'm hoping someone got "Blood on Blood" and is going to upload it for us. 🤞

UPDATE 27/03/18: Nick uploaded "Blood on Blood" to our Facebook page. Click through to watch it:


Here's "It's My Life":

If you'd like to share any videos from New Orleans, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

Bon Jovi in Houston 23/03/18

After giving us a welcome surprise in San Antonio, it was back to regular programming at Bon Jovi's Houston concert. Here's what was played:

Houston, TX, USA - Toyota Center - March 23, 2018

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. When We Were Us
7. Born To Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born to Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Livin' on a Prayer

I was actually expecting "Walls" to have made an appearance by now, given the music video came out a couple of days ago.

Videos from Houston

"Keep the Faith":

"You Give Love a Bad Name":

"Bed of Roses":

UPDATE: The full concert:

If you'd like to share any videos from Houston, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

Bon Jovi in San Antonio 22/03/18

Bon Jovi's This House Is Not For Sale Tour arrived in San Antonio and brought with it a couple of changes at last... The most notable being "I'd Die For You", which made its tour debut. "Make a Memory" was also played for the first time this year. Here's the full set list:

San Antonio, TX, USA - AT&T Center - March 22, 2018

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. When We Were Us
7. Born To Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born to Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. (You Want To) Make a Memory
21. I'd Die For You
22. Wanted Dead or Alive
23. Livin' on a Prayer

Looks like any surprises that may occur are going to happen in the encore, but here's hoping for a shake-up in the main set too.

Videos from San Antonio

It was pretty slim pickings for videos at the time of writing this post, especially on YouTube, but there were some on other platforms.

Dawn streamed the show via Facebook Live from the end of "Lay Your Hands on Me" onwards. (The encore starts at about 23:35 and "I'd Die For You" begins at about 28:30.):


If you'd like to share any videos from San Antonio, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

Bon Jovi releases Walls music video

Bon Jovi's music video for "Walls" -- the second new track on the re-release of This House Is Not For Sale -- has dropped exclusively on Tidal. When Jon was on Facebook Live last year, he alluded to one of the new songs being shaped by the current political climate, and the "Walls" video reflects that. John Shanks and Everett Bradley, who were both in the video for "When We Were Us", are in this one as well. They've also appeared on tour merchandise but as far as I'm aware they're not considered "official" band members. On the other hand, Hugh McDonald was left out of a lot of videos and promotional materials until he was made official in 2016. So that's... interesting.

Anyway, if you've paid for a Tidal subscription (or you're still within the free trial period) you can watch "Walls" below or at this link:

If you're not a subscriber, you'll just get a preview, but when the whole video makes its way to YouTube in a couple of weeks' time, I'll add the link to this post.

UPDATE 2/04/18: The official "Walls" video is now on YouTube:

Bon Jovi in Little Rock 20/03/18

Bon Jovi's This House Is Not For Sale Tour took them to Little Rock, where the set list looked something like this:

Little Rock, AR, USA - Verizon Arena - March 20, 2018

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. When We Were Us
7. Born to Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born to Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Livin' on a Prayer

Videos from Little Rock

William streamed the concert live on Facebook from "It's My Life" onwards:

And here's "Bed of Roses" from the stands:

If you'd like to share any videos from Little Rock, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

Bon Jovi in Las Vegas 17/03/18

Wasn't long ago that Jon Bon Jovi was in Vegas for a Runaway Tours show, but this time he was there with Bon Jovi for the next stop on the This House Is Not For Sale Tour. Here's what was played:

Las Vegas, NV, USA - T-Mobile Arena - March 17, 2018

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. When We Were Us
7. Born to Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born to Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Livin' on a Prayer

Well, we didn't get "I Love This Town". 😁 Aside from that the set list looks quite familiar.

Videos from Las Vegas

Jon working the crowd in "Bed of Roses":

"Keep the Faith":

"Livin' on a Prayer":

If you'd like to share any videos from Las Vegas, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

Bon Jovi in Salt Lake City 16/03/18 + Phil X's real name

Bon Jovi took their This House Is Not For Sale Tour to Salt Lake City, where Hugh McDonald's stepson Jake was the opening act, performing with his band Jake J and the Killjoys.

Bon Jovi's set list was... exactly the same as that of the previous show in Denver. One key difference was John Shanks messing up the beginning of "We Weren't Born to Follow", which resulted in Jon restarting the first verse and chorus as an acoustic piece. (There's a video of it below.) Said acoustic version turned out to be way better than the original IMO, and I kind of wish he'd done the whole song like that.

Salt Lake City, UT, USA - Vivint Smart Home Arena - March 16, 2018

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. When We Were Us
7. Born to Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born to Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got It Going On
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. I Love This Town
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. Livin' on a Prayer

This show happened to take place on Everett Bradley's birthday, which the band acknowledged when he got on the plane.

The band surprised me with a Birfday on the Bon Jovi Jet!! pic.twitter.com/YXFeUNYWWs

— Everett Bradley (@everettbnyc) 17 March 2018

Videos from Salt Lake City

"We Weren't Born to Follow" (acoustic part):

"It's My Life". Probably one of the better performances of this in quite some time. Jon wasn't glued to one spot and he went for some high notes. I'm keeping the faith that the JBJ we know and love is on his way back:

UPDATE 18/03/18: "Bed of Roses":

If you'd like to share any videos from Salt Lake City, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

I'm going to leave the final word on this post to Phil X. If you frequent Wikipedia, specifically the Phil X article, you may have seen his name listed as Philip Eric Xenidis. That isn't his name, however, as he confirmed earlier:

ok. listen up. regarding @Wikipedia , my middle name has NEVER EVER been Eric. i’ve had friends correct it. heck, my own brother even changed it last month but low & behold, it was Eric this morning. my full name is Phil Theofilos Xenidis. Theofilos. it means “friend of God”.

— Phil X (@TheRealPhilX) 16 March 2018

Bon Jovi in Denver 14/03/18 + How Hugh McDonald became a Rock Hall inductee

It's been almost six months since Bon Jovi were last on the road for their This House Is Not For Sale Tour. The band kicked off this leg of the tour in Denver, to make up for last year's scheduled show which got postponed then cancelled. Here's what was played:

Denver, CO, USA - Pepsi Center - March 14, 2018

1. This House is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Lost Highway
6. When We Were Us 
7. Born to Be My Baby
8. Who Says You Can't Go Home
9. It's My Life
10. We Weren't Born to Follow
11. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
12. We Got it Going on
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen 
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. God Bless This Mess
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
20. I Love This Town 
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. Livin' on a Prayer

While the band has played "When We Were Us" twice before, this marked its debut as part of a tour. It was also the first time "Amen" and "I Love This Town" have been played since the Because We Can Tour in 2013. I'd personally hoped the latter had been put to bed for good, but obviously not. 😛

Videos from Denver
Taylor streamed the concert live on Facebook from part way through "Lost Highway" to the start of "Wanted Dead or Alive":


Here are a couple of videos of individual songs...

"When We Were Us":

"Amen" (Part 1):

"Amen" (Part 2):

If you'd like to share any videos from Denver, feel free to link to them in the comments. 🙂

Bon Jovi's next stop is Utah, where Hugh McDonald and his wife Kelli live. The Deseret News published an article about Huey ahead of the concert; it talks about Hugh's history with Jon and how Jon pushed for Hugh to be inducted into the Rock Hall with Bon Jovi:

“Jon was good enough at Christmastime to surprise me by sending me a framed copy of the email that he sent to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, telling them my history in the band over the years and that I deserved to be in with them. I can’t even explain how much it means to me,” McDonald said with audible emotion.

The story of how Hugh winged it as Poison bassist for a night is also discussed. Read the full article at this link.

Jon Bon Jovi debuts THINFS bonus tracks; teases Australia/Japan tour

This is kind of a "catch up on things I didn't have time to post about before" post before the resumption of the This House Is Not For Sale Tour.

First of all, Jon Bon Jovi did a solo Runaway Tours show at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas on February 26, 2018. I know that was over a fortnight ago, but hey, I was busy. I don't always post about the Runaway Tours gigs but this one was worth mentioning because it included the live debuts of This House Is Not For Sale bonus tracks "I Will Drive You Home" and "Color Me In".

Here's "Living in Sin" and "Color Me In":


Jon also attempted "Silent Night" but couldn't remember any of it. 😁

He seemed to get emotional when talking about how hard he's working on his voice in response to a fan's question:


I didn't see a video of "I Will Drive You Home" from this show, but Jon did perform it again at a Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation benefit concert at New York's Tarrytown Music Hall on March 4. Here's a partial video of "I Will Drive Your Home" from that show:

JBJ & Friends played "Color Me In" again at the benefit show, which I'm going to post because it's a pretty good video:

Jon confirmed during the Vegas gig that there'd be no European tour this year (which we'd kind of figured out). He did casually mention going to Australia and Japan when interviewed by ExtraTV (on the red carpet for the recent iHeartRadio Music Awards) though:

.@BonJovi is on top of the world right now, and they're not slowing down! https://t.co/U7p0bwqyoM pic.twitter.com/Hq4USSclWG

— ExtraTV (@extratv) 13 March 2018

Anyway, the Bon Jovi tour kicks off again tonight in Denver.

Bon Jovi at 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Bon Jovi was honoured with the inaugural Icon Award at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards. They also performed "It's My Life" and "You Give Love a Bad Name". I was at work when the award ceremony was taking place so I had to catch up later.

Here's Olympic snowboarder Shaun White introducing Bon Jovi:

Jon Bon Jovi's acceptance speech (the rest of the current lineup was on stage but didn't speak):

Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, and Tico Torres on the red carpet, being interviewed about their 'Icon' status:

Bon Jovi performing "It's My Life" and "You Give Love a Bad Name":

After reading people's comments about how awful Jon sounded, this actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Not that it was particularly great, either. I don't know if he's done permanent damage somewhere along the line, but he appears to have a vocal coach again so I'm hoping he can get back to sounding consistently good.

Image: Bon Jovi/Facebook