Fresh from their European return in Edinburgh, Bon Jovi headed to Dublin for the next stop of the Forever tour.
Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park - 30 August 2026
- With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles cover
- Beautiful Drug
- We Weren't Born to Follow
- Lost Highway
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- Born to Be My Baby
- Legendary
- Whole Lot of Leavin'
- Bed of Roses
- In These Arms
- These Days
- This House Is Not For Sale
- It's My Life
- Livin' on a Prayer
- Raise Your Hands
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Hey God
- Keep the Faith
Encore: - I'll Be There for You
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- Bad Medicine - featuring Everett Bradley
- Always
If you're thinking that looks familiar, you'd be right -- same set list as Edinburgh. But that's alright, at least the Irish crowd didn't get stiffed on "Hey God" or "These Days".
Video from Dublin
Some legend recorded the whole show so rather than handpicking personal highlights, I'll just share that. 😉
Thinkin' on a prayer
Joe Elliott was at this show, which would have been a nice opportunity to get him on stage for a "Walls of Jericho" duet, but nope.
And sorry to harp on about it again but they really should do something that first half. Maybe open with "Living Proof" since it's the effing Forever tour, and drop stuff like "Lost Highway", "We Weren't Born to Follow", "Whole Lot of Leavin'" -- songs I actually like on the record, but they add nothing worthwhile in a live setting. Not to mention, the so-called easy songs often make Jon sound more vulnerable... whether it's because he's so nervous, or there's no crowd involvement to feed off, or they sit in an awkward vocal bridge or whatever.
Of course, a big part of this tour (and probably any shows Bon Jovi does ever again) are about the emotion behind it after everything Jon in particular has been through. No one's realistically expecting vocal perfection. But that doesn't mean you can't tweak things better and make the most of an imperfect situation.
Anyway, I personally know a few people attending one or more of the upcoming Wembley shows so I'm keen to get their impressions afterwards!
Feel free to share your thoughts below. 😊
