Bon Jovi in Adelaide 4/12/18

Bon Jovi's This House Is Not For Sale Tour rolled into Adelaide and brought with it a few somewhat unexpected changes...

Adelaide, SA, Australia - Botanic Park - December 4, 2012 set list

1. Lost Highway
2. Who Says You Can't Go Home
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Raise Your Hands
5. This House is Not For Sale
6. Living With the Ghost
7. Runaway
8. We Weren't Born to Follow
9. It's My Life
10. God Bless This Mess
11. Born to Be My Baby
12. We Don't Run
13. Keep the Faith
14. Bed of Roses
15. Lay Your Hands on Me
16. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars
17. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore: 
18. When We Were Us
19. Blood on Blood
20. I'll Be There For You
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. Livin' on a Prayer

Videos from Adelaide

There's been a marked lack of good videos from this show at the time of typing, but I'll check again later. If you'd like to share any videos from Adelaide, feel free to link to them in the comments.

Edit 6/12/18: Videos have arrived!

"Living with the Ghost". This is probably my favourite song from the album, and it's good to see Jon start to move around and perform this instead of being glued to his mic stand the entire time:

"When We Were Us":

"Keep the Faith":

Other notes

Jon dedicated "It's My Life" to  two brothers who were victims of a convicted Adelaide paedophile:

"These two brothers they put on masks and they fought a childhood abuser," Jon Bon Jovi said to the crowd.
"They met him in court today and he was sentenced to jail.
"We have to protect our children, it's not easy when you have to stand up in court and face your devil.
"So for those two brave brothers, my heart, my respect, this is for you guys."

Read the full story on the ABC News website.

You can also watch this report on 9 News Adelaide, which includes Jon's words at the concert and an interview with one of the brothers:


Were you at this show?

Sambora fans unhappy with his performance

As some of you know, I was all set to go to RSO's concert at Metro City in Perth until it got cancelled. A couple of people have since messaged me suggesting I may have dodged a bullet, after fans went on Richie Sambora's Facebook page to vent their anger at his performance at Melbourne's Margaret Court Arena.

Noise11 has summarised some of the comments, but the general consensus seems to be:

• RSO came on stage an hour late with no apology or explanation;
• Richie appeared drunk or stoned and didn't know the lyrics;
• Orianthi did a good job of trying to hold the show together on her own;
• There were too many Bon Jovi songs and covers, only one solo Sambora song, and none of the promised new material from the upcoming RSO album;
• Fans left early and are trying to get refunds.

It's worth noting that the concert in Adelaide, which is Orianthi's hometown, didn't attract the same level of vitriol. Most fans I heard seemed happy with the Adelaide show, and while there was criticism of the set list, it was mainly from people who hadn't been there. So who knows what sort of performances Sydney and Brisbane are going to get?

Here is RSO's cover of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" from Adelaide:

And their version of "Wanted Dead or Alive" from Melbourne:

Have you seen RSO on their Australian tour so far? What did you think?

Richie Sambora Soundwave Adelaide set list 1/3/14

Richie Sambora and Orianthi returned to Ori's hometown of Adelaide to perform at Soundwave. Here's what they played:

Adelaide, SA, Australia - Bonython Park - March 1, 2014

1. Nowadays
2. Burn that Candle Down
3. Lay Your Hands on Me
4. Voodoo Child [Jimi Hendrix cover]
5. My Hometown - Orianthi
6. Wanted Dead or Alive
7. Don't Change [INXS cover]
8. Livin' on a Prayer

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Richie finishes his Aussie tour tomorrow, March 3, at what will be the final ever Soundwave Festival in Perth.

Bon Jovi medley in Adelaide

Bon Jovi has arguably done "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" to death over the years, but this medley in the middle of that song was easily one of the most fun moments of the tour. Great to see the band cut loose in Adelaide, a city they hadn't visited in 18 years.

The video features:

• Start Me Up
• Great Balls of Fire with David Bryan on lead vocals and keys
• Dancing in the Street with Hugh McDonald on lead vocals and bass
• Wipe Out featuring Tico Torres
• You Shook Me All Night Long with Phil X on lead vocals and guitar

Bon Jovi - AAMI Stadium Adelaide 11/12/13

Bon Jovi Adelaide set list 11/12/13

Bon Jovi played in Adelaide for the first time in 18 years. There were some changes to the set for anyone who might have been at the Melbourne shows, and Huey McDonald even got to sing for quite possibly the first time since 1995 -- during an epic Sleep medley.

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Adelaide, SA, Australia - AAMI Stadium - December 11, 2013

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Lost Highway
5. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
6. It's My Life
7. Because We Can
8. What About Now
9. We Got It Goin' On
10. Keep The Faith
11. When We Were Beautiful
12. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - acoustic
13. Diamond Ring
14. (You Want To) Make A Memory
15. Born to Be My Baby
16. We Weren't Born To Follow
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones cover
    / Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis cover (David Bryan vox)
    / Dancing In The Street - Martha & the Vandellas/Bowie & Jagger cover (Hugh McDonald vox)
    / Wipe Out - The Surfaris cover (Tico Torres solo)
    / You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC cover (Phil X vox)
19. Bad Medicine
    / Shout! - Isley Brothers cover
encore:
20. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
21. Work For The Working Man
22. Wanted Dead Or Alive
23. Have A Nice Day
24. Run Run Rudolph - Chuck Berry cover
25. Livin' On A Prayer