Bon Jovi in Atlanta 20/04/18

Bon Jovi's Atlanta show brought with it a couple of changes. "In These Arms" and "New Year's Day" were played for the first time this year, the latter replacing "God Bless This Mess". "We Don't Run" stayed in the spot that "Knockout" had occupied for most of the tour (which is fine by me, since I've said a few times that "Knockout" is my least favourite song on This House Is Not For Sale).

Here's the full set list:

Atlanta, GA, USA - Philips Arena - April 20, 2018

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

Videos from Atlanta

"In These Arms". In the same way that I don't really understand why Bobby Bandiera used to play the solo for this song when you had Richie Sambora in the band, I don't know why John Shanks is playing it now when Phil X is there... No disrespect intended to Bob or Shanks. As for Jon's voice, it is what it is; I remain hopeful he can turn it around like he did in 2008, but accept that may not be the case. It's still nice to see "In These Arms" in the set:

"We Don't Run":

"Bad Medicine":

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

Bon Jovi in Atlanta 10/2/17

Bon Jovi headed to Atlanta, Georgia for their second show of the This House Is Not For Sale Tour. The set list was similar, though not exactly the same, as that of the opening night in Greenville. "Because We Can" got dropped (hopefully forever) but so did "Always" (unfortunately).

Set list: Atlanta, GA, USA - Philips Arena - 10 February 2017

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Born To Be My Baby
5. We Weren't Born To Follow
6. Lost Highway
7. Roller Coaster
8. Work For The Working Man
9. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. Who Says You Can't Go Home
12. It's My Life
13. We Don't Run
14. God Bless This Mess
15. Scars On This Guitar
16. The Devil's In The Temple
17. Lay Your Hands On Me
18. Blood On Blood
19. Have A Nice Day
20. Bad Medicine
21. Keep the Faith
    Encore:
22. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
23. Wanted Dead Or Alive
24. Livin' On A Prayer

Here's "Livin' on a Prayer" from this concert:

Like the Greenville show, there's been a lack of decent YouTube videos from Atlanta. I'm guessing that people who might be inclined to take videos have been live streaming instead. I prefer not to use up my battery and data that way, but that's just me.

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UPDATE 14/2/17: "Blood on Blood" from this show is now on YouTube. It includes Jon kissing Phil X after the latter messed up:

Phil went on to explain this moment on Instagram:

i rarely do this but i have to tell the story behind this shot. between a little gear funk & not accurately hearing Tico count in Blood On Blood, my intro took a left to south pretty quick. Jon just looked at me curiously. like... "what's going on?" but it was followed by a "shit happens" grin. when we all kicked in to the power chord, i just held my arm up with an "oh well" look on my face & was greeted with this forgiving brotherly kiss. god, i love this band. photo credit: @m_amico (ALL THE WAY FROM JAPAN)

A post shared by Phil X (@philx1111) on Feb 11, 2017 at 6:55am PST

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UPDATE 24/2/17: Damned TV, which remasters audio from live Bon Jovi performances, has uploaded this video of "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" from Atlanta:

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Bon Jovi Atlanta set list 27/2/13

Bon Jovi's set in Atlanta. Raise Your Hands was probably the biggest surprise. I Love This Town (unfortunately IMO) closed the show.

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Atlanta, GA, US - Philips Arena - February 27, 2013

1. You Give Love A Bad Name
2. Raise Your Hands
3. Lost Highway
4. Because We Can
5. That's What The Water Made Me
6. It's My Life
7. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
8. What About Now
9. We Got It Going On
10. Keep The Faith
11. Amen
12. Bed Of Roses
13. I'll Be There For You
14. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
15. We Weren't Born To Follow
16. Runaway
17. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
18. Wanted Dead Or Alive
19. Who Says You Can't Go Home
20. Bad Medicine

Encore:
21. (You Want To) Make A Memory
22. In These Arms
23. Born To Be My Baby
24. Have A Nice Day
25. Livin' On A Prayer
26. I Love This Town

If you've been following the Because We Can Tour, you may recall that the first show in Uncasville, CT was scheduled for partial live streaming on the web before the gig was finally cancelled due to severe snowstorms. It will now be the first 30 minutes of the Tampa show on March 1, 2013 that will be webcast so tune in to BonJovi.com from 7:30pm ET (US) if you want to catch it.

For everywhere else in the world, the start time will be March 2, 12:30am GMT (London time) so convert it to your local time zone from that.

Phil X solo guitar spin

This video of Phil X's Lay Your Hands on Me solo from Bon Jovi's Atlanta show has been doing the rounds a bit so I figured I may as well post it. He spins his guitar around his body much like Bruce Springsteen which is pretty cool.

Atlanta set list

Looks like Jon isn't even bothering to hit shuffle on his iPhone when it comes to Bon Jovi setlists anymore. Apart from Hot Legs replacing Roadhouse Blues in the Bad Medicine medley, the Atlanta set was identical to the previous show in Des Moines (which was in itself identical to the Columbus show apart from the addition of one song). Hopefully it was a killer performance/show for everyone who was there.

Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Philips Arena - May 14, 2011
Lost Highway
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born To Be My Baby
We Weren't Born To Follow
Runaway
It's My Life
Work For The Working Man
We Got It Goin' On
Bad Medicine / Hot Legs [Rod Stewart cover] / Old Time Rock and Roll [Bob Seger cover]
Lay Your Hands on Me
(You Want to) Make a Memory
Bed of Roses
I'll Be There For You
Who Says You Can't Go Home
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Start Me Up [Rolling Stones cover]
Blood on Blood
Have a Nice Day
Keep the Faith

Encore:
When We Were Beautiful
Wanted Dead or Alive
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Livin' on a Prayer

Hath's Circle Tour Blog will have all the videos and media links from this concert in due course.

Jon Bon Jovi gets serious with at-risk youth

Bon Jovi are playing in Atlanta tonight, but the stopover is also a chance for Jon to fulfil some of his White House Council duties:

The Friday meeting with young adults from Atlanta-based Chris Kids and Visions Youth Leadership Academy, as well as civic leaders including Atlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond, was the second session for Bon Jovi and [fellow Council member Michael] Kempner. The first was last month in New Orleans and more, scheduled during days off on Bon Jovi’s tour, are planned in Houston and New York.

Now with two listening sessions behind them, Kempner and Bon Jovi, who happily posed for photos with the group after the meeting, are hearing some similar requests.

“It’s all about trust. In both cities, we’ve heard they want a role model to believe in them, and there’s a real need for life skills,” Kempner said.

“They love the idea of being mentored,” Bon Jovi added, “and want to remind you that behind the facade, they’re kids. These kids are determined to buck the system and that is just exemplary.”.

Read the full article here.

Atlanta set list

The fiddler who seems to polarise Bon Jovi diehards through no fault of her own (Lorenza Ponce) joined Bon Jovi for a couple of songs, and "Love's the Only Rule" returned to the set which I'm very happy about. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to report from the Atlanta show.

ATLANTA, USA - PHILIPS ARENA - APRIL 15, 2010
Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Whole Lot of Leavin'
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway [feat. Lorenza Ponce]
When We Were Beautiful
Superman Tonight
We Got It Goin' On
Bad Medicine w/ Bad Case of Loving You [Robert Palmer cover]
It's My Life
Lay Your Hands on Me [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
Hallelujah [Leonard Cohen cover, feat. Lorenza Ponce]
I'll Be There For You
Something for the Pain [acoustic]
Keep the Faith
Work for the Working Man
Who Says You Can't Go Home [feat. Lorenza Ponce]
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Love's the Only Rule

ENCORE:
Runaway
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer