Bon Jovi's New Album Will Include 'Some Different Elements': Sambora

According to Richie Sambora and Billboard.com:

Bon Jovi's upcoming "What About Now?" will mark a musical "evolution" for the band, but not to the point that might be off-putting to group's worldwide legion of fans.

Guitarist Richie Sambora tells Billboard that "Jon (Bon Jovi) and I, when we get together it sounds like Bon Jovi. It sounds like us. That's basically the way it is and what comes out comes out." But for "What About Now?," due out this spring, he says the band and co-producer John Shanks focused on dynamics, and "just basically pushing the production a bit more or lessening the production so you're a bit more naked. It goes both ways on this particular record. We've stripped it down, taken some away and added some different elements."

Meanwhile, Sambora says the album's first single, "Because We Can," which drops January 7, is indicative of the album's upbeat tone to the album. "The lyrics are very positive -- obviously 'Because We Can,' 'What About Now?,' it's all empowering and that's what we were trying to get to. We were trying to get some positive lyrics. That's kind of where we landed."

Check out the full article here.

Are you looking forward to the new single or do you think it sounds a bit "same old"?

Jon Bon Jovi: The Billboard Cover Story

Jon graces the cover of this week's Billboard.



You can also check out the article on their website:

Driven by the intense work ethic, broad vision and rock'n'roll charisma of its frontman and namesake, Jon Bon Jovi, this band is still breaking new markets, finding new fans and remaining relevant while most of the rock groups that emerged in the '80s either have disbanded or are relegated to playing decades-old hits with little hope of charting new ones.

If Bon Jovi were a stock, it would be a blue-chipper-savvy investors would be bullish. And Jon Bon Jovi is CEO, the personification of that delicate intersection of art and commerce. He accepts that description, with a caveat. "The commerce is really just a by-product of the art," he says, calling from a hotel room in Los Angeles where he's decompressing from the latest mega-tour by writing and cutting tracks with multiple Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer John Shanks for what will end up being the next Bon Jovi album.

Read the full article here.

White Trash Beautiful song? + Billboard tour awards

Cheers to Hath and samboragirl for the heads-up.

A video has been posted on the White Trash Beautiful blog in the lead-up to LA Fashion Week. Check it out. You can hear what Nikki Lund has confirmed is their fashion show theme song entitled "White Trash Beautiful".

We know the WTB clothing line was born after a song Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora abandoned, called "White Trash Beautiful". And Richie has said he and Nikki are working on some music together. Is this a rejigged version of that original song?

Oh, and Bon Jovi are among the finalists for the 2010 Billboard Top Touring Awards:

Bon Jovi, U2, AC/DC, Lady GaGa, Brad Paisley, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift are among the top finalists for the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards, which will be handed out in New York on Nov. 4. The awards - which honor artists, tours, venues, and live entertainment firms - are primarily based on global box office numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore from Oct. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010.

Bon Jovi is competing with U2 and AC/DC for the Top Tour and Top Draw awards. Read the full article here.