Love Song to the Earth, We Don't Run live video, A Teardrop to the Sea acoustic demo

I'm playing a bit of catch-up on three videos that have been released this month.

Love Song to the Earth is a track featuring vocals by Jon Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Colbie Caillat, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Paul, Leona Lewis, Johnny Rzeznik from the Goo Goo Dolls, Krewella, Angelique Kidjo, Nicole Scherzinger, Kelsea Ballerini, Christina Grimmie, Victoria Justice, and Q'orianka Kilcher. All the royalties from this song go to Friends of the Earth and the UN Foundation's efforts to reduce carbon emissions and encourage action on climate change.

Listen to the song below.

Love Song To The Earth - OFFICIAL Lyric Video


We Don't Run was one of the new songs written for Burning Bridges, and Bon Jovi has a released a live video from the current Asian tour. While reports were that they were shooting this video during the Bangkok show, much of the footage appears to be from the opening night in Jakarta.

Bon Jovi Live - We Don't Run


And finally, Billy Falcon, who co-wrote four tracks on Burning Bridges (A Teardrop to the Sea, Fingerprints, Who Would You Die For, Life is Beautiful), has released his own acoustic version of A Teardrop to the Sea.

A Teardrop to the Sea (co-writer Billy Falcon acoustic demo)


So, three very different videos... Which of these do you prefer?

Because We Can out Jan 7; What About Now buzz

Because We Can, the lead single from Bon Jovi's upcoming album What About Now will be released on iTunes on January 7, 2013. The song was co-written by Billy Falcon.

Jon was on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live a couple of days after the 12.12.12 Concert for Sandy Relief to talk about Hurricane Sandy and the benefit gig, as well as the new album. In terms of the content (Anthemic but socially conscious) it's all interview soundbites we've heard before. But the band seems to be experimenting with augmented reality on the album cover and I can't wait to see how it turns out!

After the interview, Jon also performed Not Running Anymore with Bobby Bandiera and Lorenza Ponce.

You can download the Bon Jovi smartphone app (for iOS and Android) from Mobile Roadie.

Memphis on Blu-Ray and other bits

According to Blu-Ray.com, David Bryan and Joe DiPietro's musical Memphis is getting a Region A release next year:

Shout! Factory and Broadway Worldwide, Inc. have announced a new deal to bring Broadway's 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Memphis to Blu-ray in the U.S. and Canada. Under this multi-year agreement, Shout! Factory will be the exclusive home entertainment distributor to release Memphis featuring the original Broadway cast. The Blu-ray will hit retail shelves in 2012.

In other news:

• Jon Bon Jovi is reportedly trying to sell his SoHo penthouse for $45 million
• Jon -- along with Billy Falcon and Obie O'Brien -- are working on the new Soraia album (thanks, Hath!)
• Hugh McDonald plays bass on Mitch Malloy's upcoming album

Billy Falcon's Bon Jovi songs

Bon Jovi has collaborated with Billy Falcon a lot over the years... Here are Billy's versions of some of those songs.

when we were were beautiful by Billy Falcon

Superman Tonight edit by Billy Falcon

Everybodys Broken edit by Billy Falcon

Love's The Only Rule demo edit by Billy Falcon