Bon Jovi at Rock in Rio 29/09/19

Bon Jovi played at Rock in Rio in 2017 and returned two years later, still on the This House Is Not For Sale Tour. Here was the set this time around:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Barra Olympic Park - September 29, 2019 set list

1. This House is Not For Sale
2. Born to Be My Baby
3. Lost Highway
4. You Give Love a Bad Name
5. Roller Coaster
6. We Weren't Born to Follow
7. Blood on Blood
8. In These Arms - David Bryan on lead vocals
9. Have a Nice Day
10. Keep the Faith
11. Bed of Roses
12. It's My Life
13. Lay Your Hands on Me
14. Wanted Dead or Alive
15. Bad Medicine - Everett Bradley on lead vocals 2nd verse
    
    Encore: 
16. Always
17. Livin' on a Prayer

Watch Bon Jovi's Rock in Rio 2019 show

I watched a web stream when it was broadcast, and obviously Jon's voice could be loads better but I was pretty happy with his performance as a front man. He can still put on a great show.

You can check out that show below:

Feel free to share your thoughts!

Only one show left of the tour -- in Lima, Peru. Then we'll see what the future and the new album bring. 😉

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Bon Jovi in Curitiba 27/09/19

The This House Is Not For Sale Tour is winding down, but first, Bon Jovi made a stop in Curitiba for the first time since the These Days Tour. Here's what was played in 2019:

Curitiba, Brazil - Pedreira Paulo Leminski - September 27, 2019 set list

1. This House is Not For Sale
2. Born to Be My Baby
3. Lost Highway
4. Knockout
5. You Give Love a Bad Name
6. Roller Coaster
7. Whole Lot of Leavin'
8. We Weren't Born to Follow
9. It's My Life
10. In These Arms - David Bryan on lead vocals
11. Have a Nice Day
12. Keep the Faith
13. Amen
14. Bed of Roses
15. Lay Your Hands on Me
16. We Don't Run
17. Wanted Dead or Alive
18. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars
19. Bad Medicine - Everett Bradley on lead vocals 2nd verse
    
    Encore: 
20. I'll Be There For You
21. Livin' on a Prayer

Next up: Rock in Rio!

Selected videos from Curitiba

"Bad Medicine". Everett and Jon use the same vocal coach, and it pains me to say I think Everett's a better advertisement at the moment:

"I'll Be There For You". I'll never not love a good whoa-oh-oh singalong with the crowd:

Feel free to share any other videos, or your thoughts in general.

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Bon Jovi in Sao Paulo 25/09/19 + more on the 2020 album

Bon Jovi last performed in São Paulo two years ago, on the previous South American leg of the This House Is Not For Sale Tour. Here's what they played this time around:

São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque - September 25, 2019 set list

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Born to Be My Baby
3. Lost Highway
4. Knockout
5. You Give Love a Bad Name
6. Roller Coaster
7. Whole Lot of Leavin'
8. We Weren't Born to Follow
9. Runaway
10. It's My Life
11. In These Arms - David Bryan on lead vocals
12. Have a Nice Day
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. We Don't Run
18. Wanted Dead or Alive
19. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
20. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
21. Blood on Blood
22. Livin' on a Prayer

No change from the previous show in Recife.

Selected videos from São Paulo

"Bed of Roses":

"Keep the Faith":

Update 30/09/19: 

Multicam video of the show:

Feel free to share any other videos, or thoughts in general.

Extras

There was a Runaway Tours trip coinciding with this show, during which Jon discussed the upcoming 2020 album and mentioned some song titles, "Blood in the Water", "Lower the Flag", "Unbroken", and "Let it Rain":

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Bon Jovi in Recife 22/09/19

After a month off, Bon Jovi resumed their tour in Brazil, performing in Recife for the first time.

Recife, Brazil - Estadio do Arruda - September 22, 2019 set list

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Born to Be My Baby
3. Lost Highway
4. Knockout
5. You Give Love a Bad Name
6. Roller Coaster
7. Whole Lot of Leavin'
8. We Weren't Born to Follow
9. Runaway
10. It's My Life
11. In These Arms - David Bryan on lead vocals
12. Have a Nice Day
13. Keep the Faith
14. Amen
15. Bed of Roses
16. Lay Your Hands on Me
17. We Don't Run
18. Wanted Dead or Alive
19. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
20. Bad Medicine
    
    Encore:
21. Blood on Blood
22. Livin' on a Prayer

The band's next stop is a return to Sao Paulo.

Selected videos from Recife

If you want to just block out some time and watch the concert, someone's uploaded it:

But here are a couple of individual songs...

David singing "In These Arms". Jon also acknowledged Richie Sambora (and David obviously) as the co-writers when introducing the song:

"Blood on Blood" opening the encore:

Feel free to share any other videos and/or your thoughts in general.

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Bon Jovi in Sao Paulo 23/09/17 + Where to next?

Bon Jovi wrapped up the South American leg of their This House Is Not For Sale Tour in São Paulo. Here's what was played:

São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque - September 23, 2017

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Raise Your Hands
3. Knockout
4. You Give Love a Bad Name
5. Born to Be My Baby
6. Lost Highway
7. We Weren't Born to Follow
8. Lay Your Hands on Me
9. In These Arms
10. New Year's Day
11. (You Want To) Make a Memory
12. Bed of Roses
13. It's My Life
14. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
15. Wanted Dead or Alive
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
17. Have a Nice Day
18. Keep the Faith
19. Bad Medicine
    
    encore:
20. Always
21. Livin' on a Prayer
22. These Days

Jon danced with a fan during "Bed of Roses", while "Make a Memory" made its tour debut.

Videos from São Paulo

"Bed of Roses" (I was pretty much grinning through for most of this):

Here's most of "Make a Memory":

"You Give Love a Bad Name"... and Jon working the catwalk with some nice mic stand twirls:

"Lay Your Hands on Me":

"Always":

"These Days":

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" (including a reflective speech for Jon mid-song):

If you'd like to share more videos from this show, feel free to link to them in the comments.🙂

Jon's voice has been the subject of plenty of discussion in fan circles over the last few years (for good reason), but there have been signs during the South American leg that it's improving. It's nice to see a bit of rock star swagger in these videos too. 😉

Were you in São Paulo?

There's been no official word on any other tour dates, but Phil X tweeted that Europe is on the cards for 2018:

Is it true that you're coming to Europe on May next year? We're desperate to have you guys here!

— maría tt trash (@jonsmanager) September 22, 2017

i'm not sure it'll be May but it will be next year. https://t.co/R7riqJXUFR

— Phil X (@TheRealPhilX) September 22, 2017

Meanwhile, the Gold Coast Bulletin is reporting that an Australian tour is set for late 2018:

BON Jovi are set to answer Gold Coast music fans’ prayers next year when they bring their 2018 Australian tour to Metricon Stadium.

Leading promoter Paul Dainty, president and CEO of TEG Dainty, said he had been working to deliver local music fans a stadium show at the home of the Gold Coast Suns AFL team.

“When Bon Jovi tours next year, I’ll bring them to Metricon,” he said.

“We had something for February next year but we couldn’t get it in there with the Commonwealth Games but we’ve got Bon Jovi coming in 2018/2019.”

Bon Jovi at Rock in Rio 22/09/17

Image: Rock in Rio Facebook

Bon Jovi performed to a massive crowd at Rock in Rio 2017, and here's what they played:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Barra Olympic Park - September 22, 2017

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Raise Your Hands
3. Knockout
4. You Give Love a Bad Name
5. Born to Be My Baby
6. Lost Highway
7. Because We Can
8. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
9. Runaway
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - acoustic
12. Bed of Roses
13. It's My Life
14. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
15. Roller Coaster
16. Wanted Dead or Alive
17. Lay Your Hands on Me
18. Keep the Faith
19. Bad Medicine
    
    encore:
20. Have a Nice Day
21. Livin' on a Prayer

There was a broadcast of this set after all, though not for international audiences. The band was on fire and seemed to be having a great time. The crowd looked really into it, even on songs I didn't expect them to want to hear. Jon was still patchy, but there were times, like during "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "Keep the Faith" when I really felt like The Frontman was on his way back.

Videos from Rio

I believe Rock in Rio videos are being blocked in certain countries, but here goes.

Main set (from broadcast):

Encore (from broadcast):

Were you at Rock in Rio?

The South American leg of Bon Jovi's This House Is Not For Sale Tour wraps up tonight in São Paulo.

Bon Jovi in Porto Alegre 19/09/17

Bon Jovi began the first of three dates in Brazil, starting with Porto Alegre. I'd be lying if I said I kept detailed records of Bon Jovi's touring history over the past three decades (I haven't even been alive that long, lol), but I've been told this was the band's first ever visit to Porto Alegre. Here's what was played:

Set list: Porto Alegre, Brazil - Estádio Beira-Rio - September 19, 2017

1. This House Is Not for Sale 
2. Raise Your Hands 
3. Knockout 
4. You Give Love a Bad Name 
5. Born to Be My Baby 
6. Lost Highway 
7. Because We Can
8. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 
9. Runaway 
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - acoustic 
12. Bed of Roses
13. It's My Life 
14. Who Says You Can't Go Home 
15. Roller Coaster
16. Wanted Dead or Alive 
17. Lay Your Hands on Me 
18. Have a Nice Day 
19. Keep the Faith
20. Bad Medicine
    
    encore: 
21. Olé, Olé, Olé
22. In These Arms 
23. Blood on Blood
24. Livin' on a Prayer

Videos from Porto Alegre

"It's My Life":

"In These Arms" (includes a few pans to Phil X's epic facial expressions 😜):

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

Bon Jovi's next show is Rock in Rio, which will apparently be streamed live at this link. (UPDATE 21/09/17: The band's performance was not cleared for international broadcast, so the live web stream is no longer happening.)

Bon Jovi Sao Paulo set list 22/9/13

Bon Jovi headed to Sao Paulo for their second show minus Tico Torres. If you experience deja vu while reading the set list, that's probably because it's exactly the same as the set for Rock in Rio, except that Always was replaced with Pretty Woman and Born to Be My Baby.

Were you at the show?

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Morumbi Stadium - September 22, 2013

1. That's What the Water Made Me
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Runaway
5. Lost Highway
6. Whole Lot of Leavin'
7. It's My Life
8. Because We Can
9. What About Now
10. We Got It Going On
11. Keep the Faith
12. (You Want To) Make a Memory
13. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
14. We Weren't Born to Follow
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones cover
17. Bad Medicine
    / Shout! - Isley Brothers cover

Encore:
18. Wanted Dead or Alive
19. Have a Nice Day
20. Livin' on a Prayer
21. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison cover
22. Born to Be My Baby

Tico Torres back in hospital + Bon Jovi Rock in Rio set list 20/9/13

After an emergency appendectomy last week, Tico Torres was again rushed to hospital and will now undergo gall bladder surgery. This statement was issued on the Bon Jovi website:

Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres was rushed to the hospital for a second time with severe pain in his abdomen and will undergo gall bladder surgery. This follows an emergency appendectomy last week. He is expected to return to the stage and the Bon Jovi tour in the very near future.

“Tico Torres has been the heart and soul of our band since we started 30 years ago,” said Jon Bon Jovi. “He’s also one tough SOB and we look forward to him again pounding away brilliantly at the drums on remainder of this and future tours.”

Bon Jovi begins the current leg of their Because We Can tour at “Rock in Rio” in Rio De Janeiro on September 20th. New Jersey native Rich Scannella will fill in for Torres until his doctors clear him to play.

Message From Tico

Hello All,

I would like to say a quick Thank You to all of you who have kept me in your thoughts thus far. There is nothing that can prepare one for a medical emergency but I have been taken especially good care of and would again like to thank all my doctors and health care professionals.

I am very disappointed not to be able to perform but our friend Rich Scannella will stand in for me. You are in good hands.

I will be there in spirit and back on stage in soon

Enjoy the show. #RockinRio

-Tico Torres

Meanwhile, Bon Jovi's tour resumed at the Rock in Rio festival with Rich Scannella on drums and Phil X continuing in lieu of Richie Sambora, leaving only two official members of Bon Jovi on stage -- David Bryan and Jon (though anyone who knows me knows I think Hugh McDonald deserves to be a proper member by now). The set list was as follows:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rock in Rio - September 20, 2013

1. That's What the Water Made Me
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Runaway
5. Lost Highway
6. Whole Lot of Leavin'
7. It's My Life
8. Because We Can
9. What About Now
10. We Got It Going On
11. Keep the Faith
12. (You Want To) Make a Memory
13. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
14. We Weren't Born to Follow
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones cover
17. Bad Medicine
    / Shout! - Isley Brothers cover
Encore:
18. Wanted Dead or Alive
19. Have a Nice Day
20. Livin' on a Prayer
21. Always

I'm currently out of town and missed the live stream, but much of the feedback I've heard on Bon Jovi hasn't been great. Did you watch it, or were you at the show? What did you think?

Rio de Janeiro set list

Pretty short... but sweet set for the last show of Bon Jovi's Latin/South American leg of the tour. Looks like Jon and the band remembered The Circle still exists, too.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Apoteose Stadium - October 8, 2010
Lost Highway
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Superman Tonight
Radio Saved My Life Tonight
Just Older
Runaway
It's My Life
Bad Medicine / Roadhouse Blues [The Doors cover]
Homebound Train [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
What Do You Got?
Always
Happy Now
Thorn In My Side
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Love's the Only Rule
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer
These Days

The BJCT blog will have all the video links in due course, and I'm sure I'll showcase some on here too.

Sao Paulo set list

It was always going to be tough to top Bueno Aires, and this set isn't quite as inherently awesome, but it's still good. ;)

São Paulo, Brazil - Estádio do Morumbi - October 6, 2010
Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway
Superman Tonight
In These Arms
Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
When We Were Beautiful
Runaway
We Got It Goin' On
It's My Life
Bad Medicine / Oh, Pretty Woman [Roy Orbison cover] / Shout! [Isley Brothers cover]
Lay Your Hands on Me [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
Always
Blaze of Glory
I'll Be There For You
Have a Nice Day
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Work for the Working Man
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
These Days
Wanted Dead or Alive
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Livin' on a Prayer
Bed of Roses

BJCT will have all the video links in due course.