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.
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.
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.
Bon Jovi played two consecutive nights in Macau, which is a special administrative region of China and therefore not subject to the same rules that resulted in the cancellation of the planned concerts on the mainland. Here's what was played.
Bon Jovi played in South Korea for the first time in 20 years, and gave Korean fans arguably the most interesting set of the Asian Tour thus far. Always was performed as a request from the crowd. Here's the full set list.
Seoul, South Korea - Jamsil Olympic Stadium - September 22, 2015
Bon Jovi performed a post-race concert for the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on September 20. Maroon 5, Pharrell, Spandau Ballet, and Jimmy Cliff were the other musical headliners that weekend. Here's what Bon Jovi played.
Bon Jovi returned to Malaysia for the first time in two decades with a show in KL on September 19. Here's what was played.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Stadium Merdeka - September 19, 2015
Who Says You Can’t Go Home
Lost Highway
Whole Lot of Leaving
Raise Your Hands
You Give Love a Bad Name
We Weren't Born to Follow
We Don't Run
It’s My Life
Because We Can
In These Arms - David Bryan on lead vocals for first verse
Wanted Dead Or Alive
I'll Sleep When I’m Dead
Keep The Faith
Bad Medicine
Encore:
Have a Nice Day
Livin' on a Prayer
I'm going to be a bit critical of the sets at this point. I know when Bon Jovi came to Perth for the first time in 16 years, back on the Lost Highway Tour, they could have played literally anything... I was just happy they were here. And that may well be how the locals at these shows feel, but if that's what Jon is relying on during the Asian Tour, it's a bit disrespectful. I think Jon is picking the set list to save his voice, but if he hired a good vocal coach and looked after his voice between tours, then songs like Always (their biggest worldwide hit) could be a live staple instead of a rarity and there would be more room for pleasant surprises over the course of the tour.
Bon Jovi dusted off the cobwebs on September 11 by kicking off their Asian Tour in Jakarta. It was their first concert in Indonesia since 1995 and marked the debut of Matt O'Ree on guitar. We Don't Run was performed live for the first time. Here's the full set list:
September 11, 2015 - Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno - Jakarta, Indonesia
