The Circle Tour on EPIX

Bon Jovi: The Circle Tour Live From New Jersey premieres on Epix on January 8, 2010:

Grammy Award-winning band Bon Jovi shot a historic performance during their four night sold-out show at the New Meadowlands Stadium - the new home of the NY Giants and NY Jets. The concert captures the magic and energy of these hometown heroes with songs from The Circle along with the band's classic hits. Bon Jovi's multi-night engagement, including the stadium's inaugural performance on May 26, 2010, was met with 200,000 fans on their home turf.

Check out the EpixHD site for more details (and some video snippets).

Unfortunately this is just for US fans. A DVD would be nice, but there aren't any plans for one at this stage.

Inboxed updates...

Until yesterday, I've been pretty crazily busy. At the time of writing this post, I have 106 unread e-mails. No joke. Granted, only a handful of these are actually e-mails from people... the others being e-newsletters and things like that. But here are some bits that Blame It On The Love readers and marketers have sent me, as well as a couple of Google Alerts.

• Bon Jovi is of course playing North America again in 2011, including a return to Madison Square Garden for two shows on February 24 and 25. Tickets go on sale Monday, November 15, 2010.
• Daniele Fruzzetti who developed the Bon Jovi Tour Guide app for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad has released an update with the 2011 North American and European legs added. You can also now post comments and reviews of concerts.
• A woman who sued when a Bon Jovi roadie ran over her with a golf buggy has been awarded £33,000 in compensation.
• Keyboards and pro guitar parts have been added to Rock Band 3, and the Bon Jovi tracks that were already available in Rock Band have been upgraded (but you'll have to pay $2 per song).
• There are currently no plans to release a DVD of The Circle Tour movie that screened in the US on November 8. Oh come on, Jon, since when did you pass up the chance to make some extra money? (Hmm, maybe that's not the best way to get the Jovi camp to change its mind. How about...) Jonny, darling, you're wonderful and perfect and a true gift to humanity... now make the DVD happen, pretty please? :P

Oh, and the YouTube webcast is on tonight/tomorrow (depending on your timezone). If I'm not mistaken, it begins at 1am GMT on November 11. If I am mistaken, I'm sorry; I haven't really done any maths in five years and I sucked at it then, so I asked someone else. ;) Bon Jovi really ought to give GMT times, especially for global events, since that's kind of the world standard, and it would be easier to work out your own time from there instead of figuring out which American timezone to convert from.

Greatest Hits worldwide, Bon Jovi movie review, VEVO webcast, iheartradio

With the release of Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits and The Ultimate Collection (the 2-disc version) in North America on November 9, it should now be available worldwide. I actually only received mine today, having pre-ordered it along with The Ultimate Video Colletion, but seeing as it wasn't a brand new studio album, waiting a few days wasn't such a big deal. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet but Hath posted Catte's review of the DVD over at her blog.

Hath's blog also features a review of the Bon Jovi movie that screened in the US on November 8.

There was also a webcast last night courtesy of VEVO and Letterman. I didn't get to see it but I've been told Richie Sambora was on fire. Did anyone record this by any chance? ;) Apparently the set list was:

You Give Love a Bad Name
We Weren't Born To Follow
Lost Highway
It's My Life
What Do You Got?
When We Were Beautiful
Wanted Dead or Alive
Who Says You Can't Go Home?
Keep The Faith
Bad Medicine / Shout! [Isley Brothers cover]
Livin' on a Prayer

A four-song "stripped" set for iheartradio was also broadcast on 450 US radio stations. If you're in the US you should be able to watch the performances here.

The Circle Tour movie at Vue cinemas

I got sent this media release about the Bon Jovi Circle Tour movie which is screening in select Vue cinemas in the UK.

What: Bon Jovi, ‘The Circle Tour’
When: Tuesday 16th November, 8pm - tickets are £10

Rock fans are in for a treat with the screening of one of Bon Jovi’s biggest gigs to date and part of ‘The Circle Tour’, which was filmed live this May at their homecoming gig at The New Meadowlands Stadium, New Jersey. Selected Vue cinemas nationwide will be showing the concert as a special one-off broadcast in High Definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. The show will include the band’s biggest anthems including hits, ‘Keep the Faith’, ‘Livin’ On a Prayer’ and ‘It’s my Life’. What’s more, fans will be treated to a sneak peak of the band’s new music video for ‘What do you Got’. The showing is part of Vue’s ‘Larger than Live’ series which has seen Queen, Take That and Muse appear on the silver screen.

Visit the Vue website for details.