Bon Jovi East Rutherford set list 29/7/13

Bon Jovi wrapped up this leg of the Because We Can Tour at MetLife Stadium with virtually the same set as the previous show at the same venue two nights earlier. Well, These Days was swapped out for I Love This Town, and Dry County was added to the encore, but those are pretty much the only differences. To be honest, I'm a little flabbergasted that they were so stagnant between consecutive shows at a stadium in New Jersey -- even more so given it was the final show of a leg, with the next concert over six weeks away.

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East Rutherford, NJ, US - MetLife Stadium - July 27, 2013

1. That's What the Water Made Me
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Born to Be My Baby
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 Goin' On
11. Keep the Faith
12. You Want to Make a Memory
13. Bed of Roses
14. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
15. We Weren't Born to Follow
16. Who Says You Can't Go Home
17. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    / Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones cover
    / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones cover
18. Bad Medicine
    / Old Time Rock 'n' Roll - Bob Seger cover

Encore 1:
19. Dry County
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Runaway
22. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
23. Have a Nice Day
24. Livin' on a Prayer

Encore 2:
25. Always
26. I Love This Town

Bon Jovi East Rutherford set list 25/7/13

Bon Jovi returned home to New Jersey for the first of two shows at MetLife Stadium before the August break in the tour. Despite some rumours swirling before the show, Richie Sambora did not make an appearance.

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East Rutherford, NJ, US - MetLife Stadium - July 25, 2013

1. That's What the Water Made Me
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Born To Be My Baby
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. Bed of Roses
14. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
15. We Weren't Born to Follow
16. Who Says You Can't Go Home
17. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones cover
    / Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison cover
18. Bad Medicine
Encore 1:
19. Runaway
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
22. Have a Nice Day
23. Livin' on a Prayer
Encore 2:
24. Always
25. These Days

Bon Jovi headlining Bamboozle

Bon Jovi will headline the Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey next year:

ASBURY PARK — The Bamboozle Festival, which has grown into a music institution since its inception in 2003, will return to its birth city here in May with rocker Jon Bon Jovi headlining the three-day event.

John D’Esposito, Live Nation talent buyer and founder of the Bamboozle Festival, said Monday that it was time to return here, and the City Council last Friday agreed to sign an agreement for the 10th annual festival to be held on the city’s waterfront May 18, 19 and 20.

The event began in Asbury Park, but by 2006 moved to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford.

So far, Bon Jovi, one of the top-touring acts in the music business, and the festival’s other headliners, California pop-punkers Blink-182 and the Foo Fighters, a top-selling rock band formed in 1994 by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, have been announced as performing.

Read the full Asbury Park Press article here.

Pre-sale tickets also go on sale today, check out BonJovi.com for details.

FYI the rumours about Bon Jovi playing a show in Russia next year are NOT true. There have been scammers about trying to sell tickets to this non-existent show so be very wary.