David Bryan & Friends at Carrara Idol 2014

David Bryan performed in Milan, Italy for Carrara Idol on April 8, 2014, backed by the Matt O'Ree Band. He reportedly played the following songs (not sure on the set order):

• Underground - from "Memphis" the musical
• The Music Of My Soul - from "Memphis" the musical
• Who Says You Can't Go Home
• In These Arms
• Wanted Dead or Alive
• Bed of Roses
• Memphis Lives in Me - from "Memphis" the musical
• Livin' On a Prayer
• Bad Medicine
• When Love Comes to Town - U2 & BB King cover
• Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen cover
• Senza Una Donna / Without A Woman - Zucchero & Paul Young cover
• Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis cover
• Twist and Shout - The Top Notes/Isley Brothers/Beatles cover

Here's a selection of videos from the show:

David Bryan Carrara Idol 2014 Hallelujah + Senza Una Donna


David Bryan Carrara Idol 2014 Music Of My Soul


David Bryan - Who Says You can't go Home Live at Carrara Idol


David Bryan Carrara Idol 2014 Bed Of Roses


David Bryan "Livin' on a Prayer" Carrara Idol 2014


David Bryan Carrara Idol 2014 When Love comes to town

Italian Bon Jovi fans rock (Because We Can)

Check out this impressively choreographed tribute from the fans at Bon Jovi's Milan concert on June 29, 2013. Jon's attempts to get a significant proportion of the crowd singing "Because We Can" finally worked, too... although he managed to forget the lyrics himself and had to start the song again.


Jon was, in his own words, "crying like a little girl" afterwards.


Tour photographer David Bergman captured this panorama from the rafters.

Bon Jovi Milan set list 29/6/13 + Undivided tour debut

I am slowly picking myself up off the floor after reading Bon Jovi's encore in Milan. Somewhere within that epic-ness, a fan favourite from the much-neglected Bounce album in "Undivided" made its tour debut (Video at the end of this post).

Were you at the show?

Milan, Italy - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) - June 29, 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. Born To Be My Baby
7. It's My Life
8. Because We Can
9. What About Now
10. We Got It Going On
11. Keep The Faith
12. Amen
13. In These Arms - David Bryan vox (2nd verse)
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. Rockin' All Over The World - John Fogerty/Status Quo cover
18. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
19. Bad Medicine

Encore:
20. Dry County
21. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
22. Love's The Only Rule
23. Wanted Dead or Alive
24. Undivided
25. Have A Nice Day
26. Livin On A Prayer
27. Never Say Goodbye - acoustic
28. Always
29. These Days
30. This Ain't A Love Song

As promised, here's the first performance of "Undivided" on the Because We Can tour. Do you think it should be played more often?

Bon Jovi - Undivided @ San Siro, Milan 29.06.2013

David Bryan at Carrara Idol

I think David Bryan is a bit underrated -- as a Bon Jovi member, as a musician, as a singer and as an all round performer -- so maybe it's time for a Dave post. He performed before 500 guests on a marble piano in the Fantiscritti marble cave in Carrara, Italy in May and some videos have gradually popped up. Enjoy. :)

Memphis Lives In Me


Say a Prayer / The Music of My Soul


Great Balls of Fire


Hallelujah (partial)


Wanted Dead or Alive / In These Arms


Bed of Roses


Livin' on a Prayer


Interview

Videos from Udine

July 17, 2011 marked Bon Jovi's first Italian show in eight years and it was one to remember.

Spanish Harlem / Bed of Roses

Spanish Harlem was a surprise but nice little intro to Roses.

Lie to Me / Always

Lie to Me was unplanned (it wasn't on the printed setlist) but I love this song pairing. And how good does this crowd sound!

Just Older

Jon dedicated this to Max, the fan who organised the crowd choreography to form the American flag and the word "JOVI".


These Days

One of the best songs this band has ever released... The "whoa oh ohs" were a cool finish.

There were a heap of great songs at this show and great videos too, so be sure to check out Hath's Circle Tour Blog for a complete video guide! :)

Lie to Me / Always from Italy

I'll probably do another video post from Bon Jovi's Udine show (June 17, 2011) when more vids pop up, but I couldn't log off tonight without posting Lie to Me and Always...



There was a bit of a false start with Lie to Me, but it was a great lead-in to Always... love the cheer that went up as Jon began to sing!

Udine set list

Viva l'Italia! Bon Jovi hadn't played in Italy since the Bounce Tour but at least the fans got a pretty sweet set to make up for it. Feast your eyes on this...

Udine, Italy - Stadio Friuli - July 17, 2011
Raise Your Hands
You Give Love a Bad Name
Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
It's My Life
Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
We Got it Going On
Bad Medicine / Oh, Pretty Woman [Roy Orbison cover]
Spanish Harlem [Ben E. King cover]
Bed of Roses
I'll Be there For You
Who Says You Can't Go Home
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Love's The Only Rule
Have A Nice Day
Keep The Faith

encore #1:
Dry County
Wanted Dead or Alive
In These Arms
Just Older
These Days
Livin' on a Prayer

encore #2:
Lie To Me
Always
I Love This Town

Videos from the show will be on Hath's Circle Tour Blog in due course.