Bon Jovi Inside Out: What would you ask them?

Bon Jovi Inside Out will be screening in the US on November 27 and Canada on November 28... and on Twitter, they've invited fans to submit questions for the live Q&A by hashtagging #AskBonJovi. There are a lot of stupid ones being asked to be honest (I won't give examples) and I don't know what sort of questions will get answered, but it is cool to see the band and its "people" actually start to embrace the social side of social media in more recent times instead of only using it to hard sell merchandise and expensive packages.

If you could ask Bon Jovi any question what would it be? Tweet #AskBonJovi now & your question might be answered at the #InsideOut Q&A

— Bon Jovi (@BonJovi) November 22, 2012

Meanwhile, Inside Out executive producer John Rubey gave an interview with AL.com:

John, what does a major rock band like Bon Jovi hope to achieve with a one-night-only cinema event like "Inside Out"?

I think it's a moment for them to let their fans know what they're doing and what's next. Tell them about the new tour in 2013. Bon Jovi doesn't do a lot of interviews, and they're going to take the fans questions from the theaters. It gives you an opportunity to see the band's performance on movie theater screens that are so massive in scale – it's a really awesome experience with all the big pictures and big sound.

Tell me about the process of selecting performances, which were culled from shows at the O2 Arena, Meadowlands Stadium and Madison Square Garden, for "Inside Out"?

Well, you've got three epic performances recorded over three years. What's pretty amazing about it is how consistently the band performs from year to year, and yet at the same time every one of them is so different. MSG was on the 25th anniversary of the band, and Madison Square Garden has been such an iconic venue for so many years. Meadowlands Stadium, that was the opening of the stadium in the band's home state of New Jersey, so that's pretty special. Then the O2 in London is probably the busiest music venue at the arena level, and that was about a 15-show run there. They all sort of have their stories to them.

Which performance are you most fond of?

I love them all and it's hard to call one out. I think we open with "Blood on Blood," and that's an awesome song. So I really like that one. We close with "Who Says You Can't Go Home."

Check out the rest of the article here.

Here's a video of Livin' on a Prayer from Inside Out. Looks like this is how they're tackling the 2/3 shows in one movie thing. Hmmm.


Anyway who's going to see this?

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.

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.

More on Bon Jovi movie

Details about the Bon Jovi concert movie are still scarce (I'm yet to find anything on Fathom Events) but apparently this is a teaser trailer:


And according to this site, the running order is:
1. Blood on Blood 6:11
2. We Weren't Born to Follow 4:59
3. You Give Love a Bad Name 3:42
4. Whole Lot Of Leavin' 4:31
5. Born to Be My Baby 5:11
6. Lost Highway 4:04
7. We Got It Going On 4:32
8. Have a Nice Day at 4:40
9. When We Were Beautiful 5:14
10. Superman Tonight 5:25
11. It's My Life 4:09
12. Make A Memory 4:33
13. Bed of Roses 8:05
14. Saturday Night 5:22
15. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead 5:40
16. Who Says You Can’t Go Home 5:49
17. Keep the Faith 6:54
18. Wanted 6:10

Um, "Livin' on a Prayer" anyone? :/

There's some more information about showtimes and tickets for Americans at Moviefone.

Bon Jovi: The Circle tour movie

Apparently Bon Jovi live from New Jersey's Meadowlands Stadium will screen in select cinemas on November 8, the night before the Greatest Hits is released in North America. See the trailer below or at this link.

BON JOVI: THE CIRCLE TOUR: Movie Trailer. Watch more top selected videos about: BON JOVI: THE CIRCLE TOUR, Bon Jovi

BTW, the phrase "one night only" is trademarked? :/

Jon Bon Jovi calf injury

As has been mentioned, Jon injured himself during Bon Jovi's Meadowlands Stadium "grand finale", which turned out to be a fizzer.

He hurts it about a minute into this video of "Glad All Over". Maybe because I knew it was coming, but I actually winced.


You can see Jon struggling in this one too.

East Rutherford (Meadowlands) 4th night set list

Back to the Meadowlands... Well, I came online towards the end of this play-by-play and it was full of drama... alas none of it was related to the set list. Apparently Jon blew his calf out during "Glad All Over" (tour debut, BTW, though it's a cover) and was limping after that. David Bryan had to carry him off stage.

Thanks to Titan4Ever2488 and bigapplejovi for the PBP. (And to Blue6707 for telling me I initially forgot to type "Born to Be My Baby"!)

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, USA - NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM - JULY 9, 2010
Raise Your Hands
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Superman Tonight
In These Arms
When We Were Beautiful
Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
We Got It Goin' On
Bad Medicine / Old Time Rock and Roll [Bob Seger cover/feat. Kid Rock]
Love's the Only Rule
Lay Your Hands on Me [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
Open All Night
I'll Be There For You
Squeeze Box [The Who cover]
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Have a Nice Day
Work for the Working Man
It's My Life
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
Wanted Dead or Alive
I Love This Town
Glad All Over [Dave Clark Five cover]
Livin' on a Prayer

BJCT will have videos up in due course.

East Rutherford (Meadowlands) 3rd night set list

Best of the Bon Jovi Meadowlands shows that kicked off with the unexpected opening of "Who Says" and continued with the inclusion of killer rare songs like "Just Older", "I'd Die For You", "Living in Sin".... not to mention my beloved "Dry County" again.

Thanks to Brian (Titan4Ever2488) and everyone else who tweeted for the PBP.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, USA - NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM - MAY 29, 2010
Who Says You Can't Go Home
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
In These Arms
Born to Be My Baby
Just Older
We Got It Goin' On
Raise Your Hands
When We Were Beautiful
Superman Tonight
Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
Bad Medicine
It's My Life
Love's the Only Rule
Lay Your Hands on Me [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
Living in Sin w/ Chapel of Love [Dixie Cups cover]
I'll Be There For You
Something for the Pain [acoustic]
Diamond Ring
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead w/ Jumpin' Jack Flash [Rolling Stones cover]
I'd Die For You
Work for the Working Man
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
Dry County
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer

More Meadowlands videos

Some more videos from Bon Jovi's Meadowlands shows so far.

DRY COUNTY (May 26, 2010) - Here's another, much closer video of "Dry County" from the first night.


NEVER SAY GOODBYE (May 27, 2010) - Jon forgets the lyrics, but I'm not sure which was funnier: the lyric flub or Richie's amused glances at Jon.


ALWAYS (May 27) - I never, ever get sick of Bon Jovi playing "Always".


HAVE A NICE DAY (May 26) - I don't know about anyone else but this is definitely my favourite of the so-called "It's My Life" lead singles. I love the screens here too.


RUNAWAY (May 26) - This is the performance where the sound infamously died.


LOVE'S THE ONLY RULE (May 26) - Love the screens here too, and this song is still epic despite Jon not being able to go into the crowd like he did in the arenas.

East Rutherford (Meadowlands) 2nd night set list

Bon Jovi's Meadowlands sequel! I'm a tad disappointed we didn't get "Happy Now" as an opener or "Homebound Train" for Richie, but we did get "Never Say Goodbye", "Always" and "Bed of Roses", none of which I could ever complain about. And the fact that "Something for the Pain" has been retained for the stadium shows gives me hope that I'll actually have a shot at experiencing it live. :D

Thanks again Brian (Titan4Ever2488) and everyone else for the PBP.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, USA - NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM - MAY 27, 2010
Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Whole Lot of Leavin'
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway
Have a Nice Day
When We Were Beautiful
Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
Bad Medicine w/ Bad Case of Loving You [Robert Palmer cover]
It's My Life
Love's the Only Rule
Lay Your Hands on Me [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
(You Want To) Make a Memory
Bed of Roses
Never Say Goodbye [acoustic]
Something for the Pain [acoustic]
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night [acoustic]
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Work for the Working Man
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
Always
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer

Meadowlands reviews

Here are some reviews of Bon Jovi's opening night at the New Meadowlands Stadium.

From Mike Kerwick on NorthJersey.com:

Twelve songs into this christening — his hair soaked, his face bathed in a glistening coat of sweat — Jon Bon Jovi offered his review of the show.
“It’s a good thing there isn’t a roof on this place,” he told the crowd. “I’d be about blowing it off.”

Read the full review here.

From Tris McCall for The Star-Ledger:

It was a spirited rendition of "Bad Medicine," and Jon Bon Jovi was working the crowd. Here was the rocker as consummate showman, throwing arms and elbows, pouting for effect, cupping his hand over his ear in faux exasperation with the audience enthusiasm level, whomping them up into a frenzy, asking for more.

Read it in full here.

And David Hinckley for Daily News:

With a crisp sound system that felt like it was pumping thunder into the cavernous $1.6 billion stadium, Bon Jovi delivered precisely the upbeat, fist-waving anthems the mostly middle-aged crowd had come to hear.

Full review at this link.

Videos in the next post.

East Rutherford (Meadowlands) 1st night set list

Grand opening of Meadowlands! After all the talk of new lyrics for "Dry County" it seems Bon Jovi stuck to the classic version -- but they did play it, so we got a rarity, and it opened the encore. And if we want to push things a little, "Raise Your Hands" (making its tour debut) might even count as a rarity now despite being a regular to the point of being overplayed in previous tours. Apparently the sound system also died completely for about 40 seconds during "Runaway". Thanks to Brian (Titan4Ever2488) for the PBP.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, USA - NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM - MAY 26, 2010
Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Whole Lot of Leavin'
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway
Raise Your Hands
Runaway
When We Were Beautiful
Superman Tonight
We Got It Going On
Bad Medicine w/ Roadhouse Blues [The Doors cover]
It's My Life
Love's the Only Rule
Lay Your Hands on Me [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
Hallelujah [Leonard Cohen cover]
I'll Be There For You
Something for the Pain [acoustic]
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night [acoustic]
Have a Nice Day
Work for the Working Man
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
Dry County
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer

Meadowlands Eve...

Not long to go before Bon Jovi opens the new Meadowlands Stadium and according to Billboard.com's Twitter:

Jon Bon Jovi rewrote the lyrics to "Dry County" for the new meadowlands opening shows about 5 hours ago via web

I read that it now includes lyrics alluding to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill that's been going on since April.

Meanwhile Jon has talked about the shows in this article on NorthJersey.com:

"I worry about dumb stuff like allergies," the 48-year-old singer confessed during a roundtable with writers this afternoon at the Jumeriah Essex House in Manhattan. "Like going out there and sneezing. I never worry about singing or playing or the band’s performance, the production or anything like that. I’m more into, 'Can I breathe tonight?' 'Did my mother get a good seat?' The dumb stuff."

Read the full article here.

Meadowlands Grand Opening Raffle

Help The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in its efforts to prevent breast cancer and to find a cure in our lifetime, and, in return, you could be enjoying this ultimate Bon Jovi Concert Experience.

Take part in this raffle before May 19, to be in the chance to win the following prize:

• Winner and guest will enjoy two floor level seats to Bon Jovi’s “The Circle World Tour” at
  the New Meadowlands Stadium grand opening concert (7:00 PM, Wednesday, May 26, 2010)
• Winner and guest will enjoy two tickets to “The VIP Experience” and attend a special backstage tour before the concert; including dinner with the actual crew (The VIP Experience takes the ultimate Bon Jovi fan and makes them part of the crew with a behind the scenes look at one of the hottest rock and roll bands around. For the first time, Bon Jovi fans get to experience what life is like as a "crew member" on the 2010 Bon Jovi Circle tour. Winner and guest will get to Walk on Stage where the band performs and get to see and photograph all of the various aspects and technology that it takes to run the show. At the conclusion of this VIP experience, the Winner and their guest will enjoy dinner in catering with some of the actual crew. Please note: There is no interaction with the Band)
• Winner and guest will enjoy 2 night hotel accommodations at the luxurious, 5-star,
  Plaza Hotel (May 26th & May 27th, 2010, single room, double occupancy, valid through March 5, 2011)
• Winner will receive 2 round-trip business class Delta Airline Tickets (limited to Delta Airlines domestic routes in the continental United States, valid through May 30, 2011)
• Winner and guest will dine at two of New York City’s most exclusive restaurants Nobu Fifty Seven and the Red Eye Grill (Excludes: Alcohol, Tax, & Gratuity, valid through March 4, 2011)
• Winner or guest will receive a haircut & styling from a senior stylist at Bumble and bumble
• Winner will receive a cash prize in the amount of $1,421.75 to mitigate the Winner's tax liability that results from winning the raffle. This prize is withheld and paid, on behalf of the Winner, directly to the IRS ($1,175.00) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ($246.75)

To order raffle tickets at $2 each (minimum purchase 5 tickets) or to find our more, visit Celebrities For Charities.

Bon Jovi at the Meadowlands Grand Opening Raffle

Hey y'all, I received this e-mail from someone at Celebrities for Charity Foundation:

I want to let you in on a raffle that are we are now hosting with Bon Jovi to support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation as well as CFC. This raffle is going on now and will continue through May 19, 2010. The raffle prize consists of:

• Winner and a guest will enjoy two floor level seats to Bon Jovi’s “The Circle World Tour” at the new Meadowlands Stadium grand opening concert (7:00 pm Wednesday, May 26, 2010)
• Winner and a guest will enjoy two tickets to “The VIP Experience” and attend a special backstage tour before the concert, including dinner with some of the actual crew
• Winner and a guest will enjoy 2 night hotel accommodations at the 5 star Plaza Hotel
• Winner and a guest will receive 2 round-trip business class Delta Airline tickets
• Winner and a guest will dine at two of New York’s most exclusive restaurants Nobu Fifty Seven and the Red Eye Grill
• Winner or guest will receive a haircut and styling from a senior stylist at Bumble and Bumble
• Winner will receive a cash payment of $1,421.75 to mitigate the Winner’s tax liability from winning the prize (Paid directly to IRS and Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Visit the website for more details.