Bon Jovi at Rock in Rio 29/09/19

Bon Jovi played at Rock in Rio in 2017 and returned two years later, still on the This House Is Not For Sale Tour. Here was the set this time around:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Barra Olympic Park - September 29, 2019 set list

1. This House is Not For Sale
2. Born to Be My Baby
3. Lost Highway
4. You Give Love a Bad Name
5. Roller Coaster
6. We Weren't Born to Follow
7. Blood on Blood
8. In These Arms - David Bryan on lead vocals
9. Have a Nice Day
10. Keep the Faith
11. Bed of Roses
12. It's My Life
13. Lay Your Hands on Me
14. Wanted Dead or Alive
15. Bad Medicine - Everett Bradley on lead vocals 2nd verse
    
    Encore: 
16. Always
17. Livin' on a Prayer

Watch Bon Jovi's Rock in Rio 2019 show

I watched a web stream when it was broadcast, and obviously Jon's voice could be loads better but I was pretty happy with his performance as a front man. He can still put on a great show.

You can check out that show below:

Feel free to share your thoughts!

Only one show left of the tour -- in Lima, Peru. Then we'll see what the future and the new album bring. 😉

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Bon Jovi at Rock in Rio 22/09/17

Image: Rock in Rio Facebook

Bon Jovi performed to a massive crowd at Rock in Rio 2017, and here's what they played:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Barra Olympic Park - September 22, 2017

1. This House Is Not For Sale
2. Raise Your Hands
3. Knockout
4. You Give Love a Bad Name
5. Born to Be My Baby
6. Lost Highway
7. Because We Can
8. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
9. Runaway
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - acoustic
12. Bed of Roses
13. It's My Life
14. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
15. Roller Coaster
16. Wanted Dead or Alive
17. Lay Your Hands on Me
18. Keep the Faith
19. Bad Medicine
    
    encore:
20. Have a Nice Day
21. Livin' on a Prayer

There was a broadcast of this set after all, though not for international audiences. The band was on fire and seemed to be having a great time. The crowd looked really into it, even on songs I didn't expect them to want to hear. Jon was still patchy, but there were times, like during "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "Keep the Faith" when I really felt like The Frontman was on his way back.

Videos from Rio

I believe Rock in Rio videos are being blocked in certain countries, but here goes.

Main set (from broadcast):

Encore (from broadcast):

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The South American leg of Bon Jovi's This House Is Not For Sale Tour wraps up tonight in São Paulo.

Tico Torres back in hospital + Bon Jovi Rock in Rio set list 20/9/13

After an emergency appendectomy last week, Tico Torres was again rushed to hospital and will now undergo gall bladder surgery. This statement was issued on the Bon Jovi website:

Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres was rushed to the hospital for a second time with severe pain in his abdomen and will undergo gall bladder surgery. This follows an emergency appendectomy last week. He is expected to return to the stage and the Bon Jovi tour in the very near future.

“Tico Torres has been the heart and soul of our band since we started 30 years ago,” said Jon Bon Jovi. “He’s also one tough SOB and we look forward to him again pounding away brilliantly at the drums on remainder of this and future tours.”

Bon Jovi begins the current leg of their Because We Can tour at “Rock in Rio” in Rio De Janeiro on September 20th. New Jersey native Rich Scannella will fill in for Torres until his doctors clear him to play.

Message From Tico

Hello All,

I would like to say a quick Thank You to all of you who have kept me in your thoughts thus far. There is nothing that can prepare one for a medical emergency but I have been taken especially good care of and would again like to thank all my doctors and health care professionals.

I am very disappointed not to be able to perform but our friend Rich Scannella will stand in for me. You are in good hands.

I will be there in spirit and back on stage in soon

Enjoy the show. #RockinRio

-Tico Torres

Meanwhile, Bon Jovi's tour resumed at the Rock in Rio festival with Rich Scannella on drums and Phil X continuing in lieu of Richie Sambora, leaving only two official members of Bon Jovi on stage -- David Bryan and Jon (though anyone who knows me knows I think Hugh McDonald deserves to be a proper member by now). The set list was as follows:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rock in Rio - September 20, 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. 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. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars
14. We Weren't Born to Follow
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones cover
17. Bad Medicine
    / Shout! - Isley Brothers cover
Encore:
18. Wanted Dead or Alive
19. Have a Nice Day
20. Livin' on a Prayer
21. Always

I'm currently out of town and missed the live stream, but much of the feedback I've heard on Bon Jovi hasn't been great. Did you watch it, or were you at the show? What did you think?

Rio de Janeiro set list

Pretty short... but sweet set for the last show of Bon Jovi's Latin/South American leg of the tour. Looks like Jon and the band remembered The Circle still exists, too.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Apoteose Stadium - October 8, 2010
Lost Highway
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Superman Tonight
Radio Saved My Life Tonight
Just Older
Runaway
It's My Life
Bad Medicine / Roadhouse Blues [The Doors cover]
Homebound Train [Richie Sambora on lead vocals]
What Do You Got?
Always
Happy Now
Thorn In My Side
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Love's the Only Rule
Keep the Faith

ENCORE:
Wanted Dead or Alive
Livin' on a Prayer
These Days

The BJCT blog will have all the video links in due course, and I'm sure I'll showcase some on here too.