Bon Jovi on the socially distanced Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Bon Jovi's 2020 album promo continued on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with Jon chatting to Colbert via video. 

Jon talked about working the JBJ Soul Kitchens and food pantries during COVID, being mentored by Sister Mary Scullion, his Catholic upbringing, and quarantining with his family:

And of course, they discussed about the new album:

The band then socially distanced to perform "Do What You Can", with Greg Mayo again filling in for David Bryan:

I really enjoyed the interview, actually. It seemed fun, relaxed. And in "Do What You Can", Jon appeared more animated than he has in some of other performances where the band has been playing to no one.

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Bon Jovi releases When We Were Us & Walls + When We Were Us music video + live on Colbert

The re-release of Bon Jovi's This House Is Not For Sale album, featuring new tracks "When We Were Us" and "Walls" is out now. You can download or stream the album on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more via this link. I was pleased to find that I could purchase the new songs individually without having to buy the whole album again.

I did, however, renew my Tidal subscription just so I could watch the new "When We Were Us" music video, which dropped exclusively on Tidal today. If you're a subscriber, you can watch it below.

When We Were Us

The video features shots of the current lineup interspersed with footage from previous tours (mostly Lost Highway and The Circle/Greatest Hits tours from what I can tell). When it's up on YouTube (probably in two or three weeks, if the previous THINFS videos were any indication), I'll update this post with the link.

UPDATE 5/03/18: The video for "When We Were Us" is now on YouTube:

Bon Jovi's performance of "When We Were Us" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert also went to air. In my previous blog post, I referred to the iHeartRadio performance as the live debut of "When We Were Us". Technically the Colbert performance was the live debut, because it was recorded back in January, but the iHeartRadio gig was the first chance anyone who wasn't at the Colbert taping got to hear "When We Were Us" live. I reckon Jon sounded better on Colbert than he did at iHeartRadio, but you can be the judge of that.

Bon Jovi Perform 'When We Were Us'

Bon Jovi on Colbert

Jon Bon Jovi was just on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert two nights in a row (January 16 and 17). First to do this interview, in which he discussed:

• meeting Colbert at a pre-Grammys party hosted by Clive Davis; 
• writing and performing; 
• the JBJ Soul Kitchens; 
• his newfound social media use;
• Bon Jovi's upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Watch the full interview:

On the second night, Jon returned with Bon Jovi to perform "You Give Love a Bad Name":

I read somewhere that they also recorded a performance of their new song "When We Were US" that's slated for broadcast around the time the single is officially released, but maybe someone can confirm this?