Bon Jovi headlining Isle of Wight Festival

Bon Jovi has been announced as the headlining act for the third day of the Isle of Wight Festival Here's the press release:

It's My Wight - Bon Jovi to Headline Sunday

27/11/2012

Following yesterday's announcement of Friday headliners The Stone Roses the Isle of Wight Festival just got hotter with the addition of Grammy Award winning Bon Jovi to its 2013 line up. Closing the Main Stage with a UK festival exclusive on Sunday 16th June the rock superstars will top off another ultimate weekend of world-class music. Tickets for what will be an unbelievable experience go on sale on Wednesday 28th November.

For almost three decades, Bon Jovi have earned their reputation on the road as the essential live rock band - having performing for more than 35 million fans at more than 2,700 concerts is over 50 countries. Along the way, the New Jersey-based band - lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres - have sold 130 million albums and have released a raft of awe-inspiring hit singles. Now they bring their anthemic live show to the Isle of Wight Festival, so make sure you don't miss out on this unforgettable and historic performance. Now Bon Jovi join Friday's Main Stage headliners The Stone Roses, as the Isle of Wight Festival 2013 shapes up to be another astounding year.

Jon Bon Jovi, says:
"The Isle of Wight Festival is legendary and we're excited to join in the long tradition of Rock 'n' Roll history. We are honoured to be the headliners on the Main Stage Sunday night. This will mark our first visit to the island and I expect it will prove to be a highlight of our tour and of 2013."

John Giddings, the Festival's promoter, says:
"I can't imagine a better rock band with more hits to close our Sunday night. The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen are hard acts to follow – but I think they'll do it!"

For more info check out the Isle of Wight Festival website.

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?

#BecauseWeCan - Bon Jovi US tour dates

US dates have been announced for Bon Jovi's 2013 Because We Can Tour, with more to come this week. Obviously from a personal perspective I'm still waiting for Aussie tour dates but the way I see it, it's almost the end of this year, which means it's almost next year, which means it's almost close enough to taste... right? ;)

Anyway, here are the new dates:

• February 9 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
• February 10 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
• February 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - CONSOL Energy Center
• February 27 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
• March 1 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum
• March 2 - Sunrise, FL - BB&T Center
• March 5 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
• March 6 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
• March 9 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
• March 10 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
• March 13 - St Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
• March 14 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
• March 16 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena
• April 7 - St Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
• April 10 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
• April 11 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
• April 13 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
• April 14 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena
• April 16 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
• April 17 - Salt Lake City, UT - EnergySolutions Arena
• April 19 - Los Angeles, C - STAPLES Center
• April 20 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
• April 23 - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena
• April 25 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion at San Jose
• July 12 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field
• July 24 - E Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium
• July 25 - E Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium

The following cities have also been announced but no dates/venues confirmed yet:

• Detroit, MI
• Foxboro, MA
• Memphis, TN
• Milwaukee, WI
• Philadelphia, PA
• Portland, OR
• Raleigh, NC
• San Antonio, TX
• Seattle, WA
• State College, PA
• Vancouver, BC

Visit the Bon Jovi website for all the tour dates and info so far.

There's also a sweepstakes giving away Ultimate VIP Packages to the North American shows so if you'd like to enter that, mosey on over to Bon Jovi's Facebook page.

Which shows are you looking forward to?

Jon Bon Jovi talks about daughter's OD

I'm reluctant to say too much about Stephanie Bongiovi's recent stint in the headlines given she didn't choose to be a celebrity's child (the only reason her reported heroin overdose made international news), but Jon has commented on it for the first time:

Los Angeles Local News, Weather, and Traffic

JBJ Soul Foundation - Hurricane Sandy Relief videos

Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation has released seven videos interspersing a live JBJ performance from November 9, 2012 with images of the Hurricane Sandy disaster to encourage donations in support of relief efforts.

Here are two brand new songs Jon wrote for the Stand Up Guys soundtrack (He performed them at a fan club gig in August but they have not been officially released yet).

Old Habits Die Hard


Not Running Anymore


You can watch and share the other videos at the JBJ Soul Foundation website.

Jon Bon Jovi (THR) & Hugh McDonald (iBass) interviews

A couple of interviews I thought were worth watching.

Scott Feinberg interviewed Jon Bon Jovi for The Hollywood Reporter a while ago. In it, Jon talks about his career from its early beginnings right through to the passion he found working on the Stand Up Guys soundtrack. Probably one of the better interviews with JBJ in a long time.


Hugh McDonald is rarely seen speaking so I love it when he does. This is an interview earlier in the year with iBass Magazine. He talks about how the Beatles changed his life, playing with Bon Jovi, and being a bass player.

Richie Sambora - Seven Years Gone in LA

It took until the only American show of the abbreviated Aftermath of the Lowdown Tour, but at last Richie Sambora played Seven Years Gone for the first time ever at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.


What do you think?

Check out the full set list from LA here.