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17 June 2001 - Cardiff, Wales, UK Concert Review 8 July 2001
THE MOST AMAZING NIGHT OF MY WHOLE LIFE!

A review by Jons Girl / bonjovi_4eva@hotmail.com

I KNOW ITS THREE WEEKS SINCE THE CARDIFF SHOW BUT AFTER READING ALL THESE REVIEWS I HAVE TO WRITE SOMETHING!
I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I HEARD BON JOVI WERE TOURING THIS YEAR AS I HAD NEVER SEEN THEM LIVE BEFORE, THEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS DURING MY GCSES AND I THOUGHT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO, BUT FOR ONCE I WAS LUCKY AS THE CONCERT WAS ON A SUNDAY AND NOT IN THE WEEK.

IT WAS ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT AND I THINK I DROVE MY MUM MAD GOING ON ABOUT HOW I WOULD BE GOING TO SEE BON JOVI SOON!!

ANYWAY THE DAY CAME AND I WAS SOO EXCITED, I HAD A THREE HOUR DRIVE AHEAD OF ME AS I LIVE JUST BELOW LONDON BUT I WOULD HAVE DRIVEN FOR ADAYS JUST TO SEE THIS CONCERT!
IT WAS MAGICAL FROM THE MOMENT I GOT INSIDE THE STADIUM, I DIDNT GET IN THE PIT BUT I WAS IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE NORMAL AREA PRACTICALLY IN LINE WITH WHERE JON STOOD FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT SO I WAS IN HEAVEN!

THE TWO SUPPORT BANDS WERE GREAT, I ABSOLUTLY LOVE MB 20 AND THEIR ALBUM IS AMAZING!

THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE STADIUM WAS AMAZING, THE MEXICAN WAVES WERE A LOT OF FUN, EVEN THOUGH I WASNT PERSONNALLY INVOLVED IN THEM SEIENG AS IT WAS THE PEOPLE IN THE SEATED AREA.

AS SOON AS BON JOVI CAME ON STAGE THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING, IT WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE AND IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY, I STILL COULDNT BELIVE MY HERO WAS STANDING SO CLOSE TO ME!

THE SETLIST COULDNT HAVE BEEN BETTER IF I HAD PICKED IT MYSELF, WELL EXCEPT THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HEAR DRY COUNTY LIVE! ALWAYS IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE SONG AND WHEN TICCO HIT THE FIRST NOTES I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE, I HAD BEEN TOLD BY EVERYONE BON JOVI WOULDNT PLAY ALWAYS AND HERE THEY WERE AND JON WAS SINGING ALWAYS TO ME, IT WAS BETTER THAN PERFECT!

THEN WHEN JON TOOK OFF HIS JACKET I NEARLY FAINTED, FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO STRIP, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE!, ALTHOUGH HIS FACE WAS SO CUTE WHEN HE ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES AND WAS PRENTEDING TO BE ANNOYED WITH US!

THEN BEFORE I KNEW IT THEY WERE SINGING ALMOST THE LAST SONGS, TEQUILA AND TWIST AND SHOUT WERE GREAT FUN, I LOVED JONS DANCING! I WOULD HAVE DANCED WITH HIM ANYDAY!

THEN I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO LEAVE, THAT IS UNTIL THE GUY WITH THE INFLATIBLE GUITAR RAN ON STAGE, JON SEEMED TO DECIDE HE WANTED TO HAVE THE LAST SAY ON ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER SO HE PRETENDED TO PLAY AN IMAGINARY GUITAR AND HE AND RICHIE SANG NEVER SAY GOODBYE AS THE FINAL SONG, I WAS SO HAPPY, THAT SONG IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT SOUNDS EVEN BETTER WITH JUST JONS VOICE AND TWO GUITARS, IT WAS A PERFECT END TO A PERFECT NIGHT!

I CANT WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR, KEEP ON ROCKING BOYS!

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