A review by bonjovimaniac / t-coon@gmx.net

HI Bon Jovi folks out there.

It was an amazing adventure to see them in Gelsenkirchen. My friend worx on big airline in Germany so we fly to the venue. We enjoy the flight and were totally corious about the GIG. It was a hot day. Nearly 7800°F. ;) As they open doors I just run to save me a good position for the concert. As I said it was hot. I sweated the whole time. Nobody of the f... security was decent ebough to bring us some water. No cola, no beer, only water. The organisation was absolutely terrible. The audience began to whistle and they keep buuuhing (me too). Only the LaOla-Welle keep us alive. It was an endless time 'til LIVE began to play. They started at 7:30 pm. A 40minute show. It was nice to see and hear them. I think I know only the song with "Shooting Star" in the Chorus. But anyway. LIVE finished so the stage was opened for BON JOVI. The stage was amazing. Better than ever. At Last something different. The intro started and there they came on stage. firs as usual TICO with him HUGHm then DAVE and RICHIE. Richie started to play Bounce and JON came on stage. The whole stadium, oooh sorry, the whole hall were singing "I've been knocked down..." An incredible feeling to see them again on stage after two long years. BAD NAME as usual with "You've Got It" Awesome!!! I wondererd they played PRAYER, FAITH & DEAD OR LIVE so early. But that's Rock'n Roll. RIGHT SIDE OF WRONG with Dave's intro was awesome, too. Richie's I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU also. HOOK ME UP, UNDIVIDED and RUNAWAY followed. I didn't expect RUNAWAY. I was very surprised. I missed THE DISTANCE. I wished to hear the song. With LOVE ME BACK TO LIFE it is one of my favorites on BOUNCE. After RAISE YOUR HANDZ they left the stage for the first time. They entered again and played JUST OLDER - SATURDAY NIGHT. The second began with TWIST AND SHOUT I think and BAD MEDICINE/SHOUT follows. Oh, I forgot to say they also play CAPTAIN CRASH AND THE BEAUTY QUEEN FROM MARS. A funny, happy BON JOVI story. (I didn't get the message and the lyrics till this day). The crowd were totally enthused. They were clapping and screaming. They said bye bye the third time and were on the way backstage. But the audience keep shouting and clapping. JON said "You still haven't enough?" So they played as they did it at TV TOTAL at the german TV AALY in a wonderful acoustic version. They finished it and after it the crowd was finally satisfied. The concert was amazing but at all I missed one song like many others did. DRY COUNTY!!! Guys please perform DRY COUNTY the next time. PLEASE!!!! It is the best song you'd ever written.

I'm really looking forward for the 13th June in Munich. There will be no roof. ;o))) It's gonna be a great big open air BON JOVI Rock'n Roll Show. Like they did it since twenty years.

Many Rocking regards from HANAU.
TIMO

KEEP ROCKING!

PS: Hope you'll join FRANKFURT once again like you did it in 1996. When Germany won the European Championship. The stadium will be brand new.

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