A review by Jonny

Well, what can I say? The weather was perfect... Jon looked to the sky and said "This must be the first time i've ever been to Scotland when there aint even any clouds in the sky, never mind rain fall....the angels must want a good view of the stage".... It started amazing, at exactly 8pm, they were totaly up for it. I was at the barrier of the second gold area... which was a pretty good spot. I stuck my DRY COUNTY poster in Jon's face and he glanced but showed no emotion. By the end of the show, i knew fine well he was playing it safe. It was HUGELY better than in 2003, but I am so, so tired of getting my hopes up for These Days songs... or Dry County... especially since they are capable of playing them in previous shows. I mean, ending on Saturday Night for fuck sake, it crushed me.

And get this... aside from starting on the cat walk for LMS, Jon accessed it ONCE during the ENTIRE 2 1/2 HOUR SHOW! This was for in these arms, I was too busy with my Dry County request to shake his hand. What exactly is the point in taking up so much room if he's not even going to use the damn thing.... 26 songs.... he should have been on that thing for 10 of them!

Crowd's response to I Want To Be Loved was poor, I was hoping they'd play it... the sound seemed to cut out at parts though. Nice screen show during this.

Richie was in a foul mood.... but i liked it. Stuck his finger up at the camera twice during Have A Nice Day.... which sounded much better live than on disc. IBTFY was the highlight of the night, it was trulely amazing.

In summation, they're still one of the best live acts to see. I took my friend along who hadn't been to a stadium show before and who wasn't a huge fan and he was hugely impressed. But if you're a fan... and you see past all the girls touching Jon's ass and "I'm going to see the Jon Bon Jovi gig tonight" and you cherish the relation to the pain in the lyrics of These Days and Dry County and understand them as musicians of the highest calibur with some of the best songs from the last 20 years at their disposal.... you will be pissed off to watch them ignore them. Cause I certainly was. And another thing... Chad Kroger and his band can suck my dick.

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