i think that the public profile of the band is bigger now. they were big with These Days then disappeared for ages. Real Life came out and only caused a ripple. Then Crush, but i think only die hard fans knew about that coming, however the album brought on a lot of new fans. However, in the last year they have done so much for the American people after Sept 11th and this in turn has raised there profile more, i hate when people say that this was intentional though. the band are American and every American was touched by what happened, Bon Jovi were there to express what everyone felt at that time. The America the Beautiful event was brilliant for want of a better word.