Dear Anger,

I don't care about other bands. I don't follow those 'other bands' (whoever they may be). And that is a major reason why. They aren't worth the money and the hassle and the time.

For instance, I don't mind U2--Joshua Tree is great, as well as some of their other stuff, but I won't pay to sit through a Bono sermon at a concert event or watch him interviewed on tv or buy his records with any regularity the way I have with BJ over the years, so I don't care how ridiculously he deifies himself on and offstage. Hearing it on the radio here and there is good enough for me.

And I will certainly never pay 200 pounds for a concert from a disingenuous man who campaigns and proselytizes the virtues of NOT ripping people off, but continues to raise prices far and away above the 'just a little more than movie for two and a popcorn' he used to always quote in interviews while offering little in the way of innovation in his product, which is all it is to him: self image and product and self-deification.

"I wanna sell out the desert" again and again (and then lecture everyone else about how they shouldn't act similarly in their own lives).

"I am gonna save the environment and so must you" while flying around on jets that guzzle thousands of gallons per flight and using gigantic trucks to hall your stage equipment around to boost your vocal-staleness, not to mention the ridiculous excess at every concert

There are precious few people on the planet more wasteful and corporate than people like Jon Bon Jovi. That is a fact.

So, it's insulting. Interview after interview now is worse and worse.

Just insulting.

And that dampens any ridiculous fantastic irreverence I would experience paying 200 pounds and pumping my fist and acting like a crazy blissful idiot at a concert or listening to an album. Surely I should be, instead, outside picketing such wasteful excess and campaigning for change in my Prius or hiding in a hole somewhere and plugging my bum so I don't pollute so much after eating delicious and diverse ethnic food.

If he would just stop telling/suggesting to other people what to do and, in fact, how to live their lives (ironically) so much, it would all be fine and dandy.

Sorry for cursing earlier. NO EXCUSE for that.

B

ok...in general i love bon jovi's music....they've done some reall classics....but its an insult to call this anywhere near a world tour...6 dates outside america or canada just dont cut it......and in todays financial situation the ticket prices for the 02 are rediculous,i for one wont be going.....the band should realise that they're in the position they're in because of us,the buying public who have bought they're music when'ever its been released...give a little back i say

AGAIN...have you people not been listening. IT IS A 2 YEAR TOUR. They will be back in 2011 playing stadiums probably....well...everywhere. And I'm not going to even talk about the ticket prices anymore, I'm bored with it. I have mine which wasn't extortionate, it was a lil more expensive than normal but **** it, I'm happy.

So it is ok to rape your most devoted followers monetarily who will attend your 6-day stint for the most money prior to the 2-year tour, and then only moderately overcharge at the rest of the shows?

I think it is you who is def to criticism. If you have the money and the need, enjoy the show--have fun. But those are definitely NOT working man prices. And every interview Jon gives, every lyrics of his music, and everything he now says he stands for socially and politically is now tainted by his ideological mediocrity and extreme unwavering hypocrisy.

JBJ is an insulting joke to his views and to his fans, and I have had enough. It's a pity, from all of the good reviews I am hearing on here and what I have heard. But I'll live without another show. CD will be enough when I bother to get my hands on it.

Good music is everywhere. I don't need Bon Jovi and He doesn't need me as a devoted eccentric irreverent worshiper.

Life goes on.

B