Don't believe their hype: the Slippery tour is when he was first operated on. The steroids followed during the New Jersey tour.

On Inside the Actor's Studio in 2009, Jon said: "We were burned...we were just dead tired, exhausted. And on top of that exhaustion, I was having to sing. Steroid shots had become candy to me, you know? They were just like, 'bring it on, bring it on', until there was no voice left and I was still getting jacked up...I don't look back at on that period fondly at all."

And consider the source -- this blog is run by someone in "Marketing & Brand Development at TourPhotographer.com," which is Bon Jovi photog's Dave Bergman's outfit. Also, it was born a mere six months ago, while they were "between" labels. Revisionism much?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...pens-up-670860