I was sitting in Croke Park 2 nights ago listening to an awesome show by U2 and I thought back to 3 years ago when i sat and watched what i thought was a brilliant Bon Jovi show!! They are my number one band and i usually see them at least twice when they tour over here.
U2, i like some of their old stuff and not so much the new and I went only to say that I saw them once in my lifetime in concert. However, as i sat there i was blown away by the music, the lighting, the amazing stage and the 85,000 that filled the stadium. It made me think that Jovi have gone off the rails. This Left Feels Right, Lost Highway etc, as much as i enjoyed them in their own right, they arent the old stuff like Keep the Faith, Prayer etc!! I think they have to say sod teh record company and the 'music which teh industry may like today' and go back to the roots............lets write another keep the faith/slippery when wet record!! And lets go back to stages with great lighting, smoke, firworks, parotechnics etc like a lot of the big bands still do. The band can hold an audience but lets wow us with new material which sounds as good as all the old favourites. Jovi are not one of the biggest bands in the world, though they can claim if they want to. One of if not the biggest I saw play the other night and Bono and the boys (despite bringing politics etc into) had Croke rocking..........and it was full!!!

Come on Jon and Richie, lets put Bonjovi back on the map!!!