When should Bon Jovi have called it quits?

Well I really like Memory so after Lost Highway would've been cool.

I don't think they should quit. I enjoy most of what they release and they still put on great shows with or without Richie.

I also imagine we'll see more Bon Jovi CDs because they're probably under contract for more to come. I find it highly doubtful that they'd be under contract for one album at a time. Didn't the Greatest Hits fulfill the obligations of the last contract? So they should be under a new one at this time.

Given the subject matter, that's not really funny

Yeah, it's not.

If Richie has quit, and at this point I'm starting to be quite over what Richie is or isn't in the band, screw it...go on without him. Maybe get a replacement who can bring something new to the table, maybe fire the others up. Granted their all a little old to probably want to do something like that, but this would be a shitty way for it to end.

You seem like a classy guy

I'm surprised this many people wish they'd quit by now. They're old, but not that old and they still have plenty of energy left in them. I'd like to still be seeing this band at least 10-15 years from now, assuming they settle things with Richie. Tico is getting old, so I'm basing that number on how long I think he'll last. Jon could replace him and keep the "Bon Jovi" name if he had to in the future. I could see Jon playing into his late 60's/early 70's with solo/band material.

They should have quit after the Circle.

The Circle Tour was a good tour, the band sounded great, Jon sounded decent (not great, but decent), the setlists were good and there were memorable shows.

What we have now is a lead singer who can't sing for shit, the lead guitarrist has left the tour without any explanations, the sets are boring, the perfomances are dire and so on ...

My sincere and humble apologies. Didn't realise there was a backstory to the song, just googled it and saw the wikipedia page. Had I known, I wouldn't have made the comment. No disrespect intended.

That's cool, let's move on