13th April 2017 - Madison Square Garden, New York, Night 1 Thread

No need. The new songs are easy enough to play on the spot. We're ready

I think this place in general isn't as popular as it once was. I get that the shows are similar and people have the right to get annoyed and be critical, but there definitely is a minority of people who seem to have nothing to do but contribute to a negative atmosphere here and it gets old pretty quickly. I get that alot are not happy with where this band is at the moment, but I have a hard time to understand how and why they feel as though they have to constantly post and repeat themselves as soon as someone, somewhere has something good or positive to say.

Anyways, having been around on here since 2001 ish, this isn't really new, but I get how people don't even bother with participating in these discussions anymore.

I agree... Bon Jovi aren't mainstream anymore and I think that takes away from most people's interest... it's almost like an underground following now... Even the fans attending the concerts seemed different... And I don't mean older... We'll kind of...

10 years ago, it just seemed to be everyday people of all ages... now it just seems like core fans... or for another example, 10 years ago, there were kids in their 20's going and now 10 years later, those kids who are now in their 30's are not there...

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Quite the opposite dude. This place has died because the majority of diehards have moved on and realized how shitty Bon Jovi's new album and sound is.

I'm just here because I'm a procrastinating University student that should be doing his homework. When I get a job and start a life I'd expect my involvement here to drift away as well.

I've just logged back on to this board for the first time in years and the popups are killing my computer...it's hard to read the board with pop ups on both sides of the screen and the bottom, and background popups. Super sketchy ones too like "Your computer has contracted a virus and must be shut down" BS.

Hi Panda, that was me posting on Twitter! I bought a ticket a few days before the show because the price dropped from $209 (Ticketmaster face value) to $149 (Stubhub). I was in the first row of my section (103) so I could get some good photos with my camera from across the arena. Jon's voice sounded pretty solid throughout I thought. Not the vocal issues I was expecting but not the best voice ever. However, with the excitement and live atmosphere, people aren't usually nitpicking the vocals. People are drinking beer and dancing and enjoying themselves. It's interesting that there were no screens for this tour - first I can remember without being able to see Jumbotrons.

The acoustic opening of Blood on Blood was the best moment of the show for me by far. I was so excited to hear Runaway - not because I am obsessed with the song per se, but because I knew it was going to be the "rarest" song of the night.

I was at the March 5th, 2011 show and what a stunning difference...I remember it very well when they were playing Someday I'll Be Saturday Night and the sound cut out. The band didn't notice at first and kept playing. It was a strange sight to see them singing and playing but no sound was audible... Jon was clearly and visibly furious. But what a show that turned out to be. Reminded me of my first ever Bon Jovi show - Albany 2001 - where the organ broke and the arena went dark for a few minutes. Lots of stamping, clapping, cheering in the dark. Jon came back out and said "Give me an acoustic guitar, I'm not afraid" and played a stunning mini-acoustic set. I was in 9th grade. Still the best show I've seen of theirs and it gives me chills to remember it.

Anyway, the MSG show was fun, sure, but it's not one I'll remember decades later. I'm glad I went and got some merchandise, met up with old friends, had a good time.

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I totally feel you! I remember my first two Bon Jovi shows like yesterday. They were pure magic. I've paid to see over a 100 different live bands, and it was these shows that hooked me in and turned me into a diehard. I bought the entire discography within a month of seeing those shows, and shortly after joined this board.

I just don't see that magic anymore. You see glimpses, and people hold on to those. They have indeed shown up a few times in this tour, but not often, and only lasting minutes.

I just don't buy this "you have to be there" bs. I've been to enough shows to understand what it feels like to "be there".


Some bands are really killing it now, and some are even pretty new that have shown the same magic I saw from Bon Jovi previously. The awe and thanksgiving of being on stage performing. The wonder that you pull the audience in with you. Right now, it's a stage show - and anyone can do that. Hell, I saw Justin Bieber and he puts on a hell of a stage show. That's normal. What I want and expect is just something more. I see absolutely no evidence of Jon this tour absolutely loving what he does.

What's funny is that I noticed in Toronto it's either the diehards or the distant casual fan. And that's why these setlists done work for either.

This.... And I totally get what you mean by distant... People who don't really like or hate the band but just want to go because they just want to see the show...

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