2022 Tour Dates - April

Apparently Jon said in his wine tasting with Jesse yesterday that there wont be a world tour this year..
Then again:have you seen Jon's latest instagram post?
Quite the opposite...

Jon has been saying in the past that he hates going out on the road and leaving his family behind, but also emphasized that he felt like "oh yeah, this is why we're doing this" the night he first walked up onto to the stage again. For the last couple of years, he always only said that he didn't like touring.

I don't think it's to be expected that Jon enjoys performing live anymore with his voice being in the shape it is currently. He probably goes through a great deal of physical pain and discomfort when trying to sing live, so the only reasons why he continues doing it are 1) money and 2) the obsessed housewives who would still come to see him even if he was carried on stage with an oxygen tank.

Jon's sold himself out years ago and I can already guarantee I'll no longer spend a single dime to see this load of shit live. Him being completely unable to sing a single note anymore ruins the live shows as a whole by now.

Obviously Jon has someone who handles his social media accounts Dorothea or maybe someone from the Bon Jovi camp so Jon didn't write the post but everyone already knows that.

After some consideration I kinda empathize with Jon, I mean it must be hard mentally if not physically to go out on that stage in front of thousands of people knowing you can't do what you once did best that with the fact your instrument seems to be getting weaker and weaker by the year.

If I recall there was an interview many years ago or maybe it was in the When We Were Beautiful documentary, where Jon talked about the quality of the show vocally and musically how it all needed to be of a high standard for the fans. Taking this into account and Jon's current vocal ailments I'd hate touring too

Very easy answer.
If you cant sing anymore,then dont sing live anymore.
If you cant do what you once did best,then its time to retire.

One thing I've just realised is that they've not even posted on their YouTube that there's a tour. Which is nuts, given how it's their most engaged with form of media by far.

Aloha !

Jon's had tons of people telling him he ought to slow down, change the pacing of the shows, do fewer shows, don't do back to back shows, take more time off, do proper warming ups and change the song selections. Jon refused because it'd mean he'd be a professional musician and he'd lose money over all these things. He's had 2 serious warnings and ignored it time after time all in favour of the adoriation and money he supposedly didn't need.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

To be fair there really is no world tour in sight as of right now, it's just a small US tour that doesn't even cover several of the usual show locations in the country.

Yeah, but then don't do it anymore. If an athlete is too old to keep up, it's time to give it up. As an example, look at one like Valentino Rossi in the sports world. This guy was at the top of the tier for over two decades, fighting it out over generations with the world's best and winning countless titles. At some point in 2020, he was visibly falling behind the top class, so he said last year that it's time to let it go rather than riding around getting 15th places. Sure, the last two years were rather dire, but he still got a lot of respect by saying on his own that he's past his time and stopping.
If a chef doesn't prepare tasty meals anymore, you don't keep going to the restaurant saying "it was delicious here 10 years ago" either.


I kind of get him going past the first warning in '87 'cause the band was mainly steered by Doc at the time and was just hitting the big time, so they went along since it was a crazy ride and no one knew how long it was gonna last or if it ever was to repeat itself.
But it already got kind of awkward in 1992/93 when they emphasized how hard the New Jersey tour had been on all of them and that they wanted to enjoy it more, but the minute the ticket sales overseas went through the roof, the touring schedule was tighter than it had ever been.
20+ years later, he still hadn't learned in terms of this and took the risk of almost knocking two band members (and himself on top of it) off, all for the money...

I mean yeah, fair enough. I guess I always just assumed he meant things hadn't changed. It'd be suicide to say you hate touring while trying to sell a tour but this is Jon so I'll never understand why he does the weird things he does.