Richie said months ago in an interview that after the tour Jon and he would take a vacation but they wouldn't need a long break before they'd get anxious to start working on another album. They still are hoping for the gold ring (Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame). I think he even mentioned that after 3 weeks or so they'd start songwriting. If you add up weeks of writing, weeks of demos, weeks of recordings / mixes, weeks of picking the final songs, weeks of market planning, weeks of promotion, weeks of tour planning / marketing, interspersed with appearances ....it will be a 2-year break from a major Bon Jovi tour.

In the meantime, it was cool seeing Richie perform with Hugh and Lorenza. If Jon can do "JBJ and Friends," so can Richie. Yay. I hope his obviously good health translates into lots of music and performing. I like seeing him take the lead.