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Originally Posted by Walleris
If anything, the massive success of later legs of BWC tour + relative success of This House proved that the commercial importance of Richie to Bon Jovi brand is not so big. I would not have thought so in April of 2013. As much diehards love(d) Richie, he just doesn't have that "Slash effect" for the casuals.
I believe market oversaturation in the last 9 years is a much more contributing factor than Richie's absence. In many Western places they played like 4 or 5 times in a give city (not counting double nights, etc.) during this time span, which is more frequent than other high profile rock legends (e.g. U2, Bruce, etc.). It's natural that returns start to diminish a bit.
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100 percent. They lost some people when Richie left, absolutely, but if the common man was that much of a fan of his he would have more of a following in his solo pursuits. We're so far past the point that a guy on the street knows the names of all the members of the band.