Bon Jovi / Jon is a legendary artist. I think with the absence of Richie and not having any real mainstream exposure lately, they lost a little popularity amongst their fan-base. I don't think he's quite up there with Paul, Bruce, Billy, Etc. and don't think he ever was but he's also one of the few 80's bands to go beyond any of his peers. With that he'll always have that niche market.

Like any other type of business sales, they have to sell towards whatever market they could maximize in. They should have no problem playing Arenas within heavily populated major cities. Now stadiums are a completely different type of monster. 20 thousand compared to 60 thousand is a huge difference. They'd be lucky to play 5 across the US right now.

Jon is becoming an old 55. I think he's burnt out both physically and mentally. He even wrote lyrics "My voice is shot, I'm going grey, these muscles all ache" Big long tours might be a thing of the past. Even if he has 10 years left in him, he's going to slow down. These arena shows were perfect for him.

Props to Jon for taking a solo band and mixing it with Bon Jovi so he could release an album and more so tour under that name. He put up some impressive number and exceeded everyone's expectations.