Best Tour Suprise song

That is a fantastic story.

Probably my two best surprise songs were Never Say Goodbye at the first Minneapolis show, I think I made the guy in front of me deaf at least temporarily when I heard the opening notes to it, I really can't remember the last time I heard that one live since the eighties, and the first time this tour I heard ITA, hadn't heard that one since the KFT tour.

I was very surprised to hear Never Say Goodbye in Chicago a few years back, it was acoustic and it gave me goosebumps...very nice.

Come on man bring on the summer dates Im going through withdrawal because it has been 7 weeks since Milwaukee.

Yeah for Living In Sin. Thank god I convinced my parents I had to be at that show (it was the only one I didn't have a ticket for). I'm sitting by myself in the 300s at the ACC, and when Tico hit the first note, I screamed. Then I shut up, just in case it wasn't LIS. When it became apparent that they were going to play it, I screamed again, and was muttering "holy shit...Living In Sin". I made it through the first verse, got a little choked up during the first chorus, then wept for the rest of the song. I'm willing to bet that the reason this show hasn't surfaced yet is the taper is trying to figure out how to cut the hysterical girl out of the recording LOL

Second "holy shit" moment was hearing Damned on the Bounce tour. It was my first Jovi show, and I'd been around these boards long enough to know that my chances of hearing anything off of TD was slim to none. Yeah...I literally stood there the entire time with my jaw on the ground. Not only was I hearing something off of TD, but one of my all time favourite Jovi songs. I still can't believe now.

I suppose that ITA is also a contender. The camera man happened to do a close up on Dave and you could clearly see his setlist, and when I saw ITA, I freaked. I jumped up and down, screaming, "In These Arms!!!" I sort of composed myself when the band actually started playing it.

Some people have already heard my story but I never get sick of reliving the moment. (After all how could I ever?)

For me "the OMG I can't believe this is being played song" was Blood on Blood ~ December 12, 2005 ~ Albany NY Pepsi Arena

This is my all time favorite Bon Jovi song and in the six shows I had been to prior I had never heard it live. Out of the six shows I had been to BOB had been on the setlist as an audible at three of them. I had second row on the Bounce tour and requested BOB in Saratoga, Jon looked right at my sign but it never got played.

Fast forward to December 2005. This time around I had front row center smack in front of the white mic stand. The night before the concert I decided to make a sign. I contemplated writing one for Blood on Blood but it hadn't been played the first 19 shows of the tour and was wondering if it was going to be a waste of my time. At about 11:00 pm I decided what the hell, i'll do it. It was less than two weeks til Xmas so i chose a green poster board wrote with red marker "Dear Jon- It's Almost Xmas I've Been a Very Good Girl Please Play Blood on Blood." I figured since i had front row i could just hang it on the barricade, Jon would be looking at it all night long and then maybe just maybe play it. Well that plan didn't happen because I got to the Pepsi Arena and was told no signs... get rid of it. I was not about to throw out my sign.. I tried really hard to sneak it in but it was a huge poster size sign so i had to put it back in the car. Needless to say I was pissed.

Still I got to my seat and was determined to have an amazing time. I figured I was just not meant to hear Blood on Blood that night. So the concert is amazing and Jon was in a GREAT mood. In the back of my mind I am thinking.. damn maybe he would have played it if i had my sign. I had made eye contact with Jon a few times that night and was just feeling like if I could somehow have gotten that sign in it would have been played. But i tried not to dwell on that. Then all of a sudden I caught a glimpse of the setlist on the big screen when they showed a close up of David. Lo and behold Blood on Blood was on the setlist an audible. At this point I am like I have to somehow get this song played.

I'm asking everyone around me if they have a marker a pen, anything to write with. Finally someone gives me a pen. I dig around and remember i did manage to sneak in a smaller sign I made for Richie. The back of the sign was blank. This was my chance. After the last song I start scribbling in the dark my I've been a good girl please play BOB. I'm trying to do this before the band comes back on stage for the first encore. I'm writing so fast and scribbling with this pen and thinking God can he even read this???? I had no light at all because the band had left the stage and i was using the light of my brothers cell phone to see what I was doing. lol

Finally the guys come back out and I am screaming trying to get Jon's attention. They start the encore with Welcome, then BTBMB and Treat Her Right. During BTBMB Jon sees my sign looks at me and gives me this look and little grin like "We'll see" I'm thinking no way is he doing it.

Well the next thing i know Jon is standing right smack in front of me squinting at my sign trying to read it. And then he does. He starts reading slowly out loud my sign. At this point I am DYING! He looks right at me and smiles and says "How good have you really been?"... So I'm screaming I've been very good and he gives me this smile - At this point I am up on the big screen it's just me and Jon having a conversation and he goes we're gonna do a Xmas song first. Such a tease! So they break into Run Run Rudolph and then after that he says "So, the girl in the front row wants to hear Blood on Blood.. what do ya say guys and he looks at the band and they are pretending to talk it over... and then he looks at me and he's like allright lets do it Blood on blood this is for you... and that's it.... I was gone!

The way he sang it that night God he sounded UNBELIEVABLE. Jon's voice was great and he sang it with a lot of passion.... he looked RIGHT at me the whole time.. I kept mouthing thank you at him, blew him a kiss and at the end he kind of leaned forward... winked right at me gave me this great smile and kind of laughed and shook his head and said "Merry Xmas young lady!!!"

I SERIOUSLY was thisclose to tears. In fact there are still days that I will watch a concert or listen to a bootleg and remind myself that he basically sang and dedicted a song to me!

The entire time he was singing Jon kept looking at me and giving me the most sincere smile like that looked like he was thinking to himself "I hope I am making you happy by singing this!" He was laughing because when he finally said "all right let's do it" I was jumping up and down freaking out screaming BLOOOOOOD ON BLOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Everytime i think about how he said "For the girl in front this is for you".... I STILL cannot believe he was talking to me.....

Wild Is The Wind in Toronto on 1/21/06 and also I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas at CAA on 12/21/06. I had never heard either of those songs live before so I definitely did a "holy shit" when I heard the opening notes of each.

deb

i was really happy to hear living in sin in toronto on the 23rd, i i think i was pretty much the only one around jumping and shouting during the whole thing....i was also the only guy around where i was sitting which was pretty funny....my friends werent even sitting with me.

another shocking moment was in quebec city in 2001 when the bands came out and started to play always as a 1st song of the 1st encore....when i heartd the drum beat intro....i stopped moving and just froze for about 2 minutes.

hearing wild is the wind in montreal 2001 was nice, and wasnt particularily excited at the time but thinking about it later, it was great.

same for never say goodbye in montreal in 2000, i was happy at the time but i didnt realize how rare it was untill afterwards, that was also the only time i heard jon singing the original i'll be there for you.

humm hearing always,intese arms and bed of roses in the same set in quebec 2001

most of my surprises are ballads giving there isnt always to much of a variety on the other songs played.

See this is why I like being in the front pit cos everyone has the same reaction when this happens!! For me it would have to be Always + Never Say goodbye at Cardiff 2001. Always cos I hadnt heard it live since the mid 90's and NSG was just class!!!

Homebound train in stockholm 2001... Very cool!

Same here! We got homebound train and wild is the wind