11. Sleep
And for the first time Sleep just kicked ass. One guitar only, but it was sharp as a knife, and the band now was really into it, just like me and everybody else was. The band was spot on, and because this show was this great, we really expected it to last another hour, considering the fact that it was a listeningparty, right?

12.Raise Your Hands
Another spot on performance of the band. Jon was at the peak of his form during this one I think, and everything was just great. Richie was a killer during this one.

13.Keep The Faith
And during this one I went mental. Killer performance, though Jon had given too much during the previous songs as he clearly lost a lot of it, which showed during the second chorus. But still, Jon gave his all, and in fact that’s what matters the most I think. It’s still a shame he’s lost so much of his voice over the past 5 years, but still, as long as he’s into it, and the band is strong, it doesn’t really matter. And he was obviously into it, although you could see him realize that he wasn’t singing this one very good. Richie was spot on though, with a completely different guitar solo. Thierry and Alja told me after the show that I started tripping during this one, so honest, it was thát great.

Encore. Hmmm. So far we’ve had 3 new songs, so the encore will probably start with a new song.

Bad Rx.
14.What the ****? To be honest, this spoiled a lot of the fun. Too ****ing predictable. Now don’t get me wrong, I truely had a great time during the show, but Bad Medicine was all automatic pilot. It was a completely different Jon Bon Jovi after he had returned from the break between the encore. The fun thing was that Jon noticed me not moving, and he looked at me, pointed at me, and had that look like “why don’t you join?”. Oh well, all for Jon then, and I joined. So now I’ve had my Jon moment. Myyyyyyyy Jon moment. Jon Jon Jon!!!!

And then it was over. 14 songs, 3 new ones and no talk about the new album except for the little chat before Have A Nice Day. He’d seen the banner for Novocaine, seen the banner for These Days, but no real interaction with the crowd, no real talking like Shepherds Bush. Somehow it felt rushed.

Some inside information not a lot of you know:
- There was a soundcheck. Last Man Standing was done about 5 times, Radio was done, It's My Life, Who Says and Saturday Night, which at one point had Richie singing background vocals only, as Lumpy was fixing his guitar.
- The original plan was completely different. First a movie, then a few new songs, then a Q&A, and then the oldies. This was changed for unknown reasons. When the doors opened Tico was still inside the big hall and left as soon as he could. The band had just finished soundchecking, so they were obviously behind schedule.

Overall, the show was really great, fantastic to be honest, but way too short. It just felt incomplete. Which was a shame. Had it lasted 30 minutes longer, this would’ve been the best Bon Jovi show I’d ever been to. But all you people over here at Jovitalk were wrong. You didn't see this coming, now did you? I have to say though, I just watched parts of the webcast, and there's no way that this shows what the show was like, a feeling I have with all the "professionally" mixed Bon Jovi shows. None of them capture the true Bon Jovi atmosphere and from watching the webcast I can understand why you lot thought that this was a bad show. This show was very, very good, and I indeed remembered why I still am a Bon Jovi fan. If the shows during the tour next year will be this great performance wise, with the exception of Bad Medicine, this tour will be a lot, lot better than the Bounce tour. Fingers crossed.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan