It's like this in most bands obviously; Keith Richards, Joe Perry, Slash (when he was in GNR), Brian May, Jimmy Page etc.

Great performance. Richie was his usual self (if we measure by standarts since coming back from rehab in 2011) and did his job well, but I'd give Jon credit for finally delivering. That performance wasn't far away from the last tour, if I was listening to the bootleg not knowing the date, and Richie hadn't played the outro solo, I'd guessed it's from 2011, not 2013. The high note in the 3rd verse definitely shows Jon's confidence being back, so I expect Always to return in a couple weeks time.

Probably the only way this performance could be further improved with Jon's current limitations is the extended "blow those candles aaaaaauuuuuuuuuuut" note, like it was done in Charlote, 2010. However, I don't expect this, because, to my knowledge this was the only performance ever where Jon did that.

Off topic, It's definitely nice to be back to the ''Jovi die-hard" mode, where you over-analyze live performances The previous shows didn't have much to over-analyze, but things are looking bright with this IBTFY rendition.