Ibrox Stadium 1996

audio and video
but in generated quality...

And my first too.

Letting You Go was incredible, just as the sun had dropped.

That show alone made me a Jovi fan for life.

No joke... I'd pay 10x... knowing I'd probably never need to go to a BJ show again.

Freaking amazing set list ....

I do believe that can be beaten:

Maine Road, Manchester, UK
9th July 1996

Marching Band Introduction
Lay Your Hands On Me
Bad Medicine ~ Gloria
All I Want Is Everything
You Give Love A Bad Name
Runaway
Diamond Ring
Bed Of Roses
Rockin' All Over The World
Blood On Blood

---Acoustic Set---
Wanted Dead Or Alive (Acoustic)
I'll Be There For You (Acoustic)
In These Arms (Acoustic)
---end of acoustic set---

Circus Music while band returned to stage

Something For The Pain
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash ~ Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Keep The Faith

---Encore 1---
(It's Hard) Letting You Go
Something To Believe In
Hey God
Drift Away

---Encore 2---
Always
My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms
These Days
Blaze Of Glory
Livin' On A Prayer

---Encore 3---
This Ain't A Love Song

I'm not saying it does. I was just pointing out how in 1996 they usually played an extra song or two after that. 25 songs is still quite a long show. The These Days Tour truly was a great tour: long, great sets, a band on fire a lot, and Jon still had great vocals.

This one just might edge out the Ibrox one, though.

July 19, 1996, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
1. Lay Your Hands On Me
2. Bad Medicine
3. All I Want Is Everything
4. You Give Love A Bad Name
5. Runaway
6. Diamond Ring (a capella)
7. Bed Of Roses
8. Rockin' All Over The World
9. Blood On Blood
10. Damned
11. Wanted Dead Or Alive (acoustic)
12. Crazy (vocals by Tico Torres)
13. In These Arms (acoustic)
14. Something For The Pain
15. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
~ Papa Was A Rolling Stone
~ Jumpin' Jack Flash
17. Keep The Faith

Encore 1:
18. Drift Away
19. Always
20. Blaze Of Glory
21. Tumblin' Dice (vocals by David Bryan)
22. These Days

Encore 2:
23. (It's Hard) Letting You Go
24. Something To Believe In
25. Hey God

Encore 3:
26. Stranger In This Town
27. Livin' On A Prayer

Encore 4:
28. I'd Die For You (acoustic)

Was my first gig too. Amazing night, my favourtite band in the home of my team. Doesnt get any better!!!

There is one song missing from that set list and that is 50,000 Scots singing happy birthday to Richie

Aloha !

Jon struggled with many songs actually but the difference was that he sounded different compared to now when he's struggling. And as for setlists and performances; the Helsinki show has an interesting set, but their best performances were in Cologne, Frankfurt and Pamplona.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I would say that Jon as a whole sounded great in 96, but in 95 he sounded phenomenal. His singing style was so much better back then than it is now. The band had so much more passion, though. Even if he was struggling, Jon still gave it his all.

What are some of the songs he struggled with in 1996? I'm no vocal expert, but I thought he sounded pretty good on most of the songs.

The '96 shows were a bit of a let down for me, I just have the overriding memory of them starting Wanted accoustic and feeling my heart sink into my arse. My first gigs were 1993, the Wembley Arena show was pretty damn good and the Milton Keynes follow-up on the Sleep When I'm Dead tour in the summer was awesome. Found this set list online for it...

1.I Believe
2.Wild in the Streets
3.You Give Love a Bad Name
4.Born to Be My Baby
5.Can't Help Falling in Love
(Elvis Presley cover)
6.Bed of Roses
7.Keep the Faith
8.I'd Die for You
9.Blood Money
10.Blaze of Glory
11.Lay Your Hands on Me
12.I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Jumpin' Jack Flash
13.Bad Medicine
14.Shout
(The Isley Brothers cover)
15.Help!
(The Beatles cover)
16.Wanted Dead or Alive
17.In These Arms
18.Livin' on a Prayer
19.I'll Be There For You