Now back to the show. The show started as on the night before. I was a little disappointed they did not start with HN. I wanted to hear it really bad as it’s my second best song of TC. But I have to admit that on Saturday they were really on fire. The crowd was great. And no matter what you may think about the set lists, after seeing 3 shows in 10 days I can tell you only this. All the songs work perfectly live. Especially those that most of us would like to be dropped. I mean CC, Sleep, LH, WSYCGH, WGIGO etc. Crowd loves them. You just have to see it to believe it. And like I have said millions of times over here. On each show there about 99% of casual fans and they want just to have fun. And those songs give them that. They sing them, they jump, wave their hands etc. That’s why they get played. And I enjoyed them too.
But back to highlights of the show. First it was ‘Blaze’. It was great and the crowd got crazy on this one. Everyone just knew the lyrics. Then was BOR. I got to hear it for the second time but I don’t complain as this is my favourite ballad and I will never get bored with it. Perfect performance. But then a big surprise – DR. It was great. Heard it for the first time live and it sounded amazing. When they started to sing Saturday Night I just knew that my chance for hearing TD was gone but I still had faith for DC. After the part on the circle they returned with a huge surprise for me – Bullet That’s my third fav from TC. I love it. I passed the camera again to my wife so I could scream, jump and shout on it. It was brilliant. I am very very happy that I got to hear at least that one. No BPL, HN, TIMS and LTOR but at least we had Bullet. Thanks Jon, TC songs are amazing live, play them more often. But I knew we were getting closer and closer towards the end of the show. After KTF (great as always) we came down to the most important moment of the show for me- ‘Will I hear DC finally or not?’ My heart was beating like drum when they started coming back for the encore…’DC guys, damn it, play it, play it now’….moment of silence and….HAND It’s not that I don’t like the song, I really do. But it’s just that I wanted to hear DC or TD the most. My number 2 and 3. On all 4 shows I have seen so far (including the one in Bristol) I always got to hear my fav KTF so I can’t complain, but still those 2 are just my holy grails. In fact my TOP5 is like that: KTF, DC, TD, LOAP and BPL (yes, straight to TOP5, the newest baby means so much to me). But hope was still in me. Maybe as a second in the encore, I thought. But no, they started to play WDOA and somehow I knew that the chances are almost gone…And then comes the most magical part of the show. Believe me, it was something I could never imagine. No one would write a better script for this one in Hollywood. After they received a huge applause after Wanted Jon started to look at the banners in front rows I think. But after words like “I have to think about that one…man, you’re f***ing with my head’ and a smile on his face by pointing out to some banner Jon comes up to the microphone and starts to sing Prayer. And when I heard ‘We’ve got to………’ my faith was gone. No DC or TD for sure. I wanted to hear any of those 2 so bad that I can’t even express it right now. And then… Jon stops, and asks the crowd “No, are you ready for this one yet, no?”. The crowd started to scream. Jon walked away from the mic for sec and then came back with “No, I am not ready for that one”. And suddenly I felt that hope is still there, we might get something big…and then says by pointing to that people in front rows “They wanna hear These Days” I thought, no way, are you kidding me? And I screamed “YEAH” from the bottom of my deepest parts of soul. And when I heard David hit the first few sounds on the piano I realized that my biggest dream has just come true. All I could do was to scream “yes, yes ,yes” and then I realized even more, that we are going to get a full electric version, not the acoustic one. Then Rich comes up with the guitar and starts his part and I realized 100% this is it. At that moment I passed the camera to my wife again and just enjoyed it. Believe it or not, and somehow I am not afraid to say that, when Jon started to sing, tears started to fill in my eyes. Yes, a 30 year old grown up man started to cry, but with happy tears. I couldn’t sing, my throat was blocked from the emotions, all I could do was to watch and listen to this beautiful song, one of my holy grails. It was a dream come true. All the emotions, the tension that was with me through the last few months has found its way out. I felt like I was in heaven and I didn’t want to leave that place. It was just me and the band. I felt like they play it just for me. It was more than magic, it was more than spectacular, in fact I do not know the word in English that would describe what I felt at that particular moment. But that was the highest high I could ever get. Jon thanks for this one. This moment will stay with me for the rest of my life. Anytime I will hear TD I will think about that moment at the o2. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! By the way, everything that I have written above you will be able to see on the video that we recorded. And I think that you will feel it out of my screams what emotions were driving me at this magical moment.
But it turned out it was not the end of the magic. After TD Jon starts to play something talking to himself “How did that one go?” And then it turnes out he starts to play It’s Hart Letting You Go Are you kidding me? 2 TD songs in a row? Is this real? And what amazed me even more, most of the crowd knew the lyrics to that one too. But what hit me the most was the feeling that it was really hard for Jon letting London go. You could see it in his eyes, he did not want to finish the show. He wanted to play as long as possible. He smiled, he laughed, and he really enjoyed playing those songs, old friends of his, hidden somewhere in the closet of his head, and now being brought back to life. That was magic. Those 2 songs were just a highlight of the o2 residency in my opinion. He saved the best for the last. And what a finish it was
After that he also played ILTT. I don’t like this song personally but I didn’t care about it. I was still in shock after TD. But I think that London crowd deserved it and they really enjoyed this song.
And after ILTT there was one very touching moment. Jon bend down on his knees and bowed down before the crowd few times showing them respect for what they have given him during those 12 amazing nights at the o2. You will be able to see it right at the beginning of my LOAP video, when he stands up from the floor. After that there was Prayer with the crowd, which was by the way amazing that night. As good or even better as the one in Paris.

And that was it, the show was over and residency was over. Was it worth it going to London.? Oh yes it was, this was an amazing weekend. The one I will never ever forget.

I have no idea if anyone of you has read this post to the end but I just wanted to write everything from start to finish. From the bottom of my heart and soul. I had a feeling that the trip to London might be epic but never in my wildest dreams I would expect what I will experience. Meeting Obie, writing a letter to Jon, hearing KTF, Hallelujah, HT, Sante Fe, Letting You Go, Bullet and most importantly These Days was just something I could never expect.

Just for the note here’s a list of songs I recorded during those 2 day. I will try to put them on YT asap but it will take lots of time as all of them are in HD. Here they are:

25th June - Friday
BOB, BTBMB & SOML, ST, LYHOM, CC, WGIGO, BM – cover part, HT, HALLELUJAH, BLOODM, SF!!!, LN, SLEEP, IML, WSYCGH, KTF, WDOA, LOAP

26th June - Saturday
LH, ITA, BOG, BM - cover part, BOR, DR, IBTFY, SIBSN, BULLET, KTF, HAND, TD, IHLYG & ILTT, LOAP


So just to sum up, right now I know even more than before that our dreams and wishes are limited only by ourselves. It’s a simple truth that Jon is trying to send us in his songs for years. Some of us only live in dreams and some of us really try to make them come true. Only sky is the limit and everything is possible.

These days, the stars seem out of reach….but they only seem….in reality they are all within our reach. Dreams are closer to reality than we all think. All you have to do is fight for them and believe in yourself. Never give up and then anything can happen. And always Keep The Faith!!! No matter what! And it will happen. Sooner or later but eventually it will happen.

Bon Jovi, thanks again for the amazing shows, 3 in 10 days time, the ones I will remember for the rest of my life. Thanks for those amazing songs, for the ‘straight from the heart’ performances and for writing another unbelievable and memorable chapter of my life. You are the best band in the universe and I hope to see you live again in the future.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

And here it is – for the start the most magical moment – THESE DAYS:

THE END!