It’s been more than 24h since the show in Paris finished and I still can’t stop thinking about it. I would like to share all my thoughts with you but I don’t know where to start. I won’t judge the show song by song, because all of them were great. I danced, jumped, sang and shouted from start to finish. In the meantime I took some photos and videos. I passed the camera to my wife for my favourite songs so I could jump and shout even more(KTF, ILTFY, LIR, LOAP) By the end of ‘Prayer’ I lost my voice almost completely and probably few kg from sweating also By the way, I apologise in advance for my shouting and singing in some parts of few videos, I just couldn’t stop myself from doing that

No matter what some of you may think, set list on paper are nowhere near to the real show. I can agree that on paper our set list may look not superb but actually the show was spectacular. First of all those set lists are perfect for the casual fans. Even songs like Captain Crash or Sleep are extremely well received by the audience, even though most of us would like them to be changed for other songs (including myself). Songs like IML, YGLABN, BM, WDOA, LOAP, WGIGO, BTBMB, BOB were the ones that the crowd loved the most. That’s why they play them in each show. And WGIGO is perfect for live shows and those stairs made of robot-screens are amazing. I personally like the song very much and I think it deserves its place as a staple in each set.

First of all I would like to underline the importance of the audience in Paris. The thing that hit me right away was the fact that after few first lines of BOB everyone have stood up from their seats. I mean literally everyone. And what’s even more interesting, they have never sat down back again until the very end of the show. You will be able to see it on my videos. You could easily feel brilliant atmosphere and vibe in the arena. And Jon noticed that right away. Moreover people knew all the lyrics, almost to each song. There were a lot of moments when Jon let the crowd sing and they did that easily. I bet that is one of the best parts of his work – too see and hear thousands of people sing his songs, word by word. There was a great moment after WGIGO. After the song finished it seemed like they were about to start the next song but the crowd started to sing WGIGO again and Jon let them do that. It was great. I managed to capture that at the beginning of BM video which was the next song (you will be able to see it soon). One thing that might lower down the crowd attention at some point (as much as the bands’ attention) was the temperature and humidity in the arena. It was extremely hot and I am not sure if air-conditioning worked well. It was hard to breathe at times, but maybe it had also something to do with my jumping also

And the most important thing - Jon’s voice is absolutely amazing and Richie is a killer on guitar and his solos are perfect. They were definitely not on auto pilot. They were on fire. And I mean red hot fire. They might be tired because of the humidity but definitely not autopilot. Jon had smile on his face all the time and you could easily see that he truly enjoys the show very much. He was very much pleased with the reaction of the crowd. You could feel the connection between the band and the audience during the show last night. It was great for both sides. As a prove for that was the thing that I jumped and danced on LH and WSYCGH even though I don’t like those songs. When you hear them live, it’s just different. The band takes you to an unknown place - to Rock & Roll Heaven and you just enjoy every second of it and you just don’t want to leave this unbelievable place. No matter what they play.

For me the biggest highlights were BOR and KTF. But to be honest each song had its highlights and I enjoyed each one of them. The only thing this show missed in my opinion was ‘Dry County’ or ‘Something To Believe In’ or ‘These Days’ (my personal wishes). Basically one or two more songs for die-hards. I think it was close to that. After the ‘Prayer’ finished the audience tried to shout for a second encore. But arena stuff hit the main lights after few seconds and it was obvious that they will not return and people stopped shouting. But I do not have any hard feelings towards the band that they did not play them, because they left their hearts and souls on the stage anyway, without a doubt.

My second thought is not only about this show but in general few previous shows. I don’t know why the band has stopped playing songs from the new album. TIMS and LTOR were amazing live in US leg. Bullet also worked well. And the strangest thing for me is that they do not play BPL, which is easily the best song from the new album. I agree with many of you that Jon gave up too soon with that. And I think that the crowd in Paris actually received the new songs very well, especially WWBTF and WWWB and got involved into them. Especially sha-la-la’s of WWWB. I have the video of it and you will see that for yourselves.

And one more thought. After seeing it personally right now I am sure that their shows are worth every cent you pay for it. The guys truly deliver a great performance this tour. It was way much better from my previous (and the first) show in Bristol in 2008, and I thought that they were fantastic then. Right now they were way better. And now I can also say that indoor shows are better, at least for me (Bristol was in a stadium). Stadium shows in Europe start too soon and it gets dark only at the end of the shows and you just miss most of the light/screen effects. In arena the scenery is much much better.

I don’t know how to describe how I loved the show. And no matter how hard I try, those of you who haven’t witnessed that personally will not understand that. I hope that my videos will show at least a small part how great it was – the band and the crowd. I waited for the show for almost 9 months after I have bought the tickets in late October and traveled over 1600km one way by car just to see them. Moreover what was originally going to be trip for the show only, turned out to be a magical family trip. At the end I went to Paris with my wife and our not even 1 year old daughter (11,5 months) and my parents. We have spent 6 amazing days in Paris and area (including Versailles and Euro Disneyland) and we had an amazing time together. The show was the last point of our stay in Paris and what a finish it was. And all of that because of a rock band from NJ - 2,5h show turned into a 10 day trip (right now we are half way home, in Germany, visiting our relatives).Great, isn’t it? And only BON JOVI can give you that

Here’s something for the start – my favourite of the night – BOR. I will try to post the rest asap but it will take some time. I have recorded in HD and all videos have about 7GB so a lot of uploading ahead of me. I have many songs, including LIR Enjoy this one and wait patiently for the rest of videos and some photos!

Bed of Roses – Paris, Bercy, 16.06.2010: