New Jersey 25th Anniversary...

I think the band had a real opportunity here to play new jersey in full followed by another set. For example

Lay your hands on me
Bad medicine
Born to be my baby
Living in sin
Blood on blood
Homebound train
Wild is the wind
Ride cowboy ride
Stick to your guns
Ill be there for you
99 in the shade
Love for sale
Because we can
Thats what the water made me
You give love a bad name
Lost highway
Its my life
What about now?
Always
Whats left of me
Who says you cant go home
Have a nice day

Encore
Im with you
Wanted dead or alive
Livin on a prayer

2nd encore
These days
Keep the faith

This could have worked...

All these discussions about playing full albums.....we all know it's never happenin' (unless they're in a Lost Highway mood). I think only Lost Highway has been played fully. Correct me if I'm wrong.

You are correct Mo, the only album to be played in full is LH.

Never happened. It would be too "nostalgia" for them, not to mention Jon couldn't sing half the album anymore. If you want something like this, go see Def Leppard or the Crue. Crue did it for Dr. Feelgood and the Leps are currently doing it for Hysteria. Awesome by both bands.

I can't imagine Vince Neil or Joe Elliott sound that great singing their old stuff either...of course, I always thought Vince Neil was a crap vocalist.

Yeah, I don't think that Jon could do better than Elliot. He sounds like he's aphonic when he sings songs like Animal.

If Tempest can sing like , everyone can do their old hits.

Bon Jovi is nostalgia.

No one would pay a ticket if they didn't play the 80s and 90s classics.

I'd surprise you how many young people thinks about only It's My Life, Thank You For Loving Me and Have A Nice Day when they hear "Bon Jovi".

They're not nostaligia, sales and hits show it. Period.

Joe Elliot sounds fine, he sings like he's always sang. He's never been the vocalists vocalist, he's more of Brian Johnson -school of singing.

And Joey Tempest does a fine job, I can't see anything to complain. Sure, he's lost some of the highest notes, but nowhere near the amount Jon has lost. Plus, Europe is still an amazing live band. I've seen them live 4 or 5 times since the "comeback" and every time they've been great.

Bon Jovi are a nostalgia band, they just don't want to admit it. There are no young people in the audience. No young people listen to Bon Jovi. The only ones buying their albums are their old fans. If that's not the definition of a nostalgia band, I don't know what is.

Ice

Why is Jon so hung up on "not being a nostaligia act"? Those old songs are the reason we all love the band and the reason he is where he is. Jon needs to know that their is nothing wrong with playing the old stuff. SWW & NJ & TD are iconic albums with epic songs. He's forcing the "I'm still relevant" on people.