No Richie on current leg of the tour

Twitter as well, the same.

The "Richie is no longer the guitarist he used to be " is so true though unexplainable. I can get the reasons for which Jon has turned terrible over the years (smoking, lack of practice) but richie's decline keeps being a mystery.
About the European shows, I wanted to sell my tickets 2 weeks ago if Richie missed that leg. Now I say to myself that it might be even better with Phil X. He does an awesome job with Ktf or always!

Just sold my Diamond Circle tickets with Backstage Bar access..... Need the cash back more than we need the gig. May resort to GA tickets closer to the date if we can afford it.

Sorry if I missed it, but have we received any further info yet on when or if Richie will be back?

Absolutely nothing so far.

OK, thanks. Tough keeping up with this thread.

Three weeks today until they kick off the Eastern Hemisphere leg with two shows in South Africa then onto Europe so we will find out soon enough if he will be there.

It was TMZ who broke the story in 2011 about Richie rejoining the tour so there will be an obvious sense in irony if they do this again.

I'm really surprised he's managed to keep himself out of the limelight this long. I still think rehab is a good shout and someone is doing the Twitter for him. If I had to go into rehab for a third time I wouldn't want to tell anyone.

He may not have necessarily fell off the wagon but got temptations whilst on holiday and needs the therapy before he gets worse.

Come on Richie, throw your loyal fans a line, when you coming back to spread some of that Sambora magic we all know and love....oh yes and have paid £100 a ticket to be part of that magic.

I can't believe this thread is still going

I can't believe that there has been no word at all about Richie's return. The silence is deafening.