No Richie on current leg of the tour

Jon could leave Richie sing those songs. For me it would be perfect.

Yeah, well... not my point.

You speak/write English better than a lot natives.

Slightly surprised by this. On the surface it doesn't quite seem to jive with the entirety of your frustrations expressed this year.

You say 'He is part of a band and....he should be promoting it'.

But you've stated repeatedly that it's not a Bon Jovi album among all the many, many other things wrong with the studio output, the live shows and the JBJ Corporate Empire in general.

What you've just said basically amounts to saying 'Richie is part of a band so if Jon wants to put out a shit JBJ solo record under the Bon Jovi name every year for the next 10 years then Richie and the band had better support it'. But you haven't said why he should be committed and support it other than because he's in the band.

At this point, given the train wreck the band as a whole has become, i'm surprised you aren't somewhat optimistic for the long term. If Richie continues supporting Jon there is far more chance the status-quo will continue and we'll get more fad-chasing albums for the next decade and more dull tours (I don't think you're right that the current and recent course would eventually lead the band into playing smaller venues due to dwindling demand to see them live).

If Richie doesn't bow to pressure then what this potentially does is open up a conversation with Jon about all the things we (and presumably he) are frustrated with.

When The Stones got together to make A Bigger Bang it was the first time Mick and Keith had written together face to face for an album in about 2 decades.

As frustrating as this silence/stalemate is at the minute we have no idea how it's going to play out and it could be to the benefit of everyone.

Yep. I am happy Jon put it where it should be. Right at Richie's feet. To me it sounds like they are tired of his shit and he needs to grow up. In fact now I do hope they come by my area and I will buy a ticket if for nothing else then to support the guys out there doing it like PROFESSIONALS!

No, not at all. The only one of those three that would make it more likely he'd return quickly is a minor illness from which he's recovered. But then of course the question is was it serious enough to keep him out on the first place. If its tragedy or emergency then there are a lot of concerns and reasons which could keep him out for a very long time. It's much simpler and easier if its a falling out to turn around and say 'I was being a twat, let's be friends' from either party.

David is presently the most successful member musically outside of the band without a doubt. I don't think he needs to have a hissy fit and demand they should promote and play songs from Memphis, Toxic Avenger, Chasing the Song and whatever other projects he has going.

If this is the case then Richie needs to grow up.

Maybe I´m hearing things here but Jon says at 1:58 "...when he works through his personal issues...." and at 2:12 "we are fortunate that the guy that filled in for him last time that he had issues was available....".


As far as I know the issues Richie had in 2011 was rehab etc. Did Jon give a hint here?

Maybe Richie felt strong enough at the beginning of the tour that he could go through this without any of his demons showing up again (like on previous tours) but in this 2 weeks break (or even before) he felt it doesn´t work so he decided to leave the tour.

But then again he would have informed the guys not 6 hours before showtime - but it could be something in that direction.

Completely agree. Why Richie always have to crawl to the feet of Jon?

Saying its just as good without him isn't doing anything good