No Richie on current leg of the tour

BON JOVI FACEBOOK

Stadium Stage!

Jon Bon Jovi is coming home to the Tri-state area for shows on July 25th and 27th! Here is your chance to WIN four tickets to see him at MetLife Stadium! NO comments OR wall posts will be considered! Winner will be randomly selected each week. Click the "Like" Button on the linked page to reveal the entry form. http://bit.ly/Jovi_Tix

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Jon Bon Jovi? .....mmmmm... What happened with David and Tico?

Oh, I'm so glad I was busy replying in the General section of the board while all that happened, so it was all cleared on my behalf in the meantime! Thanks!


No problem, all is clear, all is good now!


Awww. Never doubted. LOL

That's Richie in your picture. Fail.

kinda similar post from MetLife's twitter... only welcome Jon in NJ?

MetLife Stadium ‏@MLStadium 9 Jul

Good afternoon @BonJovi FANS! We will be welcoming Jon back home in grand fashion with some awesome TICKET GIVEAWAYS! Stay tuned!

Oh wow... We have all seen this crap before. It doesn't help that the band's official fan club is "Backstage with JBJ". IF Richie feels like a lesser part of Bon Jovi, it's no wonder why... and it's amazing he put up with it as long as he did (still, no excuse for bolting before the tour was over). Like someone said above, and I'm paraphrasing, it's not about Jon or Richie, it's about the band, and posts like this from the band really irritate me.

The Bon Jovi facebook page didn't write that, they SHARED the link. It was the MetLife Stadium's page who wrote Jon Bon Jovi. You will notice that when the Bon Jovi FB page does talk about the Chicago show and how they will kick off the US tour, they write Bon Jovi.

This. Don't try to sell me the "I'm all about my solo album" line when you dumped us high and dry last year. Shows can be moved to smaller venues if you really give a damn about your fans, and if you can't bring yourself to do that for ego reasons, at least don't lie your ass off about WHY the shows are being axed.

I have a hard time believing this is about anything other than the almighty dollar, but of course that's total speculation. It's long past time for Richie to realize that holding out isn't going to work and either 1) do whatever has to be done to get his spot in Bon Jovi back if he still wants it or 2) man up and say that it's over and he's out. I'm done actually caring which path he takes. At this point, I'm only here because I'm morbidly curious. My how things change.

Well, this should at least end the speculation that he's not "allowed" to promote his solo album.

I'm almost to the point where I don't care if he comes back or not. I'm tired of the bs and wish it would end one way or the other. If he wants to be in the band, he needs to come back already. If he doesn't, he needs to make it official. Stop leaving fans hanging.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHIE

This. The next time someone jumps on my back for not being supportive of Richie when we don't know the reason, I'm sending them to you. For people to think Richie's activity over the last year is why we're annoyed is insane. My annoyance from the Aftermath fiasco bled over into this and just compiled into "Give me a break" territory. Don't want to tell me why you're not on tour? Fine, but I shouldn't be expected to guess reasons why it's acceptable.