No Richie on current leg of the tour

Me too, the crowd will go ballistic! I am keeping my fingers crossed.....no matter what, still going to have a great time.

The "prayer" video is on vh1 classic right now. I hope today is the return of Richie Sambora. Watching this video made me think of all those interviews they used to do when they would talk about "the Godfather " mentality . Not discussing family business with outsiders. Are those days gone? Or have they done a good job of keeping to that mentality?

I mentioned that on this thread a while back. Hope it happens tonight.

Well, even with this whole supposed 'dispute', neither of them have actually said much. It's the media and their 'sources' that are stirring the pot with numerous theories as to why Richie left the tour.

But the comments Jon and Richie /did/ make to the media showed a few cracks in the armor, so-to-speak. But even those weren't enough to really give us an idea of what started this whole thing.

Throughout this, they have stuck to "personal reasons." A lot of the media (and fans) are frustrated with just how vague that term is and think Richie owes them an explanation. But if we truly admire them not discussing "family business" then I do think they have kept to that remarkably well during this whole fiasco. As much as some want to know what happened, we may well never find out.

BTW, here are some more pictures of Richie and Nikki:

Yep, they would including myself but I do not expect him to be there! Best thing is he is there, starts on stage on his own with I believe but Phil is also in the band up with Hugh and gets to play a few solos and jams with Richie.

Won't happen tho!

Nikki just posted this about filming that segment for Japanese TV:

http://www.nikkirichclothing.com/nik...for-women-201/

Richie Sambora ‏@TheRealSambora 16m

This jettlag really workin for me. It's amazing what you can get done when everyone's asleep...

Welcome back Richie....assuming he means jetlag from the flight to NJ. Which is odd because I was told he was here as of last night to be with his mother on his dad's birthday. I think he means jetlag from last night, which could explain his fall asleep tweet.

Anyway....enjoy the show tonight and bring rain gear everyone. Mid 60s and rain possible.

Yada yada yada. Y'all are really getting some false hope, aren't ye?

i hope you are right man but i dont think there is any chance he ll be back at this point