I think you all have missed a point, We all agree that Richie is an essential cog in the huge machine that is BON JOVI. Jon is not stupid, from both a "musical" point of veiw and probably more important to Jon, a "Financial" point of view, he knows full well that sacking Richie would be a bad move and as has been proven on here, it would go down with the fans about as well TLFR did!!!! Im still maintaining that its a personal issue with either himself or a member if his family....All we can do is hope that whatever it is gets sorted ASAP but I do think a breif explanation of what is going on would be the decent thing to do from Richie.