Official July 5th 2013 - Hyde Park, London, UK thread

cheers.....

Cheers for that, I'll give a proper watch when I get home. It shows how enormous the gold circle was though, the GA was absolutely miles back and obstructed which caused a lot of my disappointment with the show

thank youuuu!!!

Thanks for posting the link I'll throw my 2 cents in about the show (bit late I no) I decided to go at the last minute with my brother and a few of his friends. I enjoyed it I can't really complain after picking up a ticket for cheap was maybe slightly disappointed in the set especially after getting my hopes up for TAALS nice performance none the less every one seemed to have a blast fans and the band, I thought the sound was rather shite for the first quarter of the show, you could hardly hear Jon! (I convinced my brother to move closer and it got better) kaisers ain't bad live either
Merch.... One t-shirt with the whole band on! :a
And when the announcer announced "tonight we have Jon bon jovi" pfffft made me a bit angry....
None the less the weather was great atmosphere was sweet and the company and drinks went well together

i will also post my late review...it was my sixth bj concert. twice in twickenham and o2, once in athens... and now hyde park...i was really dissapointed with the whole richie fiasco and really didnt wanted to go, but i trully love the band and decided i want to see them at least once every tour for as long as they tour.
hyde park is a place with a special vibe, the concert started really early imo but looked like there was a strict curfew this time as well.the place was packed and it was nice to see the crowd. jon was full of energy and gave his all, the guy looks like he is in the thirtys not 50...its impressive.
the band sounded tight but imo they sound like a coverband...bobby guitarwise is a mediocrity and phil x doesnt suit them imo. the solos and the guitar work were decent but the whole jovi sound wasnt there. the always solo was different but nice, the only solo he nailed all night...the dry county performance got many cheers and kudos from jon and the crowd but i dont think he really nailed it...he always plays little behind the bit, his licks are safer and most of them not so fluent. the guy is a good guitarist for sure but kinda sloppy and with not true character in his playing. of course a comparison with richie would be unfair but if he was as good as so many people here wrongly think so then there would be ONE performane of ONE song he would have performed better than richie...not one...
phil x helped the band and stepped up but it really bothers me when jon thinks he can replace a musician like richie or when the crowd cant hear the difference...its different and its worse....
we called richie sloppy cause he bummed 2-3 notes in a 2 hour set(and richie obviously has declined as a guitarist...) but philx didnt a play a song flawlessly all night, no need to mention bobby...
anyway jon tried through the whole show and was really good, david has drastically improve his game and role , tico was good, i think he was better with more energy the other times i ve seen him, phil x was decent, bobby is ok, hugh is ok,good musician really boring figure on stage though...
the encore was really nice, jon looked like he wanted to play more, i dont know if its choreographed but it was tico who insisted on stop playing...especially in blood on blood they all came back running...
it was a nice concert but unfortunatelly nothing magical, i enjoyed the experience and i cant wait for richie to come back, its not the same without him, he simply cant be replaced(no matter how much he has dissapointed most us the last months)

Maybe I've missd it, but were there any plans to show highlights of this show on UK Television (Sky Arts perhaps)?

At 3.24 minutes you can see my daughter sat on my shoulders clapping!! brilliant

Nice.
I'm on it far more frequently that my wife would like.... stick out like a sore thumb as I'm taller than all the people that were around me in the DC!
Every so often her head also pops up on it.

If anyone's interested, my photos are being made available on RedBubble.
Will take me a couple of days, but first batch are there.
FYI - I only make 20% of fee if any are sold......

www.redbubble.com/people/WalkerboyUK

Those are fantastic photos, all of your work actually. I might pick one up for my room and one for my office - I just wish the Poster was bigger than 21.9"x16.4".