Official Saturday February 9, 2013, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville thread

I think What About Now improves with every time they play it - I enjoyed the song from the first time on and I really like it live so far, especially when Jon and Richie's vocals blend together on "who stands for the restles...".

The Fighter - I'm not sure. I've gotten used to the JBJ live performances which were slower but somehow made the song more intimate to me. It's similar to when they did NSG last tour in Belgium in a faster pace, but still in an acoustic rendition. That didn't do much for me either.

Wild Is The Wind - I truly hope Jon's vocals will warm up after a few shows (and I guess they will)! He sounds really, really flat and boring on that song. And did anyone notice that during the 2nd verse Bobby is all over the place here? Never noticed that before. In this particular case I don't find it all that bad to be honest.
And right after the solo - who joined in on that "Baby" part when it was so much louder all of a sudden? Or is that a playback track?

Even though you are being sarcastic: you never know. When a friend met Obie and ask him for a song, they played it (of course I don't know if it was on the set anyway).
And since Jon sometimes plays requests, maybe you are lucky.

I once swallowed my pride and bought a ticket to see Oasis at s*nderland. This was around March.

Three months later Newcastle were a Championship side and all of sunderland were singing, during an Oasis concert, about Alan Shearer and Kevin Keegan cheering up.

Horrendous.

I'll be honest, I'd hate if a Bon Jovi show would be postponed or cancelled. When they came to Argentina not only that I had to pay the ticket 3 times of what it costed (US$ 700), I traveled 28 miles to take a bus, all the roads were closed because of a manifestation, I got to go put the car on 4x4 and travel all the way on the plateau, and it had rained for days until the day before, so the car was almost all on the mud, the mud was almost on the height of the window of the door. While doing that I was calling a friend to please convince the driver of the bus to please wait, as I was not going to make it on time. When I got there I traveled for 16 hours on a bus. 16. ****ing. hours. All of that to see Bon Jovi, and you're going to tell me that you couldn't get there while the roads weren't closed? Like anyone of us haven't drived or being drived while there was a storm.
Maybe the americans don't care that much as they have more than 50 concerts every tour on their country, but if I got to a concert because I cared and it was postponed, I'd be mad as hell.
And I'm praising Jon and the band because they could just called it off on the last minute, but he went out and played, and he didn't played only 30 minutes. He played 21 songs, more than most of bands do on a regular concert. People was going to hate it? I don't think so, it wouldn't be the first time that a gig is canceled or postponed on the last minute.

UPDATED: Bon Jovi plays free show for Mohegan Sun fans

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Publication: theday.com
Published 02/09/2013 12:00 AM
Updated 02/10/2013 04:07 PM
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By RICK KOSTER

Day Arts Writer

Led Zeppelin can crow all they want about being from the land of the ice and snow. But if it’s blizzard-time rock ‘n’ roll you want, look to Bon Jovi.

The multiple-platinum New Jersey band put on an impromptu free performance Saturday afternoon in the Mohegan Sun Arena before a Sun-estimated crowd of 2,000 fortunate folks.

Bon Jovi was scheduled to open a world tour Saturday night in the arena, but had postponed the show because of the blizzard and a statewide travel ban. The concert was rescheduled for Oct. 25.

As Saturday wore on, though, the band – on-site in the casino after several days of tour rehearsals in the Arena – learned that not only was the travel ban lifted at 4 p.m., but also hundreds of fans were already in the casino in anticipation of the scheduled performance.

After consulting with Tom Cantone, the casino’s vice-president of sports and entertainment, Bon Jovi decided to put on the free concert.

“It was a weekend to remember. It was Jon and the band’s idea totally,” Cantone said. “We’d been discussing the postponement. Jon said, ‘We’ll do the October date, but why don’t we also do a free show tonight for the people who are here and did make it?’

“Which was a great idea,” Cantone said. People were already here and couldn’t leave. We took a bad situation and put a happy ending on it.”

News of the impromptu show was communicated within the casino in a variety of ways. Information was spread door-to-door within the hotel, the facility’s PA system made announcements, and staff members went throughout the facility spreading the news. Word-of-mouth and use of social media took the information beyond the parameter of the property. By the time the band took the stage about 5 p.m., original ticket holders, arena staffers and Sun employees, fans nearby who could brave traffic conditions, and casino customers just randomly wandering through the gaming areas and shops gathered in the hall.

They were treated to a complete recitation of Bon Jovi’s complete and tightly choreographed tour show. Using a full complement of stage lighting and production effects, Bon Jovi played 23 songs over the course of two hours – including an encore of “Living On a Prayer.” The band mixed old favorites and material from their upcoming album, “What About Now,” which will be released in March.

A statement on the official Bon Jovi web site said, “The band performed … for snowed-in fans, patrons and employees alike. Bon Jovi recognizes how much preparation it takes for fans to attend a concert and they wanted to honor that the best way that they know how.”

“I’ve never heard a crowd that size sound that loud,” said longtime Bon Jovi fan Michael O’Farrell. “This is why people love this band. They didn’t have to do this at all. Or they could have come out and played five or even 10 songs and people would have been grateful. But they went full blast for two hours – and they were clearly having as much fun as we were.”

O’Farrell, a Norwich resident, spent Saturday alternating between shoveling snow and trying to find out whether the concert had been cancelled. At 4 p.m., a friend called O’Farrell to say he’d heard from a source in the casino that Bon Jovi would in fact perform around 5 p.m.

“My wife Renee gave me an early Valentine’s Day present,” O’Farrell said. “She told me to go for it. It was like driving through ice-soup to get there, but I made it in time. The lights went down and the band came out and Jon Bon Jovi said, ‘You’ve got to be really big to do a matinee. It’s not how we envisioned kicking off a world tour, but it’ll be fun.’”

O’Farrell said he was standing on the floor in a very disparate group. Fans from Vermont told him they’d had to leave home really early Saturday to get to the casino on time -- given the weather and travel conditions – and were just hoping the performance wouldn’t be cancelled. Others standing next to O’Farrell told him they didn’t have tickets and weren’t even aware Bon Jovi was playing. They were just visiting the casino. “Believe me, they’re fans now,” O’Farrell said.

Tickets for the official Saturday concert will be honored at the Oct. 25 performance.

Bon Jovi may have rescheduled his Saturday night concert at Mohegan Sun, but that didn't mean he'd left his fans out in the cold.

"There have been a lot of rumors going around regarding the Bon Jovi concert at Mohegan Sun. I wanted to confirm that they did in fact perform a special, free concert for hotel guests and fans that had made the trek in advance to see the show," said Mohegan Sun spokesperson Cathy Soper in an email. "The group performed their full concert; around 2,000 were in attendance. It began around 5pm this evening."

Saturday's show was rescheduled to Oct. 25.

http://www.theday.com/article/20130209/ENT10/130209735

I need to jump in here and make some points....

You sound very angry and I think Jon really made the best of a bad situation for everyone.

First off, I credit Jon for putting on a full show. He could have did 12 songs and been out but he hung in there and even did an encore. I also like how he brought the girl on the stage and had a good time with it.

My point is, he wasn't on auto-pilot trying to satisfy a void. He practically put on the same show he would have if the show wasn't cancelled so that does deserve some credit.

Weather reports are enough to shut down a high school football game but something of such magnitude needs more than that. There are so many other factors that go into these sorts of things (legally), you only know a fraction of them. You can't fault Jon for not cancelling. There were NO greedy intentions going on there. Jon is not that much of a dick and I'll stand by that 100%..... There are just so many “what if” factors.
What if the roads didn't close? People would be pissed. The stage was set-up on Thursday and ready to go. You just don't break down a stage and cancel due to snow. Apparently 2000 people made arrangements so it's not fair to them either. Etc Etc
It was a lose / lose situation for fans no matter what angel you take however, Jon playing for those 2000 fans made it a win / win and really made the best of a bad situation.

Now Jon will capitalize on this:

I'd bet concessions were still open and official merchandise was purchased.

Jon doing a free show could also mean a tax write-off. They rent the place from Mohegan Sun so maybe M.S. reimbursed the band and took the write off.

They will do one extra show at the end of this leg and life will go on.

I thought you retired? Or did you so desperately need to convey a message that probably took a lot of your time, but no one cared about?

With a new album and tour on the mend, I need to come here for information. I can't help but make corrections to certain posts.

Unfortunately, I noticed it is very boring here without me. Reading some of these posts is like watching paint dry. They start off good and just fade.

Fortunately for you, the timing with the new tour and album could prolong my retirement for another month but only on a limited basis.

I will only post when necessary and will not be sharing any information from any of my sources. The ironic thing is, I've been spot on with everything I've been saying about the new album so far. The very same topics that got me suspended.

WTF man? What's the point now? He said some objective and on-topic things, and you're gonna bash him ad hominem? Really? This board is really on it's low these days. It's just going in circles...

Oh dang. This really really sucks. Please! What would we do without your inside information?