Pissed Off

just because you are stupid enough to do it?! Go smoke a joint, have cold shower OR SIMPLY **** OFF!

But who would pay 40 dollars for access to a message board. When the people here start getting fans in early for shows, THEN i'd say it's a problem.

I see a lot of people getting pissed at the Hull concert. After reading it all, I can say their disappointment is justified, but count yourself lucky guys. I never seen them play live, how I wish to see even one, even at that infamous concert. Sigh. You guys should be grateful they went there to play.

Well I thought I had finally best post just some thoughts on the ****in discrace that was Hull.

I don't know where to start really, and somehow despite being back from the UK tour for just over four days now, I have managed to refrain from posting my very angry comments about the 'show' if you can even call it that.

After best part of two weeks following Bon Jovi around on tour in the UK, and having spent in the region of £700 on concert tickets, hotels, travel costs, food and drink, Jon and the boys decided that for a £70 ticket, they could play for just one hour and fifty-five minutes. What a discrace! Is it just that we are used to having longer shows with this band, or did we really get treated like shit? I'm personally going for the latter, and I'm sure most fans who went, will agree with me.

We entered the KC Stadium via the FC queue shortly before 4pm and the heavens decided to piss on those who thought it would be warm enough to just wear tshirts for the day, so we all had to stand in our wet clothes, or borrow bin-bags to stick over our heads, or if we were really rich, buy a plastic poncho for a fiver. We were then threated to two compettion 'winners' (cough) who a) couldnt sing to save their lives and b) hadnt bothered to even do a sound-check as the sound quality was clearly muffled and distorted.

8pm came, and went and for the first time on the UK tour, BJ decided to come out at least ten minutes later than usual, so we straight away knew that something was wrong. One of the stewards who I had been talking to all week, came over and gave me a onstage wristband. This was the highlight of the day, and I couldnt stop bouncing around. I had group 4 band, and had to watch the groups as they went on and off the stage and wait my turn.

The band came out, and everyone looked fine, Jon came out from the side of the stage onto the bridge and smiled at the crowd like he always does, and for all we knew, the band were going to give us a good send off, that those die-hards had deserved for following them around. Bollocks!

I'm not prepared to do a full pbp of the show, because many people have already written theirs. Basically, we soon were to realise that maybe we were not going to get the European Tour finale that we had all expected. There was no additional 'na na na na nas' at the end of Born To Be My Baby. I could tell Carli was extremely unimpressed as it is her favourite song. Then there was no 'Jump onboard my time machine' which had been a feature at most shows I had seen thus far. That was also disappointing. For this first time, also, Jon didnt go out onto the rasied platform around the Gold Circle for In These Arms. Very odd.

The only thing that kept me going was the thought that I would be going onstage in a few songs time, so I went out to the side of the stage and asked security where to queue up. I was first inline, but by the time the third group were coming off, I was told by one security guy that I wasnt allowed onstage during group four 'Because I was a guy, and Jon didnt want guys onstage for the love songs section'. Cue heart-break. May sound sad to some, but it was the only thing that kept me going through a very plain and boring set. I wouldn't mind but buys are allowed onstage for every other group, so why not four? I dont class Complicated, Bad Medicine and Raise Yopur Hands as a love songs section by any means. I tried to argue my way around it, but you don't get anywhere with these nobheads.

So then came a three long 'encore' with no rare songs that we had all expected from the finale show. No Never Say Goodbye, no band announcements, no thank you's, no **** all. Thanks for nothing Jon!

Kev, I still wonder what those people were smoking who said "no guys in group 4"! At Tampa #1, I was right over the waiting area for people going into the fan pits and every group had males and females waiting. I've never noticed a female-only fan pit. That's a shame. They could have at least come up with a better excuse than it being "the love song" portion of the show. I don't think Bad Medicine is being played at many weddings.

You know we were group 4 at the Southampton show and the dude said the same thing. No guys! But, I really don't think this is a band or Jon thing, that guy seemed to be making his own rules.

deb

Hi Kev,
We were stood behind you when you were given the wristband..Your excitement was tangible!...At one stage I was worried you may forget to go up!!...Some mates at Southampton had been given the same "talk" but at least they'd not been given a band!!....But hey, the tour overall was great!!

Yeah, that's bulls*** - I got on stage during In These Arms & I'll be there for you (Albeit Richie Singing) which is far more a love song than those three.

That security guard needs a good kicking!

That said at the MK2 show I need notice that most of the people in the front of groups were scantily clad & generally well endowed females.

It's always been the same ..

Groups 1&2 - Competition Winners
Group 3 - Random people selected from the crowd
Group 4 - Totty (and most definitely NO men)

It's sad but true and has been the same for the last 3 tours ...

Sorry to hear that screwed you over Kev, but as far as I was told it's a BJ Management directive - thats why my hubby couldn't join me on stage.

So, does that mean I'm a totty, lol!! In the US, group 4 a lot of time consists of friends/family of the band. So, there are always men in there. I had a blast up there for the Southampton show.