i d like to know who called who and in what occasion. i bet it was richie. i anticipate the future releases but truth be told the new album wont be true bj for me, it simply cant be without richie on board. i believe it will probably be good but not classic bj.richie was an integral part.
two facts, richie wanted to come back for the stadium europe leg, jon obviously refused and since then richie comments he isnt looking forward coming back...in an ideal world richie would like to play the high profile gigs come and go as he pleases.
jon is a businesman but i cant believe he doesnt miss richie at all, they both made mistakes but what looks childish to me is that after all these years etc etc they havent met in person to resolve this...they have talked a couple times in the phone but none of them said lets straight this out regardlless if we play again in the future.

surely there is some bad blood still but i hope if they ever met they d work it out.

ps,as the bj machine is about to start again there wil be more and more questions about the matter, the same goes for richie who seems to want to capitilize on the bj promoting wave by releasing sth close to the bj release. a move that doesnt flatter him imo if proven true.