As you guys all know, I recently joined the forum at the start of the tour this year. I have been reading the forum since the Circle Tour days, and enjoy following the PBP every night. I just wanted to comment on the setlists structure and the songs that are being played, and the way everyone here views it....
I'm only 16, I wasn't even born yet when These Days came out, I've seen 3 shows in my life. (Gillette 2010, Mohegan 2011, and the free snowed out show in 2013 at Mohegan) I'll be going to Mohegan in the fall and Gillette this summer. The Gillette show I was at was a very standard set for 2010, and the Mohegan 2011 show had a short but unique set with many rarities and a different set structure. I know we all on here complain about the 2013 set and lack of energy from Jon throughout the first few shows. It is tough to judge from just following a PBP and seeing the videos though. I was at Mohegan and it was a blast for me to be so up close to the band I follow, I never had pit tickets and wasn't supposed to be up that close, but with the snow everyone was on the floor and it was a lot more intimate and seeing them so up close meant a lot to me and brought a smile to my face.
My uncle was the one that brought me into the Jovi world and he bought me Crossroads for Chistmas when I was 7, and I put it into the CD player in my house and played it over and over. As I continued to grow up I discovered more and more old songs and lesser known songs that have become some of my favorites. One of my uncle's favortive songs happens to be Captain Crash (I know that would take some slack on here) and he had never heard it live until Mohegan this year. When JBJ started it out with his acoustic and did the first part by himself, my uncle's eyes lit up and he had a huge smile on his face. We shared in the happy moment. That day two weeks ago we drove through the snow and a driving ban just to see the band we love, I think sometimes on here that feeling gets forgotten, yeah the boys play some bad sets, but there's a reason we are all here every night to follow the PBP. The Mohegan snow show will go down as one of my highlights of this band ever, not because it was the best performances ever or the best set, but because for those 2 hours that night, I smiled like a kid in a candy shop in awe and watched Bon Jovi, up close, right in front of my eyes...

Sorry for the long post guys! I just wanted to get my point across, and I look forward to the PBP tonight!