I’ve been following this forum for a number of years but mainly as a reader. I went along on Sunday with my wife and we are massive Jovi fans from the early 90s. Having not seen them since the last visit to Cardiff I was super excited and in the build up it felt like seeing the band the first time over.

I know there is a lot of negativity on here about jon’s Voice and the shortness of the set, but I left the venue on Sunday having enjoyed one of the best concerts I’d been to over the past 5 yrs. Yes Jon’s voice isn’t what it was, and not having Richie around is disappointing but the band were having a great time and Jon was putting so much energy into the show.

What struck me the most was that the crowd was so into it. Nearly everyone at the venue had grown up supporting the band and had an emotional tie to the evening. I’ve never been at a Jovi concert where the gold circle were so into it and the atmosphere was brilliant. I think the crowd helped Jon through some of the songs and hid some of his flaws.

I think that we have to accept that at the age of 57 Jon is going to struggle at times, but Bon Jovi are the band I grew up loving and I’d much prefer 2hrs at this level than not at all. Sunday was a blast and even though the set list was shorter than others we got 20 brilliant tunes and the time flew by.