Tour starts in January ??

Really ? i wont pay my credit card then

I think Richie was a bit 'meh' on the HAND tour. He just didn't have 'it', that X factor (not that x factor u numties ) that makes a show special. He had a fair old bit of weight on him too, which sort of went against his past physique.

Jon was amazing though, he was on fire. He is definately losing it vocally, but he still make you feel like he wants you to be there, even though we all know he hates touring.

But he sang a lot better on the hand tour than he did on the Bounce tour.

Yeah, agreed. Taking everything post 2000 though, he has took a big nose dive. It's still quite good though - since it was amazingh on KTF, TD and sort of on DA.

Richie's voice is still very nice too. He's got a good 10 years before it begins to sound techinically poor.

Yeah, I agree! oh the 90s.

I agree. I was blown away by how much Jon's voice had improved, not just from the Bounce tour, but even from as late as the Box set show. He'd started to sound really thin and reedy at times, and often out of breath, but on the HAND tour he totally turned it around. His voice was much fuller and more powerful - not up to TD standards obviously, but still consistently very strong. I'd love to know how he did it.

Aren't you blowing everyday?

Oxygen inhalers off stage.Works wonders on the vocal chords

It's not bad at making you faint either

He sounds a bit forced on 'I love this town', still good though. I think it's what he was aiming for.

I'm so excited for this tour! It'll be the first time I ever see him live (unless I win the tickets to fly to London and see him open the 02). I've only seen Jon "live" on youtube... hehe. I hear that his concerts are truly amazing.

My mom went to see him in 80s and she says it was the best concert of her life, even though she's not that big of a Bon Jovi fan. I'll be sure to be one of the first to buy the tickets and try and get floor seats.

ahh xD , the tour begins in more than 7 months and I'm already getting the shivers.