One of the pleasures of being a Bon Jovi fan is sharing their fantastic community of fans. You can't tell me there's no better fan community than Bon Jovi ones. We've been behind the band forever - and it's always a pleasure to meet new Bon Jovi fans. I get happy to hear when Bon Jovi visits your town and you get to see them. How many time's is that now? 5, 11, 25?? Bet you must be really lucky to have seen so many Bon Jovi concerts.

Me? Well I'm from South Africa. And on behalf of everyone else here, and perhaps New Zealand; Mexico and the residents on the moon, I'd just like to say I'm very disappointed.

Why? Okay so what - it's been like, 7, 8 years since we lot last saw them? It's just not fair.

I know Bon Jovi do not do the massive 250 plus shows like before and I don't want them to...it's very tough and crazy to do that now. But how come we lot always miss out? Australia were very lucky to have BJ there. Otherwise you and I both know ordinarily BJ would not tour there these days (funny - "These Days" was the last tour that incorporated South Africa, Australia, India etc.)

All I'm saying is that share some of that Bon Jovi magic around - the Crush and Bounce tours were so close together that barely not enough time had passed since some of you saw them again. Hey, like I said I'm thrilled for those of you who had a chance to see the guys.

But it's the same places over and over again. Everyone knows that East Rutherford will always be last 2 dates, and in August. Heck, when the next BJ world tour comes around we'll all be able to predict the dates - they'll be the same as before. Instead of doing 8 or so shows in Japan on 2 separate trips, why not include South Africa, New Zealand and Australia instead of that 2nd trip to Asia???

In South Africa, Bon Jovi is probably the best supported rock group ever, even behind U2, And we don't attract the 15 000 or 18 000 'capacity' crowd - we have outdoor concerts in massive stadiums - 40 000 to 50 000 is the norm for a Bon Jovi concert in South Africa - that's what happened last time they were here in 1995 (For those interested in facts and statistics, BJ still hold the record for a Western act in Durban with an attendance of 44 000; while they were one of the few acts to sell all the stadiums out throughout the South African tour)

I'm sorry for ranting and raving, but there'a s a voice that has to be heard and it's that Bon Jovi are still the world's biggest band - let's see them spread that image around a bit moer, hey?