your first Jovi concert?

The first time I saw them playing live was Brussels the 22nd of April 1993, it was a great evening , if I remember well, Runaway wasn't planned but the crowd was asking for it so Jon decided to change the setlist and to play it before Prayer ended the show.

Setlist :

I believe
Wild in the streets
Bad name
Born to be my baby
I can’t help (falling in love with you)
Bed of roses
Faith
I’d die for you
Blood money
Blaze of glory
Dry county
Lay your hands on me
I’ll sleep when I’m dead
Blood on blood
Bad medicine-Shout
Drift away
In these arms
Wanted
Runaway
Prayer

My first show was July 20th, 2010. I really loved The Circle album and that's the only reason I went. If I never would have got The Circle album, I probably wouldn't be a fan today as it was my first Bon Jovi album. It sucks cause they hardly played any songs from The Circle on The Circle tour, it would make sense to play a minimum of 6 songs since thats the album they are promoting.

Also it was my first time in a stadium, I had always wanted to go to Skydome (now known as Rogers Centre), I will be going there again this year to see U2. Wish Bon Jovi once again plays in the Skydome, its much bigger & tickets are more cheaper.

1. BLOOD ON BLOOD
* 2. WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW
* 3. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
4. BORN TO BE MY BABY
5. LOST HIGHWAY
* 6. RUNAWAY
* 7. IT'S MY LIFE
8. I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
9. WE GOT IT GOING ON
10. BAD MEDICINE ~ OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL
* 11. LOVE'S THE ONLY RULE
12. LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME (Richie Sambora on lead vocals)
* 13. BED OF ROSES
14. I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
15. SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN
16. SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT
17. IN THESE ARMS
* 18. WORK FOR THE WORKING MAN
* 19. HAVE A NICE DAY
* 20. WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME?
21. KEEP THE FAITH

Encore
* 22. ALWAYS
* 23. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
* 24. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER

** I was happy with the setlist cause it was my first time seeing them and I really wanted to see them perform these songs, back then those were the only songs I knew and loved, off-course they didn't play a few others I knew **

Wembley Stadium 20th August 2000

Livin' On A Prayer
You Give Love A Bad Name
Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars
Say It Isn't So
One Wild Night
Born To Be My Baby
It's My Life
Runaway
Bed of Roses
I Got The Girl
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Wild In The Streets
Just Older
Lay Your Hands On Me
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead(Rockin' All Over The World)
Bad Medicine (Shout)

Two Story Town
Blood On Blood
Wanted Dead Or Alive

These Days
Keep The Faith (Sympathy For the Devil)

Next 100 Years
Thank You For Loving Me


Not a bad little show for my first.

First Concert was Live 8 in Philadelphia

1. Livin on a Prayer
2. Have a Nice Day
3. It's My Life

First real concert March 8,2008 Philadelphia Wachovia Center

1. Glad All Over
2. Lost Highway
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Raise Your Hands
5. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars
6. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead ~ Land of 1000 Dances
7. The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
8. Summertime
9. Blood Money
10. Blaze of Glory
11. Whole Lot of Leaving
12. Born to Be My Baby
13. We Got it Going On
14. It's My Life
15. Bad Medicine ~ Shout
16. I'll Be There For You
17. Make a Memory
18. Till We Aint Strangers anymore
19. Who Says You can't Go Home
20. Have a Nice Day
21. Keep the Faith
22. Livin on a Prayer
ENCORE
23. Just Older
24. Wanted Dead or Alive
25. I Love This Town

June 25th 1995.... The filming of the live in London film.... Was great... Then few years later 1998? Manchester what was then maine road.... Was good...marching bands etc on stage too.... Lost my camera that day... Well done whoever found it.... Then had children... Break til twickenhsm 2008... Night one.... Was closer than had ever been... Got the duck lips in our direction.... Then the o2 last year.... Upgraded to third row.... Amazing....
This yeAr I could only get to Hyde park...
Will there be a circle there?

Nothing compares to the 1st time for some but twickers was my 1st gold circle... Never going back!!

Loved reading all your experiences. Thanks for sharing.

I also enjoy reading the banter over the setlists each concert... V amusing!!
Excuse spellings am using iPod..

Keep the faith all... I know rareities lie in wait for us xx

1. Livin' On A Prayer
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Lost Highway
4. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
5. Runaway
6. Born To Be My Baby
7. It's My Life
8. (You Want To) Make A Memory
9. I Love This Town
10. We Got It Going On
11. Who Says You Can't Go Home
12. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
13. Bad Medicine
~ Shout

Encore I:
14. The Last Night
15. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

Encore II:
16. Hallelujah
17. Any Other Day
18. Wanted Dead Or Alive

I probably got one of the shittiest setlists of the Lost Highway tour, but I loved every second of the show. I arrived late to the show, but luckily it hadn't started yet. We were looking for our section when the lights went out so we sprinted. I had NO idea what the setlist was going to be like, and only had 3 Bon Jovi albums at the time: Crossroads, Lost Highway and Slippery When Wet. It turned out that was the only albums I needed as the only song I didn't recognize was Sleep When I'm Dead.

This was also a show where I thought Who Says was a covered song because I had heard it on the radio (family listens to country radio) but I had no idea that it was Bon Jovi. I'd say the songs that got me really into the band and made me go see them again 6 months later with (quite possibly) one of the best setlists of the tour was hearing Someday I'll Be Saturday Night and Wanted Dead or Alive. Also we got to sing Happy Birthday to Richie Sambora. That whole experience got me hooked, so I sort of have a soft spot for people saying they saw Bon Jovi live at a show thinking it was amazing while others turn them down. I also remember hearing Any Other Day and being dissapointed that they played it as I hated it on record, and then being blown away by it live. The solos just kept going and going!
I have now been to 7 Bon Jovi concerts: 3 in Calgary (July 2007, December 2007, July 2010) and others (Edmonton July 2010, Winnipeg July 2010 and the two back to back gigs in Toronto July 2010) and I am going to two in Vancouver in just 10 days and 6 in Europe in the summer. I have to say that through thick and thin, my love for this band only grows stronger.

The Circle makin new fans?

Wow, thats really cool

I follow the band sice 1995 and I love TC too,
good to know your experience

Hi Everybody

I remember my first show,Slippery Tour Sydney ent cent.

12000 people going crazy.I had never ever seen anything like it.

I only went to the show because my friends cousin was layed up in hospital with a broken leg.I ended up going and have been a fan ever since.

I remember they opened with Raise Your Hands and i couldn't hear a single word Jon was saying.All you could hear was the crowd.

I have goosebumps talking about it.22 YEARS later i have seen them on every aussie tour.This time around i saw them 2 times in melbourne and the final sydney how.The boys just get better and better each time.

My first Bon Jovi concert was April 11th, 2008 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. I wasn't a big fan at the time (I was actually only 12) but this is the show that made me a fan.


1. Lost Highway
2. Born To Be My Baby
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Raise Your Hands
5. Complicated
6. I Love This Town
7. Just Older
8. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead / Jumpin’ Jack Flash / Land Of 1000 Dances /
Dancing In The Street
9. Blood Money
10. Blaze Of Glory (w/ Chris Daughtry)
11. Whole Lot Of Leavin’
12. We Got It Goin’ On
13. It’s My Life
14. Bad Medicine / Shout
15. I’ll Be There For You (Richie)
16. (You Want To) Make A Memory
17. Bed Of Roses
18. Who Says You Can’t Go Home
19. Have A Nice Day
20. Keep The Faith
21. Livin’ On A Prayer
Encore
22. Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
23. Runaway
24. Wanted Dead Or Alive

Looking back I didn't get the BEST setlist of the Lost Highway tour but certainly didn't get the worst. Was really happy to see Complicated as it wasn't done a whole lot during the LH era, and the rather long melody in Sleep was nice (though I didn't know any of the songs then... and still don't LOL). Getting Blood Money was a nice one too, along with the amazing duet in Blaze Of Glory.

And now getting ready for my 3rd show in a few days, driving up to Vegas with the family for it and I'm absolutely ecstatic.

bon jovi - these days tour - leg 2: europe

July 11, 1996, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, UK


Setlist:
1. Rockin' In The Free World
2. Bad Medicine
3. All I Want Is Everything
4. You Give Love A Bad Name
5. Runaway
6. Diamond Ring (a capella)
7. Bed Of Roses
8. Rockin' All Over The World
9. Blood On Blood
10. Wanted Dead Or Alive (acoustic)
11. I'll Be There For You (acoustic)
12. In These Arms (acoustic)
13. Lay Your Hands On Me
14. Something For The Pain
15. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
~ Papa Was A Rolling Stone
~ Jumpin' Jack Flash
17. Keep The Faith

Encore 1:
18. Drift Away
19. Always
20. Stranger In This Town
21. These Days

Encore 2:
22. (It's Hard) Letting You Go
23. Something To Believe In
24. Blaze Of Glory
25. Livin' On A Prayer

Not bad, eh?