Living Proof - New song snippet

[QUOTE=bonjovi_cro;1292300]Also I don't think its the "end of the band", but I agree with general sentiment. Crush, except for IML, was such a missed album with passe sounds of previous years. IML catapulted them back into global icon stratosphere but also into boy band young teens preference. Without it, I presume Jovi would become something as a 2nd tier arena band, perhaps like Def Leppard or something.

Today their are a 2nd tier, and JBJ is happy...if he ever makes another hit, great but is just happy making Albums....Live Touring is a different matter......

Though you feel he wants to get-out there before the farewell Tour.....We shall see if it could happen before that happens.

Yes, JBJ said he's happy, if he couldn't go back out.....No, he wants to at least say farewell....that will happen even if the worse scenario plays-out which I hoping doesn't.....

Yeah but it's different in year 40 versus in year 16. I'ts very,very hard to obtain a hit song in 60's, not impossible, but very hard. Difference between Prayer and Crush in years is less than from The Circle until Forever.

IML was basically a miracle for an aging band (as it was seen then) that had rather commercially unsuccessful tour (by their standards) in 1995 in US. While still big in rest of the world, IML really did fuel everything and then work ethic of Jon in next decade did establish Jovi as a foothold iconic rock stadium band, even though critics and media would always downplay their position.

Today, it's even a miracle they exist, and in this I have a positive sentiment. With a semblence of a voice back, a new documentary, new album that seems not to be complete shit as WAN or whatever, I am genuinely excited, and I hope for 2025 tour in Europe. I'm convinced they will pull big, stadium crowds still on their own.

I don't expect Bon Jovi to fill 40,000+ stadiums, well perhaps if it was a farewell. It will be a small venue if he can get back-out....A farewell is completely different everyone will want to see them, whatever happens regarding JBJ's voice....

I tend to agree but I wish we had the chance to see how Just Older would have performed as a single.

You don't think Jovi can bring 40k fans in stadiums in Europe in 2025 on Forever Tour for example? I think it's a given. He did it with less of a voice in 2019 and basically same levels of popularity

2019 didn't have the media focus on his voice though. I don't think all that will hurt sales terribly but the doc focusing on "will his voice ever recover" will effect how much money people will shell out to see the next tour.

That's true, he did in fact bring focus to his voice in general public eyes.

But still I think with few directed promos to assure the voice is tour worthy (as in 2013 worthy), it's going ahead and it's going to sell. Jovi will not be here for 6 years between 2019 and 2025, longest for basically ever. While market was arguably saturated between 2000 and 2013.

In my opinion, they should have released the album straight after the documentary because everyone wants to know what Jon sounds like now.

It's kind of all died off (or certainly in comparison) and I do think they really missed a trick. All people have said about the documentary is things about the vocal issues.

Bon Jovi will still sell stadiums.

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I have been thinking this too. Obviously they wanted seperation of the products, but as the narrative of the documentary was so focused on Jon's journey, it would have been perfect to have the album ready.

Regarding a tour, Bon Jovi would sell a stadium tour in Europe. He did Wembley in 2018? when popularity in the band was at an all-time low. They had also spent the last 18 years saturating the market. I would say the documentary and time between major tours has warmed the audience again. Also, you could easily market the tour around Jon's voice IF it were improved. There has been general empathy towards him once the truth about his voice came out.

I have no doubts a stadium tour would sell well. In South America too, and potentially Oceania. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile always turn out. Then the standard tour in other markets like Japan and the US. Would it be an all-conquering global trek like years gone by? Probably not, but a successful tour absolutely is possible.

Edit to add, I remember for the THINFS tour people on this board were doubting the ability to do a stadium tour.

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