New Bon Jovi Album: This House Is Not For Sale (2016)

I think all of you are reading way too much into everything... It's just all about timing. I think historically, as far back as I could remember, BJ albums always get released a few month after Jon gives his initial date. Why? Who knows why? Why was Beautiful Day / Finding Neverland pushed back by two months last year? Why was WAN pushed back in 2013? Common sense would say that all the stars need to align...It could be tour based, seasonal, prior success stats, similar band successes, is Jon ready to promote, other competition, etc... It's going to go from 0 to 100 once it starts...

Considering the tour and tickets haven't gone on sale yet, 1 of 2 things will happen. It's all going to happen soon or it's all going to get pushed back until the Fall... It's almost March already so if Jon wants a Summer tour, he better move quick...

BTY, Richie laying down tracks is the worst assumption I've read on this board to date. There is no way Richie will enter the studio and lay down guitar parts over what is essentially a JBJ solo album without having any other creative output. If it was 1988 and album sales mattered, then maybe the right amount of money could convince anyone but not at this stage in the game.

We don't know. Jon might have had one album left on his contract and released BB's by choice to just end it... instead of using HOUSE music to fulfill it at a later date...

I thought this was already confirmed by Jon himself? Burning Bridges was a release just to fulfill contractual obligations.

Fulfill, yes? But what was Burning Bridges? Was it thrown together by Jon so he could get out early (his choice) and save the new album for the new record company??? or did Island demand a release and BB was something Jon had to whip up...

Basically, if Jon didn't release BB, could they still be tied to date with this current release

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He quit the band nearly three years ago. When he was working on those three previous albums he was still an active member of Bon Jovi.

Richie coming back for this album is wishful thinking. He would never participate on an album that didn't contain any of his own creative input. Not to mention, Jon has said this is a "pissed off" album and that he had a lot of material to write about after Richie quit, he lost the bid for the Bills, and severing ties with the record label. Do you honestly believe Richie would come back and play songs that may have been inspired by his departure from the band?

Putting his guitar parts in would be considered creative input!

Exactly. Jon feels betrayted, Richie's departure caused them many problems so why would they welcome him back? Richie is now a solo (or with Orianthi) artist and how will he return to Jovi taking into consideration the "surpriiiiise I'm leaving in the middle of the tour, good luck finding a lead guitar player for the rest 100 shows" incident? This can not and must not happen!

Yes, that's what he spent his time repeating. He owed UMG one more album (+ 1 tour, most likely) before leaving in 2015 (Idk Jon's contract but based on my experience in the entertainment industry and major record companies, I'm convinced that the label demanded an album before the end of 2015 because Jon's contract was to be renewed or not last year. UMG has been going through major changes these last 2 or 3 years, lots of sub-labels CEOs and less important execs have been fired, Grainge himself was threatened to be fired) so he chose to release 8 songs that he didn't and still don't like* (re/his "fuhgeddaboudit" attitude whenever he spoke about this album, "My latest is not my next") + a FYUMG one to fulfill his contract (which demanded quantity, not quality) and save This House, the "real new album" as he called it, for his "new career" with a new label.

* WDR is the only song that he seems to like since he played it during the mini-tour and explained, "It’s sort of a hint as to where we’re going musically".

http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/2...ot-next-album/

*thumbs up* That's a good one!

That's minimal compared to Richie's past roles. Writing, coproducing, musical direction, backing vocals, etc...

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