Originally Posted by MrNickel (Post 1130299)

How badly was these dates selling ? How big were the venues ?

Originally Posted by joriile (Post 1130302)

I went to the LA show and the capacity for the venue is about 1000.
Only 300 tickets were sold. :(
During the soundcheck, the keyboard or guitarist said something like it's gonna be a very small crowd tonight and Richie answered, yeah, but they're my crowd.
Honestly, I was pretty disheartened by the size of the crowd…… And that's the first time I got to meet Richie…… T T

Originally Posted by Becky (Post 1130303)

300 tickets in a city the size of LA? That's flabbergasting.

Originally Posted by Crushgen24/88 (Post 1130204)

1. Axl gives out that delusional amount of solos because his voice can barely hold up, and he needs to go backstage and suck down oxygen and whatever else to get him through the set. Not to mention that there isn't a damn thing "improvised" at a 2013 GN'R show, but I digress.

2. I'll never understand the whole "Evil Jon wants to make pop records and stops Saint Richie from playing 85 minute solos at every turn." Richie has never expressed a problem with what the band puts out, he spouts off numbers and accolades just as much as Jon does, and every track on his recent solo album (for better worse) could have fit on any of the last 5 Bon Jovi albums. So no, I don't think if Richie returns it will lead to some kind of mutiny.

Originally Posted by Savvi (Post 1130345)

This may have already been posted but here it is anyway...

In an interview with radio announcer Pete Snodden, Jon Bon Jovi spoke about his current tour through Europe and South Africa, his upcoming performance at Slane and what's going on with the Richie Sambora/Bon Jovi split.

We reported previously that the band was being pretty tightlipped about the reasons why Sambora had left but, on "The Ellen Degeneres Show," Jon Bon Jovi said that Sambora was "absolutely still a member of the band."

When Snodden asked him if Sambora was going to be back with the band, Bon Jovi said, "Let's just say I certainly hope so. He has not been fired from the band. He's not ill. He's got some personal stuff that he's got to deal with and I can't comment any further. And it's not me being elusive but it's for him to answer any further than that."

Addressing rumors that there may have been a falling out between frontman and guitarist, Bon Jovi said, "We did not have a row. But we go on. And he is always going to be welcome as long as he's up for it."

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Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi (Post 1130382)

Jon said the same thing with Alec.