Lisa71 |
05-20-2013 02:28 AM |
New interview with Jon. Talks about Richie, among other things
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...-drugs-1899663
The band are halfway through their European stadium tour with a huge new show set to play at the Isle of Wight festival and London’s Hyde Park.
But one member is notable by his absence. Lead guitarist Richie Sambora started the tour in the States but last month committed the ultimate professional sin of not turning up to a gig.
Sambora has had spells in rehab and rumours circulated that he was drinking again. But the door remains open.
Sipping water in his suite, 24 hours before a sell-out gig, Jon says: “We were all in Calgary, Richie was going to turn up on show day but we went the night before because it’s a long flight.
“At 3.30pm on show day the phone rang and it was Paul the manager and he said guess what, and he didn’t even have to finish the sentence. I said, you’re kidding. We went on that night. I haven’t seen Richie since.
“Love him, spoken to him once. I talked to him once, once in six weeks and 18 shows. He’s not fired, we didn’t have a fight, it certainly isn’t about money.
“We go back 30 years. He can return when he is ready to die every night the way I walk on the stage. It’s different without Richie. No one’s mad, no one’s sad. But fortunately because we had been through it before we performed that night. We couldn’t let down the fans.”
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