shame it has been required.

He definitely meant what he said. The question was worded something like: "is this a case of bad reporting or did Jon actually say those words?".

His grammar is god awful, so definitely possible. That's actually the way I read it.

Considering at the Vienna press conference Tico admitted he can't say whether or not he agrees with the lyrics of the songs because he doesn't even know them, I'd say yeah, the other guys aren't too passionate about it.

Richie gave way more than Jon did. Jon hid behind his guitar and mic stand, Richie was the star.

Hahah that comment was hilarious!

Nobody seems t have mentioned the huge importance of him saying he only spoke to Sambongo once on the first leg.

It might be true that they never had a blow-out at any point but he's making it very plain that The Bongonator had a serious 'personal issue' for a while and is expecting people to put 2 and 2 together and figure out roughly what's going on.

Richie is to blame because he walked from the tour for whatever reason (apart from being something seriously wrong ... which at this point I think we've mostly ruled out based on interviews and tweets).

Jon is to blame because he lied to the band about having a break and is a workaholic (thus orcing the band to be workaholics) and started writing and recording WAN (which, let's be honest, is mostly a JBJ solo effort). The band, obviously, should've taken a break from a 13-year record/tour cycle without many proper breaks (remember when they weren't even going to tour Lost Highway for a break ... that was three albums/tours ago now).

I find fault in both. It's not an either/or, it's cause (JBJ's work ethic) and effect (a bad reaction from RS).

Now my question is, what about now? I'm talking seriously.

"YOU'VE GOTTA ASK RICHIE"