LOL! That was hilarious.



That's exactly how I read it as well.

it'd be a shame if richie has quit. i mean they never got to finish with this

Aloha !

Even Hitler won't go see the shows anymore if Richie's not there:

http://meemsy.com/v/8701

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

When Richie was in rehab back in 2011, was he on twitter while he was in there or have a publicist tweet for him? This makes me think he is either not in rehab or already done by the time the Boston bombing happened.

He didn't have twitter back then.

Thanks. I guess we will just have to wait & see if Richie returns to the tour in May. If not, I except a statement from him.

Why would Richies website post he is currrently touring and list the 23rd and 25th as upcoming dates??
Doesn't anyone think this means he'll be back??

i hope richie returns...many weeks passed and we are still guessing,speculating about whAT's going on...as a true die hard fan many things irritated me about the band but every time i saw them play i felt that positive energy, with richie gone its not the same...
i m done speculating...i hope richie is fine and he comes back really soon...the fact that jon has not spoken to him while tico has is an indication of how things are in the bj camp...
the fact that there is a live stream in thursday, with richie probably abscent is a disgrace...if there is a surprise return or anything i d be happy but it would look like they are taking advantage of the situation

"We caught up with the singer Thursday, April 4 — two days after he learned that Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora would not be joining him that night on stage or any other night for the duration of the tour." :shock:

I doubt that means he'll be back. They probably never fixed the tour dates on the website and it might be that after each show, it's automatically set to just disappear from the list of tour dates. I wouldn't read too much into that.

Three weeks is not exactly "many weeks." It was announced from the first statement that he would be gone this leg go the tour. Let's wait a couple of more weeks before having a total meltdown. Surely by then this thread will be up to 200 pages.

I just hate the general randomness and confusion regarding LEG or ENTIRE TOUR. Drives me insane :confused:

From the AZCentral interview:

"Richie’s still the guitar player in the band until the day he says he’s not. We’ll always support him and whatever he’s going through."

That's straight from Jon, so sounds like unless Richie wants out.......

Cool, thanks for posting. I really believe that it is NOT about an argument between Jon and Richie!

Yes Jon, you gotta go back and listen again to hear why you're not doing some of those songs. They're great.

It really is the most vague and confusing situation ever. I suppose thats their intention.

I don't see it that way. They say it is personal and Jon said they are behind him (if it turns out to be a big lie on Jon's account, I would hate it but for now, why shouldn't I believe him? Personal means personal).

After many days, and this latest interview, I'm starting to think that indeed is a personal issue.

In fact, I think that even Jon or the rest of the band doesn't what's going on with Richie.

Maybe he left because he received a news like "one of his latest 'girlfriends' was pregnant and their baby was born just the day he quit...".

Think about it. This kind of situation:

- Is a real emergency
- Isn't a illness, so no worry about it, and not need to cancel any tour
- Doesn't evidence relationship issues in the band, but Jon surpise (like he's saying it)
- Richie is MIA in the world, but non on rehab, on injuried, or sick
- Doesn't need Ava to be stressed (ergo, is 'tweeting' anyway)
- Promises a return soon to the band and the tour once this is resolved

Is a realy silly and stupid situation. But, even, is possible.

Cheers.

Nope that list has been auomatically updated during the tour

From the article with Jon:

We caught up with the singer Thursday, April 4 — two days after he learned that Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora would not be joining him that night on stage or any other night for the duration of the tour.

It was done quite a while ago so that would explain why, at that point, he hadn't talked to Richie but Tico and Dave may have when their interview was done. I don't think there's any need to look at it like, "Things aren't good between Jon and Richie."

I agree - everyone's trying to read too much into the simplest things.

Maybe it's a close relative illness or he has found out some bad news. I wouldn't want everyone to know about something like that I don't think it's rehab

What was the reason Richie cancelled/missed some shows during his recent solo tour?

Supposedly throat problems...wouldn't stop him from playing now

Supposed, yes. Actual: ticket sales.

The given reason was throat issues, the real reason was ticket sales.

Haha though I got flamed on Facebook by a friend whose a Richie obsessive and her reason was he cancelled because of "the cock" Jon announcing the Bon Jovi tour.

Which makes no sense since the dates didn't conflict.

throat was the reason for NY and Philly. For San Francisco no reason was said than circustances that Richie coudln't change. Whatever this means.

Can't be low sales then - surely Richie could afford Rent-A-Crowd? Or is it the fact that Jon screwed him so badly for cash that Richie couldn't even afford to buy tickets to his own gig for people.

And that's why Richie walked out....

I'm sure it was low sales. People who were in L.A. said that mainly friends and family and stuff like that were there and not many fans beside the Runanway-trip.

I really hope people aren't believing it was throat. He said it loud and clear in his "hacked tweets" what was going on.

Sorry I should have used a smiley...or made my post funny. :-)

It was never throat issues. Anyone who believes that is deluded and should be locked up.

What was said in the tweets ?

Is the Ellen show live or recorded tomorrow? It would be interesting to know what, if anything about Richie as this will be the only official comments from the horses mouth since it kicked off.

The Tweets contained some gibberish that was supposed to be a retort to people who were sending critical Tweets to him re: the cancelled shows.

It probably was a mix of both. He already was sick in Europe but here the Shows were sold out so he made them. In US it was easier to cancel NY and Philly since it wasn't sold anyway. And the sickness let insurances pay for the loss. Just for San Francisco he didn't have this excuse anymore since it was some time later.

It would have been recorded last week sometime.

They recorded it today.

If Richie will be absent from the European tour I wonder what Jon's going to do. When the problem first occured I thought someone mentioned Phil X would be available for, at maximum, 70 days until he's scheduled to play with his own band again. The European leg would last longer than that...will he go out and hire another one to play their songs?