Well see, there ya go. He had to cut his work load back due to the pregnancy and the tour was the first thing to get kicked to the curb. Wonder if Nikki is the mother? ;)

What does this mean? Why did you buy them if not because you enjoy the music? You bough them to "support" a millionaire? To inflate his ego?

What is his legacy? Why would he shit all over it? Didn't he play lots of new songs in his mini solo tour?

I don't get what you are trying to imply, since if you're not confortable doing something you should either try to fix things or quit, who cares about a legacy?

You see, I've always suspected there was more to Richie than meets the eye. This whole lay back, humble, sweet guy was always a little too good to be true. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that privately his an ego-driven, bastard who is out to get everyone but I always thought that this bad guy Jon/good guy Richie was a misrepresentation of them.

I bought them before I'd heard the music, but I bought them only because it was Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi - I doubt I'd have paid any attention otherwise.

I was talking about his legacy with Bon Jovi, which, if this song of Richie's has been released purely as some sort of odd, bizarre response to the current situation, then he's neither quitting or fixing things....just making what's already a mess even messier.

He is distancing himself from Bon Jovi, at least on Twitter. I think he is done with the band and moving on. And the band/Jon have also been distancing themselves from Richie. They're done. I don't think they'll renconcile. I don't know if Matt was just playing dumb but when he tweeted "Don't ask about Rich. I got nothing", that didn't make it seem like Richie was coming back in September.

And going on that theory, maybe the reason that they can't say that just yet is that it's not legally sorted... surely there would be some stuff/agreement to sort out around Bon Jovi still singing some of the songs he co-wrote and on-going sales (royalties etc) so perhaps that's what's taking the time before they actually announce it.

I agree, which is why I'm surprised some of the new Merch has Richie's face on it. I really hope this doesn't become a Bun E. Carlos/Cheap Trick situation.

Richie asking people to send him the Demarco audition skit that him and Jon did on SNL years ago is either brilliant trolling or complete tonedeafness. Either way, it's reality show levels of hilarious insanity.
If anyone doesn't remember what clip that is
http://www.hulu.com/watch/3520

Let's all have fun reading into this, especially the part about Jon not giving second chances.

I had to look up the situation with Cheap Trick and Bun E. Carlos and--wow. Eerily similar situation, it seems:


http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_237247...mmer-dues-band

I wasn't even aware of the recent lawsuit. I just knew that he hadn't played with them since 2010, yet all refer to him as a member of the band and he's still on the website/merchandise/etc.