Nice...looks like Jon is smoking in that first interview

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He really made smoking a part of his public shtick in 1997. Never before or after have we seen so many occasions him with a cigarette in public than in that era. Even the back cover of DA. What was the purpose of this? Was it the cool "mature" singer-songwriter image he was trying to create to move away from the youthful rockstar frontman?

Yeah, He was smoking ocassionally. For example, here in 2000:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h6...w=w760-h462-no

He was also smoking all the time on that Poker Section of the TLFR Bonus DVD.

New sound remaster from Fukuoka 2000!
One of my favourite performances of this song - Richie kicks into the outro solo with his electric guitar and the bluesy vibe is just awesome.

The audio sound incredible compared to the one I have... Do you have the whole show with that quality???

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Excellent job!

When I first heard this performance a few years ago I thought it wasn't too great (about the same as 2010-2011 and much worse than 1996), but now after listening to this improved recording it's pretty comparable to '96. While Jon doesn't sing with the same passion as in '96, I actually prefer this mellow instrumental arrangement with Richie's guitar so prominent in the mix.

Thanks Denmad, that was a lot of fun to watch! Reminds me of how much cooler Jovi drum tracks could be nowadays. Any idea when this was filmed?

It's stated right there: "May 2016, Munich, Germany" ;-)

oops... my bad. Thanks Jovifan93! :cool: