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Walleris 03-30-2020 10:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bounce7800 (Post 1262777)
Yeah was a multi artist show for Capital FM (They'd never get anywhere near them these days). Had the likes of Toploader, the Appleton sisters, Mike and the Mechanics amongst others. It was a long slog!
I went to the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball last year (in other words, a similar show by the same organizer, targeting the mainstream demographic), which had Taylor Swift as a headliner (who did 9 songs), and support acts Sam Smith, The Script, Anne Marie, Mabel, Tom Walker, among others. The audience had mostly teenagers a few young adults like me.

I felt like sharing this to give some context, illustrating how big Bon Jovi must have been in the mainstream still in 2002, at least in the UK. As you correctly pointed out, they would have no chance to be booked for something like this.

Bounce7800 03-31-2020 11:46 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Walleris (Post 1262786)
I went to the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball last year (in other words, a similar show by the same organizer, targeting the mainstream demographic), which had Taylor Swift as a headliner (who did 9 songs), and support acts Sam Smith, The Script, Anne Marie, Mabel, Tom Walker, among others. The audience had mostly teenagers a few young adults like me.

I felt like sharing this to give some context, illustrating how big Bon Jovi must have been in the mainstream still in 2002, at least in the UK. As you correctly pointed out, they would have no chance to be booked for something like this.
Yeah Crush songs and I think some off Bounce were still played on rotation on the likes of Radio 1 and Capital which seems laughable today but yeah up until then they were massive over here. They did Party In The Park too for Crush. Then it sort of dwindled down to Virgin/Absolute and Radio 2 only. The good times when Bon Jovi were pretty much everywhere!

rolo_tomachi 03-31-2020 04:50 PM

bonjovi90 03-31-2020 05:46 PM

Another one of Bon Jovi's "infamous" Belgian shows. The band came from an absolute high after having played Amsterdam the night before where the band and the ecstatic crowd had pushed each other to one of the best post-2000 shows. Either being hungover or taken aback by the rather poor crowd response, Jon went into being quite a moody frontman that night, much like 20 years prior in 1988. Even though Wanted Dead Or Alive didn't get dropped this time around, Jon changed the line to "I've seen a million faces and ONCE rocked them all". If you look up videos of Dry County from the show, you can see Jon yelling to Bobby before the solo as well.

Setlist:
01. Intro [0:00]
02. Lost Highway [0:44]
03. Born To Be My Baby [4:49]
04. You Give Love A Bad Name [10:37]
05. Raise Your Hands [14:19]
06. One Wild Night [19:46]
07. I'll sleep When I'm Dead [24:11]
~ Rockin' All Over The World [28:36]
~ Start Me Up [31:30]
08. Story Of My Life [35:07]
09. Any Other Day [39:20]
10. In These Arms [45:53]
11. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars [51:53]
12. Have A Nice Day [57:44]
13. It's My Life [1:01:55]
14. Keep The Faith [1:05:42]
15. Blaze Of Glory [1:12:37]
16. Blood On Blood [1:18:28]
17. I'll Be There For You (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) [1:24:48]
18. Dry County [1:33:16]
19. Last Man Standing [1:43:33]
20. Who Says You Can't Go Home [1:48:47]
21. Livin' On A Prayer [1:54:38]

Encore:
22. Living In Sin [2:02:30]
~ Chapel Of Love [2:07:49]
23. Wanted Dead Or Alive [2:08:37]
24. Bad Medicine [2:14:18]
~ Shout [2:18:57]

Walleris 03-31-2020 05:57 PM
It's remarkable that an "off-night" by those standards would still get such a strong setlist in 2008. I'm sure any of us would pay a double price for seeing this exact show (with Richie and with Jon sounding like he did) on their next tour.

steel_horse75 03-31-2020 07:47 PM
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Supersonic 03-31-2020 07:59 PM
Aloha !

Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262822)
Either being hungover or taken aback by the rather poor crowd response, Jon went into being quite a moody frontman that night, much like 20 years prior in 1988. Even though Wanted Dead Or Alive didn't get dropped this time around, Jon changed the line to "I've seen a million faces and ONCE rocked them all". If you look up videos of Dry County from the show, you can see Jon yelling to Bobby before the solo as well.
This show takes me back! I contemplated going to this show but couldn't get a ride home. I went to Amsterdam, had to go to work the next day at 6 while coming home at 3 and then decided I'd be royally ****ed by the time this show was done. I had to work in the morning, do a sports event in the afternoon and still didn't feel tired by the time I got home because Amsterdam had been that great. After seeing the setlist for this show I initially felt bad but after hearing the performance I was glad I opted for Amsterdam. There's really not many shows that came close to Amsterdam 2008. I've never seen Jon that happy on stage and seeing him in Brussels would really have put a damper on things even though, like Walleris says, this is a great show compared to what the band offers nowadays. I've seen fantastic shows since Amsterdam 2008 but it's the last show I've seen Jon do where he was genuinely happy on stage from start to finish and willing to go the extra mile for every song.

As for Jon's mood; It's the poor crowd response. I've seen several acts in Belgium and have yet to witness a crowd that actually responds to what's going on on stage. They're a good crowd if you need to listen to a performance as there's little chatter going on but everything else is disastrous as there's little interaction between the band and a crowd there, whether it's a festival, arena or stadium show. And the yelling to Bobby was because the band went off the rails during the performance of Dry County because either Tico or David messed up. That guitar solo of Richie is great though, a lot better than Twickenham a few weeks later.

So yeah, this is a bit of a weird show. There's a few surprises, the band plays pretty well, Jon is singing great and yet compared to what the band had done in the weeks before it's still a bit of a disappointment. Yet when comparing this to the shows in Scandinavia and the U.K. it's one of the better ones. I reckon that if this crowd would've been as good as the German, Dutch or Spanish crowds this would've been a knock-out. Would I have known how poor both shows at Twickenham would've been I'd definitely have gone to see this show instead.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Johny 03-31-2020 10:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262822)
Bon Jovi | Live at King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels 2008 - YouTube

Another one of Bon Jovi's "infamous" Belgian shows. The band came from an absolute high after having played Amsterdam the night before where the band and the ecstatic crowd had pushed each other to one of the best post-2000 shows. Either being hungover or taken aback by the rather poor crowd response, Jon went into being quite a moody frontman that night, much like 20 years prior in 1988. Even though Wanted Dead Or Alive didn't get dropped this time around, Jon changed the line to "I've seen a million faces and ONCE rocked them all". If you look up videos of Dry County from the show, you can see Jon yelling to Bobby before the solo as well.

Setlist:
01. Intro [0:00]
02. Lost Highway [0:44]
03. Born To Be My Baby [4:49]
04. You Give Love A Bad Name [10:37]
05. Raise Your Hands [14:19]
06. One Wild Night [19:46]
07. I'll sleep When I'm Dead [24:11]
~ Rockin' All Over The World [28:36]
~ Start Me Up [31:30]
08. Story Of My Life [35:07]
09. Any Other Day [39:20]
10. In These Arms [45:53]
11. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars [51:53]
12. Have A Nice Day [57:44]
13. It's My Life [1:01:55]
14. Keep The Faith [1:05:42]
15. Blaze Of Glory [1:12:37]
16. Blood On Blood [1:18:28]
17. I'll Be There For You (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) [1:24:48]
18. Dry County [1:33:16]
19. Last Man Standing [1:43:33]
20. Who Says You Can't Go Home [1:48:47]
21. Livin' On A Prayer [1:54:38]

Encore:
22. Living In Sin [2:02:30]
~ Chapel Of Love [2:07:49]
23. Wanted Dead Or Alive [2:08:37]
24. Bad Medicine [2:14:18]
~ Shout [2:18:57]
The setlist is a bit shorter for those times but it's a killer one. I'm just skipping through it and I'd love that Jon over the current one any day :D
The way the band sounded and the killer setlist. I mean Dry County and Livng In Sin alone make it special.

bonjovi90 03-31-2020 11:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1262835)
They're a good crowd if you need to listen to a performance as there's little chatter going on but everything else is disastrous as there's little interaction between the band and a crowd there, whether it's a festival, arena or stadium show.
That's the only thing the Belgium show may have had as an advantage. The nearby talking on the Amsterdam recording next to Thierry was awful at times. But Amsterdam, for me, was THE show of the tour and ranks in my top-3 post-2000 concerts together with Munich 2003 and Sydney 2010. I had gone to Frankfurt prior to it and thought that was as good as it got, but then I read reviews from Amsterdam and realized I was wrong :D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Johny (Post 1262842)
The setlist is a bit shorter for those times but it's a killer one. I'm just skipping through it and I'd love that Jon over the current one any day :D
That's actually a bit of a misconception. The general setlists in 2008 weren't really much longer, that was more the case of some nights in 2010 and 2011. But the overall pacing and amount of rediscovered rarities was better. With regards to the gems on the setlist, 2008 was actually much more exciting than three years later. Only some nights at the O2 had a similar feeling (in terms of the surprises) for me.

BJFan99 04-01-2020 10:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262822)
Bon Jovi | Live at King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels 2008 - YouTube

Another one of Bon Jovi's "infamous" Belgian shows. The band came from an absolute high after having played Amsterdam the night before where the band and the ecstatic crowd had pushed each other to one of the best post-2000 shows. Either being hungover or taken aback by the rather poor crowd response, Jon went into being quite a moody frontman that night, much like 20 years prior in 1988. Even though Wanted Dead Or Alive didn't get dropped this time around, Jon changed the line to "I've seen a million faces and ONCE rocked them all". If you look up videos of Dry County from the show, you can see Jon yelling to Bobby before the solo as well.

Setlist:
01. Intro [0:00]
02. Lost Highway [0:44]
03. Born To Be My Baby [4:49]
04. You Give Love A Bad Name [10:37]
05. Raise Your Hands [14:19]
06. One Wild Night [19:46]
07. I'll sleep When I'm Dead [24:11]
~ Rockin' All Over The World [28:36]
~ Start Me Up [31:30]
08. Story Of My Life [35:07]
09. Any Other Day [39:20]
10. In These Arms [45:53]
11. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars [51:53]
12. Have A Nice Day [57:44]
13. It's My Life [1:01:55]
14. Keep The Faith [1:05:42]
15. Blaze Of Glory [1:12:37]
16. Blood On Blood [1:18:28]
17. I'll Be There For You (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) [1:24:48]
18. Dry County [1:33:16]
19. Last Man Standing [1:43:33]
20. Who Says You Can't Go Home [1:48:47]
21. Livin' On A Prayer [1:54:38]

Encore:
22. Living In Sin [2:02:30]
~ Chapel Of Love [2:07:49]
23. Wanted Dead Or Alive [2:08:37]
24. Bad Medicine [2:14:18]
~ Shout [2:18:57]
I know I'm repeating myself, but Jesus Christ, what a great voice Jon had in the summer of 2008! I'm so glad I got to see the band live for the first time back then :)

steel_horse75 04-01-2020 10:11 AM
Are there any Twickenham videos about? I was at the first night and it seemed OK to me. Not their best but By no means their worst.


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Xavi 04-01-2020 01:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262822)
Bon Jovi | Live at King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels 2008 - YouTube

Another one of Bon Jovi's "infamous" Belgian shows. The band came from an absolute high after having played Amsterdam the night before where the band and the ecstatic crowd had pushed each other to one of the best post-2000 shows. Either being hungover or taken aback by the rather poor crowd response, Jon went into being quite a moody frontman that night, much like 20 years prior in 1988. Even though Wanted Dead Or Alive didn't get dropped this time around, Jon changed the line to "I've seen a million faces and ONCE rocked them all". If you look up videos of Dry County from the show, you can see Jon yelling to Bobby before the solo as well.

Setlist:
01. Intro [0:00]
02. Lost Highway [0:44]
03. Born To Be My Baby [4:49]
04. You Give Love A Bad Name [10:37]
05. Raise Your Hands [14:19]
06. One Wild Night [19:46]
07. I'll sleep When I'm Dead [24:11]
~ Rockin' All Over The World [28:36]
~ Start Me Up [31:30]
08. Story Of My Life [35:07]
09. Any Other Day [39:20]
10. In These Arms [45:53]
11. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars [51:53]
12. Have A Nice Day [57:44]
13. It's My Life [1:01:55]
14. Keep The Faith [1:05:42]
15. Blaze Of Glory [1:12:37]
16. Blood On Blood [1:18:28]
17. I'll Be There For You (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) [1:24:48]
18. Dry County [1:33:16]
19. Last Man Standing [1:43:33]
20. Who Says You Can't Go Home [1:48:47]
21. Livin' On A Prayer [1:54:38]

Encore:
22. Living In Sin [2:02:30]
~ Chapel Of Love [2:07:49]
23. Wanted Dead Or Alive [2:08:37]
24. Bad Medicine [2:14:18]
~ Shout [2:18:57]

The last time they played One Wild Night live
https://youtu.be/nocNAULtZT0

Xavi 04-01-2020 01:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by steel_horse75 (Post 1262854)
Are there any Twickenham videos about? I was at the first night and it seemed OK to me. Not their best but By no means their worst.


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I was at both Twickenham shows and they werent good shows for me.

Supersonic 04-01-2020 03:34 PM
Aloha !

Quote:
Originally Posted by steel_horse75 (Post 1262854)
Are there any Twickenham videos about? I was at the first night and it seemed OK to me. Not their best but By no means their worst.
From the moment Jon went on stage I knew he wasn't up for it. Completely went through the motions and just couldn't be arsed. Dry County was pretty much spot on yet it felt as if the band was playing it "because they had to do a rare song that night" as opposed to enjoying playing something different. The first show was short and the second one just dragged. Jon is very aware these last shows of a tour are supposed to be special but when a show like Leipzig gets a better set than London it's clear priorities were elsewhere. 2 years later, with the release of the When We Were Beautiful documentary a scene showed Jon in the dressroom of Twickenham suffering from a massive migraine he supposedly had over organizing the free show in Central Park. Jon just wasn't enjoying himself and the only time he actually seemed at ease was during the encore of night number 2, seemingly glad it was over.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

jon-flp 04-01-2020 04:01 PM
It wasn't Twickenham that got "I believe" for the first time in a long long time??

BJFan99 04-01-2020 04:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jon-flp (Post 1262861)
It wasn't Twickenham that got "I believe" for the first time in a long long time??
Yes it was, for the first time after Amsterdam 2003. Like Seb said, the show was rather lackluster for the period as a whole, though, especially with the two super lame closers (ILTT and Twist & Shout), as well as Tico promising fans beforehand that they'd play Something To Believe In and Never Say Goodbye at the show, but ended up not playing either.

steel_horse75 04-01-2020 04:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1262860)
Aloha !



From the moment Jon went on stage I knew he wasn't up for it. Completely went through the motions and just couldn't be arsed. Dry County was pretty much spot on yet it felt as if the band was playing it "because they had to do a rare song that night" as opposed to enjoying playing something different. The first show was short and the second one just dragged. Jon is very aware these last shows of a tour are supposed to be special but when a show like Leipzig gets a better set than London it's clear priorities were elsewhere. 2 years later, with the release of the When We Were Beautiful documentary a scene showed Jon in the dressroom of Twickenham suffering from a massive migraine he supposedly had over organizing the free show in Central Park. Jon just wasn't enjoying himself and the only time he actually seemed at ease was during the encore of night number 2, seemingly glad it was over.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
I mustve had many beers as I didnt notice. I remember Dry County being excellent and Always being good to.

bonjovi90 04-01-2020 07:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1262862)
Yes it was, for the first time after Amsterdam 2003. Like Seb said, the show was rather lackluster for the period as a whole, though, especially with the two super lame closers (ILTT and Twist & Shout), as well as Tico promising fans beforehand that they'd play Something To Believe In and Never Say Goodbye at the show, but ended up not playing either.
Yep. I Believe actually was the least of surprises on that European tour because every one kind of knew it would be coming since Jon was "obliged" to do one out of the norm at the final concert. I think I've listened to both nights once and never gone back. Yes, they were sounding good, but it was phoned it, as Seb said.
Somehow Bon Jovi never got it right when finishing the tour in the UK (after 2000). The only really great endings to a leg were in 2001 in Munich and 2011 in Lisbon.

Johny 04-01-2020 07:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262869)
2011 in Lisbon.
Which was, unfortunately, an end to Bon Jovi we loved.

BJFan99 04-01-2020 10:26 PM
Regardless of Jon's vocals having been very strained for the period, I've always loved the closing night of the HAND tour (which, btw, was also the last time BJ played the old Giants Stadium) - great energy and set list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNuk...&frags=pl%2Cwn

Jonny Sambora 04-02-2020 12:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1262875)
Regardless of Jon's vocals having been very strained for the period, I've always loved the closing night of the HAND tour (which, btw, was also the last time BJ played the old Giants Stadium) - great energy and set list:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNuk...&frags=pl%2Cwn
my wife and I travelled from Ireland to see this show. Yeah they was knackered but it was a great show with, of course, the only live performance of I Am!

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bonjovi90 04-02-2020 01:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1262875)
Regardless of Jon's vocals having been very strained for the period, I've always loved the closing night of the HAND tour (which, btw, was also the last time BJ played the old Giants Stadium) - great energy and set list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNuk...&frags=pl%2Cwn
I was just referring to them ending the European tours in this case, but I still agree - albeit Jon's voice being rather shot, the amount of surprises on that final Giants night was huge. Especially for US standards.
However, I still feel that in terms of energy and also vocal delivery, Night 2 knocked the final show right out of the park.

bonjovi90 04-02-2020 01:31 PM
I didn't realize that they used the intro (that loud) over the PA once they had abandoned I Believe as an opener. Also interesting that Jon starts the song here. And the laid-back rendition of Bed Of Roses is also nice, as is them doing Good Guys Don't Always Wear White.


Setlist:
01. Livin' On A Prayer (cut in) [0:00]
02. You Give Love A Bad Name [1:17]
03. Wild In The Streets [5:00]
04. Keep The Faith [10:13]
05. Blood On Blood [17:46]
06. Always [23:43]
07. I'd Die For You [31:18]
08. Blood Money [36:15]
09. Blaze Of Glory [38:23]
10. I Believe [44:12]
11. Good Guys Don't Always Wear White [51:05]
12. Runaway [55:37]
13. Dry County [1:00:44]
14. Lay Your Hands On Me [1:12:54]
15. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (cut in) [1:23:35]
~ Papa Was A Rolling Stone [1:28:02]
~ Jumpin' Jack Flash [1:28:48]
16. Bad Medicine [1:33:18]
~ Shout [1:40:36]

Encore 1:
17. Bed Of Roses (acoustic) [1:45:10]
18. Hey God [1:52:32]
19. Rockin' All Over The World (with Steven Van Zandt) [1:58:35]

Encore 2:
20. Acoustic Guitar Solo [2:04:59]
21. Wanted Dead Or Alive [2:08:27]
22. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (with Steven Van Zandt) [2:14:11]
23. This Ain't A Love Song [2:21:50]

bonjovi90 04-03-2020 10:58 PM
The last promo appearance + the last Pro Shot (March 15th) with Richie still in the band:

Rdkopper 04-03-2020 11:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262939)
The last promo appearance + the last Pro Shot (March 15th) with Richie still in the band:
Lol. Awesome!!!

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Jovi98 04-04-2020 02:43 AM
https://youtu.be/TPZkpeTamKY

YOVANAfromPeru 04-04-2020 02:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jovi98 (Post 1262953)
Sweet dreams! Zzzzz...
Lol

bonjovi90 04-04-2020 07:18 PM

In 1987, two years after their first there, Bon Jovi headlined the "Monsters of Rock" festival in Donington! That year's event proved to be the only one with just American bands in the line-up. As successful as playing to an audience of 97,000 people might've been, it was like going through hell for Jon:
"That first Donington festival [1985] actually was a good gig for us; you're in that great poised-to-happen slot. And then we came back and we headlined, and I was ready to die! We shouldn't have been there. I was really too physically ill. I should have enjoyed that period of my life, but I didn't get a chance because of the huge explosion of that album and that tour and everything and our desire to just go go go! We were burned! I couldn't sing and we looked like death. And it wasn't just that show, it was the whole time. I was shot up with steroids and anything else they could give me to keep me working. I was a a total wreck. I didn't know it at the time, but I know it now. The powers that be should have said **** it, go home, go sleep for six months, and they didn't..."
The start of the show already went off the rails: Jon had climbed up the stage to make a spectacular entrance by sliding down a rope which went completely unnoticed since the people working the spots for the band members weren't on their place in time. The same thing caused Richie to fall down the stage's stairs during the start of Raise Your Hands. Audience videos of this and I'd Die For You are linked in the final 20 seconds of this upload.
For the grand finale, Paul Stanley, Dee Snider and Bruce Dickinson joined Bon Jovi on stage. The first two had already jammed with the band back in the US three weeks earlier. Metallica were also invited, but declined after Bon Jovi had flown over the festival site with a helicopter during their set earlier that day.

Setlist:
01. Pink Flamingos [0:00]
02. Raise Your Hands [3:21]
03. I'd Die For You [8:21]
04. Tokyo Road [12:51]
05. Jon greeting audience [19:24]
06. You Give Love A Bad Name [21:26]
07. Wild In The Streets [24:59]
08. Jon talking #1 [30:06]
09. Not Fade Away [31:12]
10. Never Say Goodbye [33:39]
11. Livin' On A Prayer [39:16]
12. Let It Rock [44:52]
~ We Will Rock You [50:22]
13. Guitar Solo [56:43]
14. Drum Solo [1:01:37]
15. Get Ready [1:03:01]
16. Jon talking #2 [1:09:13]
17. Runaway [1:09:57]

Encore:
18. Wanted Acoustic Intro [1:18:05]
19. Wanted Dead Or Alive [1:23:24]
20. Drift Away [1:29:38]
21. Jon introducing jam guests [1:36:54]
22. Travellin' Band [1:38:20]
23. We're An American Band [1:43:12]

bonjovi90 04-05-2020 06:44 PM

GabrielC 04-06-2020 12:02 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262986)
I always find it sad that Misunderstood is huge in Brazil, yet they never played it here.

Captmorgs 04-06-2020 12:07 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262986)

Damn they sound so good here.


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DavetheGodofKeys 04-06-2020 04:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1262965)
Bon Jovi | Live at Monsters Of Rock | Donington 1987 - YouTube

In 1987, two years after their first there, Bon Jovi headlined the "Monsters of Rock" festival in Donington! That year's event proved to be the only one with just American bands in the line-up. As successful as playing to an audience of 97,000 people might've been, it was like going through hell for Jon:
"That first Donington festival [1985] actually was a good gig for us; you're in that great poised-to-happen slot. And then we came back and we headlined, and I was ready to die! We shouldn't have been there. I was really too physically ill. I should have enjoyed that period of my life, but I didn't get a chance because of the huge explosion of that album and that tour and everything and our desire to just go go go! We were burned! I couldn't sing and we looked like death. And it wasn't just that show, it was the whole time. I was shot up with steroids and anything else they could give me to keep me working. I was a a total wreck. I didn't know it at the time, but I know it now. The powers that be should have said **** it, go home, go sleep for six months, and they didn't..."
The start of the show already went off the rails: Jon had climbed up the stage to make a spectacular entrance by sliding down a rope which went completely unnoticed since the people working the spots for the band members weren't on their place in time. The same thing caused Richie to fall down the stage's stairs during the start of Raise Your Hands. Audience videos of this and I'd Die For You are linked in the final 20 seconds of this upload.
For the grand finale, Paul Stanley, Dee Snider and Bruce Dickinson joined Bon Jovi on stage. The first two had already jammed with the band back in the US three weeks earlier. Metallica were also invited, but declined after Bon Jovi had flown over the festival site with a helicopter during their set earlier that day.

Setlist:
01. Pink Flamingos [0:00]
02. Raise Your Hands [3:21]
03. I'd Die For You [8:21]
04. Tokyo Road [12:51]
05. Jon greeting audience [19:24]
06. You Give Love A Bad Name [21:26]
07. Wild In The Streets [24:59]
08. Jon talking #1 [30:06]
09. Not Fade Away [31:12]
10. Never Say Goodbye [33:39]
11. Livin' On A Prayer [39:16]
12. Let It Rock [44:52]
~ We Will Rock You [50:22]
13. Guitar Solo [56:43]
14. Drum Solo [1:01:37]
15. Get Ready [1:03:01]
16. Jon talking #2 [1:09:13]
17. Runaway [1:09:57]

Encore:
18. Wanted Acoustic Intro [1:18:05]
19. Wanted Dead Or Alive [1:23:24]
20. Drift Away [1:29:38]
21. Jon introducing jam guests [1:36:54]
22. Travellin' Band [1:38:20]
23. We're An American Band [1:43:12]
Jon's vocal condition was already going South by the time this show came around, but the band still put on a fantastic show. That's What I like about the 1987 part of the SWW tour. Jon s vocals were fuc*ed, so he left most of the higher stuff to Richie and David, so he could focus on working the crowd more and entertaining them. Now of course, there were some 100% off nights for the band, throughout the years, like Hull 2006, but still, there was a reason they were off that night. Nowadays, when Jon's vocals are off (which is every Damn show, honestly) Jon's got nothing going for him, he only shakes his ass to please the soccer moms, and does a fake smile every 30 seconds.

manarosi 04-06-2020 07:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgsA...TbSiYmKoqMkJV0

vocals really do matters when composing a song...been following travis and he looks like a "80's jon rip-off" but he's really good vocally

Captain_jovi 04-06-2020 09:00 PM

I totally forgot about this video they made that spliced together the live 2001 Wanted version and If I Was Your Mother.

What a weird choice.

BJFan99 04-07-2020 12:22 AM
Jesus fistf*cking Christ, if we could have this band back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jIV...&frags=pl%2Cwn

DavetheGodofKeys 04-07-2020 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1263008)
Jesus fistf*cking Christ, if we could have this band back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jIV...&frags=pl%2Cwn
If only...

DavetheGodofKeys 04-08-2020 01:05 PM
Absolute banger.

BJFan99 04-08-2020 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys (Post 1263061)
One of my all-time favorites.

Johny 04-08-2020 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1263063)
One of my all-time favorites.
One of the examples why I think New Jersey is the best album ever. It has the megahit potential, bog chorus, great melody - the best of the 1980s but it's got Richie's blues influence and basically the guitars put it higher than anything any other banf did at that time.

Unfortunately the band wasn't in the mood of rotating the songs during the Jersey tour and when you have I'll Be There For You and Living In Sin there, Wild Is The Wind didn't get much chance. Even though I don't consider it a ballad as such. Despite everything mentioned, the few renditions they did were amazing. I love the Osaka 1991 one.
https://youtu.be/T8SJKPWU788

Cap Crash 04-08-2020 10:08 PM


Do they have an other song that gives same feel as this one? It's way too GOOD.


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