Official July 8, 2011 - TT Arena, Istanbul thread
 

it's the first Bon Jovi show in Turkey since 1993. Bon Jovi will be the first band to play at Turk Telekom Arena which has an all seated capacity of 52,695. And also it will be the first show after Jon's knee surgery!!!

Last time they played in Istanbul Inonu Stadium on I'll Sleep When I'm Dead -tour September 13, 1993 with the following setlist:

1.I Believe
2.Wild In The Streets
3.You Give Love A Bad Name
4.Born To Be My Baby
5.I Can't Help Falling In Love(acapella)
6.Bed Of Roses
7.Keep The Faith
8.I'd Die For You
9.Blaze Of Glory
10.Lay Your Hands On Me
11.I'll Sleep When I'm Dead/Jumpin Jack Flash
12.Blood On Blood
13.Bad Medicine/Shout
14.Help
15.Wanted Dead Or Alive
16.Runaway
17.In These Arms
18.Livin' On A Prayer

Out of curiostiy - where is this setlist sourced from? I never saw a recording appear from that show and basically all setlists from that era are based on the available bootlegs...
though I was once told there'd be a video of it...

Sorry posted by thoughts on Galatasaray then thought better of it. Still wouldn't step foot in that stadium though.

We have lots of newspapers and magazines from the September 1993 and we all the Turkish fans know the setlist. This is the correct setlist.

I find it interesting that 13 out of the 18 songs in that setlist are being played regularly on the current tour.

Gobble gobble.

Not until Novemeber :)

But this date is coming up really fast isn't it?

can't wait for the show, this will be my first bj experience probably gonna best night of my life, I can't believe I'll finally see the band live on stage and also diamond circle and GA tickets are sold out and %90 of other catagories have been sold:p:shock:

Bon Jovi arrived in Istanbul about 30 minutes ago !!!

Very true! Granted they are playing 3-7 more songs these days. But still interesting. You'd think in 20 years and twice as many albums, they'd push a little more newer material. By no means am I lobbying for Lost Highway, Work, or WGIGO... but they have written plenty of great songs since... okay entering familiar territory here.