Official May 11, 2013 - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa thread
 

2013 setlist
1. That's What the Water Made Me
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Born to Be My Baby
4. Raise Your Hands
5. Lost Highway
6. Runaway
7. Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
8. It's My Life
9. Because We Can
10. What About Now
11. We Got It Going On
12. Keep the Faith
13. I'll Be There for You
14. Bed of Roses
15. In These Arms
16. We Weren't Born to Follow
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Jumpin' Jack Flash (Stones cover) / Start Me Up (Stones cover)
19. Bad Medicine

Encore 1:
20. Have a Nice Day
21. Blood on Blood
22. Wanted Dead or Alive
23. Livin' on a Prayer

Encore 2:
24. Always

Encore 3:
25. I Love This Town
26. Twist And Shout (Beatles cover)

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Surprised nobody else has created this yet. The last time the Jove played Johannesburg was December 1, 1995. Here is the setlist, credit goes to Seb's website. :)

1. Helter Skelter (The Beatles cover)
2. Hey God
3. Livin' On A Prayer
4. You Give Love A Bad Name
5. Keep The Faith
6. These Days
7. (It's Hard) Letting You Go
8. Lie To Me
9. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
10. Something For The Pain
11. Blaze Of Glory
12. Lay Your Hands On Me
13. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Papa Was A Rolling Stone
14. Bad Medicine / Shout

Encore
15. Always
16. Wanted Dead Or Alive
17. Blood On Blood
18. This Ain't A Love Song

18 songs, absolutely zero filler.

Here's the fancy graphy balancey thingy from the aforementioned website.

http://www.bonjovi-archives.com/09_T...h_19951118.jpg

Imagine getting a setlist like that these days...my God.

Throw in 'Lost Highway', 'Have A Nice Day', and a better cover than 'Helter Skelter'...delicious.

Is there a better cover?

Exactly, I really dig their version of Helter Skelter. Rockin' In The Free World is up there too.

I'd never them do Helter Skelter before. Here's a link in case anyone else would like to check it out...
http://youtu.be/IQNEyc4eu3U

I'm not really digging Jon's glasses though :)

Α stadium of 95.000 people capacity, a killer stadium, it's gorgeus I've been there back in 2010. I doubt it if it be a sold out concert

Jo'burg is sold out, Cape Town wasn't.

Must have been mighty close.

Yup it was, I think its 50 000 capacity, and there were just over 45 000. There was some space at the back of general standing. But Cape Town is quite a hard sell, not as much money as Jo'burg and I think only Lady Gaga and Mr Bieber have managed to sell out CT stadium.

I'd take that setlist any day of the week compared to any of the recent shit played.

My feeling is that when they play this set today, but with 10 additional songs, someone will start bitching about it. Although they could actually add to this something in the spirit of :

IML
Have a nice day
Because We Can
Lost Highway
Dry County
Raise Your Hands
In These Arms
We Got it Going On
Love is the only Rule
That's What the Water made me


So how would that be ?

Aloha !

Your feeling is wrong and shows you haven't picked up much from the critisism people have been posting on here. If they'd however play that exact set today it'd sound absolutely dreadful. Jon singing Helter Skelter nowadays? No thanks.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Yep. Very different band now compared to 1995. I saw them in 1996 at Milton Keynes on the these days tour and vocally it could be a different singer by comparison. Also as a band the energy was electric. Sadly as with anything time passes and people age. That said this band still have the ability to pull something out of the bag. Phil X looking better now too. Much better dry county solo in Cape Town... also his backing vocals are coming through stronger. Hope Johannesburg gets a good show, it's been a long time.

Johannesburg hasn't had the joy of hearing "Captain Crash" and "I Love This Town" in a live scenario. Wait for it! :-)

By the way, that version of "Helter Skelter", which I heard as a b-side of "These Days" for the first time, and then in Frankfurt 1996 where it also opened the show, made me play it with my band a couple of years later. So much energy and the coolest cover version I've yet found! Prefer it over U2, Aerosmith, Ian Gillan etc.

Keeping an eye on Twitter at moment.
General opinion is that it's too bloody cold for a stadium gig.

Phil X version of Helter Skelter.. From April 2010

its about to start.... maybe.....

LOL - people been saying that since 7.05 UK/8.05 Jo'burg!
If they start at 9pm in Europe all hell will let loose as it indicates short sets.

Aloha !

That depends, in Italy, Spain and Lisbon they're not as strict as the U.K. I've no idea what the curfew (if there is one) in Johannesburg is though.

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I can't think of nothing worse (for me) than opening with a cover. Plus I hate helter shelter. - whoever is singing it.

It is in uk at this moment as well

Aloha !

I'd rather have them opening with Rockin' In The Free World than anything of the latest records.

http://distilleryimage5.ak.instagram...0a9f139c_7.jpg

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Born To Be My Baby

The complaints about the sound have started as well.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I hate helter shelter too, but helter skelter.... boy, how i love that song and surely when bon jovi plays it. :)

Haven't posted in a few months, I've been busy but still following the PBPs, I think the sets will start to get a little better even with Phil X, I think we'll see Hey God really soon.

True..... Should be peeing it down by the time Hyde Park swings around!

Its My Life gets an outting...

I wouldn't want it any other way!!
I remember mk bowl in 96 and in 01 the weather was shocking.

The show has apparently finished.... maybe

Aloha !

That'd be quite something considering it started about an hour ago.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

1996 wasn't too bad, though I did take an umbrella. Seem to think it only rained during GUN/Joan Osbourne though.
2001 was reasonable day until the support, but then the rain added to the atmosphere.

How rare!

where did you get this from?

Has it finished? any reasons??

Uh-oh:

"@ bon jovi this is a less than enthusiastic performance ! I going home to sleep! Bored to death!"

Keep your pants on...

LOL, that's exactly what I was thinking! :D

LOL one persons opinion out of god knows how many thousands are there....dont really think its worth of a uh-oh !

I can assure you that my pants are firmly on :)....as was stated earlier..still cold in uk :D

Be funny if it was true!

Yes because we could do with some drama about the band lol...

Oddly enough, I wouldn't even be surprised…