October 11, 2013 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
 

So I guess this show is going on right now. I was originally going to go to this show (and the 2 previous ones) but common sense prevailed and I'm quite glad I didn't spend any money on this clusterfcuk.

I'll edit in the setlist when it becomes available because nobody else seems to do this, and dammit I am a good OP.

EDIT 2: Here's the updated setlist as per Rated_R_Ron

That's What the Water Made Me
You Give Love a Bad Name
Raise Your Hands
Runaway
Lost Highway
Whole Lot of Leavin'
It's My Life
Because We Can
What About Now
We Got It Goin' On
Keep the Faith
Amen
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (Acoustic)
Thick As Thieves (Acoustic)
Make A Memory
Born To Be My Baby
We Weren't Born to Follow
Who Says You Can't Go Home
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (with Rockin' All Over The World, Jumpin' Jack Flash & Start Me Up)
Bad Medicine (with Shout)

In These Arms
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Have a Nice Day
Livin' on a Prayer
Always

There is a setlist up on setlist.fm, dunno how accurate it is, and there are a few songs missing.

That's What the Water Made Me
You Give Love a Bad Name
Raise Your Hands
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway
Whole Lot of Leavin'
It's My Life
Because We Can
What About Now
We Got It Goin' On
Keep the Faith
(You Want to) Make a Memory
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (Acoustic)
(Unknown)
Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
We Weren't Born to Follow
Who Says You Can't Go Home
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Bad Medicine

(Unknown)
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Have a Nice Day
Livin' on a Prayer

If that's true, then Jon can **** right off because close to all of those songs were in the setlist that was done not even 6 months ago in LA.

Completely agree, however just saw this posted by the person who created the setlist.

*Please note:
Setlist Not Official but a logical assumption based on past setlists and formats, and the fact that I am a HUGE Bon Jovi fan. Feel free to make edits based on actual information.

Oh. Well the person is pretty much on cue, but I would just really hope Jon puts some effort into this set. The last Staples center show had a great set (would have been better if they didn't cut These Days last-minute) and I'd hate a show 6 months later to have a shit set.

Heard that Rockin All Over The World was played too. If it was part of a medley or on it's own, I don't know.

Wow the servers must have been seriously clogged up last night. Because no one has written a damn thing....how times change

Hmm. They did working man at the last LA show, I guess Jon must really want people in Los Angeles to hear that song. And I really dread to hear what Always sounded like.

All in all, way too similar to the last LA show in general. Glad I didn't waste the money and time.

Just got back from the show. I may be missing something, but I'm pretty sure this is correct:

That's What the Water Made Me
You Give Love a Bad Name
Raise Your Hands
Runaway
Lost Highway
Whole Lot of Leavin'
It's My Life
Because We Can
What About Now
We Got It Goin' On
Keep the Faith
Amen
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (Acoustic)
Thick As Thieves (Acoustic)
Make A Memory
Born To Be My Baby
We Weren't Born to Follow
Who Says You Can't Go Home
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (with Rockin' All Over The World, Jumpin' Jack Flash & Start Me Up)
Bad Medicine (with Shout)

In These Arms
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Have a Nice Day
Livin' on a Prayer
Always

Some thoughts and review a little later...

So yeah, a little under 6 months ago I saw Bon Jovi live at Staples Center and tonight felt very much like a re-run, and just like any re-run it's a little less exciting the 2nd time around.

Even if I was a casual fan who attended both shows but wasn't on this board or knew what to expect, I'd be pretty surprised at how similar the 2 shows were.

95% the same set list, same performance, same energy, same stage production, same banter... I know it's still the "Because We Can" tour, but a little variation would be nice.

I wonder if Jon looks up the previous set list to see what they played the last time and even attempts to change it up? Why not use a different opener? different main set closer? move around some stuff? Whatever.

So yeah, not much to say, set list aside I did enjoy the show, I like a lot of the new stuff so I have no problem with hearing it over the 80's tunes.

It was great to have Tico back, he was in great spirits, put on a great performance. No one would ever think the man had been through multiple surgeries recently. Tico seems to have lost a bunch of weight and Jon indeed called him a "skinny SOB".

"Saturday Night" acoustic was nice, "Thick As Thieves" I found to be very boring live, "Make A Memory" still lacks energy and doesn't really work live and is almost sleep inducing, same goes for "Amen" but I thought the crowd reaction was pretty good for that one.

I can't believe I didn't get "Captain Crash"!! Damn!! I'm the only person on earth who actually LOVES this song, and I was sure I was gonna hear it this time, but no such luck.

"In These Arms" was the first encore and surprisingly got very little response from the crowd when it started and ended. I thought it was a favorite for many people and that everyone would love it, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Before "Wanted" Jon asked everyone to turn on their phone cameras and share this moment together. It was quite a sight. Like the good ol' days but with phone lights instead of lighters.

After "Prayer" they did the thank you's and the bow and it seemed to be over, but then Jon signaled to the band "let's do one more" and they did "Always", don't know if it was an audible or not, but don't they usually do the bow after the final encore and then leave the stage?

They were selling a new Tour Book with lots of shots from the European stadium tour, it's 99% pics of Jon, Tico and David, but interestingly there's one full page of Richie pics, but it's just that one page and he's nowhere to be found in the rest of the book. There's also 1 pic of Phil with the rest of the band taking a bow.

Anyway, that's it for this live report. I'm ready for a break from live Bon Jovi and they need this break too.

Thx for the review . Glad you sorta enjoyed it again . Its just ****ing lazy and selfish of Jon not to mix it up a bit .

Why would someone that did not attend the show create a fake setlist based on assumptions and his fanaticism? There are way too many retards in BJland that just wanna get attention.

Thanks for the great review. And yes, they sometimes do the "one more?" routine after final bows, and it has usually been Always.

How unlucky must you be to want to hear Crash to to be at one of a handful of shows in the last decade not to have it played at :lol: Great review though, thanks.

They seem to have settled on this setlist for this leg give or take one or two, which is a pity.

:D

Someone can scan that page?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BWXaoIcCUAA8jCx.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BWYE19xCUAIquFd.jpg

So is this the same day/night Richie was round the corner flogging his knickers? And wtf is Jon doing to Bobby in that picture pmsl

lol Wonder what song this was from. It's obviously one of the covers in Sleep, my guess is Start me up....

I guess Bobby sure started him up.

When did Paul Simon join the band?

Ha ha..Bobby is resembling Paul Simon!!

Hey, does anyone know how much the current Tour Program costs in the states, please?

I bought the program. It's $25US.

Brilliant, thanks for replying.

http://youtu.be/x8rQUYoBV0w

Always: simply amazing

Man, I still love this song...considering the video was shot from the nose bleeds the sound is pretty good.

Credible performance. I think that's about as good as he can sing the outro nowadays. Nice.

Yes and this performance was totally unexpected
I think that the second chorus (especially for 'love yooooooouuu' part) was very good.

Unexpected good version. Good to hear Jon sound that good in Always.

Also, who is doing the backing vocals?

Thick As Thieves