Concert Thread - 7th December 2013 - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
 

Australian leg kicks off tomorrow.

Last time the band played here, was the night after a killer performance at Rod Laver Arena and they were all noticeably knackered. Jon himself was having trouble staying awake by the end of the show. They were all snapped drinking at The Lounge on Collins St late into the night which may explain why the last Etihad show was fairly average.

Plus we were sitting next to utter bogans.... middle aged drunken idiots who kept arguing and shouting things like "I don't know this one but I don't care cause it's Bon Jovi"...

Anyway the setlist was;

Blood on Blood
We Weren't Born to Follow
You Give Love a Bad Name
Born to Be My Baby
Lost Highway
Whole Lot of Leavin'
When We Were Beautiful
Runaway
It's My Life
No Apologies
We Got It Goin' On
Keep the Faith
Bad Medicine
(with Roadhouse Blues and Shout)
Lay Your Hands on Me
(Richie Sambora on lead vocals)
(You Want to) Make a Memory
Diamond Ring
I'll Be There for You
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
(with Start Me Up)
Raise Your Hands
Have a Nice Day
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Livin' on a Prayer

Encore:
Always
Wanted Dead or Alive
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (with Jon rubbing his eyes trying to wake up)

By the way, for all you stalkers out there - it would seem they are staying at The Crown.

Phil X uploaded this photo from what is likely his hotel room. That couldn't be from anywhere other than the Crown Casino and Hotel.

http://www.crownmelbourne.com.au/hotels
http://instagram.com/p/hjvxCxwin9/

Do you have any idea what the attendance will be for the two shows?

Can't wait!

My ticket says the show starts at 5.45pm - is this right, or do gates open at that time? Last time they were on about 8pm?

5.30pm – Gates Open
6.00pm – Local act (Saturday: Angie McMahon & Sunday: Jessie Teinaki)
6.30pm – Kid Rock
After 8.00pm – Bon Jovi

First night is pretty much sold out so there will be about 55 000 there.

Not so sure about the Sunday show - trying to sell 110 000 tickets in one city at the price they are asking is a hard task for any band.... but there ought to be at least another 35 000 - 40 000.

The band in Melbourne today - 6th December.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Okay thanks. A friend of mine is going and wanted to know. :)

Yeah !!!!! Bring it on !

I'm here in Melb! Ready for my second show of the year. Was a little put off the whole trip cos of Richie, but after the great fun I had in New Jersey I'm quite excited.

I won't be going in expecting the greatest vocals/setlist. It should be a great night though! Just seeing the Sofia stage in action is a spectacle in itself.

Bring on tonight! Then tomorrow night! Then Perth! (Which will be my first Jovi arena show).

Have a blast, everyone going tonight!

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...206-2ywts.html

Is this guy on Jovitalk?

Kid Rock is just finishing his last song... He sounds surprisingly good!

Keep the updates coming!

thanks to Shaz..
The setlist so far:

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
5. It's My Life
6. Because We Can
7. WAN
8. WGIGO
9. KTF
10. MAM [not sure]
11. CC [not sure]
12 BTBM
13. WWWB

13. is WWBTF
14. WSYCGH
15. SWID/JJF/GBOF
16. Bad Medicine/Shout/Run Rudolph Run [ not sure if part of this medley or a stand alone]
17. ITA
18. WDOA
19. LOAP

been a while between tweets, so that may be it folks.

That cant be it ........

There was garageland at soundcheck

Just back :) It was a great show... No real surprised though. The first half up until Sleep was full of highs and lows... The highs obviously being Bad Name, It's My Life, Keep The Faith, We Got It Going On and Born to Be My Baby (which went surprisingly really well with the crowd... More so than one would expect... Though could be because it was after the lull of Memory).

From what I can remember...

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Lost Highway
5. Whole Lot of Leaving
6. It's My Life
7. Because We Can
8. What About Now
9. We Got Got It Going On
10. Keep The Faith
11. Make a Memory
12. Captain Crash
13. Born to Be My Baby
14. We Weren't Born To Follow
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Jumpin Jack Flash
- Great Balls of Fire (Dave)
- Run Run Rudolph
17. Bad Medicine
- Shout

18. In These Arms
19. Runaway
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Have A Nice Day
22. Livin' on Prayer

The show went for two and a half hours. From Ill Sleep When I'm Dead onward, the band and crowd were alive non stop. It's just a shame that that level can't be kept through out the first half of the show. Because We Can builds towards the end but it's too flat at the start... It would work better if it wasn't followed by What About Now.

The biggest lull in the set was Born to Follow and Memory. They really shouldn't do Because We Can/What About Now and Lost Highway/Whole Lot Of Leaving back to back.

Was surprised Memory was the only ballad. No Always, I'll be there For You, Diamond Ring, Amen or Bed of Roses.

As for Jon's vocals... He must've been I'll in Japan cos he was back to his usual self. Didn't sound bad at all (as far as Jon goes). He did pretty well tonight, mainly in the second half.

And now the highlights...

- Keep The Faith - do I need to say more?

- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Medley - amazing! Great Balls of Fir with Dave on vocals was crazy good! Really lifted the energy. Probably the best part of my night. Run Run Rudolph was a nice surprise.

- Bad Medicine/Shout - bah! So much fun. I was 100% certain they weren't gonna do it. My mum even turned to me when Jon did the break in the song and was like "is it shout :D" and I replied with "nah, they don't do it as often as they use to"... Then when Jon busted out with "you know you make me wanna..." I started jumping around like a mad man haha.

- Born to be my Baby - was surprised at how much the crowd enjoyed this one. A few people who were sitting down thanks to memory quickly jumped up and started waving about.

- Runaway - was great as usual. The bunch of young blokes behind me went crazy for it, as well as In These Arms.

I was hoping for Always but Jon was spent. I was actually scared he was gonna pass out after Bad Medicine/Sleep. He did good tonight.

My only quarrels with the night... 1) the ups and downs of the first half of the set. 2) Jon being a word behind on several occasions at the start of a verse or chorus. It really put me off my singing haha. 3) no Always/Roses/I'll Be There For You.

Overall a great show with a standard setlist. Can't wait for tomorrow night.

Apparantly he is still sick. Has had the flu since before Japan.

Seriously…. WTF is wrong with Jon??
These set lists are CRAP!

I have tickets to see the arena show in Sydney and the last show of the tour in Brisbane and I'm going to be disappointed if I get this kinda rubbish. The last show I saw was night 3 in Sydney back in 2010 and that was amazing!

Why can't Jon realise that NO ONE wants to hear Make a Memory ever again! 4 songs from Lost Highway is a joke! Like he often says 'I've got more hits than a prize fighter…' why doesn't he f***in play them! Clearly his voice is shot and he only wants to sing the recent songs written in lower keys that they can tune down even lower in concert!

Im usually a very loyal fan, particularly of Jon however if he doesn't lift his game to what we all know he can do I won't be keeping my faith!

Rant over!

Steve

Well, since the set lists in every leg have been very consistent (except for the occasional "surprise" here and there), you'd better not expect anything else or you will most definitely be disappointed. Don't expect anything and you will have a great night, like I did in Berlin. Maybe not as good as previous tours, but still a good time.

Bad Medicine:
I hope he *is* still sick, that is so out of key that it hurts :-(

Unfortunately your idea of the songs "no one wants to hear" is off. At my shows on this tour, it was the songs that everyone here on the board seems to hate that got some of the biggest reactions. The last show I went to in October - songs like Whole Lot of Leaving, Captain Crash, We Got it Going On, Make a Memory, etc got some of the biggest crowd reactions. They could have cared less about the "surprises" - Radio, Diamond Ring, etc. Crowd was dead.

Holy shit!! I turned it off after the first verse. What the hell happened with him ?? He is completely out of key.

Yup, very sad. One can only hope that he's really got a cold or something. You can't reach the high notes when you do, at least I can't ;-)

Omg completely out of key! He is singing one-two semitones down the rest of the band. He knew that he will have voice problems before the show (he's ill, right?), so why they didn't played it for example one more semitone down? Better lame than this. It's like a bad karaoke.

I hope there is no footage from HAND, because it will reaaaally hurt!

Sure doesn't sound like he has a cold or the flu here. The cold/flu/allergies excuse is really lame.

http://youtu.be/dKkB0BCD9jM

Yeah sounds pretty normal in the press conference, but who knows? Could be anything. It's just strange that he's singing way worse than he used to on the rest of this tour...

There is, but better not look out for it ;-)

Who cares how sing? what matters is the business.

http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/f...-evil-grin.jpg

Besides it being out of key...the way he skipped the lines after the respirator part and then sang them too late made it sound so amateur-style :(

I had a lot of hope on the Australian shows. The leg isn't over yet, but my hopes are.

In These Arms:

minute 3:38 is "incredible".

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...94/192/596.gif

There really are no words. After the Japan BWC debacle I thought he was sick, but still?? I'm curious if there will be mention of Jon's singing off key in concert reviews.

Jesus christ ! Its the worst he has ever sounded . Ever . You can not expect people to pay for that crap . Im ashamed to be a Bon Jovi fan .

Most surprising is the number of times he's a step behind the rest of the band (and the crowd that's singing along).

He appears out of breath during everything I have heard. And he is behind the beat and late on a lot of it too. It's appalling for anyone with the kind of experience he has. :(

I remember Meatloaf sang at a football game in melbourne a few years back and was beyond out of breath and out of key and was heckled and the media had a field day saying how bad it was ect ect . It was terrible and funny even . This is up there with that !

Nobody is as sick as Jon supposedly is. This is just flat-out awful voice. It's sad, really.