December 15th, 2013 - Sydney Entertainment Centre - Sydney, Australia
 

The second show in Sydney for the Because We Can Tour. This show was added in November and due to a lack of interest and extortionate ticket prices has sold poorly.

Sydney Entertainment Centre is approximately 1/8th of the size of ANZ Stadium (The venue for the first show). This show has been advertised as an Encore Arena Show.

The setlist from the 14/12/2013 was:
1. THATS WHAT THE WATER MADE ME
2. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
3. RAISE YOUR HANDS
4. LOST HIGHWAY
5. WHOLE LOT OF LEAVIN'
6. OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL (WITH KID ROCK)
7. IT'S MY LIFE
8. BECAUSE WE CAN
9. WHAT ABOUT NOW
10. WE GOT IT GOIN' ON
11. KEEP THE FAITH
12. AMEN
13. SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT (ACOUSTIC)
14. DIAMOND RING
15. (YOU WANT TO) MAKE A MEMORY
16. CAPTAIN CRASH AND THE BEAUTY QUEEN FROM MARS
17. BORN TO BE MY BABY
18. WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW
19. WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME
20. I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD W/ JUMPIN' JACK FLASH, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (DAVE), WIPEOUT & YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG (PHIL)
21. BAD MEDICINE W/ PRETTY WOMAN

22. IN THESE ARMS
23. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
24. HAVE A NICE DAY
25. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER

What kind of tickets did you get?

I wasn't going to go, but what else am I going to do that's better?

Got some Bronze tickets.

EDIT - Silver are now $35 - I better get an upgrade when I pick the tickets up!

Hey dude, I've got silver, which sucks cause I paid $159 for them hahaha. Hopefully I'll get an upgrade to gold when I pick them up!!

I cant go to this one but i think you guys will get a great gig . Even just the fact its the first venue they ever played in sydney 87 and i was there ! Showing my age . Enjoy

Any news on whether a soundcheck has been done? I'm hoping that I will finally get to hear either Always or Bed Of Roses.

They're on at 8:15 and there are a lot of empty seats still...

Been delayed til 8:30....

1. When we were beautiful!!!!
2. Loves the only rule
3. Bad name
4. Radio
5. Runaway
6 it's my life
7 Because we can
8. Work for the working man
9. Captain crash
10. Bad medicine
11. Hallelujah
12. The Fighter
13. Thick as Thieves
14. Blood on Blood
15. Born to follow
16. Who says
17. Wanted dead or alive
18. Born to be my baby
19. Sleep - no covers - extended outro
20. Prayer


21. I'll be there for you
22. I love this town
23. Run, Run Rudolph
24. Happy Christmas (War is over) with all female choir

25. These Days
26. Always

Jons been kidnapped and this is an alien imposter??

Holy freaking cow are we headed for a Cologne/Milan-type setlist?
3 (and expecting another) songs from The Circle and no sign of Water in the setlist, YET. I guess H2O will open the encore.

Well.... Could be interesting.

Aloha !

Yeah, it's the best...

1. When We Were Beautiful
2. Love's The Only Rule
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
5. Runaway
6. It's My Life
7. Because We Can
8. Work For The Working Man
9. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
10. Bad Medicine
11. Hallelujah
12. Because We Can
13. The Fighter
14. Thick As Thieves
15. Blood On Blood
16. We Weren't Born To Follow
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. Wanted Dead Or Alive
19. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
20. Livin' On A Prayer

Encore:
21. I'll Be There For You

It's as if, apart from Love's The Only Rule, Jon deliberately filled the first half of the show with either songs he only seems to care for, or are just mandatory songs. I'm sure there'll be some better songs coming up later, but so far the original main set is actually better than the one filled with the "surprises".

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

It's keeping things interesting. I'd like to hear what Beautiful was like as an opener. I always thought it would be great opening an encore, but then discovered it wasn't.

Is this the first time that "Water" was dropped? In case they don´t play it in the encore

It might be. Let's just see in the encore. They've got like 2-5 songs left to finish off the main set.

No, it was dropped (along with What About Now and Keep the Faith) for the first time in that horrible show in Saratoga Springs.

http://www.drycounty.com/jovitalk/sh...99#post1151599

If this is all this was a really short show. Interesting mix ups.

Aloha !

Nope, not all. Show is still going, I'll Be There For You now. Gotta keep the Richie fanboys and girls crying. Expecting Rolo in 3...2...1...

1. When We Were Beautiful
2. Love's The Only Rule
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
5. Runaway
6. It's My Life
7. Because We Can
8. Work For The Working Man
9. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
10. Bad Medicine
11. Hallelujah
12. The Fighter
13. Thick As Thieves
14. Blood On Blood
15. We Weren't Born To Follow
16. Who Says You Can't Go Home
17. Wanted Dead Or Alive
18. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
19. Livin' On A Prayer

Encore:
20. I'll Be There For You
21. I Love This Town
22. Run Run Rudolph
23. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
24. These Days
25. Always

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Because We Can x 2??

It's pretty obvious that he can't handle the vocally demanding songs anymore. That's why he is doing all these gems, which can be sung by nearly anybody.

That said, I still think it's interesting, I would have enjoyed this show since it is so different. Mohegan Sun in 2011 comes to mind.

They have just done Run Run Rudolph and so This Is Christmas

These Days!

Always.
Listening over the phone, but Jon sounds like he is really struggling with it. I may be wrong and it may just be the feedback, background noise etc. Otherwise he sounded good from what I heard on the other songs.

Awesome concert, better than last night. 98% full. Crowd really got into it.

Most surreal Jovi show of the 8 I've attended. Seemed like JBJ decided to let loose a bit. Crowd around is were sitting a lot and lost during the fighter/thick as thieves part but generally a decent crowd.

Finally heard These Days which I videoed and will upload soon.

Merry Xmas was surreal. I have no idea who the choir was.

Just got back from the show that i had no intention of attending and WOW.

What a brilliant performance from the boys.

Jbj was on fire.The opener when we were beautiful was great but Loves the only rule set the tone for the night.It was loud and jbj was all over the place.His vocalz were pretty good but he did struggle at times.The set list was great but working man and capt crash altho well recieved i could do without.

Sleep when im dead sounded great and prayer as usual did what it alwas does.

The xmas songs were bullshit and have a nice day or in these arms wouldve ripped the joint apart but in the end it was a terrific show.These days and Always were a struggle but i was proud of jbj tonight.Phil x is terrific and if sambora doesnt come back well so be
it.8 out of ten tonight but this performance was a heap better than the last time i saw them.Well done

No, he's right. You can't force anyone, and if Richie's doesn't want to be with the band at the moment (or forever), then so be it. Phil does a great job playing the guitar in the band. The only thing that would suffer without Richie is the next album, there's no argument about that.

Good job Jovi. I am glad for those who were there! Boys still got it and i really dont care for our "child" Richie, X Man is doing fantastic job!

No. Now there is nothing special on guitars, so you can only enjoy Jon, but only sometimes, when he can sing.

Always:

These Days:

Jon sounded much better than I expected on These Days. Always was bad, but not as bad as his recent efforts.

he didn't sing well, but i sounded better: his voice seems more thin than usual

That performance of These Days was surprisingly decent. The Always performance is better than recent attempts as well, though dear god is he ever clutching at that mic.

Yeah, These Days was decent. 'Always' was pretty terrible again, though. See how much his hands move on the microphone? He can't keep still. Jon knows he's lost whatever range he had because he really looked like he had no confidence at all.

Jon Bon Jovi Vocal Range

Vocal Type: Low Tenor Vocal Range: D2-G#6 4 octaves, 3 notes, 2 semitonesVocal Pulse: His raspy, powerful singing is known all over the world, and his high notes keep getting praise and acclaim. Jon started out as a standard tenor but his voice quickly lowered into low tenor voice which it has been for the rest of his career. Jon uses really chesty and powerful high note technique and also owns quite strong low register for a low tenor. During 80's and 90's his voice was at the top of it's game but during the beginning of 00's it started to wear out.

Vocal Weknesses: Upper register can sound too much bothering

ONCE UPON TIME,LONG LONG TIME AGO HEHEHE

My video of Happy Xmas (War is Over) with the choir....

I missed the start because I was somewhat shocked and confused.

Love seeing that setlist. Man, that's the variety I'm, and most of us, are looking for. Obviously I don't want them playing certain songs he inserted every night but it's good to keep rotating them through instead of the same old same old they had been delivering.