Originally Posted by Eveline (Post 1242810)

So it's *almost* official those two broke or at least it looks so. A few hours ago Ori tweeted, indirectly suggesting the split, and then she deleted it, of course. Unfortunately, I didn't take a screenshot but I copied the text

One guy commented on it, saying he's sorry to see them go separate ways and Ori liked it, which means there's some truth to it.

Can't say I'm surprised bc there hasn't been anything of them together, apart from some little promo stuff, for ages.

The question is: what now?


EDIT: OK, got it now

https://ton.twitter.com/1.1/ton/data...2/Ztb9wFS1.jpg

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1242813)

Aloha !



These people are grown up adults and yet communicate the same way 14 year old kids at school communicate. While teaching I see the same drama every week. Through instagram, with lots of deleted posts just to get a point across to make sure someone has taken a screenshot that'll wind up in a group text.

There's just been no way this would end well. From Richie's clingy excentric behavior to Orianthi's utter lack of interest this has been doomed from the beginning. Both their careers have end up in shambles as she's back to releasing more dire dated pop shite and Richie's pretty much out of options when it comes to a solo career as well because his ego's in the way. Unless he sobers up and becomes part of some all star band he'll wind up in obscurity "having a blast" while mentioning to TMZ how it'd be nice to return to Bon Jovi "when the timing is right and his schedule is clear" because he's busy "recording" and going "on holiday" to play sugar daddy to another blonde bimbo.

Meanwhile, interviews with Jon will be awkward everytime they'll bring up Richie's quotes on returning to Bon Jovi. Jon's got no interest in having this shitshow in the band unless he's able to make money with it. Come next year the This House is Not For Sale tour will have finished and Jon realizes he needs a gimmick to sell tickets again. Thus, unless Richie's not joined Heather on her psychotic binges, by 2021 Richie will be joining the band again, fans will expect Jon to sing like Pavarotti because "his confidence is back" and Richie meanwhile will be excused for ****ing up every guitar solo because he's rusty. Whatever's left of the fanbase by then won't give a shit because no one seems to care about the music anyway and Bon Jovi's faded into obscurity thanks to the mediocre albums and predictable output of John Shanks.

By 2021 this post will be legendary and Jon will ask me to manage to band as I'll be the only one who's as brilliant as I am to have predicted the next 3 years. I will however be travelling the world and will have no interest joining them on tour as I've seen more of the world by then than he has in the last 30 years.

See? In the end this band is about me. I am to them what Simsom's hair was to Simsom.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by rocknation (Post 1241894)

The (Bon Jovi Rock Hall peformance) was junior high school recital dire...sluggish tempos, tentative harmonies, Jon's WTF reaction when his mic punked out. But...one light did burn through the gloom -- Bon Jovi's co-frontman chemistry was still very much alive and well...

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1242813)

...Come next year the This House is Not For Sale tour will have finished and Jon realizes he needs a gimmick to sell tickets again. Thus, unless Richie's not joined Heather on her psychotic binges, by 2021 Richie will be joining the band again, fans will expect Jon to sing like Pavarotti because "his confidence is back" and Richie meanwhile will be excused for ****ing up every guitar solo because he's rusty. Whatever's left of the fanbase by then won't give a shit because no one seems to care about the music anyway and Bon Jovi's faded into obscurity...

Originally Posted by rocknation (Post 1242957)

It all comes down to whether Jon's ego or "integrity" wins his "inner struggle." Of course he realizes that he's got one foot on the "Fat Elvis" Express, and that his best shot at making Bon Jovi great again involves impeaching Shanks and re-electing Richie!

Originally Posted by Eveline (Post 1242965)

No bday wishes from Ori? Hmm... How long are they going to hide their apparent breakup? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1242959)

Again with people pinning the band's shortcomings on Shanks...Richie isn't it good enough shape to rejoin the band. Both of them are floundering and putting them in the same situation won't fix anything...

Originally Posted by Rdkopper (Post 1242966)

They probably read this forum and avoiding my 'I Told You So' comment...

I've been around a long time... I can write the book with this sort of stuff myself...

Originally Posted by rocknation (Post 1242967)

Shanks certainly hasn't fixed anything. And if Richie isn't in good enough shape to rejoin the band, Jon isn't in good enough shape to maintain it.