If he was that bothered, there's plenty of ways of getting the music out to fans quicker so it's not "dated" to him. They could always release digital singles well in advance of the album and set the tour dates regardless, as it's not as if a new album makes the tickets fly off the shelves, and the band themselves give up on the new tracks after a few weeks anyway.

Surely most songs are at least a year old from the time of writing until the album comes out anyway? Certainly are for a tour so this wouldn't be any departure for the norm.

Bon jovi should just release 4 track EPs every quarter. That way they will be 4 new songs.
I read somewhere that a band was going to release 1 single a month over a year. So the song is relevant to artist and fans at time of release.

Yeeeah, let's play 80 shows and make 60 of them karaoke style!*


*IF this tweet is reliable

I listen to Keith Roth on Hair Nation quite a bit. He's never been one to just make crap up.

I wish they would do a different kind of tour this time, more intimate venues. Didn't Pearl Jam play small venues on one of their recent tours? Didn't it go over really well with the fans?

Do you think that Jon will hire a vocal coach? And is it actually possible for him to improve his voice to be able to perform like in 2010/2011?

He stated on that mini tour in 2015 that he was working with a vocal coach. But I don't think he can get back to his "heights" from 2010/11. Jon has never been one with a naturally strong singing voice (like Steven Tyler) and has used every trick in the book to hold this level for as long as he could. By now his instrument is completely worn off.

With guitars you nowadays pay a hell-lot-of money for worn off instruments :D

Jon sounded pretty decent at the Red Bank show... He could still sing in certain keys but when he has to extent or go higher, it all falls apart in the worst way...

My only gripe with Jon's easy vocal filler songs are, he always does the same ones... He needs to dig and find others... I'm sure they exist...

I don't mind songs like Whole Lotta Leavin but not every damm show...

I still think Jon should only focus on the material from the 2 new albums and the hits and forget the rest of the fillers... Jon could do a song like Teardrop some justice...


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If you watch the videos I posted called Rock a Mile with Lonn Friend in the You Tube thread, he has a clip with Katie Agresta so she was on the road with them back then. She is a vocal coach. That gives me every reason to believe he would have a vocal coach on the road with him now if he did back then.

The other thing that got to me was Jon talking about how much physical pain he was in years ago after a show. If it was so bad so long ago, how much worse must it be for him now? So, it would seem to me that he does tour because he loves touring and singing for he masses if it wears him out so badly. It must be a real labor of love. One more reason I think they should go for smaller venues so he wouldn't have to make such broad moves and be such a "showman." An intimate venue would allow him to just be laid back and more casual with the audience.