Richie Sambora's Tour 2016!
 

Just read an announcement that Richie and Orianthi are opening for Bad Company, here's the details:

''Bad Company have announced autumn dates for their Swan Song tour, their first in the UK in four years.

The legendary rock band, consisting of original members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, will be joined by special guests RSO, featuring Richie Sambora and Orianthi, for shows in Leeds, Cardiff, Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and London between October 15 and 29.

Tickets are on sale at 9am on June 3.

Bad Company Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:

Sat October 15 2016 - LEEDS Firstdirect Arena
Mon October 17 2016 - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena
Wed October 19 2016 - NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Fri October 21 2016 - BIRMINGHAM Genting Arena
Mon October 24 2016 - MANCHESTER Arena
Tue October 25 2016 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Thu October 27 2016 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Metro Radio Arena
Sat October 29 2016 - LONDON O2 Arena''

I suppose it's a way for them to brag about playing all the big arena's as they'd never fill them on their own. I'm still going, LoL.

No chance Richie can fill O2 (20,000) on his own. None what so ever.

I reckon they will have to close the top tier of put them in the Indigo.

edit - ive read it properly now. Hopefully they will play a small warm up show in London.

Pretty cool to see that nobody cares 😀

Not that I don't care - but he isn't coming anywhere near me. And the last time he had concerts scheduled here, he cancelled at the last minute and I had tickets for 3 shows. I'm still pissed about that.

I have a theory: Since Bad Company call him to play as a guest he would be more sober and consetrated that his solo shows. I hope he would be more consistent as a guest...

I'd be more inclined to believe this theory if he was sober when he did the Les Paul tribute shows. But he didn't look or sound any different. If anything, he may care even less when they're the opening act.

Well, it's a smart move getting exposure in large venues when you are about to release a new album. Is Doc McGee still his manager?

who cares .. musically RS is dead...

To 1. Come and look at this thread and 2. Comment on it, you would appear to care on some level.

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Not quite dead yet... In 2012 released an album with some great tunes. IF he is sober, maybe we can watch him play well on this "tour".

Commercially dead. But I think it is artistically alive. Richie is irregular in live shows. I expect a decent recovery.

remember this? Explosion intro.




Better than Jon now.

If he'll be sober i'm sure the shows will be great, just like the ones from 2012, hell he can drink a little bit but being sloppy drunk or high really kills performance.


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You can clearly tell that he was actually sober and enjoying himself on stage, I just love the moment at 9:18 when he wants to close the song but the fans keep on singing Wooow and he looks so happy and surprised.

In 2014 he looked like a fat sloppy drunk mess who was clearly suffering from emotional pain and tried to act happy and cool...

I would really love to see Richie do his own thing without Orianthi and just perform and really enjoy himself instead of being drunk and acting like an old hippie rock star.

I was thinking that Doc called them - trying to get them some exposure. They have not had large audiences for just their shows to this point. He does know Paul Rodgers and has done Bad Company covers so maybe out of respect for him, he'll keep it together but 2014 with the duet was poor at best. Most opening acts are not paid well - its about trying to find an audience.

They will play 8 and 10 of July in São Paulo, Brazil.
Bought tickets for the 8th, the 10th one is a free show. I am hoping Richie will not be a drunk mess, like he was in 2014.

Headliners for Best of Blues Festival:
http://redutodorock.com.br/redutodor...ues-no-brasil/

Saw this on Twitter this am: Wonder if those who already purchased can get a refund?



Lúcio Nunes ‏@Lucio_N 1h1 hour ago View translation
Ingressos do show do @TheRealSambora já estão com promoção 75% off em Porto Alegre. Mas tá indo bem a carreira solo do desertor, viu?
Translated from Portuguese by Bing Wrong translation?
@TheRealSambora Concert tickets are 75% off promotion in Porto Alegre. But it's going well the solo career of the deserter, have you?

The translation is correct. But I don't know if its true.

I'd love for Richie and Orianthi to do a webcast of one of their shows.

yeah, it's true. You have to put the code RSOPOA2016 in the site to get the 75%. I don't know if who already bought can get a refund...but the initials prices were ridiculous!

They will do a free show in São Paulo in the 10th.

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I think it's a good move to play support for a classic rock band like Bad Company. I don't think his drunken jam littered type of performances would gain him any new fans so he really does need to shape up to make the most of this.

Just got back from Richie's show. They played the standard Bon Jovi songs, some Orianthi stuff and some other songs I don't know. From his albuns just Stranger and Every Road, which is a shame. No Seven Years Gone is a bummer.
But the show was awesome, Richie was sloppy only one or two times and he was really energetic!
Their bass player is ****ING AWESOME. Really, he is.
Their drummer is skilled and keyboardist is OK.
After the show, Richie went outside the building and signed stuff for fans, something we didn't expect. That was a nice gesture.

Any questions?

Sure, setlist? first song opener? some jovi song different to the habitual?

and, they said something about the new album or bon jovi?


Thanks.

Edit: Not Bad.

Festival here stream

not good really...judjing by the one song, richie looks better but not in a good shape by his standards, orianthi cant fill the stage. the band must be full of session players for the live.
richie was more confident but they lack direction imo, sth that would show prospect. playing mediocre versions of classics and having orianthi shredding for no reason many times doesnt add anything.
https://youtu.be/kdCRZQ-WvEw
https://youtu.be/rXCPzyOrcnM

I agree. I think he is not taken seriously these shows. I see not concentrate on giving the best. Orianthi becoming a nuisance, it is not so amazing, it looks like a session musician more, sometimes even looks timid.

They need a change of course, make adjustments, prepare a infallible show from start to finish using a standard set that works, and from there, allow some clever variations over time.

Richie can clearly do no right for a lot of people on this forum.

The performances from this show I've seen have been solid and very encouraging. Streets ahead of the footage from a couple years ago....

I like what I'm hearing so far. He sounds miles better that his 2014 run of shows and while there's room for improvement it shows a lot of promise and he looks like he's enjoying it. My big gripe is that constant signaling to the mixing guys or whatever to keep turning guitars and mics up, it sounds fine, just concentrate on playing for ****s sake!!!!!

If orianthi leaves it's going to be listenable. Richie seems to be ok now, really hate the shredding.

and her voice is nt good at all imo

Richie is looking good and seems to be performing like a front man should with lots of energy. The band look promising too, no luke ebbin is a good thing! Orianthi hasn't a quarter of the charisma richie has and adds nothing.

this band probably is local session musicians used for the brasil shows in order to reduce the costs.

They didn't say anything about the new album or Bon Jovi to us, but, there are some news in the press where they said the new album is out in October.

The printed setlist is not entirely accurate. They didn't played Seven Years Gone, According to You, How do You Sleep and Doves Cry and played Voodoo Child.

About the mix, in the first three songs Richie's guitar was low and his vocals in the first song were barely audible. He and Takumi got confused in some songs about which guitar he would use, too. They clearly need to work in some technical stuff for the following shows, but nothing too critical.


The percussionist was a local guy invited to play with them, but the other guys are not.

I have to say that although these performances are far from perfect, it's nice to hear some Bon Jovi songs being performed with energy... RnR doesn't have to be perfect as long as it's real and that's how these are coming across to me... He needs to ditch the girl or at least tape her mouth shut...

Jon could really really use Richie right now to help him vocally... He could mask so much more with Richie behind him.. It's not the guitar playing that I miss... It's the harmonies... That's what Bon Jovi always was to me... It's the harmonies between Jon & Richie and even having Richie take a verse once in a while...

Hypothetical... But if Richie is so desperate to be a front man, now is a good opportunity for Jon to give him more vocally because based on what I'm hearing from Jon, I don't know how in the world he'll be able to get through another world tour with that voice...

Godawful set list which is why I couldn't go and see one of their shows, I have zero interest in Orianthi or any of these covers. I want Sambora songs from all 3 albums, with the odd jovi song and cover thrown in. Rso clearly is not for me, but hopefully some good musically can come from it, and at least the performances are getting better, but still the directing from the stage and pointing things out, this still shouldn't be happening.

Cardiff Motorpoint Arena is kinda screaming at me to go right now. I don't really care for Richie's current music affairs (to be honest, I've paid zero attention to what he's doing with himself right now) but this may be the only chance I'll ever get to experience Richie on a solo tour. I know full well I won't experience a 90's Richie live show here (or ever) but this is as close for me as it'll ever get. I know very little of Bad Company but I do like the songs I've heard. If it's reasonably priced for me, I'll go.

EDIT: £60 for a ticket - No thanks.

Haven't seen the videos - don't care to hear her at all. But:

Glen Sobel ‏@Glen_Sobel 2h2 hours ago
From last night. Our 1st show w/ Richie Sambora & Orianthi in Sao Paolo....

Glen was at the LA rehearsals along with the rest of the band as well, so he's drumming. They actually left a day or two before RS, he tw at airport - Rs didn't get into Brazil til a few hours before showtime.

I don't hate her voice but it isn't good either. Richie needs to concentrate on playing and singing and let someone else worry about the vocal/music mix.

I don't like her on stage and there's still much room for improvement, but it was far better than what I had expected after the videos of the past 2 years. Richie's currently in much better shape than Jon.