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Was 8 rows back and I must admit admit it was ****ing awesome!!

The extended guitar solo on THINFS awesome. They seem to be a real band now. Jon seemed very passionate about all the songs on the album and all of them seem fantastic. Jons voice overall was good.

Idiot "journalist" alert:

http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-...-comeback-show

Last night in London, Bon Jovi played their new album for a crowd of fan club members and Tidal customers. Here's what it taught us...
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Introducing himself as Bruce Forsythe, Jon Bon Jovi takes to the stage at London's historic Palladium for a two-hour "listening party" to celebrate release of the band's new album, This House Is Not For Sale. With a seven-member line-up and a lot of talking, there's much to take in...

1. This is less a listening party, more a lecture
Jon Bon Jovi explains the origins of all of the songs in depth, in a way songwriters rarely do for their audiences. He reads lyrics out, he explains how he wrote them, and he does so in a way that shows precisely how much these new new songs mean to him. It's heartfelt, and believable, and when he stops All Hail The King because he's choking up thinking about what it all means, you know you're in the midst of something special. A run-of-the-mill show this is not.

2. On the downside, lectures are much less fun than parties
If you sell somewhere north of 100 million albums and fill stadiums all over the world, it's likely you've learned a thing or two about stagecraft, and about pacing, and about choosing the right setlist. So when you play a set that doggedly follows the tracklisting of an album no-one's heard, and fill the gaps between songs with tales of their origin, don't expect the momentum to last, because it doesn't. It sags. And what could be a night of unrestrained celebration turns into a constant search for defibrillators.

3. This House Is Not For Sale has a great chorus
A giant chorus. A massive chorus. A wave-your-hands-in-the-air-like-you-just-don't-think-choruses-get-get-any-bigger-than-this chorus. It's vast. Canyon shaped. Ocean sized. And glorious.

4. The other songs don't
Apart from the one that sounds a lot like This House Is Not For Sale. It's called God Bless This Mess.

5. Richie Sambora doesn't get a mention
But he's a ghostly presence throughout. There's lots of talk about the "four walls" that built "this house", and Bon Jovi talks about the pride he has in the original line-up remaining together for so long. Later, he calls excellent new guitarist Phil X his brother and hugs him onstage, and you wonder whose benefit this show of affection is for. Is it a middle finger to Richie? Or is he merely reassuring Phil that the job is his for the foreseeable future? Given that he's already done over 100 shows with the band, we're probably reading too much into this either way. Although judging by the show-stopping bum notes on Come On Up To Our House, it's possible he won't last the week.

6. Bon Jovi are still a force to be reckoned with
Despite Bon Jovi's obvious pride in his new songs, and the audience's apparent willingness to come along for the ride, the final one-two punch of Who Says You Can't Go Home and Bad Medicine suggests that it's those big hits that'll keep the crowds coming back for more. And as the set climaxes and Bon Jovi grins and spins, and the audience throw their arms towards the heavens and sing lustily along, you imagine that deep down Jon Bon Jovi probably realises this too.

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Originally Posted by Bleeding Purist (Post 1209651)

Idiot "journalist" alert: http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-...-comeback-show

Well at least he/she seemed to enjoy some of it lol.

Did Phil X's playing during Come on up to our house stop the show? Was there any mistakes?

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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1209653)

Did Phil X's playing during Come on up to our house stop the show? Was there any mistakes?

Yeah, not sure if it was a broken string but it was screechy and off key so they stopped and started again.

Edit: Video here https://www.facebook.com/cjperkin/vi...4020040316270/

Scars On This Guitar is so freaking great even without Phil's guitar :D.

Hugh appears to be moving more frequently.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/108323/b...comeback-show?

Gigwise Review:

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"Tickets, Tickets, anybody want tickets!?". shouts a tout outside the stunning white tall London Palladium theatre walls as people gather around for the first Bon Jovi gig in London for three years. "How much!?" I ask. "200 quid mate" he mumbles with a shifty glare in his eye.

There aren't many shows that would get this price, even on the black market and it's testament to the legacy the band have built since the early '80s that people are willing to [pay that much to get in. It's one of the biggest, highest selling bands in the world ever in a venue small enough for a new band to fill out. It's not a normal night in central London.

The excitement within the venue is equally thrilling as the hustle and bustle out on the venue steps, which are short stroll form Oxford Circus station. It's a seated affair but as soon as the band which include two drummers, two guitarist, a bassist, and the one and only Jon Bon Jovias a singer take to the stage hardly anyone returns to their seat. Women are swooning, with hearts in their eyes the women, who are mostly middlt aged, look onto their former teenage heartthrob as religious groups would look unto their lord. Rarely will you see such devotion at a rock group in a gig and it's thrilling to witness.

The show tonight, apart from those who got stung by the touts, was free as it was done by competition. It's different to the usual stadium show you'd get. The band are hear for a live playing of their new album . This House Is Not For Sale from start to finish and Bon Jovi is introducing every song with a story about the experiences in his life that led to each song. "WThis is like a family and friends gathering" he says at the start, explaining how he's about to lead the set. And he's as comfortably speaking to this theatre audience as he would be with close friends and as such it doesn't make it jarring in the slightest. The evening is more informative and it's great to get broader context of what the songs about leading to more of a connection and understanding between the audience and bands.

The tracks from the album are stunning in their diversity. The likes of 'Knockout' are arena rock bangers, whilst the quieter more introspective songs 'River of Love' are powerful in a more emotional way. Jon Bon Jovi is singing with so much sincerity. The heart of som songs have a ye olde folk mysteriousness to the melody and strucytre and if you stripped away the huge sounding band behind, you'd be left with something very tender.

The reason Bon Jovi's set has strong contrast is because it reflects the turmoil his life has gone through in nearly losing his record deal. "I couldn't look at the guitar for months" he said. The band were going to be dropped after being their most successful acts and Bon Jovi, said "I take great pride in having the same wife, same band, and same label for over thirty years." So he fought to keep it and they reached an agreement and are back putting out records on Universal "for the rest of their life."

Despite causing a lot of hardship it's doubtful the songs tonight would be as interesting or as poignant and Bon Jovi would sing with as much conviction than had everything been plain sailing while he was off tour over the past few years. "Out of great hardship comes great songs" , he said in a press conference with Jo Wiley last month.

The attention from the audience for a set built form an album they've never heard before - it's out 4 November - is impressive. It is a big ask from the band but with it being a strong album they've gotten away with it. Token couple of oldies come in the encore with 'Who Says You Can't go Home', and 'Bad Medicine'. The latter especially gets the room shaking and reminds why Bon Jovi are considered one of the greatest live bands the world has ever known.

Telegraph Review: 3 out of 5 stars

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/wha...n-than-conce/?

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We all like a challenge, so here’s a new one: listen to Bon Jovi play 15 as-yet-unreleased songs back-to-back. Granted, it’s not quite like tackling the Northest Ridge of Everest, but this intimate London show by the New Jersey rockers was nevertheless something of an uphill climb.

Bon Jovi are about to release their 14th album, This House Is Not For Sale. The “Live Listening Party” at the Palladium – the band’s first UK show for more than three years – gave fans the chance to hear it played live in its entirety. It also provided a fascinating but self-indulgent snapshot of a band emerging from a midlife crisis and grappling with the technological changes ripping their industry apart.

Two big things have happened to Bon Jovi in recent years: guitarist Richie Sambora quit after 30-plus years and they got into an almighty spat with their record company, Mercury (since resolved). This House Is Not For Sale is singer Jon Bon Jovi’s confessional take on these. And, boy, does he ram his grievances home.

Svelte and grey-haired, his black shirt agape over toned torso, Bon Jovi took to the stage and joked that he was Bruce Forsyth on Sunday Night at the Palladium. It hinted at an irony that was sadly in short supply over the next 100 minutes. At times, this felt less like a concert and more like a therapy session for the 54-year-old.

The new songs came thick with symbolism. The “house” in the album’s title track represents the band. It can’t be knocked down. Or sold. And the temple in The Devil’s in the Temple is a record company. The devil presumably represents record execs or technology, ironic given that the show was put on in conjunction with streaming service Tidal X.

Musically, the songs were vintage Bon Jovi, meaty slabs of radio-friendly rock with huge choruses: you don’t sell 130 million albums without knowing how to knock out a tune. With their use of noodly, almost bagpipey guitar riffs, many tracks sounded like latter-day Coldplay or, depending on how far you follow the musical chain back, early Eighties Scottish rockers Big Country. They were enjoyable and tightly played: Tico Torres, on drums, snarled away like an amused Robert De Niro, while Phil ‘X’ Xenidis was a fine replacement for Sambora.

But it was the subject matter and 35-odd minutes of lengthy monologues that grated. I’m afraid I had trouble caring about this millionaire rock star and his tricky few years. We all have our ups and downs, mate – now pipe down and play Livin’ on a Prayer.

Relief came in the form of 1988’s Bad Medicine during the encore. And Bon Jovi thanked the crowd for sticking with him. Interspersed with hits during the forthcoming tour, these songs will be fine. Taken as one, they required stamina.

Evening Standard Review:

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/m...-a3365966.html

Bon Jovi, review: Never mind the new album, what about the greatest hits? (Missing the point there spectacularly, Evening Standard!)

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Much has happened in the three years since Bon Jovi’s last London concert. Jon Bon Jovi’s troubled sidekick Richie Sambora fled, Jovi suffered a debilitating bout of self-doubt and, despite the group still being a stadium act, their record label lost interest.

Rather than being a conventional show, last night was billed as a “live listening party” for their 13th studio outing, This House Is Not For Sale. The album won’t be released until next month and, in what Jovi himself admitted was “a big ask”, they played it all, in order. Plus bonus tracks.

The 54-year-old singer had a point. A band with a great, 100 million-selling back catalogue playing 15 tracks unfamiliar to an audience including Matt Cardle and Blur’s Alex James made the event more an endurance test than joyful return. Even so, This House Is Not For Sale may well prove to be the finest Bon Jovi album this century. There were galloping verses and stadium-filling choruses to spare; a clone of Wanted Dead Or Alive in Scars On This Guitar and even a slinky new direction on the Red Hot Chili Peppers-esque Roller Coaster.

As rejuvenated as his suspiciously white teeth, Jovi would not mention Sambora by name and patiently explained the meaning of each song, even if his philosophy may have been purloined from a greetings card: “Life isn’t a merry-go-round, it’s a rollercoaster… you’re as much a part of this as we are.”

To reward the audience’s admirable patience, hits were unfurled in the encore, albeit only two of them.

Rousing assaults on Who Says You Can’t Go Home and Bad Medicine were greeted like manna from a more recognisable heaven and the sense of relief and release was an adrenaline shot. That, though, was that.

A big ask indeed.