Catching up with some of the videos, that Bed Of Roses was superb, and These Days is pretty damn decent as well. Whatever has happened, be it confidence or feeding off the crowds enthusiasm, Jon is now in an acceptable place vocals wise and is finally let loose from the mic stand. It's great to see.

It's been a long time since we've been down in South America
A lot's gone on, right?
We were down here, going through some tough times
Tico was sick, Richie was missing in action
But we came down here, we took the stage every night
With a song, some sweat and your love
And it pulled me through
Four years later, the stars shine again, 'cause I hear it, I hear angels singing
And I hear thunder behind me (?)
And I hear you hearts, they're calling (?)

Thanks symbeline, jovifan93, Gadden. A poignant speech.

Have we not seen Bobby and some of the one off events Jon does? If there was a serious falling out I doubt he'd be there.

He hasn't been there...

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Jon works hard, that's fine, but he does not seem to give a moment of peace to his band. It is always in the writing and recording of something, and in turn a programming of a world tour. He always needs someone's company to write or compose, I think Bobby got tired just like Riche, since he absorbed all his time.

Jon said to Richie so he moving into the house and jon had a Richie room at his mansion All said the guy was overworked. Its to much to be the key writing foundation to a big machine and arena rock. What about his life?

Lack of empathy from JBJ in regards to Sambora's feelings about the situation drove the wedge deeper. That is one of the keys to understanding this whole story.

That's why John Shanks is there, but I predict that Shanks will also fall if the pace of work and constant tours remain the same.

What are you talking about? They played 2 legs of 35 shows total this year. And that's after taking most of 2014-2016 off with only a few one-offs. Yes, that includes recording of the album, but again, they had over 2 years to do so. They more than taken their time off this time.

Jon is definitely guilty of overworking the band (and himself) in the past, but that's not the case anymore at all. Most other artists/bands have much tighter schedules than Bon Jovi of today.

Perfectly put.

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Not trying to speak for rolo, or jump in the middle of anything (actually just fighting insomnia, truth be told), but if I'm not mistaken, I think rolo was referring to the comments a few posts or pages back about why Bobby's not with the band anymore, not this year's tour.