[LittleRunaway_Vicki]

Hi,

Has any member of Bon Jovi ever mentioned festivals? I don't know about over in the states, but here in the UK festivals are HUGE, usually lasting a weekend with most people camping out in the grounds.

I hope to go to the Isle of Wright festival next year and it got me wondering, do you think Bon Jovi would ever play a festival? I think it would be so cool!

Anyway, just one of those questions I tend to ponder.

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[Ollie]

They said in a radio interview with Virgin Radio shortly after their summer tour over in the UK last year that they'd love to come back next year (this year) to play a UK festival... but that isnt happening...uuummm

nahh don't think it will ever happen myself... Festivals tend to buck up the bands who are on the Radio 24/7 such as Snow Patrol, The Killers as headliners... you never know though... if it was going to happen Isle Of White festival would be the most likely i think...

it would be great if it did happen tho one year, i'd love Jovi at a festival

They played at Rock Am Ring in Germany back in 1995/1996 i think... but thats wen Jovi were much more commercially popular in Europe...

[LittleRunaway_Vicki]

Oooh so they'd be interested then? That's a start!

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by LittleRunaway_Vicki

Oooh so they'd be interested then? That's a start!

yuppo...

I guess it's likely they could do one of the new festivals much like what Aerosmith are doing in Hyde Park in June...

[Jim Bon Jovi]

if they were going to do it it'd be something like isle of white or hyde park.

it certainly wouldn't be something like V or glastonbury, they just don;t appeal to the target demographic.

i know the guy who books the bands for a massive festival and he asked me who i'd like to see appearing one year, i said bon jovi and he laughed and said they'd never play a festival and festival promoters would never want them to play >

[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi

if they were going to do it it'd be something like isle of white or hyde park.

it certainly wouldn't be something like V or glastonbury, they just don;t appeal to the target demographic.

i know the guy who books the bands for a massive festival and he asked me who i'd like to see appearing one year, i said bon jovi and he laughed and said they'd never play a festival and festival promoters would never want them to play >

Actually, in Hungary there is this massive one week festival called Sziget (thsi year: The Killers, Tool, Pink, The Hives, Chemical Brothers, and probably quite some more)and they have a wishbox and Bon jovi always makes it to the most voted 4-5 bands, together with Metallica and Iron Maiden...

but I guess overall, you are right. Jovi don't neccessary appeal to the classical festival audience but then Jovi fans are die-hards and I am sure the festival would be sold-out anyway.

[Captain Walrus]

Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi

if they were going to do it it'd be something like isle of white or hyde park.

it certainly wouldn't be something like V or glastonbury, they just don;t appeal to the target demographic.

i know the guy who books the bands for a massive festival and he asked me who i'd like to see appearing one year, i said bon jovi and he laughed and said they'd never play a festival and festival promoters would never want them to play >

V, Glastonbury, and to an extent the Carling Weekender largely have the same target demographic anyway. By the looks of it, Isle Of White and T In The Park are pretty similar. And yeah, they don't really fit that demographic at all. Nor for Download. I'd say Hyde Park would be most likely. V maybe, Virgin Radio don't seem to mind them too much