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Bon Jovi (formed in 1983) is an American hard rock band known for their arena-filling live shows and instantly recognisable worldwide hit single “Livin’ on a Prayer”, hailing from Sayreville, New Jersey.

Originally comprised of Garden State natives, frontman Jon Bon Jovi, keyboard and backing vocalist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, lead guitarists Richie Sambora, and bassist Alec John Such, the group has remained a fairly solid lineup since its formation. The band began playing around New Jersey, opening for touring bands, which is how they caught the attention of record executive Derek Shulman. He subsequently signed Bon Jovi to Mercury Records and released their debut, self-titled album in January 1984. Peaking at No. 43 on the Billboard 200, the record introduced the band’s huge, dramatic and heavy guitar-driven sound, which resulted in the band opening for the Scorpions in the U.S. and Kiss in Europe.

After a disappointing second album “7800° Farenheit” was released in 1985, Bon Jovi issued their breakthrough album “Slippery When Wet” in August 1986. Holding the top spot of the Billboard 200 for a remarkable eight weeks, the record was led by the No. 1 knockout singles “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Livin’ on a Prayer”, turning the group into household names the world over. The group’s 130-show supporting tour became a huge success and earned the band nearly $30,000,000. Building on this success Bon Jovi’s fourth, “New Jersey” once again found the top of the charts aided by the No. 1 singles “Bad Medicine” and “I’ll Be There for You”. With a reputation as one of the best and most intense touring bands in the world, Bon Jovi set off on a 232 show tour which included a show in the Soviet Union.

The constant cycle of recording and touring began to take its toll on the group and in 1990 Bon Jovi took a hiatus to focus on family and individual pursuits. After a conversation about the longevity of the group in St. Thomas, the members agreed to start making a new album. That new album proved to be “Keep the Faith” released in November 1992. Marked by its mature, thoughtful lyrics, the album was succeeded by the compilation “Cross Road”, which featured the band's most successful single to date, “Always”. Bassist Alec John Such was subsequently fired from the band and unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald.

Following another huge worldwide tour, Bon Jovi issued their sixth album “These Days” in 1995, followed by “Crush” in 2000, and “Bounce” in 2002. In 2003 the band reworked a number of their biggest hits and compiled them onto the studio album “This Left Feels Right” in November. Prior to the arrival of their 10th studio album, “Have a Nice Day” in 2005, Bon Jovi was bestowed with the Award for Merit at the American Music Awards in 2003. Playing to nearly two million fans the world over, the “Have a Nice Day” Tour grossed nearly $200 million, following close behind successful tour by The Rolling Stones and Madonna.

The full-length “Lost Highway” followed in June 2007, led by the singles “(You Want to) Make a Memory” and “Lost Highway”. Following the subsequent tour, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2009, the same year they released their 12th studio album, “The Circle”.

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Druve-Ins and Theaters. Now the only thing he is doing is for a vacation company called "RUNAWAY TOURS" for Halloween And it is only 2 nights He is gonna do a short gig and then take pictures and maybe answer some questions there's some questions for a couple of nights this is mainly just a vacation package to Miami, Florida That is outrageously expensive Is nothing like a tour concert. This thing hes doing now is a couple of $1000 plus And you have to pay for your plane fare and your food. And as for the Night of 29th and 30th And the 31st of October. But the hotel is only for 2 nights. And they still haven't booked up completely. The 1st one they did a few months ago booked up really fast for all that's for all 3 of the prices prices but this time they're not booking everything up. Most people can't afford several $1000.

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I've been going to Bon Jovi gigs in UK since 1986. I was 15, already had both their previous albums. First UK tour, they played a tiny local theatre, which was half empty as they were barely known over here back then! I've been to every UK tour since, except one..even saw them at Donnington "Monsters of Rock", which is now Download. Manchester, Stoke City Stadium, Coventry; I've loved every concert, but I have to say, Coventry is a lousy venue!! It's a nightmare to get to and the lack of parking is a complete ball ache. PLEASE do more dates at Manchester and replace Coventry with the Stadium in Stoke, now called The BET 365 Stadium and is home to Stoke City fc, so same size as Coventry. Loads of parking, and not clogging up motorway slip roads to get there either. Other than that, cannot fault ANY concet I've seen; Jon is so professional. 2 concerts, on 2 consecutive tours, it belted it down with rain and they carried on, towelling off inbetween. Jon even laughed while singing the line "til the heavens burst" during "Always" Phil X is a great guitarist too. I've seen Kiss, Halestorm, Def Leppard, TOTO, Tina Turner, Guns n Roses, plus many more and Bon Jovi will always be top of my list. Lifelong fan, 37 years on from my first concert and 39 yeats since my first album "Bon Jovi". Keep on rocking!

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Bon Jovi remains, to this day, a musical icon. The band is one of the most successful and famous rock bands of all time and, judging on the ridiculously large crowd that excitedly came to see the band perform live, they will never, ever lose their star. Years after their formation in 1983, Bon Jovi’s hits are still classics that everyone, young and old, can’t fail to recognise. And this is precisely why it was so brilliant to watch them perform live, in a packed out arena of thousands of fans. The energy was out of this world, and the fans were so excited that they could barely contain themselves. Even the sound check guy got an ear deafening scream when he appeared on stage. When Jon Bon Jovi himself appeared, the world exploded. Proving that he still got it, Jon Bon Jovi put his famous vocals to test with a big opener: ‘Always’. The crowd went wild. We were treated to all the hits, spanning all the decades. ‘Who Says You Can’t Go Home’ was a notable one, with the whole crowd singing along, but it was ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ that, of course, brought the house down.

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I Love Bonjovi!!!Have been a fan since 1984, seen them 9 times in concert, have all their music old and new, 3 shows I went to see them by myself, this show I went by myself, and as always it was awesome!!!! Jon is amazing, I loved what he did when he quizzed the audience about the radio station, lol I just can't get over that, as any woman I wish that was me lol,they always put on a great performance, and make you feel good, I also loved when he would turn to the back of the stage and kick box into the video at the end of the song he did this 3 times, I give them 10 stars on this show, Philx was really good, I could see how much he really enjoys what he is doing, the stage was phenomenal, with the slinky lights, and how this house is not for sale picture of the album was included awesome!!!! I also have to say how much I missed seeing Richie, but, they're performance proved they've moved on, got it together and Jon Bonjovi, Tico, and David, I remember you guys in your 20's,30's,40's, I just can't believe its been over 30 years, you guys are amazing!!

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Some bands never lose their appeal due to the fact their hit singles still seem relevant and able to play on radios years later. They turn from songs into much loved anthems and are passed down between families and friends. New Jersey glam rock outfit Bon Jovi definitely sit within this category thanks to their runaway success in the 80s.

Years later they are still packing out arenas with fans old and new who are all enthusiastic and ready to bellow along to those recognisable choruses. Although it is over thirty years since the band first formed, all the musicians remain so lively and passionate onstage most noticeably Jon himself who conducts his crowd like a pastor addressing his faithful church commune. He preaches, they agree although there are no hallelujahs just great rock choruses on the likes of 'Always' and 'Bad Medicine'. They leave stage in a barrage of lights and guitar riffs yet the crowd knows they will be returning for the synonymous 'Livin' On A Prayer' which unites the thousand strong audience in one almighty singalong.

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Bon Jovi has been rocking it around the world since the eighties and hasn't given up yet.

They've been touring huge arenas for years and even in their ripe old age they still manage to put on over a two hour long performance that will leave you breathless and will have you singing along and dancing all night to the hits from Slippery When Wet all the way up to their latest album What about Now.

They'll make you feel like you've been time warped to the land of neon t-shirts and big hair! You'll want to go bust out your members only jacket and flock of seagulls haircut after you see them. Bringing back a blast from the past you'll be able to see the hits like "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Living on a Prayer" just like they were in the eighties.

Bon Jovi can still hit every note perfectly and does it with a flair that only he can bring. Richie Sambora never misses a note in any of his solos and can still rock out with the best of them even going as far as doing a ten minute long guitar solo in the middle of their set.

We paid for general admission seating so we couldn't get anywhere near the stage. The screen would have been fine, but the sound system was horrible and we could barely hear him. From what we did hear, the sound was entirely muffled.

In addition, people smoked all around us and there was no fresh air. Our 10 and 8 year old boys were miserable. There were a lot of people complaining but no one from Dick's Sporting Goods was there. There were only volunteers and no one knew how to address the issue. We decided to leave after 15 minutes of the music starting. And speaking of the music starting, he started 2 1/2 hours late.

It was the worst concert I've ever experienced. And not only did we put $280 for four tickets, we paid for a hotel room so we could go to the concert.

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My first concert was 95 wembley stadium. Ab absolutely mega l cant explain to people just how mega it was you wouldn't be able to understand or appreciate it unless you ate a fan of theirs. It was just electric. I was so excited it was Wembley stadium.l had never been anywhere as big as that. I remember going to the seats the sound of the music booming out. I think it was vanhalen jump.l was so excited l got to a bit where you could stand and l looked over the bars and felt as though l was going to fall into the crowd. I felt like l was walking on air and no l hadn't been drinking.it was just amazing l went with my mum who has now passed away. A memory l will hold in my heart forever.

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What can i say, the show was fantastic, mind i have not been to a bad one yet, and i have been going since 1995, the shows get better and better, we always get vip, we have stood in que's for hours and had gold circle, also being at the front, but know we like a bit of comfort , so we go vip, which is fabulous , of you have not been to a Bon jovi concert you are missing out, the only thing i was dissapointed about was how long it took them to come to England and then there was only a choice of 3 venue' one up north and 2 down south, also jon i do miss the fireworks at the end bring them back , but all in all fab as always, just dont leave it so long next time xxxxxxxxx

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Fortunate enough to be in a hospitality box, with a very good (close) view.

The biggest issue, was the terribly poor sound quality. I don't know if this was because of where our box was (to the side) or whether the sound was generally very poor.

when he spoke, we could not make out a single word he said.

again, when he sang, were it not for us knowing the words to his most famous songs, we would not have had a clue what he was singing.

visually, excellent, atmosphere was tremendous, but the sound was terrible.

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Grammy Award®-winning and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Bon Jovi has released their highly anticipated 16th studio album, FOREVER, now available via Island Records. Listen Now !

“This record is a return to joy. From the writing, through the recording process, this is turn up the volume, feel good Bon Jovi,” said lead vocalist Jon Bon Jovi. 

Known for their timeless anthems and electrifying performances, Bon Jovi continues to captivate audiences worldwide. With FOREVER, the band promises to deliver the same feel-good rock sound that has defined their illustrious career.

BON JOVI: FOREVER - Track Listing

1. Legendary 2. We Made It Look Easy  3. Living Proof 4. Waves  5. Seeds  6. Kiss The Bride 7. The People’s House 8. Walls Of Jericho 9. I Wrote You A Song 10. Living In Paradise  11. My First Guitar 12. Hollow Man

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Legendary rock band Bon Jovi has released their latest song, "Living Proof," from their upcoming 16th studio album, Forever , set to release on June 7, 2024 . Forbes Magazine and others have highlighted Bon Jovi's impact on 2024 so far. The release of "Living Proof," is just the latest offering, joining their hit single "Legendary", their 40th anniversary online museum, HULU's docu-series " Thank You, Goodnight" - The Bon Jovi Story, and being honored at this year's MusiCares "Person of the Year". It's truly been the year of Bon Jovi. The release of "Living Proof" follows the success of their hit single "Legendary," which quickly soared to #1 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart and #2 on the Rock Digital Song Sales Chart. The song's music video has garnered over 3.5 million views on YouTube and has amassed millions of streams. Jon Bon Jovi will mentor and perform on American Idol's finale this Sunday, May 19. Forever is available for pre-order now, along with exclusive editions.

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Today marks a thrilling moment for Bon Jovi fans worldwide as the highly anticipated documentary series, "Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story." Is released on Hulu.

The docu-series promises an intimate, raw and compelling look into the legendary rock band's journey through their over 40 year career. It takes viewers behind the scenes, from their humble beginnings in New Jersey to becoming one of the most iconic rock bands in history. Through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen footage, and candid moments with band members, the documentary captures the highs, lows, and pivotal moments that shaped their music and legacy.

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LISTEN TO “LEGENDARY”    |    WATCH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

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BON JOVI , Grammy Award®-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, and one of history’s most iconic acts, continues their 40th anniversary celebration, with the release of “Legendary,” new single + video out now via Island Records. The monumental new track sets the stage for BON JOVI’s upcoming 16th studio album, FOREVER , arriving on June 7, 2024. The new album is now available for pre-order HERE where fans can find exclusive colored vinyl options, CDs, cassettes, and limited edition signed copies. An extremely limited run of Ocean Waves colored vinyl will include a one-of-a-kind instant photo of Jon.

In conjunction with last month’s 66th annual Grammy Awards®, Jon Bon Jovi was named 2024 MusiCares Person Of The Year and was honored with an all-star tribute concert at the L.A. Convention Center featuring Bruce Springsteen, Shania Twain, Melissa Etheridge, Sammy Hagar, Jason Isbell, Jelly Roll, Pat Monahan of Train, and many others.

“This record is a return to joy. From the writing, through the recording process, this is turn up the volume, feel good Bon Jovi,” said Jon Bon Jovi.

The commemoration of BON JOVI’s 40th anniversary year continues tonight at the SXSW Conference, when HULU premieres Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story. The career-spanning four-part docu-series will have its official debut on HULU on April 26th. This marks the first-ever docu-series on the band’s history that has been made with full cooperation from all past and present members of BON JOVI. The docu-series is a ROS production, the banner of filmmaker Gotham Chopra. For further info, please see the HULU press announcement HERE .

BON JOVI: FOREVER – track listing

  • We Made It Look Easy
  • Living Proof
  • Kiss The Bride
  • The People’s House
  • Walls Of Jericho
  • I Wrote You A Song
  • Living In Paradise
  • My First Guitar

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“The Fastest Seats in Sports” on Sunday March 10 were occupied by none other than Jon Bon Jovi, and four-time winner of the indy 500 Helio Castroneves. The two of them paced the field during race warmup laps at the Firestone Grand Prix in St Petersburg, Florida. “Crazy” Jon said of the experience “This was a chance of a lifetime” and after asking if he’d like to come back to race he quipped “How about I buy a team, we’ll start there”

That wasn’t where the Bon Jovi take-over ended either. Driver Felix Rosenqvist was on the front row of the starting line as the race was just about to begin, his Indycar decked out in SiriusXM Bon Jovi Radio decals, and Hampton Water Wine, the award winning rosé owned and operated by Jon’s son Jesse.

Then engines roared, and the race was on, speeding into the Florida afternoon.

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MusiCares named Jon Bon Jovi as the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year. He is the honoree of the 33rd annual Person of the Year benefit gala. Proceeds from the event provide essential support for MusiCares, the leading music charity providing music professionals health and human services across a spectrum of needs. The MusiCares Person of the Year tribute ceremony is one of the most prestigious events held during GRAMMY Week.

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Bon Jovi, Brandy Clark, Damiano David of Måneskin, Melissa Etheridge, Goo Goo Dolls, Sammy Hagar, Jason Isbell, Jelly Roll, Marcus King, Larkin Poe, Mammoth WVH, Pat Monahan, Orianthi, Bruce Springsteen, Shania Twain, The War and Treaty, and Lainey Wilson performed at the MusiCares tribute to Bon Jovi’s legacy and his impact on rock and roll since the 1983 inception of his eponymous band. The benefit gala was hosted by GRAMMY-nominated comedian Jim Gaffigan. Joining the evening’s host were presenters Gayle King and GRAMMY Award-winning musician Kylie Minogue.

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“MusiCares is thrilled to honor Jon Bon Jovi at the 2024 Person of the Year Gala,” said Laura Segura, Executive Director of MusiCares. “His remarkable contributions to rock and roll have not only left an indelible mark on the music industry, but also in the hearts of countless fans around the world. Furthermore, his long-standing commitment to serving food insecure and unhoused individuals inspires us all. We’re looking forward to celebrating him and the many ways he has made a difference in this world.”

In addition to his extensive musical achievements, Jon Bon Jovi is recognized for his impactful philanthropic work. In 2006, he established the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, an organization dedicated to disrupting the cycle of hunger, poverty and homelessness. The organization’s objective is to recognize and maximize the human potential in those affected by hunger, poverty and homelessness by offering programs that provide food and affordable housing while supporting social services and job training programs. As a health and human service charity, MusiCares is proud to shine a light on Jon Bon Jovi’s impactful philanthropy and hopes to raise awareness for these important human rights issues.

“I’m truly humbled to be this year’s MusiCares honoree. MusiCares’ work with music professionals is vitally important in creating much needed support and wellness programs that cultivate a healthier and more vibrant community for us all.” said Jon Bon Jovi. “Philanthropic work has been a cornerstone of my life and has always run in tandem to my music career and achievements. Nearly two decades ago when I formed the JBJ Soul Foundation and JBJ Soul Kitchens, I saw firsthand and continue to see today the impact of charitable community-based work. I know this for sure: helping one’s community is helping one’s self.”

Since 1991, money raised from this gala goes toward MusiCares health and human services programs that assist the music community with physical and mental health, addiction recovery, preventative clinics, unforeseen personal emergencies, and disaster relief.

MusiCares helps the humans behind music because music gives so much to the world. Offering preventive, emergency and recovery programs, MusiCares is a safety net supporting the health and welfare of the music community. Founded by the Recording Academy in 1989 as a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) charity, MusiCares safeguards the well-being of all music people through direct financial grant programs, networks of support resources, and tailored crisis relief efforts. For more information please visit: www.musicares.org.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band BON JOVI commemorates the 40th anniversary of its self-titled debut with the digital release of BON JOVI DELUXE EDITION on all streaming platforms, an exclusive limited-edition ruby color vinyl LP, and limited-edition cassette.

BON JOVI DELUXE EDITION consists of the remastered original album in addition to a total of nine bonus tracks, including unreleased studio recordings and four rare live cuts. Jon Bon Jovi co-produced BON JOVI DELUXE EDITION alongside longtime sound engineer Obie O’Brien who also mixed the bonus material.

Remastered from the original tapes, the limited-edition ruby color vinyl of the band’s original 9-track LP boasts an alternate cover design, high-end tip-on jacket, and an exclusive lithograph of an early Ross Halfin photo session.

Finally, the limited-edition cassette features all of the original album tracks with an enhanced design that now includes lyrics and the original band photo from the LP’s inner sleeve, elements missing from the original U.S. cassette release.

Listen & Pre-Order Now: https://bonjovi.lnk.to/BonJovi40

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Hulu is about to (willingly) take some bad medicine.

The streamer has acquired a four-part series about Bon Jovi. Titled Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, the project comes from Gotham Chopra’s Religion of Sports banner and will chronicle the mega-selling arena rock band’s 40-year run of riding steel horses and giving love a bad name.

Thank You, Goodnight is also the first retrospective on Bon Jovi’s history that will feature participation from all present and past members of the band. It’s set to premiere April 26 on Hulu in the United States and later in the year on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in the rest of the world.

The announcement comes on the 40th anniversary of the release of Bon Jovi’s self-titled first album, which peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 chart. Two years later, the band’s Slippery When Wet exploded, spending eight weeks at No. 1 and selling 12 million-plus copies on the backs of singles like “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.” The band has placed 13 albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.

The docuseries will cover those highs, as well as low points and “public moments of friction” in the band via interviews with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi and other band members, personal videos, unreleased demos, lyrics and previously unseen photos.

Thank You, Goodnight is directed and executive produced by Chopra (Kobe Bryant’s Muse, Man in the Arena). Giselle Parets and Ameeth Sankaran of Religion of Sports also executive produce. Alex Trudeau Viriato produced and edited the series.

Article Link: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bon-jovi-documentary-hulu-1235803400/

Photo Credit: KOH HASEBE/SHINKO MUSIC/GETTY

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Arena rock is a genre of music that will never die, as long as crowds convene inside hockey arenas around the country to sing along to our favorite anthems from our favorite artists. That’s exactly what took place when Bon Jovi kicked off their 2022 tour in Omaha, NE at the CHI Health Center on Friday, April 1st, for their first public in-person concert since the pandemic started.

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Bon Jovi brought their New Jersey flare to the heartland, led by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi is an expert showman, first and foremost. He has a young soul to him, and on Friday, he pulled off an incredible Mick Jagger-like crowd control with the audience that was both engaging and entertaining.

It was also Bon Jovi’s first official concert since the pandemic started – they’d had to cancel a planned 2020 run – and it was clear they were very excited to finally play in front of a crowd. “It’s been a long time since I said good evening,” said Bon Jovi, before they kicked into “You Give Love A Bad Name.”

As for the rest of the band, they were in top form. Phil X has had some major shoes to fill playing lead guitar for over five years, but he does it flawlessly. During “Keep the Faith,” he impressively went through three guitars during the whole song, breaking one of the strings during the process. Elsewhere, Tico Torres was a beast behind the drum kit, while you can hear David Bryan’s signature synth sound from a mile away. Also, is it possible for guitarist/producer John Shanks to be made a permanent member of Bon Jovi? The man shared lead guitar duties and was a phenomenal rhythm player, earning the spotlight more than once during his guitar solos.

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The band also paid tribute to Ukraine, performing “It’s My Life,” a song that has been adopted as an anthem for Ukrainians, and “We Don’t Run,” which was being filmed as part of a Global Citizen special. Elsewhere, they dusted off songs released over the past couple of decades, including five cuts from their latest album, 2020, with Jon Bon Jovi stating he is “proud of this album.”

Finally, they ended their main set with the iconic “Livin’ On a Prayer,” which immediately had the whole arena singing in unison. At last, it was time for the two-song encore, starting with “Love’s the Only Rule” and ending with “Bad Medicine.”

Bon Jovi remain one of the most influential rock bands, while proving arena rock is far from dead. Sometimes, you just want to sing along to a great hook, and that’s exactly what you’ll get on this run.

Tickets for the rest of the tour are available via Ticketmaster and BonJovi.com.

Consequence of Sound article: https://consequence.net/2022/04/bon-jovi-concert-review-2022-tour-setlist-photos/

Photos Credit: Dustin Jack

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(February 16, 2022) – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Bon Jovi announced today the chance for local bands across the country to perform on the highly anticipated Bon Jovi 2022 Tour. Bands are encouraged to submit an audition video of original music for the chance to open for the band at a concert stop on the tour. One local band will be selected for each tour date. For more information and to upload a submission, visit www.bonjovi.com/openingact

The Bon Jovi 2022 Tour will launch this spring in arenas nationwide. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale now. Click here for tickets and more information.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Bon Jovi announced today the Bon Jovi 2022 Tour, produced by Live Nation and sponsored by Hampton Water. The tour is scheduled for arenas this coming Spring. Tickets will go on-sale to the general public for most markets beginning Friday, January 14th at 10:00am local time. For early access to ticket and VIP packages, The JBJ Experience member pre-sale will begin on Tuesday, January 11th at 10:00am local time.

The band spent much of the past two years recording and releasing new music, while also creating livestream performance content and launching Bon Jovi radio for their fans. Bon Jovi’s 2020 was one of the most critically acclaimed album releases of that year with USA Today calling it “BRILLIANT” and Associated Press highlighting the depth of lyrics within the songs that “chronicle pain, loss, fear and death from the coronavirus, police killings and mass shootings.”

Bon Jovi remains one of the most prolific and sought-after tour tickets in live music today, and getting back on tour was a top priority for the band. “We have all missed touring and we know that nothing can replace the energy of a live show for the fans or the band,” said Jon Bon Jovi.

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* On-Sale date January 21st ^ On-Sale date February 4th

The JBJ Experience member pre-sale for Milwaukee and Indianapolis will begin on Tuesday, January 18 at 10am local time and will go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 21 at 10am local time.

The JBJ Experience member pre-sale for Houston and Nashville will begin on Tuesday, February 1 at 10am local time and will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 4 at 10am local time.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer   Jon Bon Jovi   will sit down for an exclusive interview March 20 with Spotify’s head of rock, Allison Hagendorf, for “ AXS TV   Presents: A Conversation With Jon Bon Jovi,” followed by the broadcast premiere of the band’s only concert performance of 2020, “On A Night Like This — Bon Jovi 2020.”

“We released our new album during such a unique year and without a tour we had to find a different way to perform these songs for our fans,” said Bon Jovi. “AXS TV has been a great partner and I’m looking forward to everyone getting the chance to watch this special showcasing the band’s first and only time performing 2020 live together.”

The pre-show event will air prior of the broadcast premiere of “On A Night Like This – Bon Jovi 2020” at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. Filmed in quarantine in a studio in Nashville, the film features first-time performances of tracks from the band’s 15th studio album, “2020,” including “Limitless,” “Beautiful Drug” and “Do What You Can.” The film offers fans a glimpse into how the band managed and weathered the storm during a global pandemic, with backstage footage and interviews interspersed throughout the film.

The wide-ranging interview with Hagendorf will explore the past year, with a focus on how Bon Jovi navigated the musical waters in unprecedented times, which resulted in the band delaying the release of its record, cancellation of a tour and Bon Jovi writing two songs inspired by the unfolding events in the nation. The chat will also delve into how the band was able to eventually find a way to film the concert and segments for “On A Night Like This,” and Bon Jovi’s personal focus on passion projects doing his own part to help with the Covid-19 crisis. As a bonus, viewers can submit their own questions in an AXS TV sweepstakes, where several will be selected to be answered in a “Fans Ask” segment.

“I first interviewed Jon nearly a decade ago in New York, and it is truly an honor to have the opportunity to sit down with him once again,” said Hagendorf, host of the Spotify podcast “Rock This With Allison Hagendorf.” “It is such a treat for fans, including myself, to hear firsthand about the band’s personal journey during this challenging past year. I was fascinated to learn how these moments, both big and small, culminated into their latest body of work, and I cannot wait to share it with AXS TV’s audience when the interview premieres on March 20.”

“AXS TV has quickly risen as a premier multiplatform brand sought out by acclaimed artists and entertainers. We are proud to be able to offer them strong promotional partnerships such as this, which empower them to share their latest projects directly with a massive audience of dedicated music enthusiasts,” said Sarah Weidman, head of original programming, development and multi-platform content for AXS TV. “AXS TV is honored to join forces with Bon Jovi to bring ‘On A Night Like This’ to television for the first time as part of a multiplatform event — giving our viewers the best seat in the house for an unforgettable evening featuring an exclusive interview with Jon Bon Jovi followed by a unique performance from one of rock’s most legendary bands.”

Both the interview and the concert will be available across all AXS TV digital platforms immediately following the broadcast premiere, with an encore presentation airing Sunday, March 21 at 10 p.m. ET on AXS TV.

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(February 18, 2021)   – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band BON JOVI releases a new video for their current single   “STORY OF LOVE”   off the band’s critically acclaimed fifteenth studio album   2020 .  True to the lyrics, the video takes a deeply personal look at songwriter Jon Bon Jovi’s family life with never-before-revealed family photos and home videos.  The video will premiere on YouTube this Thursday at 12:30pm ET and Jon will be live on YouTube answer fan questions starting at 12pm ET.  The video can be seen   HERE .

“Although I wrote “Story of Love” about my family, I hope when people listen to the song and watch the video, they will see themselves and their family,” said Jon Bon Jovi.

About Bon Jovi: Over an illustrious career spanning more than three decades since their formation in 1983, Bon Jovi has earned their place among global rock royalty and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame. With over 130 million albums sold worldwide, and extensive catalog of hit anthems, thousands of concerts performed in more than 50 countries for more than 35 million fans, and ticket grosses well over $1 billion around the world in the last decade alone.  Bon Jovi is the consummate rock and roll band.

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Bon Jovi has never released an official holiday album, but Jon Bon Jovi is gifting fans this year with not one, not two, but three holiday songs for them to enjoy. The songs are covers of Tom Petty's "Christmas All Over Again," The Pogues' "Fairytale of   New York " and "If I Get Home on   Christmas   Day," which was recorded by Elvis Presley on the 1971 album "Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas." Petty's "Christmas All Over Again" is a 1992 song that appeared on both the charity album "A Very Special Christmas 2" and on the soundtrack for "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York." The Pogues' song, which is a duet with late singer Kirsty MacColl, came out in 1987, but was recently in the headlines due to the BBC's Radio 1 announcing last month that it would only play a censored version of the song, removing several offensive words in lyrics. In his version, Bon Jovi has gotten around that by rewriting the lyrics to remove the offending words. The music videos for the songs are exclusively available to members of the JBJ Experience Fan Club.

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NEW YORK, NY – Last week Bon Jovi’s concert documentary On A Night Like This – Bon Jovi 2020 was seen by more than one million viewers who tuned into the Bon Jovi Facebook page to watch the band’s first-ever full album performance of their critically acclaimed release 2020. This week, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi is giving fans an early holiday gift with the release of three holiday songs: “Christmas All Over Again,” “Fairytale of New York,” and “If I Get Home on Christmas Day,” available Monday, December 7th on all streaming and digital platforms. Recorded this Fall to cap off the 2020 holiday season, the song’s accompanying music videos can be seen exclusively by members of the “The JBJ Experience” which also features outtakes and never-before-seen content on https://www.bonjovi.com/pages/fan-club .

About Bon Jovi:

Over an illustrious career spanning more than three decades since their formation in 1983, Bon Jovi has earned their place among global rock royalty and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame. With over 130 million albums sold worldwide, and extensive catalog of hit anthems, thousands of concerts performed in more than 50 countries for more than 35 million fans, and ticket grosses well over $1 billion around the world in the last decade alone. Bon Jovi is the consummate rock and roll band.

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Sometimes it takes an artist to reflect an event back at us, so we can truly see and feel it. It could be a photo taken by a journalist or a witness, like the   Falling Man   from 9/11. Or it could be a film, like Spike Lee’s   When the Levees Broke , which brought home the reality left in Katrina’s wake. This year, Jon Bon Jovi’s trying to show us who we are with his new album   2020 , which tackles the pandemic, political divisiveness, and police violence, among other fractures in the current American landscape. It’s his attempt to, as he puts it, “bear witness to history.”

This is Bon Jovi’s second record since longtime writing partner and guitarist Richie Sambora abruptly left the band during a world tour back in 2013, amid some personal challenges and family struggles. He talks about   2020   as his first time stepping out from behind the rock star person, and it’s a more personal, less glam record than we’ve heard from him before.

But this is still Jon Bon Jovi:   2020   opens strong (first words: “Wake up!”) and grabs you immediately with its straightforward pop-rock clarity. The album is unusual and maybe necessary and inspiring—it became a kind of personal musical life raft this summer during a difficult stretch for my family. When I watched Jon perform ‘Do What You Can’ and ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ for a benefit he organized for first responders and front-line workers in his home state of New Jersey this summer, it felt as if Bon Jovi could connect the dots between the different voices struggling to be heard in America, and help lead by example through this tumultuous time.

Bon Jovi has also put his money where there were suddenly more mouths to feed than ever and fewer hands to do the work. Since March, both he and his wife could be found most days at the two community restaurants and massive food bank supported by his foundation near his homes in hard-hit New Jersey and Long Island. During the unending months of lockdown, he helped support thousands who needed it, and now he’s delivered a credible soundtrack of American life this year. GQ spoke to Bon Jovi about   2020   and 2020.

GQ: What was the process for this record, now that you’re calling all the shots?

Jon Bon Jovi : Well, I turned the record in and then Covid happened and shut the world down. So I knew that if I was gonna have a topical record in 2020, I better write a Covid song. That’s ‘Do What you Can.’

I was inspired by the health care workers, the students who sacrificed, the grocery store clerk who became an essential worker, the caregiver, the unsung heroes who stepped up to help their neighbors and those who simply wore a mask, not because it was a political tool but because it was a sign of respect for their fellow man.

Then of course the George Floyd incident hit, BLM, so then I sat down to write ‘American Reckoning’ and, finally, at that time I said Amen, the album is now complete. I took the two, let’s call them love songs, off the record and put on ‘Do What You Can’ and ‘American Reckoning’ and I said now there is my   2020.

You say that as if it’s easy to write pop songs about a pandemic and systemic racism and police violence.

I think experience has probably given me that ability, to be honest. Now I find that I have nothing left to really prove, and I have nothing to hide. And the world is in such a place that I felt that I could bear witness to history, as long as I was willing to   be   that witness. I am but a witness to history.

The events I touched on in   2020   touched me. Topics such as veterans dealing with PTSD, gun control, inequality, racial injustice, and many others have an unbiased seat at this table. I didn't take sides on any of these important issues. I just reported on them factually. That was my technique throughout the process. Make it very obvious what the song is about and where I stand, but don't wave a finger, don't be accusatory, that was what I set out to do.

Truthfully, I'm at a point in my career where I know what I do for a living but it doesn't define me; it’s just what I do.

Do what you can. So, what does define you, as a man?

Well, being a father, being a philanthropist. Being the guy that was working in the food bank today and needs a shower desperately and probably should see a doctor for the fuckin hernia that I’m sure I have [laughs].

The model at my restaurants, JBJ Soul Kitchen, is that those in need volunteer for their meals and earn a certificate that will feed up to four family members. Due to the pandemic, we couldn't have any volunteers work. But we still had mouths to feed. So Dorothea and I worked five days a week for two months before we went to Long Island and opened a food bank that fed 6,000 people a month there.

From May through the summer, we worked there every day we were open. We’ve been working since the pandemic began, whether it was at the Soul Kitchen or at the foodbank here on Long Island, giving the food to seven pantries that myself and our foundation have been funding.

When you consider the people who are hungry, they dont give a shit that I play music [laughs]; they’re grateful that I'm the guy that’s giving them the palette of food every week. They   never   ask me about a record. They ask me about, you know, “Is the egg noodles coming next week?” “Are we getting more fruit?” And that’s what I did this morning, from about seven o’clock today till about noon.

The lyrics include what seems like fairly religious imagery: “On a night like this, one prayer, one wish,” “Is there something more? There is an open door, What are you waiting for?” Was that intentional or connected to all this somehow?

I came through that very Catholic upbringing. I went in and out of Catholic school a couple times and did have a problem with what had become the organized Catholic church, the stuff with the priests and altar boys. Not personally mind you. It was from the outside looking in, I wasn’t touched by it. We were removed from it.

Eventually I found spirituality. And now I think that I revert back to, whether it’s just prayer and my connection, for a yearning for that kind of simpler time of my youth? But I do it more now than I ever did. I look toward some kind of higher power.

Someone else I interviewed recently told me he’d finally started trying to “pray into himself.”

Yeah, I think that’s right. You know, shine a light within and that will shine outwardly and enlighten your actions and how you reach the world around you.

Like the line “shine a light” in “American Reckoning.” Who is the record for?  

Me! [laughs] For me. I did this record to get back to the reason why I wanted to do it again. I’d been going through a tough period. In light of what happened with Richie and his kids, his leaving us like that, and not staying to talk. It was very hard for all of us. And it took its toll on me.

The band is a family inasmuch as we had grown up together, done everything together, we had ups and downs, but we never deserted the ship. Whether it was work, or the death of parents or divorces or fame or confusion. We had alcoholism, it got to the point where we had to make decisions that weren’t in the interests of the band, that was for sure.

And so anyhow we came through it. And   This House Is Not for Sale   [the first release after Sambora left the band] was a kind of waving my fists in the air, saying “I refuse to let my house crumble,” but it’s tough finding people who want to go out there and then showing them how to play the songs and write the songs and have something to say.

It certainly wasn't going to be a big pop record because I’m just not in that place. So then I needed to get in touch with that gift that I have for writing songs. So I’ve worked   very   hard, whether it was on the record or lately on myself or my relationship with Tico and Dave, so that we got stronger as a unit. And it turned out to be really great, because we got tighter and as a result we felt we, the collective we, did no wrong.

In a strange way my forgiveness for Richie allowed me to grow, and David to grow, and Tico to grow into who we are today. Because we were forced down a different road. You don’t blame someone for that, you sort of have to say thank you, because it helps you continue your little journey. Sometimes someone has to get off an exit in order for you to continue this journey.

There was no fourth leg on the table. And by the way, we had 80 more shows left on that tour. But we did it. And it was   very successful .

Having been through this personal rough patch, I really want to know: What’s your philosophy of life these days?

Philosophy? I think that my goal is just to try to be a better version of myself every day. Just try to do something to better yourself. Even if that something is just... sleep. You know? Just something to make yourself better, I don’t mean a better singer or a better rock star. A better person.

That’s important, especially now. I’ll be honest: I’ve had a very tough year myself. Middle age is rough. You got the kids to take care of, the parents getting older—you’re in the “middle.”

Yeah. How old are you?

A lot happens between 48 and 58. I sort of joke that 50 is the last decadent birthday, but by 58 you have a different kind of perspective. And I’m not old enough to start thinking about mortality, I think that’s still another ten, twelve years ahead of me, but the idea that we’re not the kid in the room anymore.

48, 58—you’re sort of accomplishing or have accomplished the great things that you’re gonna do, and that’s all well and good, but what matters more is what you’re building with your family. Because those two chapters, you can’t fuck up either one of those or they’re gonna scar you.

Fix those circumstances and get them right now, start writing your own chapters. Live with them. Make them something worth reading again.

How are your kids?

No real problems. Stephanie is doing well and works in television. The youngest is fully committed to playing the guitar and wanting to learn how to write. He just took a step where he can really play the guitar. That’s what came out of Covid for him, six months in the wood shed. Jake is gonna go to Syracuse for acting. He spent the past year studying. And Jesse has the wine business—very successful, if you like a good rosé.

We talked about family, religion, music—Jersey law requires me to ask you about football and politics. I know you’re a fan of at least one of those things. But you seem to code switch between worlds and get along with lots of different people.

I don’t think that I get along with lots of different people [laughs]. But yeah, football was something that was a common thread in our house, whether it was my father or my uncle, you could find them Sunday watching the Giants. And then my relationships through my celebrity allowed me to meet people on the Giants, which then led me to my relationship with a young man who is now an old man by the name of Bill Belichick. Last night I had dinner with Robert Kraft, who is one of my dearest friends.

Is he still mad at Tom Brady?

He’s not mad at Tommy! No!

Unlike football, politics is not anything I ever grew up with. My family was not involved at all. My wife’s family was probably more involved in politics. And we’ve met a number of politicians over the years. Whether the current governor, or the previous governor, Chris Christie.

I’m friendly with Chris. Although we didn't have to agree with each other’s politics all the time, we could certainly talk as fellow New Jerseyites with things in common that we wanted to do for people there. So you could have a conversation with somebody, regardless of what side you’re on.

Do you think people are still listening to each other? Are you worried about the current political climate? You have a song on the record, “Blood in the Water,” about it.

I think the division that’s evolved in the last four to six years is an America that I'm afraid for. Bickering among political themes has become something that’s dividing families—parents and kids, husbands and wives. I’m worried about how we come together as a country. [A silent pause.] I’m so scared. I’m so scared. I’m scared. 

Yeah. Me too.

When I grew up, the idea of the middle class in Sayreville, it was hardworking, blue collar, really white, but a really good hardworking solid town made up of second-generation, primarily European immigrants. Believed in this kind of John Kennedy mantra of we can do anything we wanna do, we can go to the moon, and so I grew up in this very innocent wonderful kind of time. And then I came to be old enough to vote and Ronald Reagan was telling everybody that there should be a car in every driveway and a chicken in every pot, telling Gorbachev to tear down that wall. It certainly wasn't the day and age my kids are growing up in now.

But it also allowed us to dream ridiculously big, because we didn't know any better. You know I’ve told this story many times before: Bono grew up thinking about the Orangemen marching, and we grew up thinking about Little League and Pop Warner. It was many years after the race riots, many many years after the work of MLK, RFK, Malcolm X. It was a different era.

Now my kid just graduated from college. Those poor kids missed out on graduation, the prom, turned 18 at home, given one hour of outdoor time, they were born out of 9/11. That’s a shit hand to be dealt. But on the other hand, I think they’re going to be that next great generation, because they have to be. Are they going to have the same opportunities? What are the chances they’re going to have a chance to sell 130 million albums?

Is that possibility even out there anymore? How different are things now?

The pandemic changed lives. Everyone has their own story. And hopefully out of a crisis comes the next generation’s innovators, inspired, and engaged, ready to lead by example and move into an era of ‘we,’ not ‘me.’

This interview has been edited and condensed.

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His chagrin turned to songs.

“American Reckoning.” “Lower The Flag.” “Brothers In Arms.” “Unbroken.” “Let It Rain.” “Blood In The Water.” There’s a tension to them, a sense of a live electric wire down on a rain-covered street; dangerous, hard to handle, yet the sparking wire absolutely must be addressed. If “Limitless” and “Do What You Can” took on “Livin’ On A Prayer” faith and positivity, while “Beautiful Drug” and “Story of Love” offered the realities of how  all  the different kinds of love unfold for classic Bon Jovi fans, the 58-year old rocker needed more from  2020 . Not just more “hey, watch me be serious,” or “hey! let me be a big rock star!!!” more, but more helping people shake off the stupor induced by emotional-button-pushing so they could plug into their fellow humans.

“I set out to make a topical record,” concedes the earworm king of “It’s My Life,” and “You Give Love A Bad Name” on the phone from Jersey. “The first song was ‘Blood in the Water’ two years ago. The names have changed, but the story hasn’t…

“Because the song’s not just a moment in time, I wondered ‘Would it be dated?’ It starts with Storme Daniels and the line ‘a storm is coming…’ – and it’s not (dated).

“The immigration problem with kids in cages, Russian hacks, which we’re going to be seeing again. At one point, it’s Guiliani or Barr, Michael Cohen, all the people who’ve stood up for him…”

Not that he’s taking sides. Aware enough to know, he realizes preaching to the choir doesn’t help.

“I’m just the narrator. You know my position, there’s no need to go there. But ‘Lower the Flag,’ ‘American Reckoning,’ just the facts tell the story,” he pauses, thinking about the conflicting voices and confusion around all of us. Left, right, liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat, Independent, Anarchist, Kanye: so many points of view, so little grounding.

“I don’t know where to tell you to view the unspun truth. Either side of the aisle, the news, social media, it’s hard to find the truth. We’re politically divided, and unable to have testing because no one wants to find the common ground.

“But what if this – any of these songs – happened to someone in your life?”

Empathy. Not a buzzword for ‘80s and ‘90s arena rockers, yet “Unbroken” found him working to understand the reality of PTSD, injured vets and the power of service animals. He admits, “I never served. This came from a phone call from my publisher, asking if I’d be interested in writing a song for a small documentary about soldiers with PTSD…”

Not even edited, the director shared a couple clips, sent over some facts, talked about the mission of both the film and the story being told. In a world often looking away from those who served, Bon Jovi – whose parents met in the Marines – knew the landmines would be in repeating the canon of post-military songs.

“I was very conscious of Billy Joel’s ‘Saigon,’ Bruce’s ‘Born in the USA,’ ‘Sam Stone,’ but the kids in this movie… they weren’t drafted, they signed up for a better way of life. When they put on that uniform, it was something they’re so identified by and with,  when you take it away from them, it’s like Superman’s cape is gone.

“So in talking to some of the people, someone told me, ‘You’re either broken, or you’re put back together.’ That struck me, so I made it a hymn, or a prayer for all of us.”

A prayer for all of us. What could be more necessary in times like these? Considering the delay, providence given the addition of “American Reckoning” as a reality check with urgency that doesn’t tell anyone how to think,   2020   somehow didn’t miss its moment. While so many people’s music has seen its meaning shift during the shutdowns, the waiting, the pause and the inability to tour, JBJ got lucky. For him, the gap only made his new record more necessary, more of the moment and more urgent. If “You Do What You Can” is a fizzy rocker empowering whatever difference you can create, the rest of the album opens up perspectives for the state of America no matter what side you’re on.

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Forbes.com "It's a long way from 'You Give Love A Bad Name' to 'American Reckoning.'" Jon Bon Jovi says laughing. Don't misunderstand, tThe Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame frontman is very proud of his storied past.

As he says during our 45-minute Zoom call to discuss the band's superb new   2020   album, he stands behind the band's seminal hits, like "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Livin' On A Prayer. But now at age 58, he isn't trying to recreate his past.

" I said this when I was 25, 'When I'm 50 I don't want to be painting my fingernails black and writing bitch on my belly,'" he says laughing.

So on this new album he has written some of the most powerful and compelling songs of his storied career, including "American Reckoning," which directly references the George Floyd killing this past May, and "Lower The Flag," a forceful song about the gun violence epidemic in America.

I spoke with him about the writing of the album, remaining a fan of his heroes, including his friend "Beatle Paul," his philanthropic foundation and his favorite lyricists.

Steve Baltin: Do you feel a sense of prophecy in these songs?

Jon Bon Jovi: I'll give you a great example of a prophecy is "Blood In The Water." It was the first one in the summer of '18 and I could walk you through it. "A storm is coming," Stormy Daniels. "Let me be clear/the walls around you are closing in," could've been last night's debate. So whether it was Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen and General Flynn to the impeachment hearing to the Russian hack at the end of it, which was in '16, that's relevant now, this same storyline, to me, is a revolving door of characters. I did think for a period of time, "Oh my god, this is gonna be dated. No one is gonna know who I am referencing." But it doesn't matter because it was as relevant this morning after last night's debates. So that song, to me, specifically, is a prophecy, it's timeless.

Baltin: Another song I really loved is "Unbroken," which falls in the tradition of great anti-war songs.

Bon Jovi: A song like "Unbroken" will always be timeless because soldiers will always be coming home and dealing with this. I had a conversation with a director [Josh Aronson] of a very small, but moving documentary called   To Be Of Service . And he had asked me to write a song hoping that my name and his bet that I could write "the" song could bring attention to this issue. And I wanted my spin to be the pride that men and women have when they put that uniform on. And then the issues they have once they take it off. When you think about how identified a soldier is when he walks down the street that's a great sense of pride in the world in which live today. It's not the Vietnam era with the young men and women returned to be spat upon. Nowadays they're heroes and they come back and we all appreciate what they give. When you take that uniform off, you put the Superman costume back in the closet and yet you're having to deal with the traumas. And I still wanted to find that thing that made them want to keep doing it and be proud of what they did. So in the very last line, when it says, "You asked me was it worth it to be of service in the end/Well the blessing and the curse is/Yeah, I'd do it all again." And the responses I have gotten to that differentiate it from [John] Fogerty writing Vietnam-era songs or Bruce [Springsteen] writing "Born In The U.S.A."

Baltin: If I remember you are also a huge Tom Waits fan and "Day After Tomorrow: is as good an anti-war song as you will find.

Bon Jovi: I adore Tom Waits, Waits and [Leonard] Cohen, two of my favorite lyricists absolutely. He's a genius. Some people just think of "The Heart Of Saturday Night" or if they really think they're witty they go, "You know, he wrote 'Jersey Girl.'" (Cracks up) Yeah, I know. I love a good storyteller and he is one of the greats.

Baltin: One of the things I love about this album is it's built around just telling relatable stories. And it's funny because people may think you haven't spoken out before on these issues. But even "Livin' On A Prayer" is very much a story.

Bon Jovi: It is a story song. The thing about a song like that, which was the timeless boy meets girl, we will win in the end, fill in the blank with the names and then they become you, the story has been told. What I loved about this is I didn't make these my story. This is just the truth being reported, just facts and moments in time that I either lived or watched or read about. So I really didn't have much of an interest in writing a pop song in the true sense of a pop song with that boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. It wasn't inspiring.

Baltin: Writing is a subconscious thing often. So were there moments on there you didn't realize how deeply you felt about things until you made this album?

Bon Jovi: Oh yeah. "Lower The Flag" and "American Reckoning" come to mind off the top of my head. Both issues that obviously I felt very deeply about and that I could articulate. And to be able to articulate them not only in conversation , but in a song. These weren't things that I had ever tackled before, but I was cognizant of. And to get it to a place where I'm very proud of the presentation so I'm able to share it, it's a long way from "You Give Love A Bad Name" to "American Reckoning" (laughs).

Baltin: Are you more comfortable with it as you've gotten older since most every artist seems to get more comfortable and confident with themselves as get older?

Bon Jovi: For clarity, in truth, I adore "Runaway" and "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Livin' On A Prayer." And that's absolutely positively who and what I was and what I wanted to say. And it's all I knew how to say at that time. I wasn't looking to do more than that. And because I've been around so long this is who I am at 58 years old. That's not who I was at 21 and 25. So this has just been the journey I'm on. Here I am today. If a listener picks up an album and expects "Livin' On A Prayer" part six, you're not gonna find it here. I don't want to rewrite it. That was then.

Baltin: Do you feel, and this ties in with your charity work, as you've gotten older it's more important to focus on and share that?

Bon Jovi: Because we've taken the foundation to such a place I never thought we would, where that motivation comes from, it really wasn't instilled me as a kid. Not to the place I do it now. My parents weren't political or involved in the community. It's something that evolved in me with my wife, which is why. And it happened as I grew and grew up. No one should blame a twenty-year-old for having single-minded focus on wanting to be the lead singer in a rock band and singing about that. Amen to it. But if I were 58 and still writing songs about that I think it would be a waste of an opportunity. I said this when I was 25, "When I'm 50 I don't want to be painting my fingernails black and writing bitch on my belly" (laughs). And so we stood out from the genre from whence we came and I'll stand here in front of you with gray hair and a 32-inch waist and say, "It's who I am, that's where it's at. I'm not pretending and dying my hair and getting Botox on the 'Where are They Now' tour." I'm not interested. I'd rather walk away and leave a good-looking corpse than try and chase the past. To me, that would be a sin.

Baltin: Are there artists you admire for the way they evolved and aged gracefully? And of course saying that about John Lennon feels ironic because he didn't get to age gracefully. His evolution was in such a short time.

Bon Jovi: Boy, what he did. I have the absolute incredible, heaven-sent gift to actually be able to say I'm friendly with Paul McCartney. And I get to spend a lot of time with him in the summers. And I jokingly tell him that John and George just went back to their planet. It just doesn't make any sense. John went from "She Loves Ya" to "Imagine." Who would've thought that in that boy was that man?

Baltin: I love that you refer to it as a heaven-sent blessing to be friendly with him. What would your childhood self think about being friendly with Paul McCartney?

Bon Jovi: I refer to him as Beatle Paul all the time. Wherever I'm at with him it's "Hey, Beatle Paul, hey Beatle Paul." And one night he actually said to me, "Why do you do that?" And I said, "Because I'm too old to call you Mr. McCartney and I'm too in awe to think that I could call you Paul. I'm too reverent." And he's like, "Okay." That was one amazing but true story. I'm such a fan of a lot of people. When I met Tom Waits it was the same way. I was like, "No, you don't get it. I have tried to write 10 of your songs for the last 30 years." I was like that with [Bob] Dylan and with Bruce [Springsteen], from the time I was a little boy. So a lot of those guys that I still look up to in that kind of way.

Baltin: What is the one Tom Waits song you wish you could have written and why?

Bon Jovi: "Who Are You." That just immediately came to mind, the same way Dylan's "I Want You" is one of those kind of songs, or "Just Like A Woman." But you know, "Who Are You?" F**k! And I love "I Don't Wanna Grow Up,"   Bone Machine , they're all so good. "Hold On," what a great f**king song. "Come On Up To The House," "The House Where Nobody Lives," oh those f**king lyrics, awesome. Oh yeah, you and I could go deep on this.

Baltin: No songwriter is ever satisfied. But you hit moments you feel you are coming closer to where you want to be. Did you find those on   2020 ?

Bon Jovi: I'm too close to the album today to tell you a song, but this album says that for me. I'm just a little too close to it right now because I'm literally working on the live film we shot of it and editing. I'm too close. But I'm so proud of it as a whole. One thing that Covid did was it allowed me to go back and listen to a whole bunch of the albums. Some of it was better than I thought. Some of it wasn't as good as I hoped, but the body of work still holds up to me.

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Watch the video HERE on RollingStone.com Bon Jovi   were the latest musical guests on  Ellen   this week, performing the song “Beautiful Drug” from their new album  2020 .

On a makeshift stage surrounded by carpeting and draped curtains, the band played a socially distanced rendition of the song, which celebrates the power of love through the darkest times. And like several of the songs on   2020 , “Beautiful Drug” finds   Jon Bon Jovi   getting topical about the current American crisis: “Tear off your mask, no need to hide/There’s a prescription that no doctor can prescribe,” he sings. “Can’t walk on water, down on your knees/You enter numbers, step right up, the stuff is guaranteed.”

Last month, Bon Jovi previewed  2020   with the single   “Do What You Can,”   with an accompanying music video featuring Jon Bon Jovi walking around a deserted New York City during Covid-19 lockdown. Jon Bon Jovi   later dueted   with Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles on the song.

“As I finished the mix and did the video [for the album version], I said, ‘Boy, this song would have such crossover potential.’ Jennifer was my first choice, and she said yes,” Jon Bon Jovi told   Rolling Stone   in an interview . The pair previously scored a Number One country hit in 2005 with “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.”

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APNews.com Jon Bon Jovi has been churning out love songs and arena anthems for nearly 40 years, but his latest release “2020,” has taken his music to another level.

It’s Bon Jovi’s most socially conscious album to date. Calling the collection, a “moment in time,” he references COVID-19, the killing of George Floyd, the 2019 Dayton shooting, PTSD of returning soldiers and other issues concerning the 58-year old rocker.

But tackling hot-button topics can be divisive, especially with fans on both sides of the political aisle. Bon Jovi says that’s not his intention.

“I am a witness to history, and if I took that position throughout the project, I didn’t think it would be political. I thought it would be social commentary,” Bon Jovi said. He defended his approach saying, “nowhere along this line does it say, you know, left, right, red, blue, black, white.”

Originally set for a spring release, the album was delayed, and a tour was cancelled because of the pandemic. That gave him more time to reflect on the world around him. That period added “Do What You Can,” a tribute to those fighting COVID-19, and “American Reckoning,” which was an emotional response to hearing Floyd calling out for his mother as a police officer kneeled on his neck.

“My eyes welled up with tears and I couldn’t help but go in my room and try to write a song,” he said.

Proceeds from the single will support the Equal Justice Initiative.

Bon Jovi shared his thoughts on these tumultuous time during an interview with The Associated Press. He also spoke about the weirdness of the band’s recent live performance in Nashville, Tennessee, whether he plans to tour on the senior circuit like Bruce Springsteen or Mick Jagger and why he sees hope in the next generation.

AP: During a lockdown, a lot becomes evident. Where have you found hope?

Bon Jovi: I have a son who graduated high school this year, now as a freshman at college, and he’s not having any of the experiences that other kids would have had. But out of that, what I really believe in my soul is that those kids who were born out of 9/11 and graduate school in a pandemic are going to be the ones that are the innovators, the creators, the ones that are going to fix the mess that old guys like me and you left them. And I think that they’re gonna be the ones that don’t give a damn about the color of your skin or your sexual orientation.

AP: Did you have any concerns when writing about George Floyd in “American Reckoning”? Bon Jovi: Even though we have the foundation and I’ve built affordable housing for 15 years from Newark to Camden to Philly to Georgia to L.A., I don’t pretend to know what it’s like to walk a mile in his shoes. And so, I made sure I wrote that down. If there’s a such thing as white privilege, then obviously I fit that profile: A white, older, affluent man who happens to also be a celebrity. I never had to have “the talk,” you know. And so, I made sure I wrote that down. And all of this, I had to make sure I got right. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

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AmericanSongwriter.com In an incredibly timely interview,   People Have The Power   host Steve Baltin sat down with   Jon Bon Jovi   to discuss his latest album release,   2020 , and how he chooses to witness history. 

Released this past Friday,   2020   is a 13-track ode to humanity’s current state as well as a timeless body of work embodying the larger emotions of a tumultuous time. Baltin had exclusive access to the brain behind the album as he questioned Bon Jovi on his many inspirations and songwriting practices.

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Bon Jovi will be back on the road this spring with their 2022 North American tour. Produced by promoter Live Nation, the tour is scheduled to kick off April 1 in Omaha, Neb., at CHI Health Center.  

The 15-date trek will run through arenas in Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri and more. Bon Jovi will make three stops in Texas before closing out the dates on April 30 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.   

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“We have all missed  touring  and we know that nothing can replace the energy of a live show for the fans or the band,” said Jon Bon Jovi in a release.  

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The tour will be in support of the band’s most recent album 2020 , which was released in October 2020 and reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The band has also been working on new material over the course of the pandemic.   

In addition to new music, the band launched Bon Jovi radio on SiriusXM. The limited-run channel celebrates the career of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted group and features insight from Jon Bon Jovi and band members, as well as their crew. The channel also provides fans with exclusive weekly live concerts directly from the band’s archives.   

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The 2022 tour is sponsored by Hampton Water, a wine company founded by Jon Bon Jovi and his son, Jesse Bongiovi.   

Tickets will go on sale to the general public for most markets beginning Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. local time. Head to BonJovi.com for specific details on VIP packages as well as on-sale dates and timing. The JBJ Experience member pre-sale will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m. local time. Check out a full list of dates below.  

It’s official! We’ll be headed back out on this road this April for the #BonJovi2022Tour . Pre-sales begin January 11th and tickets will be available to the public beginning January 14th. For more information on tickets and VIP, head to https://t.co/6OX1pkc5GD . See you soon! ❤️🗡 pic.twitter.com/HqJ1rGACMb — Bon Jovi (@BonJovi) January 7, 2022

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Bon Jovi Return to the Road With 2022 Spring Tour

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Bon Jovi will return to the road this April for the band’s first full-scale tour of the pandemic era.

Dubbed simply “Bon Jovi 2022 Tour,” the 15-date trek — Omicron permitting — kicks off April 1st in Omaha and zips around the Midwest and southern region of the U.S. before concluding April 30th in Nashville. Check out Bon Jovi’s site for ticket information.

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It’s official! We’ll be headed back out on this road this April for the #BonJovi2022Tour . Pre-sales begin January 11th and tickets will be available to the public beginning January 14th. For more information on tickets and VIP, head to https://t.co/6OX1pkc5GD . See you soon! ❤️🗡 pic.twitter.com/HqJ1rGACMb — Bon Jovi (@BonJovi) January 7, 2022

Although their summer 2020 tour was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rock Hall-inducted Bon Jovi remained active, performing shows together for benefit shows , livestreamed gigs and promotional appearances . Jon Bon Jovi and company also released their politically minded LP 2020 , which featured songs about George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, the pandemic, and mass shootings.

“I don’t think anyone will forget what their lives were like between March and September of 2020,” Bon Jovi  told  Rolling Stone   of their new album at the time. “I think this is the Spanish Flu all over again. But none of us, you and I or our parents, were alive 100 years ago. So this is that moment for us. This song won’t be about shoulder pads and having a hairstyle. This will mark a moment in time.”

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April 1 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center April 3 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center April 5 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum April 8 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center April 9 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena April 11 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena April 13 – Savannah, GA @ Enmarket Arena April 15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena April 16 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ FLA Live Arena April 19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse April 21 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center April 23 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center April 26 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center April 28 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center April 30 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

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Rock On: Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025 Dates Announced!

Rock fans, excitement is in the air as Bon Jovi gears up for their highly anticipated tour in 2024-2025! The legendary rock band has just revealed their tour dates, and fans around the world are marking their calendars for this epic musical journey. With hits like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name,” Bon Jovi never fails to deliver electrifying performances that leave audiences wanting more. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to their music, this tour promises to be an unforgettable experience filled with iconic songs and high-energy entertainment. Stay tuned for ticket sales and more updates as Bon Jovi prepares to hit the road once again!

History of Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi, formed in 1983 in New Jersey, is a rock band that has left an indelible mark on the music industry. Led by charismatic frontman Jon Bon Jovi, the band quickly rose to fame with their third album, “Slippery When Wet,” which featured hits like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.” Throughout the years, Bon Jovi has maintained a loyal fan base and continues to sell out stadiums worldwide.

Early Beginnings

Jon Bon Jovi, along with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, and bassist Alec John Such, formed Bon Jovi and released their self-titled debut album in 1984. The album received critical acclaim, setting the stage for their future success.

The band’s 1986 album “Slippery When Wet” solidified their place in rock history, earning them widespread recognition and establishing them as one of the leading rock bands of the era.

Rise to Fame

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bon Jovi continued to dominate the charts with albums like “New Jersey” and “Keep the Faith.” Hits like “Bad Medicine” and “Bed of Roses” further entrenched Bon Jovi as arena rock superstars.

bon jovi tour 2024-2025 was announced, marking a new chapter in their storied career.

Bon Jovi performing live on their 2024 tour

Previous Tours

Before the highly anticipated Bon Jovi tour in 2024-2025, the iconic band has embarked on numerous successful tours over the years, delighting fans across the globe with their electrifying performances.

2018-2019 Tour

The 2018-2019 Bon Jovi tour was a massive success, with the band performing in sold-out arenas and stadiums worldwide. Fans were treated to unforgettable nights filled with classic hits and new singles .

2021-2022 Tour

The 2021-2022 tour saw Bon Jovi captivating audiences with their timeless music and energetic stage presence . The band continued to prove why they are one of the greatest rock acts of all time.

  • Performed in over 50 cities
  • Received rave reviews from critics
  • Interacted closely with fans during intimate acoustic sets

Announcement of Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025

Get ready to rock as Bon Jovi announces their highly anticipated tour for 2024-2025! Fans around the world are thrilled to hear the news and can’t wait to experience the legendary band live on stage once again.

Exciting Tour Dates and Locations

Witness Bon Jovi perform their classic hits and new tracks in cities across the globe. From iconic arenas to outdoor stadiums, the band is set to deliver unforgettable performances.

Stay tuned for updates on the tour schedule and ticket sales to ensure you don’t miss out on this epic experience!

Exclusive Fan Experiences

Experience the ultimate Bon Jovi concert with special VIP packages that offer exclusive access, premium seating, and limited edition merchandise. Don’t miss the chance to make unforgettable memories with your favorite band!

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  • Exclusive backstage tours
  • Commemorative tour merchandise

Tour Dates and Locations

If you’re a die-hard Bon Jovi fan, get ready to mark your calendars! The Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025 dates have been officially announced, and they are set to rock your world.

Upcoming Tour Dates

Check out the list of upcoming tour dates for the Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025 below:

  • March 5, 2024 – Madison Square Garden, New York City
  • March 15, 2024 – The Forum, Los Angeles
  • April 2, 2024 – United Center, Chicago
  • April 20, 2024 – TD Garden, Boston

Tour Locations

Experience the magic of Bon Jovi live in a city near you! The Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025 will be hitting various locations across the globe, including:

  • North America: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and more!
  • Europe: London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, and beyond!
  • Asia: Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Mumbai, and many other exciting cities!

Special Guests and Performances

At the upcoming Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025, fans can expect not only captivating performances by the legendary band but also exciting appearances by special guests. In past tours, Bon Jovi has welcomed renowned artists to share the stage, creating unforgettable moments for concert-goers.

Memorable Guest Appearances

Throughout their touring history, Bon Jovi has collaborated with various artists, adding a unique flair to their live shows. From surprise duets with esteemed musicians to unexpected guest performances, each concert promises to be a one-of-a-kind experience. Get ready to be amazed!

Anticipated Performances

Aside from special guests, Bon Jovi themselves never fail to deliver electrifying performances that leave the audience in awe. With hits spanning decades, fans can look forward to hearing iconic songs like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “It’s My Life” live on stage. Get ready to sing along!

Fan Expectations and Reactions

As the excitement builds for the upcoming Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025, fans around the world are eagerly anticipating the announcement of tour dates and locations. The band’s loyal fanbase has been buzzing with speculation and anticipation, eagerly awaiting the chance to see their favorite rock icons perform live once again.

Anticipated Setlist Surprises

Many fans are speculating about what surprises Bon Jovi may have in store for their setlist in the upcoming tour. Some are hoping for rare deep cuts from the band’s extensive discography, while others are looking forward to hearing new tracks from the latest album 2024-2025 .

Emotional Fan Reactions

As tour dates are announced, fans are sharing their emotional reactions on social media, expressing their joy and excitement at the prospect of seeing Bon Jovi live once again. From reminiscing about past concerts to planning meetups with fellow fans, the anticipation is palpable.

Merchandise and Tickets

As Bon Jovi gears up for their much-anticipated tour 2024-2025, fans can now get their hands on exclusive merchandise and tickets to make their concert experience even more memorable. The official tour merchandise, including t-shirts, hats, posters, and more, is now available for purchase online and at select concert venues.

Exclusive Merchandise

Embrace the spirit of the tour with limited edition merchandise featuring iconic Bon Jovi imagery. From quality t-shirts to collectible posters, fans can find unique items to commemorate the tour.

Ticket Sales and Packages

Secure your spot at the Bon Jovi tour 2024-2025 by purchasing tickets early. Various ticket packages are available, offering perks like meet and greets with the band, exclusive access to soundchecks, and premium seating options. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable experience !

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What are the tour dates for Bon Jovi in 2024-2025?
  • The tour dates for Bon Jovi in 2024-2025 have been announced. Check the official website for the complete list of dates and locations.
  • Where can I buy tickets for the Bon Jovi tour?
  • Tickets for the Bon Jovi tour can be purchased through official ticketing websites, authorized resellers, or directly from the venue box office. Make sure to buy from legitimate sources to avoid scams.
  • Are there VIP or meet-and-greet packages available for the Bon Jovi tour?
  • VIP packages and meet-and-greet opportunities may be available for the Bon Jovi tour. Check the official website or contact the event organizers for more information on special packages.
  • Can I get a refund if I can’t attend the Bon Jovi concert?
  • Refund policies vary depending on the ticket vendor and event organizers. It’s advisable to review the terms and conditions of the ticket purchase before buying to understand the refund policy in case you are unable to attend the Bon Jovi concert.
  • Will there be any new music released along with the tour?
  • There is always a possibility of new music being released in conjunction with a tour. Keep an eye on Bon Jovi’s official announcements and social media channels for updates on new music releases during the tour.

Final Thoughts: Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025

As we eagerly anticipate the upcoming Bon Jovi Tour 2024-2025, fans are buzzing with excitement and counting down the days until they can experience the electrifying performances and timeless hits live. With the announcement of tour dates, it’s clear that Bon Jovi continues to captivate audiences around the world, showcasing their enduring talent and passion for music. Whether you’re a long-time fan or new to the magic of Bon Jovi’s music, this tour promises to be an unforgettable experience filled with energy, nostalgia, and rock ‘n’ roll spirit. Be sure to secure your tickets and get ready to rock on with Bon Jovi like never before!

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Bon Jovi is still living on a prayer -- 40 years into their career!

ET's Rachel Smith caught up with Jon Bon Jovi at the opening of his new, five-story Nashville bar, JBJ's Nashville , on Friday to discuss his band's new album, his ongoing recovery from vocal cord surgery and how soon the band might hit the road on tour.

Bon Jovi released their 16th studio album, Forever , on Friday, and the frontman explained that, unlike their two previous albums, this one is simply "joyous."

"As much as I love 2020 , [it] was written in a time where the world was in lockdown -- not a joyous record," he recalled. "And This House Is Not For Sale was a statement record."

"Now here we are, coming through all of that -- it was just a great sense of joy as we look back on our 40th and forward to new music," he continued. "It's a good record."

Bon Jovi released their first, self-titled album in January 1984, and four decades later, the group is mostly going strong -- with the exception of some health issues. Jon underwent vocal cord surgery in 2022, and while he sings on the new record, he admitted to ET that he's not quite 100 percent yet.

"I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel," he shared. "It’s been a long process --  it’s been two years -- and look, I’m not quite there yet."

In order to go on tour again -- which he hopes can happen sometime next year -- the frontman said he's challenging himself to sing "two and a half hours, four nights a week -- this is the bar I set for myself... I don't mess around when we go out."

For now, Jon said he's enjoying what's been a big year career-wise, so far. In addition to the album and his new Nashville bar -- which is right in the midst of Music City's popular Broadway nightlife district -- he was also honored as the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year and the band was the subject of a new Hulu docuseries,  Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.

"The docuseries kind of kicked everything off for the year, as did MusicCares... the GRAMMYs took the time to acknowledge our catalog of music, as well as my philanthropic work," he reflected. "Now, today’s release day and the first single, 'Legendary,' has absolutely blown up on all kinds of formats of radio worldwide... I’m pinching myself."

Despite a discography that includes six No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and over 130 million records sold, Jon said it's still a thrill to have a hit -- and even sweeter due to the band's longevity.

"When we started, there weren’t any bands that I could look to that had had a 40-year career," he noted. "The Rolling Stones were 20 years old at the time, you know, The Beatles had long since broken up, The E-Street Band was 10 years old. Now, of course, The Stones are 60 years old, AC/DC is 50 years old, The E-Street Band is 50 years old, Bon Jovi is 40 years old -- which is good for a young band to see how to do this, how to navigate a long, real career."

He's also excited to be in the center of music history with JBJ's Nashville, the opening of which he said is a "a four-year dream come to fruition."

"We've done several albums [in Nashville], some of our biggest hits were recorded here, written countless songs here," he reflected. "I always jokingly say, 'These are my people,' because the acting community is what we call Hollywood, perhaps. These are songwriters, these are my people -- I was drawn to the community [in the] very early 1990s. I had buddies down here and I really did think I was ahead of the curve."

Now, he marveled, "We're the new kids on the block, as we say, and all our neighbors are unbelievable artists."

Bon Jovi's 16th studio album, Forever , is out now.

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Bon Jovi on the Band's New Doc, If They'll Ever Tour Again & Driving Around New Jersey With Bruce Springsteen

Bon Jovi rocked launched to fame in the era when rock stars still toured the world in jumbo jets with the band's name painted on the side. Four decades after the group's inception, most people can name at least one Bon Jovi song, with the band clocking 10 Hot 100 Top 10 hits - including four No. 1s - during its still-ongoing run. With its culture-permeating anthems, the fame, the money, the analogous excesses they generated and the comedically big hair, the band helped forge the archetype for '80s (and '90s and early '00s) rock megafame.

Talking to Billboard over Zoom from a white-walled room somewhere in New Jersey, you get the sense that there's at least one part of this heyday Jon Bon Jovi wishes he could return to.

"When I can do two-and-a-half hours a night, four nights a week and not think about it - the way that I did for the first 30 years of our career - then I'll say, ‘Sure, I'd love the opportunity,'" says the group's frontman, still a dreamboat at 62.

The opportunity in question in touring. On the precipice of releasing its 16th studio album, Forever , Bon Jovi isn't sure they'll hit the road behind the album, out June 7. The wildcard element is JBJ's voice, the same one that implored us to live for the fight when that's all that we've got on "Living on a Prayer," and melted a billion hearts on "Bed of Roses" - and which has been under heavy repair since the vocal difficulties Bon Jovi has experienced for years necessitated a major vocal chord surgery in the summer of 2022. The procedure left him unsure if he'd ever be able to sing about going down in a blaze of glory, or living while he's alive, or anything at all, ever again.

This issue isn't what the band's new documentary, Thank You, Goodnight was intended to be about. The stakes, however, became quickly apparent to director Gotham Chopra when he started filming a few years back.

"The more time I spent with Jon, I was like, ‘So wait, what's going on with your voice?'" Chopra says over Zoom. "Jon said he'd been struggling with it for a couple of years, and didn't know what was going to happen - because the shows we were filming might be the end of the line - but that that wasn't for the documentary."

"I was like, ‘Oh no," Chopra continues. "That's for the documentary. It's really important. Everything you've built across 40 years hangs in the balance."

This narrative thus became the through line of the four-part documentary, premiering tomorrow (April 26) on Hulu. Helmed by Chopra, whose previous work includes the 2021 Tom Brady docuseries Man in the Arena , the Bon Jovi project was one, Chopra says, "where nothing was off limits." It unpacks the Bon Jovi story from its earliest days in Bon Jovi's native Sayreville, New Jersey to the arena-rock juggernaut of the Slippery When Wet era to the band's lineup changes - to Jon Bon Jovi scanning his neck with specialized lasers in an attempt to shore up his voice. Interview subjects include the band (Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Brian, dummer Tico Torres and newer members Hugh McDonald, Phil X and Everett Bradley), along with former manager Doc McGhee, songwriter Desmond Child, good pal Bruce Springsteen and Richie Sambora, the guitar-wielding yin to Jon Bon Jovi's yang, who left the group in 2013.

"Obviously early on, I was like, ‘Hey, I've got to get Richie Sambora. We can't do this without Richie'," Chopra recalls, "Jon was like, ‘Oh, yeah, you gotta get Richie Sambora. You can't do this without him.'"

With Sambora's departure serving as one of the documentary's central tensions, Chopra - who interviewed each person involved in the film separately - eventually even captured an onscreen apology from the guitarist.

"In the film he says, ‘I don't regret doing it. I regret the way I did do it; I apologize to the guys for that,'" recalls Chopra. "I think the guys and Jon were pretty affected by that… All of these things become an act of therapy in some ways."

So too was it an exercise in vulnerability - with Bon Jovi allowing Chopra to film his voice issues even in their toughest moments. In one scene, he gets off stage after a show thinking he sounded pretty good and is then informed otherwise by his wife.

"What he was going through wasn't easy," says Chopra. "There were times on that tour when he was struggling, and he was in his dressing room, and he'd be like, ‘get the f–k out of my room' and I'd get the f–k out of his room - then gradually find my way back in after five or 10 minutes."

This level of intimacy, along with frank, often funny and frequently poignant interviews (in the last episode Bon Jovi gets choked up about his love of songwriting) and a barrage of archival footage, combines to offer a film that even hardcore Bon Jovi fans will likely learn something from. Here, Jon Bon Jovi and Torres discuss the documentary, as well as the future of the band.

Jon, the film's director Gotham Chopra mentioned that there were times where he was filming and you didn't necessarily want him in the room. How vulnerable was the documentary experience?

Jon: We had trust him as the director in order to get what we wanted, which was the truth. One thing we all agreed upon, on day one, was we didn't want a vanity piece. [We wanted] to tell the honest-to-God ups and downs of life behind the curtain. Nobody anticipated the health issues with me, and so that was the wild card in this. But I trusted him.

Tico: Gotham is a very spiritual person, and after a while you forget he's there. But his questions are very spiritual in nature, and somehow he opens you up to be honest with yourself. You don't find that in regular interviews.

Jon, so much of documentary focuses on this narrative about your voice. What was it like during this uncertain time, to also be bearing it to the camera?

Jon: Like I said, right after [Gotham] came on board, and I said, "I trust you to capture this," there was no decision - because there couldn't be anything other than, "You have to capture everything."

The surgery was nearly two years ago, and obviously you've recorded an album since undergoing it. How are you feeling now?

Jon: There is still uncertainty about the outcome 22 months after the surgery, although I'm optimistic. And for the record, I can say - because now I'm speaking to press and need to clarify - I'm very capable of singing again. It's just that the bar for us is two-and-a-half hours a night, four nights a week. I have to get to that level again before we'll tour. So being vulnerable I was never afraid of. Sharing it now with the public, it's out of my control, because that's what we all signed up for. And like T said, Gotham has a kind of spiritual approach to things, so it was never combative. I trusted him.

Tico: It was difficult for the band. To see one of your brothers suffering and going through something, and he's the hardest working guy there is. Every day he works hard to get back. Right after the operation, speaking to him, once he could speak, he sounded way lower [in register] than me. And we're a band, so we worry about each other. I think the fact that the documentary was capturing that as well is important. Because we're in it together. We're gonna back him up no matter what.

Gotham took the approach of interviewing everyone separately. What was it like to finally see Richie's footage?

Jon: I don't know. It was… He was honest. And you could see that he had things to deal with. And I hope it clarifies for the viewer that there was never a fight, and it was never about any issues of money or anything like that. He literally was having substance issues, anxiety issues, single dad issues, and just chose then not to come back. As he says in the film, how he did it, he apologizes for now. But you've got a band on a stage; you've got 120 roadies that are counting on income; you have millions of people who bought tickets. You gotta go to work, you know? These are big-boy decisions, and big boys have to go to work.

What was it like getting an apology from him?

Jon: I don't need an apology… I don't need an apology. It's not about that.

Tico: Remember, you're a band. We grew up together. And like I said before, when somebody's hurting, you care about him… Alec as well, our beloved bass player, when he left, it's a void. And you know he passed away just a couple of years ago. It's family. It does affect you. As a whole, it affects us. There's a comeback from that. I think the writing process and the recording process as a band helps you get that out, because it's emotion.

Jon, in the doc you say that in the Slippery When Wet era, the band had found another rung of the ladder to climb, and obviously there was much more to go after that. Given everything you've done, do you see more rungs for Bon Jovi? Where is there left to go?

Jon : It's not about numbers at all. I would love the opportunity to be whole, so that when we would go out on that stage, we could do those 18 albums and pick any song I want throughout that catalog on a nightly basis, the way I used to be able to do. That's where I have left to go. When we've done those kind of shows… when we opened the O2 Arena in London and we did 12 or 15 nights, and we did 90 different songs over the course of the nights - that's the bar that I need to get back to.

What are your current daily practices for getting yourself back to that place?

Jon: Hoping, wishing. Wishing, hoping. Praying. There's a lot of vocal therapy, at least four times a week. There are considerations about whether it's mineral or dietary and exercise stuff, but it really comes back to vocal therapy to just try to strengthen something that, you've got to remember, is only as big as your thumbnail. [He holds up his thumb to the camera.] The vocal chord is only that big. It's really up to God at this point.

There's some great unheard music in the documentary - I'm specifically thinking of a song called "Cadillac Man" that you wrote for the 1990 Robin Williams movie of the same name. Is there a chance that any of this archival music gets released?

Jon: Yes. One thing that we have always known, and our deep fan base knows as well, is that we always write 30 songs to get 10. And so there's always been a backlog of material that's been unreleased. There's no shortage of it. So I think that we stumbled on 30 or 40 songs that no one's heard, and they'll all come out, yeah.

So we get new music from the Slippery When Wet heyday era Bon Jovi?

Jon: Slippery When Wet, New Jersey, Keep the Faith . All the records.

Is there a timeline for that?

Jon: No. No one's actually even addressed it with me yet. The archiving was still going on simultaneously to the mastering and the album cover and the video and all that kind of stuff… But we know what we've got. It'll happen during the course of the release of the album.

That's incredibly exciting.

Jon: Yeah, there's some really good songs that I can't believe didn't make those records.

Jon, there's this great moment in the documentary when you share about going for long car rides with Bruce Springsteen, and you both leaving your phones at home and just driving around New Jersey and talking. What can you tell us about the last drive?

Jon: I've been blessed to have had [Bruce] and [fellow New Jersey musical influence] Southside [Johnny] be good friends to me throughout, and even before there was a band. But [Bruce] and I will take these drives now - and he was so incredibly supportive during [the voice issues] and throughout the process of healing, where I couldn't even talk, you know? We would take these 100-mile drives, just the two of us in the car, no radio, nobody. We'd just drive and talk about things that truthfully, you know, how many guys can I talk to about that level of stuff? And how many guys can he talk to about that level of stuff?

Yeah, not too many.

So yeah, we often do it, and it's some of my most treasured memories. People have seen us along the way. The first five, six, seven times, nobody would have known. But then this time we went for an ice cream cone, or this time we went for a drink, or this time we were stopped at a light. So the sightings of Sasquatch have happened. [ Laughs. ]

I was also struck by the part of the doc where you were all talking about what your success could afford you in terms of spending one-upmanship. Like, "You bought me a car? I'm going to buy you two cars" or "We need 16 pinball machines on this tour." Is there one extravagance from those days that sticks out to you?

Jon: There was silliness. There were absolutely cars and art and toys - because you could, and we took full advantage of it.

Through documentary you all got to review 40 years of your own personal style. Was there one look from each of yourselves that made you think, "Oh my God, I looked amazing"?

Jon: No, I take the opposite. My baby pictures were public, yours were not. We still have to suffer some of those looks. It could have been worse, but you know, some of those baby pictures were tough to look at.

Tico: I mean, if you take the clothes away, we definitely were better looking and younger. But the clothing was much to be desired. Even the haircuts were a little like, "I wish we didn't do that."

Some of that style has come back around though.

Jon: Oh, yes. You sit around now your kids and you go, "Those torn jeans? Let me tell you where all this stuff comes from that you're doing." When I see parachute pants and Capezios come back though, I'm running for the hills. [ Laughs. ]

Jon, there are a few moments in the documentary when you talk about finding joy and how that was hard to do while you were really struggling with your voice. Where are you both finding joy these days?

Tico: I think we're living the joy now. Jon's been through a lot, and of course everybody goes through that pain with him. The joy is the revival. Doing a record together is cleansing. Jon's lyrics - and I'm not a lyricist; I don't listen to lyrics - but this is one of the few records where I listen to every one of them, because they just grabbed me. There was a lot of joy in making this record. I think we're enjoying it. Jon, what do you think?

Jon: Well, we are. I'll give you a great example: when we're at these rehearsals and we're just marking the progress that I'm making on a monthly basis. There's no miracles, but when I look around the room and not once does the band sit there and go, "I don't want to be here." Or "I don't want to play that song again." That to me is love on a whole other level.

We know we're not going out on the road tomorrow. We know we're not being paid to sit in this rehearsal space. But the guys are like, "Of course I'll be there. Let's go. Let's do it again." Or if I crash and burn, they go, "Okay, I traveled all this way and we played an hour before I've gotta cool it." Nobody has cursed me for it. They're like, "We're with you." That's the love of family and band and brotherhood that no presents, no cars, no art, no silly kids' stuff could ever, ever replace.

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Jon Bon Jovi 'Still Recovering from a Major Surgery' and Unsure When He'll Tour: 'Working Towards That Goal'

The rock star underwent an operation on his vocal cords in 2022 and has been recovering ever since

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Jon Bon Jovi is putting his health first before announcing any plans to tour.

As Bon Jovi gears up to release its 16th studio album , Legendary , in June, the band's frontman, 62, is considering whether it is in the best interest of his wellbeing to hit the road again after undergoing vocal cord surgery in 2022. In a radio interview with Mix 104.1 Boston , the rock star explained that he's "still recovering from a major surgery," but the "goal" is to tour once he's able to give fans the best show possible.

When asked about plans to promote the forthcoming record on the road, the Grammy winner admitted, "I don’t know about a tour. It is my desire to do a tour next year, but I’m just still recovering from a major surgery.”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer also opened up about how he's been healing, now that it's been over a year and a half since his vocal cords were operated on because one of them was "atrophying."

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Jon shared, "Although I’m well on the road to recovery and was able to take my time and do a song a day when I made the record, my need, want, desire is to be able to do two-and-a-half hours a night four nights a week for months on end."

"And so I’m working towards that goal," the musician added.

The "It's My Life" singer first publicly revealed he underwent a major surgery on his vocal cords in mid-February at a Television Critics Association press event for the upcoming Hulu docuseries about his band, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story .

During a panel, Jon revealed that one of his vocal cords was as "thick as the thumb," while the other was "atrophying" and "thick as a pinky."

"So the strong one was pushing the weak one aside, and I wasn’t singing well," he said. "My craft was being taken from me."

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Jon explained that he was introduced to a surgeon who was able to provide him with a "cutting-edge implant to build the cord back up."

At the time, 19 months into his rehabilitation process, he shared, "I can write you a song, I can perform as well as anybody. But I need to get my tools back."

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The band, also featuring keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X and bassist Hugh McDonald, last toured in 2022, playing major stadiums across the United States.

Bon Jovi also played shows over the course of several years in support of 2016's This House Is Not For Sale. Following the album release, the group set out on a run of live shows across the globe that lasted from 2017 to 2019.

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The "Livin' On a Prayer" group will soon release its new album Legendary , which is set to drop on June 7 via Island Records. Upon announcing the project, the classic rock group also shared the title track.

“This record is a return to joy. From the writing, through the recording process, this is turn up the volume, feel good Bon Jovi,” said Jon in a statement.

The new album comes as the band is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a group.

To coincide with the milestone and new record, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story is coming to Hulu on April 26. The first-ever docuseries about the iconic group that's been made fully in cooperation with all past and present members, its said to include behind-the-scenes insights about their rise to fame.

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When asked what show can't be missed in Europe he announced the British capital along with her first European stop where she unveiled the new "Tortured Poets" set.

"Man, I'll tell you what, I think the London shows," he said to Entertainment Tonight. "I think she's at Wembley eight times, which is mind-blowing that she can do that many shows in one stadium and fill that thing up. I played in Wembley once, and I don't even think we filled that thing all the way up. And London's always an amazing city. Paris is an amazing city."

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Bon Jovi is back, and their massive fan base is clearly thrilled. The group released their long-awaited new album Forever earlier this month, and now it’s become a hit across a number of Billboard charts. The set even reaches No. 1 on a pair of them, bringing the band back to the summit.

Forever launches atop both the Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums charts in America. The set opens in first place on the two lists thanks largely to its impressive sales sum, which is all that matters when it comes to the former of the two.

Bon Jovi’s latest sold a little more than 47,500 copies in its first seven days of availability in the U.S., according to Luminate. Looking at total units–which include streams– Forever just missed the 50,000 number, so clearly purchases were paramount to the title’s success.

Forever marks Bon Jovi’s fifth No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. It’s the legendary group’s sixth champion on the Top Rock Albums tally.

Bon Jovi last ruled both the Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums charts in 2016. That year, they returned to the summit with This House Is Not for Sale . Since then, they’ve placed at least one additional title on both lists, but it didn’t reach the highest rung.

Forever nearly conquered another ranking, but missed out on the throne by just one space. The latest from Bon Jovi opens in the runner-up slot on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. On that list, it comes in behind only Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft , which earns another stay at No. 1.

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The new release from the New Jersey favorites can also be found on two other Billboard tallies. It launches at No. 5 on both the Vinyl Albums and Billboard 200 this week. It’s the fourteenth top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the band and their first top 10 on the vinyl-only roster.

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Bon Jovi gave 'Jeopardy!' video clues Tuesday. Is Adriana Harmeyer a fan? A category sweep.

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Monday's episode of " Jeopardy! " saw champion Adriana Harmeyer sweep an entire category about Bon Jovi .

Making the category unique, Jon Bon Jovi delivered the clues for each question by video.

'Jeopardy!' today: Who's on 'Jeopardy!' today, June 17? Will Purdue archivist Adriana Harmeyer claim win No. 15?

Here are the "Jeopardy!" category questions in the Bon Jovi cateory on Monday:

'Jeopardy!' category: Bon Jovi − $200

  • Answer: In 2000, "It's My Life" took us back to the top of the charts; in the song, I refer to this man, born 30 miles from where I was, a role model as a singer who later got into acting, and like he said, "I did it my way."
  • Correct response: "Who is Frank Sinatra?"

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  • Answer: In 1989, we flew over the Iron Curtain to play a concert in Moscow with Mötley Crüe, Skid Row & others, including this legend.
  • Correct response: "Who is Ozzy Osbourne?"

'Jeopardy!' category: Bon Jovi − $600

  • Answer: It was at the house where Richie Sambora was still living with his mom & dad that we wrote about life on the road; for the record the steel horse I ride in this song was our tour bus.
  • Correct response: "What is 'Wanted Dead Or Alive?'"

'Jeopardy!' category: Bon Jovi − $800

  • Answer: I wrote "Blaze Of Glory" for Emilio Estevez's character in the sequel to this 1988 Western; I even had a cameo as an inmate who, as fate would have it, got shot through the heart.
  • Correct response: "What is 'Young Guns?'"

'Jeopardy!' category: Bon Jovi − $1,000

  • Answer: I love Elvis, so it was a big deal to meet this man; he was Elvis' manager, & he had an unforgettable question for ours: "How do you make any money on five of them there Bon Jovis?"
  • Correct response: "Who is Colonel (Tom) Parker?"

How much has 'Jeopardy!' contestant Adriana Harmeyer of West Lafayette, Indiana, won?

Purdue University archivist Adriana Harmeyer has a 14-game win streak and has accumulated $326,000. Here's a look at her win streak:

  • Wednesday, May 29, 2024:  $26,200
  • Thursday, May 30, 2024:  $20,000
  • Friday, May 31, 2024:  $25,400
  • Monday, June 3, 2024:  $20,200
  • Tuesday, June 4, 2024:  $24,400
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2024:  $19,900
  • Thursday, June 6, 2024:  $19,600
  • Friday, June 7:  $27,400
  • Monday, June 10:  $21,600
  • Tuesday, June 11:  $21,000
  • Wednesday, June 12:  $33,000
  • Thursday, June 13:  $19,800
  • Friday, June 14:  $20,500
  • Monday, June 17:  $27,000

When is 'Jeopardy!' on? What time? Where to watch

"Jeopardy!" airs nightly at 7:30 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday on  WTHR  in Indianapolis. Visit  jeopardy.com/watch  to see when and where the show airs in your area.

Where can I stream 'Jeopardy?'

"Jeopardy!" can be streamed on  Hulu + Live TV . " Celebrity Jeopardy " is streaming on Hulu, but not the main show. If the show airs live on  CBS  locally, visit  Paramount+ with SHOWTIME  to watch. If the show airs live on NBC locally, visit  Peacock Premium Plus .

Who is 'Jeopardy!' host Ken Jennings?

According to  jeopardy.com , host  Ken Jennings  − a published author and renowned speaker − posted a record 74-game winning streak en route to a lifetime total of $4,370,700 in winnings. He also earned the title, “The Greatest of All Time.”

Who won the most money from 'Jeopardy!' all-time?

Brad Rutter has won $4,938,436 — including tournaments — all-time on "Jeopardy!" According to  the website , Ken Jennings is second on the list with $4,370,700.

Who won the most consecutive games on 'Jeopardy!' all-time?

Ken Jennings won a record 74 consecutive games, according to  the website .

Who won the most money from 'Jeopardy!' in regular-season play?

Ken Jennings won $2,520,700 during regular-season play, according to  the website . Second place is James Holzhauer with $2,462,216.

Who won the most money from 'Jeopardy!' in a single game?

James Holzhauer won $131,127 in a single game on April 17, 2019, according to  the website . Holzhauer holds each of the top 10 single-game winning totals with No. 10 checking in at $89,229. His total earnings rank third all-time at $3,612,216.

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