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Archive for May, 2010
Jon Bon Jovi Quits Smoking Because Of High Cost
May 31st
After smoking for the past 16-years, Jon Bon Jovi announced that he quit cold-turkey, just before the group’s current tour started.
“I tried to get life insurance and the price was so ridiculous,” Bon Jovi said. “It was enough to piss you off and just throw them in the garbage.”
JBJ is one of the richest performers on Earth, so I think there’s more to this than just the money aspect, but maybe it took something like this to make him take a second look at it. Regardless, this is great news, and we wish Jon good luck with this massive undertaking!
NJ Transit Contest For 50 Bon Jovi Tickets
May 22nd
NJ Transit wants customers to check out their summer services, so they’re offering a drawing to see Bon Jovi in concert a week from Saturday at the new Meadowlands Stadium.
If you visit njtransit.com now through Tuesday, you can enter. The random drawing will be held before the first show on Wednesday, May 26, in the rotunda of the Frank Lautenberg Train Station at Secaucus Junction.
The grand prize winner will receive 10 tickets for the May 29th show. And of course, train transportation to get there! Ten second-place winners will get four tickets and transportation.
The summer services they are promoting include rides to the shore, Great Adventure, Monmouth Park, and the Meadowlands.
Bon Jovi Photo Contest – Win Free Tickets!
May 19th
MyCentralJersey.com is running a contest, where you’re supposed to send in a photo of you with big hair or dressed in your best rocker outfit. They’ll give away two pairs of tickets, one pair for the photo that gets the most online votes and one pair for the best photo as selected by the MyCentralJersey staff.
Contest ends June 14th. The winners will be notified and may pick up the tickets at the Meadowlands Will Call window the night of the show.
Tickets provided by AEG Live, a live concert promotions and tour production company.
Bon Jovi to Appear on INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO
May 18th
One of the most successful rock bands in the world, Bon Jovi, appears on the next episode of Bravo!’s acclaimed series, INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO (May 23rd).
The band’s connection to acting? Jon Bon Jovi’s on-screen credits include appearances on television series such as THE WEST WING, ALLY MCBEAL and SEX AND THE CITY. The band’s frontman also starred in Hollywood films such as No Looking Back (opposite Lauren Holly and Edward Burns), Pay It Forward (with Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment) and a brief appearance in Young Guns II – for which the band supplied the film’s chart-topping theme song “Blaze of Glory” that garnered a Golden Globe® win and an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Song. The band’s keyboardist David Bryan tapped into musical theatre, co-writing the Tony®-nominated musical, Memphis, now playing on Broadway. He also co-wrote the off-Broadway musical The Toxic Avenger.
With instruments in hand, the legendary band (which includes Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, guitarist Richie Sambora, and drummer Tico Torres) reflect on their years together and rock the ACTORS STUDIO – performing renditions of their classic hits including “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive,” before discussing how they came full circle on their latest album with host James Lipton.
INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO featuring BON JOVI premieres Sunday, May 23 at 5pm EST / 2pm PST on Bravo!
Bon Jovi: Uploadin’ On A Prayer
May 17th
Rock stars Bon Jovi are offering fans the chance of a lifetime!
The band has announced it will showcase fans’ homemade videos on giant concert screens as they perform smash hit Livin On A Prayer during their 12 O2 shows.
Bon Jovi fans worldwide can now upload a video of themselves performing the band’s smash 1986 hit.
The best performances from all entries will be chosen to feature on the giant video screens, while the band is on stage playing the song.
This special moment will spotlight videos from several different fans in each city during The Circle Tour, which includes more than 135 shows in 30 countries.
In addition to seeing themselves jam on the big screen with Bon Jovi, the winner will also win 2 tickets to the show, 2 VIP bags, 2 programs, 2 commemorative tickets and 2 VIP laminates with lanyards, as well as having their video highlighted on bonjovi.com!
To learn more, visit the official “Livin’ On a Prayer” Website at prayer.bonjovi.com.
Bon Jovi will be performing 12 gigs at the O2 from June 7 to June 26.
Ryan Seacrest Dressed As A Rock Star Singing Bon Jovi
May 15th
“American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest dared TMZ on his radio show to find a VHS tape of him as a kid dressed as a rock star singing Bon Jovi. And TMZ came through in record time!
Seacrest was 9 when he locked his bedroom door, put on what looks to us like Playtex gloves and did the most awful rendition of “I’d Die for You” ever recorded.
They found the “performance” on a tape of his TV show, “On-Air with Ryan Seacrest.”
Video of Bon Jovi Performing on American Idol!
May 14th
It’s always great to see Bon Jovi back in the news and seeing the band still rocking large stadiums like they’ve always done before. Wednesday night was no different, except the venue was American Idol and the stage was not only the thousands of fans who were there live, but also the millions of people who were watching Bon Jovi while watching American Idol on TV.
Here’s Bon Jovi performing on American Idol:
Bon Jovi performed a blaring rendition of “Superman Tonight,” the second single from their 11th studio album, The Circle. In the past, frontman Jon Bon Jovi has described the song as “something like a diary of the observer, and I’m just the fly on the wall,” providing a suitable context for the musician’s role on Wednesday night’s “American Idol”: While Bon Jovi himself is used to taking center stage, even his rocking presence couldn’t fully alleviate the crowd’s anxiety over who would be going home next, an unfortunate distinction that ultimately fell upon Lynche.
Following the end of “Superman Tonight,” Ryan Seacrest spoke with Bon Jovi, lead guitarist Richie Sambora and the rest of the band’s roster to congratulate them not just on their performance, but on their status as “the #1 touring band in the world [and] another #1 album.”
Asked how Bon Jovi are able to replicate their success year after year, Jon replied: “You know, hard work and good luck. Good friends who have put us in the right places.
“We’re humbled. We’ve crossed generations at this point,” Bon Jovi said amid wild applause from the young audience. “It’s really great. The sky’s the limit. The harder we work, the luckier we get — that’s pretty much the way it is.”
What did you think of Bon Jovi tonight on American Idol?
Bon Jovi Special Editions & Madison Square Garden DVD Released
May 12th
10 CATALOG ALBUMS RE-RELEASED AS SPECIAL EDITIONS
The “Special Editions” are re-releases of Bon Jovi’s entire collection of studio albums that include bonus rare, era-specific live recording tracks.
These “Special Editions” also feature new artwork, including images from each period, and new liner notes documenting the evolution of the band. Additionally, each “Special Edition” will unlock “backstage access” to The Bon Jovi Vaults where you can access exclusive content: photos, tour memorabilia, and more live tracks.
Visit Amazon.com to get the albums today!
LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN DVD/BLU-RAY NOW AVAILABLE
US and Canada: Get the new Live at Madison Square Garden DVD or Blu-Ray from their performance on July 15, 2008, 25 years after their first performance there.
The show is captured in high definition and surround sound to make you feel like you’re right there at the show. Get the DVD at your local Walmart store or the Blu-Ray edition at Amazon.com.
Bon Jovi Tops The Hot Tours Chart For 3rd Time This Year
May 11th
Veteran rock band Bon Jovi tops the Billboard Hot Tours chart for the 3rd time this year with box office totals reported from six dates of The Circle Tour. Adding the $9.7 million in ticket sales from these six performances, the tour’s overall gross passes the $50 million mark since its mid-February kick-off.
Among the cities represented this week, Tampa produced the largest crowd with 18,298 in attendance at St. Pete Times Forum for an April 17 sold-out event ($1.7 million gross). Atlanta generated the most revenue, though, with an April 15 sellout at Philips Arena. Box office receipts totaled $1,815,719 with 16,510 fans in the house.
Make-A-Wish To Connect Kidney Patient With Bon Jovi
May 8th
(As reported by Pamela Crabtree of the Toledo Free Press)
Cole Kwapich, 10, the son of Brian and Christen Kwapich of Springfield Township, will have his wish come true when he meets his idol, singer Jon Bon Jovi, this summer. Cole, who suffers from end stage renal disease, is receiving his wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
When the fourth grader at Crissey Elementary School received word his wish had been granted, he said, “I’m happy and psyched” and that the trip will be a “sweet one.” When he first heard Bon Jovi on disc he said, “Dude, this is impossible, who can sing this well? He’s an awesome singer and the best in the world.”
When he meets his idol, Cole plans on shaking Bon Jovi’s hand and saying to him, “Are you the legendary Bon Jovi? I’ve been looking forward to meeting you all my life.” When asked why he didn’t choose going to Disneyland, he responded “you can go to Disneyland or Nickelodeon anytime, but you can’t always see Bon Jovi.”
Bon Jovi, 48, has been performing since the early 1980s and is no stranger to helping people and charities. He is the founder of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to “bringing about positive change and helping the lives of those in need one soul at a time,” according to its website.
The Northwestern Ohio Make-A-Wish Chapter located at 405 Madison Ave. in Toledo will coordinate Cole’s out-of-state trip to meet Bon Jovi. Kimberly Ray, wish manager, said, “We grant between 75-80 wishes a year. Each week there are children being qualified and every qualified child will receive a wish.” Ray said children “are referred by their parent’s medical professional or sometimes the child themselves. They are qualified by their doctor.”
Christen said “we waited until Cole was older before contacting Make-A-Wish so he could decide what wish he wanted.” Brian said “the initial request was made on January 29 and once the doctors approved everything and forms were completed it went fast. Cole was assigned two volunteers and they came out to the house and interviewed him.”
Cole was born without functioning kidneys and spent most of his infant and toddler years in and out of the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. He has undergone 24 surgeries. When he was 20 months old and able to accommodate an adult kidney, his uncle Christopher Kwapich was a match and donated a kidney to Cole. Christen said, “Cole has had two bouts of rejection and gotten through them and reversed both rejections. The last rejection was a year ago.”
Brian said, “Cole takes seven different medications a day and some are twice a day.”
When asked how he is feeling physically, Cole said, “pretty nice and comfortable and when I grow up I’m going to be a rock star like Bon Jovi, have a rock band and a RV and travel to L.A. because that’s where you go to start your career.”
