Bon Jovi Tour – They Just Get Better
Well we are coming into that time of the year where you start to see the major acts come out of hiding and bring their wares on the road. This year we are seeing quite of few heavy hitters on the road like Tom Petty, Toby Keith, Dave Matthews and Sugarland but while all of those acts are good, nobody puts up the numbers like a Bon Jovi Tour does.
While the band has been touring quite a bit over the last few years, seems every time you see them they just get better and better. The played out tired story about them is that they emerged from the caldrons of the 80′s hair metal days and while this is true, it is time to now identify them as one of the true legends of Rock and Roll. If you want to go strictly dollar and cents, they will rank right up there with all time touring acts and if you want to go catalog for catalog, look their music has endured and has actually gotten better with age.
Sure I know many of the old school hard rock guys will argue this and that is fine. Go down to your local bar and argue with all the bands you defend that nobody has heard of, because that is where they are at that bar. While Bon Jovi is STILL selling out stadiums nationwide.
The 2010 tour is being fueled by their latest CD, “The Circle” and this CD has a more country feel to it then the last couple and the last couple definitely had a bit of Twang value. Sorry did not mean to steal George Strait’s song!
I have read some of their recent reviews out of the Pacific Northwest and California and what do you expect? They are all glowing. One of the sets lists I saw went like this:
1. Blood on Blood
2. We Weren’t Born to Follow
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Only Lonely
5. Born to Be My Baby
6. Whole Lot Of Leavin’
7. Lost Highway When We Were Beautiful
8. Superman Tonight
9. We Got It Goin’ On
10. Bad Medicine / Bad Case of Lovin’ You
11. It’s My Life
12. Homebound Train Richie Sambora VOX
13. (You Want To) Make A Memory
14. Something For The Pain
15. Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
16. Bullet
17. Work for the Working Man
18. Who Says You Can’t Go Home Love’s The Only Rule Encore:
21. Runaway Wanted Dead or Alive Livin’ on a Prayer
This set list is a nice mix. You have new some way back old and some more recent songs. You can buy tickets for this tour at your local box office or at my preferred site, ConcertKings.Com.
Look, with the economy the way it is, none of us will be doing a ton on the entertainment front, so why not treat yourself and take in a true legendary band. If you are young, go see what rock is, and if you are my age, feel like you are 17 again only this time leave the leather fringe jacket at home, the kids will think you are weird!
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