Bon Jovi Live was the fourteenth concert tour by American band, Bon Jovi. Visiting several countries in North America and Europe, the tour supported the band's sixth compilation album, The Greatest Hits. It follows The Circle Tour, which became the biggest tour of 2010. At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed second on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tour", earning over $190 million with 68 shows.
Background In October 2010, Bon Jovi released the concert film, "The Circle Tour: Live From Jersey" in U.S. theaters. At the same time, the band announced the release of their latest greatest hits collection and their upcoming tour. Upon the release of the album, the new tour dates were announced as well. While touring Australia, it was announced that the "Circle Tour" became the biggest tour of 2010, grossing over $200 million. Commenting on the tour, Jon Bon Jovi stated,"You can show up, but that doesn't mean the people are going to go, and that doesn't mean they're going to come the next time and the next time. […] The year's not over yet. I need to make it to July 31 and then look back. If it were over right now, I'd look back on the Circle run and happily say, 'Wow, it was a good year. I was unbelievably healthy, we did great business, we got along.' But it's not over. It's just the beginning of the third quarter, we've just taken the field. So I won't look back until we get to the end zone."
On April 28, 2011 it was announced that Richie Sambora would be absent from some shows enter rehabilitation for exhaustion and alcoholism, but the tour will continue with the rest of the band. Sambora was replaced by Canadian guitarist Theofilos Xenidis (known professionally as Phil X), beginning on April 30, 2011. On 6 June 2011, it was announced that Sambora would rejoin Bon Jovi for the remainder of the tour. In June 2011 Bon Jovi played two nights in the RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland, performing to an audience of over 34,000 each night.
On June 17, 2011, Jon suffered an MCL sprain in his left knee while performing "Love's the only Rule" at the Helsinki, Finland concert. The incident was caught on a YouTube video and the pain he endured was quite obvious. It occurred in the first set about an hour into the show. Jon slipped because it had rained the whole evening and the stage was wet and slippery. Nine days later, he had surgery in Dublin, Ireland and played the Dublin show and several others with a knee brace. No shows were cancelled during this incident.
Set list Raise Your Hands You Give Love a Bad Name Born to Be My Baby We Weren't Born to Follow Lost Highway It's My Life Runaway The More Things Change We Got It Going On Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars Bad Medicine (with snippets of Oh, Pretty Woman) Lay Your Hands on Me (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) When We Were Beautiful Bed of Roses I'll Be There for You Who Says You Can't Go Home I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (with snippets of Start Me Up) Someday I'll Be Saturday Night Have a Nice Day Keep the Faith Encore In These Arms Wanted Dead or Alive Blood on Blood Livin' on a Prayer
Shows + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance RevenueNorth AmericaNorth America box score:University ParkUnited StatesBryce Jordan CenterLorenza Ponce14,758 / 14,758 $1,157,850PittsburghConsol Energy CenterNorman NardiniJimbo and the Soupbones34,144 / 34,144 $2,923,374TorontoCanadaAir Canada CentreDean LickyerFrankie Whyte and the Dead Idols36,681 / 36,681 $3,806,514MontrealBell Centrerowspan="2" 39,435 / 39,435 $3,726,141RaleighUnited StatesRBC CenterBilly Falcon17,843 / 17,843 $1,655,016New York CityMadison Square Gardenrowspan="4" 53,219 / 53,219 $7,003,552Washington, D.C.Verizon Center17,908 / 17,908 $1,808,028BostonTD Garden15,928 / 15,928 $1,675,208PhiladelphiaWells Fargo CenterSoraia18,794 / 18,794 $1,841,830 UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaLorenza Ponce8,952 / 8,952 $1,537,472New York CityMadison Square GardenChicagoUnited CenterThe West Side 33,884 / 33,884 $3,241,671San AntonioAT&T CenterRyan Star17,112 / 17,112 $1,571,364Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena15,136 / 15,136 $2,761,834Salt Lake CityEnergySolutions Arena17,146 / 17,146 $1,338,116VancouverCanadaRogers Arena34,672 / 34,672 $3,241,752New OrleansUnited StatesFair Grounds Race Courserowspan="3" OttawaCanadaScotiabank Place17,472 / 17,472 $1,361,048MontrealBell Centre19,617 / 19,617 $1,752,071UniondaleUnited StatesNassau ColiseumLorenza Ponce 15,968 / 15,968 $1,621,898UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaLakshmi8,997 / 8,997 $1,139,499ColumbusNationwide Arenarowspan="5" 17,668 / 17,668 $1,566,850Des MoinesWells Fargo Arena14,649 / 14,649 $1,234,198AtlantaPhilips Arena16,658 / 16,658 $1,649,543OrlandoAmway Center16,748 / 16,748 $1,622,547HoustonToyota Center15,787 / 15,787 $1,351,764MemphisFedExForumBilly Falcon15,912 / 15,912 $1,353,835MilwaukeeBradley Centerrowspan="2" 17,281 / 17,281 $1,390,393St. LouisScottrade Center20,648 / 20,648 $1,575,841EuropeEurope box score:ZagrebCroatiaStadion MaksimirThe BreakersOpća opasnost33,698 / 33,698 $2,245,935DresdenGermanyOstragehegeThe BreakersUnbuttoned Heart 24,049 / 24,049 $2,123,287MunichOlympiastadionThe Breakers 70,025 / 70,025 $5,450,997OsloNorwayUllevaal StadionBilly Falcon 31,521 / 31,521 $3,971,782HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Olympic StadiumThe BreakersBlock Buster 45,219 / 45,219 $4,863,623HorsensDenmarkCASA Arena HorsensThe BreakersMoreish 30,803 / 30,803$3,044,795EdinburghScotlandMurrayfield StadiumVintage Trouble Vale Verde53,043 / 53,043 $4,227,618ManchesterEnglandLancashire County Cricket GroundsVintage TroubleXander and the Peace Pirates 42,737 / 42,737 $4,137,370LondonHard Rock CallingBristolAshton GateVintage TroubleGoldtrap20,459 / 20,459 $2,105,072DublinIrelandRDS ArenaVintage Trouble 68,144 / 68,144$6,496,433IstanbulTurkeyTürk Telekom ArenaŞebnem FerahRedd40,723 / 40,723 $2,775,566BucharestRomaniaPiața ConstituțieiStillbornQuantiQ 53,030 / 53,030 $4,000,892DüsseldorfGermanyEsprit ArenaThe Breakers 43,625 / 43,625 $3,446,927ZürichSwitzerlandLetzigrundDeath By Chocolate 37,125 / 37,125 $5,324,955MannheimGermanyMaimarktgeländeVintage TroubleThe Rising Rocket 40,172 / 40,172 $3,242,820UdineItalyStadio FriuliFlemt39,926 / 39,926 $3,229,776AthensGreeceOlympic StadiumThe BreakersBrothers in Plugs 60,652 / 60,652 $6,594,404ViennaAustriaErnst-Happel-StadionThe BreakersTyler Ernst 56,280 / 56,280 $4,950,762BrugesBelgiumZeebrugge BeachAridBilly The Kill 29,497 / 29,497 $2,711,036BarcelonaSpainEstadi Olímpic Lluís CompanysThe RebelsThe Monomes 39,992 / 39,992 $3,021,325San SebastiánAnoeta StadiumRulo y La ContrabandThe Rebels 34,798 / 34,798 $2,806,226LisbonPortugalBela Vista ParkKlephtRedlizzard57,832 / 57,832 $4,811,609TOTAL1,519,598 / 1,519,598 (100%)$142,977,988
Personnel Band Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitar, maracas for Keep the Faith, tambourine for Hey God Richie Sambora – lead guitar, lead vocals for Lay Your Hands on Me, backing vocals, talkbox David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals Tico Torres - drums, percussion, backing vocals for Love for Sale
Additional musicians Bobby Bandiera – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Phil X – lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox (substitute for Richie Sambora from April 30 to May 22)
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