It is the perfect reminder of why Bon Jovi have sold 130 million albums and packed out stadiums for three decades.Īnd, as JB said in his last emotional monologue, they’ll continue to do so for another three.A recent Pew Research study reveals that 64 million, or one-third of American young adults aged 25-29, are living with their parents. Maybe it was the break that helped reignite the spark he needed to create an album that will likely be a real favourite among their legions of fans.Īfter a quick exit, the band return for a two-song encore. Who Says You Can’t Go Home excites the crowd to a new volume and, before they catch their breath after the last note, David Bryan launches into the opening riff of Bad Medicine. Naturally, he gave his guitar the middle finger back. Jon claimed, midway through the night, that in 2014 he didn’t pick up his guitar at all. Instead, he just looked at it, imagining the the guitar giving him the middle finger. It was this approach that got them where they are today and, if they could capture that attitude on a studio album, it would have all the energy of their live performance. Talking about New Year’s Day, Jon says the newborn baby crying represents him in the studio as the song took shape, ‘as it used to back in the old days’, when the band would just riff it and a song would happen naturally rather than being pieced together in a studio. What I’d like to see on their next album is less of the polished and more of the rough and ready – the way they used to write their songs and the sound and attitude they have at their gigs. It is a polished production, with John Shanks (also referred to by Jon as the band’s shrink) at the helm for his fifth album with the band, and touring with them for the first time for this album as guitarist alongside Phil X. A quintessential classic with a monstrous chorus to get any stadium crowd bouncing. It now will feature as an addition on the deluxe issue of THINFS – and it’s a damn good job too. This track is another certified banger. The album ends with a track which, JB explains, would have been a single from the Burning Bridges album, had it not been for the arguments with Mercury. Rollercoaster, another hit-in-waiting, shows off the upbeat, anthemic style Bon Jovi fans love.
The album cover – the four walls represent the band, the four original members – and the house, everything the band has built up, along with the fans New guitarist Phil X treats the audience to an extended solo in THINFS, showing he is more than up to the task of filling Sambora’s shoes, while Tico is still the ever reliant man at the back, providing a thundering foundation throughout.
With the stormy waters behind them, the band seem relaxed as they roll through the first few songs off the new album. He talked a lot about the demons and ‘troubles’ he’s faced over the past three years – referring mainly to a huge bust up with the band’s long term record company, Mercury (a dispute now resolved), the departure around the same time of long-time guitarist, friend, founding member and co-writer, Richie Sambora, and problems with his voice. The timbre of his voice conveyed new vulnerability, illustrated by the moment he had to restart the song All Hail The King because he got too ‘choked up’ talking about JBJ Soul Kitchen, the community restaurant he owns where diners can pay meals forward or work to pay their bills. Now though, he has ‘something to say and nothing to prove’.Īs he wove the narrative into the playlist, he revealed with raw honesty the stories behind the songs. When he was younger, he was out to prove himself and didn’t want to let his sensitive side show, he explained.
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