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Bon Jovi
Background information
Origin New Jersey
Flag of United States United States
Genre(s) Hard rock, Heavy metal[1], Glam metal[2],
Years active 1983–Present
Label(s) Island
Website www.bonjovi.com
Members
Jon Bon Jovi
Richie Sambora
David Bryan
Tico Torres
Hugh McDonald
Former members
Alec John Such
Bon Jovi is a hard rock band originating from New Jersey.
Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally
achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. The band has continued its
success as one of the world's most popular and successful rock bands
throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Bon Jovi has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States and over
120 million albums worldwide. The band has played live concerts in major
cities in Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, South Africa, and South America,
in addition to numerous U.S. cities.
As of June 19th 2007, Bon Jovi have released ten studio albums, two best-of
albums, one live album, and one box set. Bon Jovi's biggest selling album is
Slippery When Wet. The band has had eight number one albums on the European
charts, seven number ones on the World Charts, three number one albums in
the USA, five number one albums in the UK and seven number ones in
Australia, as well as many number one albums throughout Europe, Japan,
Canada and Germany.
The group won its first Grammy in 2007 for "Best Country Collaboration" for
"Who Says You Can't Go Home". Bon Jovi had previously been nominated for
four other Grammy Awards, two for their 2000 smash hit "It's My Life", one
for "Everyday" , and a fourth for "Misunderstood".
They have had many hits throughout the world, including "Runaway", "You Give
Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", "Bad
Medicine', "Lay Your Hands On Me", "I'll Be There for You", "Keep the
Faith", "Bed of Roses", "Always", "It's My Life", "Everyday", "Have a Nice
Day", "Who Says You Can't Go Home" and their latest, "(You Want To) Make A
Memory".
History
Formation
Jon Bon Jovi is the founding member of the band. He began to play piano and
guitar at thirteen, taking his first lessons from his local guitarist Al
Perinello. At that same age, Bon Jovi found his first band, called Raze. Jon
enrolled in an all-boys Catholic school St. Joseph High School in Metuchen,
New Jersey but left after pleading his case to his parents; he wanted to
attend public school. He went on to attend Sayreville War Memorial High
School. At sixteen, Bon Jovi met David Bryan (born David Bryan Rashbaum) and
found a 12-piece cover band with his name Atlantic City Expressway. They
played at New Jersey clubs, even though they were minors. Still in his
teens, Bon Jovi played in the band John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones, playing
New Jersey clubs like "The Fast Lane" and opening for known acts in the
area.
By the summer of 1982, out of school and working part-time, one of his jobs
being in a shoe store, Jon took a job at the Power Station Studios, a
Manhattan recording facility where his cousin, Tony Bongiovi (the authentic
spelling), was the co-owner. Jon made several demos (including one produced
by Billy Squier) and sent them out to many record companies, but failed to
make an impact.
In 1983, Bon Jovi visited the local radio station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple"
in Lake Success, New York. He spoke directly to the D.J., Chip Hobart, who
suggested Bon Jovi let WAPP include the song "Runaway" on a compilation
album of local homegrown talent. Bon Jovi was reluctant but eventually gave
them the song on which Bon Jovi had used studio musicians to play on the
track "Runaway" (which was written in 1980). The studio musicians who helped
record "Runaway" were known as "The All Star Review." They were:
* Dave Sabo (guitar)
* Tim Pierce (guitar)
* Roy Bittan (keyboards)
* Frankie LaRocka (drums)
* Hugh McDonald (bass)
The song began to get airplay in the New York metro area, and then other
sister stations in major markets began to play the song. Suddenly, all the
record label A&R execs who had passed on the demo they had heard were
scrambling to find out who this unsigned artist was. WAPP was doing
showcases -- Bon Jovi now desperately needed a band. The soon-to-be-members
of the band had crossed paths in their earlier days, but the current lineup
didn't come together until March of 1983. Bon Jovi gave David Bryan a call,
who in turn called bassist Alec John Such and experienced drummer Tico
Torres.
Tapped to play lead guitar was Bon Jovi's neighbor, Dave Sabo (a.k.a. The
Snake), who would later form the group Skid Row. One night after a show,
Richie Sambora found Bon Jovi backstage and told him that he should be the
guitarist. Bon Jovi wrote him off and didn't think much of it but told him
to learn the material and show up for rehearsal. Sambora was early and knew
the material and Bon Jovi was impressed; in that moment, Sambora became the
band's lead guitarist and a musical dynamic duo was born.
Before joining the group, Sambora had toured with Joe Cocker, played with a
group called Mercy and had just been called up to audition for Kiss. He also
played on the album Lessons with the band Message, which was re-released on
CD through Long Island Records in 1995. Message was originally signed to Led
Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label, although the album was never released.
Tico Torres was also an experienced musician, having recorded with Miles
Davis and playing live with Phantom's Opera, The Marvelettes, and Chuck
Berry. He had played on 26 records and had recently recorded with Frankie
and the Knockouts (a Jersey band with hit singles in the early 1980s).
David Bryan was a natural recruit. He had quit the band he and Bon Jovi
founded and went to college for pre-med studies. While in college, he
realized he wanted to pursue music full-time, eventually being accepted to
Juilliard School, the prestigious New York music school. When Bon Jovi
called his friend and said he was putting together a band and a record deal
looked like it was about to become a reality, Bryan followed Bon Jovi's
lead.
The Bon Jovi lineup, which would not change for a decade, was:
* Jon Bon Jovi (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
* Richie Sambora (lead guitar, backing vocals)
* David Bryan (keyboard, backing vocals)
* Tico Torres (drums, percussion)
* Alec John Such (bass guitar, backing vocals)
1980s
Atlantic and Mercury came calling. Once Bon Jovi had put together his band
and began playing showcases and opening for local talent, they caught the
attention of record executive Derek Shulman, who signed John to Mercury
Records, part of the PolyGram company. Because John wanted a group name,
Jerry Jaffe, A&R head at PolyGram at the time, came up with Bon Jovi,
changing the spelling and rationalizing that it had the cadence of Van Halen
and an oblique reference to AC/DC's, Bon Scott. The band didn't really like
it. (Doc McGhee scoffed that it made the band sound like "french ice
cream"). But within a week it was adopted without much fanfare. John then
removed the 'h' in his first name to make it Jon. He re-emerged as Jon Bon
Jovi. The group was collectively known as Bon Jovi.
With the help of their new manager Doc McGhee, the band's debut album, Bon
Jovi, was released on January 21, 1984. The album went gold in the US (sales
of over 500,000) and was also released in the UK. The group found themselves
opening for ZZ Top at the Madison Square Garden (before their first album
had been released), and for Scorpions and Kiss in Europe. They also made an
appearance on American Bandstand.
In 1985, Bon Jovi's second album 7800° Fahrenheit was released, but the
response was poor. The leading British metal magazine Kerrang!, who had been
very positive about the debut record, called the album "a pale imitation of
the Bon Jovi we have got to know and learned to love." Jon Bon Jovi himself
later said it could have and should have been better. The band members, in
interviews, have said they will not perform live any song off that album
anymore.
The turning point came when they brought in songwriter Desmond Child for
their third album, Slippery When Wet. With Child co-writing many of their
hits on this and future albums the band shot to super-stardom around the
world with songs such as "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer",
and "Wanted Dead or Alive". Bon Jovi has said the album was named after the
ubiquitous highway warning signs, but Bryan has said the following about the
album's title: "During the recording of the record we frequently wound up in
a striptease club where incredibly good looking girls were putting water and
soap on each other. They became so slippery because of that, that you
couldn't hold on to them even if you wanted to really bad. 'Slippery when
wet!' one of us yelled out and the rest of us immediately knew: that had to
be the title of the new album! Originally we were going to put a picture of
some huge breasts, the really big ones, on the cover; but when the PMRC (a
moral board under command of Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President of
the United States Al Gore) found out we were in big trouble. So we made it
into a very decent cover."
The album has sold in excess of 26 million copies worldwide since its
release in late 1986. On the tour that followed, singer Bon Jovi began
having vocal difficulties. The extremely high notes and unrelenting schedule
threatened to damage his voice permanently. With the help of a vocal coach,
he made it through the tour. Bon Jovi has tended to sing slightly lower
pitches since then.
The next album from Bon Jovi was New Jersey released in 1988. The album was
recorded very shortly after the tour for Slippery, because the band wanted
to prove that they were not just a one hit wonder. The resulting album is a
fan favorite, a pop-rock masterpiece, and a mammoth commercial success, with
hit songs such as "Bad Medicine", "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "I'll Be There
for You", which are still nightly stalwarts in their live repertoire. New
Jersey was a commercial smash and became the first hard rock album to spawn
five Top Ten singles. "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You" both hit
number one, and "Born to Be My Baby" (#3), "Lay Your Hands on Me (#7), and
"Living in Sin" (#9) rounded out the list. "Blood on Blood" was also popular
among fans. New Jersey was supported by video releases such as New Jersey:
The Videos and Access All Areas, as well as a massive 18-month tour,
originally billed "The Jersey Syndicate Tour". In 1989, the band headlined
the Moscow Music Peace Festival. Despite the band achieving massive success,
New Jersey almost led to the end of the band as they went straight back out
on the road so soon after the heavy touring for their previous album. This
constant living on the road almost destroyed the strong bond between Jon Bon
Jovi and Sambora. As mentioned in Behind the Music, the band members note
that at the end of the tour, each band member went their separate way and
departed in separate jets. It was during this time that Sambora offered the
lead singer position to Billy Rogers, known for his hit single with Ike
Turner, I'm Blue. However, the band made it through and took a healthy break
before their next studio effort. To date, the album has sold 18 million
copies worldwide.
1990s
Between 1990 and 1992, the band members went their separate ways for a while
to refocus before writing and recording their next album. This time off also
helped them determine where Bon Jovi would fit within the rapidly changing
music scene upon their return. Jon Bon Jovi recorded a solo album, a
soundtrack to the movie "Young Guns II" (in which he also appeared for less
than a second), more commonly known as Blaze of Glory. Released in 1990, the
album featured high profile guests such as: Elton John, Aldo Nova, Little
Richard, and Jeff Beck, among others. The album fared well commercially and
received very positive reviews and quickly achieved platinum status. The
title track, "Blaze of Glory", hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and
earned Jon an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, but he did not win the
award. That same year, however, "Blaze of Glory" was awarded a Golden Globe.
Sambora, with the help of Tico Torres and David Bryan, also released a solo
album entitled Stranger In This Town, in 1991. The album had a predominant
blues influence to it and featured a performance by Eric Clapton on the song
"Mr. Bluesman". David Bryan also recorded a soundtrack for the horror movie
The Netherworld, which was the brighter part of that year after he was
hospitalized with an illness due to a South American parasite. Such took a
fall off of his motorcycle which injured his bass-playing hand, forcing him
to develop a whole new way to hold and play his instrument.
The band returned with the album Keep the Faith in 1992. The album, which
was produced by Bob Rock, featured a more mature sound and lyrical content
than any of their previous efforts. Their fans were pleasantly surprised and
the album became a moderate hit amidst the rise of grunge. Its most
recognizable tunes were the hit singles "Bed of Roses", "Keep the Faith" and
"In These Arms", which all hit the Top 40 in the U.S. Some other songs on
the album were released as singles in other parts of the world, mainly the
fan favorite epic, "Dry County" the hooky "I Believe", and the crowd
favorite "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." This album is also notable for being
the first in a string of subsequent albums for Bon Jovi which proved more
popular worldwide than in the U.S. The album went double platinum in the
U.S., but has sold much more worldwide.
In 1994, Bon Jovi released a "greatest hits" album titled Cross Road, which
also contained two new tracks: the hit singles "Always" and "Someday I'll Be
Saturday Night", as well as a new, updated rendition of "Livin' on a Prayer"
entitled "Prayer '94" available only on the U.S. version. The diction of
'prayer' in the new version was altered due to a mixing error, and is heard
as "'rayer" on some pressings. The song "Always" was originally written for
a soundtrack to the film Romeo Is Bleeding, but after seeing (and disliking)
the movie, the band decided not to lend the song to the producers, and
instead released it on "Cross Road". The video for "Always" featured Carla
Gugino, an actress known for her roles in several TV shows' and films such
as Son In Law and actor Jack Noseworthy, best known for his role in the 2000
film U-571."Always," spent thirty-two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and
became one of Bon Jovi's all-time hugest hits.The song peaked at #4 on the
US charts and at #1 in countries across Europe, Asia and in Australia. The
single sold very well, going platinum in the U.S.
That same year, bassist Alec John Such left the band, the first and only
lineup change since Bon Jovi began. Hugh McDonald, who was the bassist on
"Runaway", unofficially replaced Such as bassist. To this day, there is
still speculation on whether Alec was fired or left on his own accord. Jon
has claimed that Such was making too many mistakes onstage as a result of
intoxication while performing. Such denied many of these claims in an
interview soon after his departure, but later admitted there was some truth
to them. Jon has made it public that there has been contact between Such and
other band members recently. He even rejoined the band on stage for one song
("Wanted Dead or Alive") during their "homecoming" show at Giants Stadium in
2001. While he has not been officially replaced, Hugh McDonald has handled
studio and live bass duties since then, with rumours that he had also
recorded bass on previous albums. Jon said, regarding the departure of Such:
"Of course it hurts. But I learned to accept and respect it. The fact that
I'm a workaholic, studio in, studio out, stage on, stage off, want to be
dealing with music day and night, doesn't mean everyone else has to adjust
to that pace. Alec wanted to quit for a while now, so it didn't come as a
complete surprise."
With the 1995 album These Days, Bon Jovi took the mature rock sound they had
developed on Keep the Faith further. The record as a whole was darker and
more downbeat than the usual Bon Jovi fare, with some songs showing R&B
influences. As a result, These Days went Platinum in the U.S. and topped the
UK charts. Despite critical kudos, it spun off only one hit
single in the U.S., "This Ain't A Love Song". Nevertheless, the other tracks
proved sufficiently popular to garner various successful European singles,
including "Hey God", "Something for the Pain", "Lie to Me", and the title
track "These Days". In 1996, Bon Jovi claimed in an interview with the
German Bravo magazine that, as a result of the overwhelming success of the
"These Days" tour, the album had sold in excess of 20 million copies
worldwide.
It was on the this tour, that Bon Jovi played at Wembley Stadium in 1995 on
a sell-out three night running concert. It is widely considered to be their
best rock concert, featuring such hits as "Livin' On A Prayer", "Keep the
Faith", "Bad Medicine", an excellent, heart-felt rendition of "Always", and
showcasing new songs from These Days. It is particularly memorable because
it is the same weekend that the album climbed to #1 on the UK charts. This
tour date can be viewed on video, and has been re-issued on DVD, both titled
Live From London. Jon Bon Jovi makes note of this achievement in the video,
thanking their fans saying "It was just announced today that These Days
kicked Michael Jackson off the top of the charts." Jon also says in the
video that the concerts in London in 1995 were not only some of the best
days of their careers, but quite possibly the best days of their lives.
By 1996, Bon Jovi had established themselves as a "force" in the music
industry, proving much more durable (and successful) than most of their 80s
glam peers. At the end of the These Days Tour, the band once again decided
to take a break and pursue other interests. Tico used the opportunity
further pursue his passion for painting while David started writing and
composing various musicals. In 1998, Richie released his second solo outing
called Undiscovered Soul.
Jon had also been bitten by the acting bug. He landed lead roles in movies
Little City and The Leading Man, and supporting roles in Moonlight and
Valentino, Tranny Freakout!, Homegrown, and U-571, among others. While he
was free between filming different movies, Jon wrote what would become his
second solo album, 1997's Destination Anywhere. The album received very
positive reviews and was a success across Europe. It was rumored that the
record company was pursuing Jon to name the record "These Days, Part 2",
since the album was somewhat of a moody progression from These Days.
However, most fans will agree that "Destination Anywhere" was a departure
from the signature Bon Jovi brand of rock music. A short movie of the same
name was recorded right around the record's release, based entirely on the
songs from the record and starring Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and
Whoopi Goldberg. Dave Stewart of Eurythmics played guitar on the record, as
well as producing some of the tracks.
Bon Jovi reunited in 1999 to record the song "Real Life" for the movie EdTV.
David Bryan didn't make it to the filming of the video for the song because
of a recent hand injury sustained in a home improvement mishap, so the band
used a cardboard cutout of him for the shoot.
2000s
After a nearly three-year hiatus, during which several band members worked
on independent projects, Bon Jovi regrouped in 1999 to begin work on their
next studio album. Their 2000 release, Crush, enjoyed overwhelming success
both in the US and overseas, thanks in part to the smash-hit single "It's My
Life", co-written by famous Swedish producer Max Martin. Crush, which also
produced such hits as "Say It Isn't So" and "Thank You For Loving Me", soon
became the band's most successful studio album since Keep the Faith, and
helped introduce Bon Jovi to a new, younger fan base. The Crush Tour, which
began that summer, originally encompassed only 60 or so shows and was
extended due to Bon Jovi's newfound popularity, with the band remaining on
tour through mid-2001. While on tour, Bon Jovi released a collection of live
performances from throughout their career in an album entitled, One Wild
Night: Live 1985-2001. The crush tour was notable in that the European 2000
leg included the band headlining two nights at Wembley Stadium, these would
be the final shows ever at the venue before it was demolished.
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the band
performed as part of the historic star-studded The Concert for New York City
benefit concert for victims and their families. They performed an acoustic
medley of "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive" with a stirring
finale of "It's My Life".
In late 2002, Bounce, the band's follow-up to Crush, hit stores. Though
Bounce did not enjoy quite the level of success of its predecessor, the
album did produce hit singles such as "Everyday" and the title track. The
band went on a U.S. tour for this album, during which they made history as
the last band to play Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia before it was torn
down. The band also released a promotional album through Target. The album
featured eight demo and live tracks.
Following the Bounce Tour, which wrapped up in August 2003, Bon Jovi
embarked on what would become a unique and ambitious project. Originally
intending to produce an album consisting of live acoustic performances of
various songs, the band ended up rewriting, re-recording and reinventing 12
of their biggest hits in a new and much different light. This Left Feels
Right was released in November 2003, with the title referring to the "left
turn" of sorts that the band took in redoing the songs heard on this record.
The following year the band released a box set entitled 100,000,000 Bon Jovi
Fans Can't Be Wrong, the title an homage to Elvis Presley's 50,000,000 Elvis
Fans Can't Be Wrong. The set consisted of four CDs packed with 38 unreleased
and 12 rare tracks, as well as a DVD. The box set marked the sales of 100
million Bon Jovi albums and also commemorated the 20th anniversary of the
release of the band's first record in 1984.
In November 2004, Bon Jovi was honored with the award for Merit at the
American Music Awards, where they performed a sneak preview of an unfinished
song, "Have a Nice Day". Bon Jovi also participated in Live 8 on July 2,
2005, where they debuted the full, final version of "Have a Nice Day",
alongside the classics, "Livin' on a Prayer" and "It's My Life". On August
20th, 2005, the band headlined Miller Brewing Co.'s Big Brew-Ha, celebrating
its 150th anniversary. The free stadium concert at Miller Park in Milwaukee
included one preview song from the band's forthcoming album.
Bon Jovi's long-awaited ninth studio album, Have a Nice Day, was released in
September 2005. The album topped the charts around the world, giving Bon
Jovi had a career-best first week, selling over 202,000 albums. "Have A Nice
Day" was the first single off the new album, and debuted at radio worldwide
on July 18, 2005. The second single, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", was
released in the U.S. in the spring of 2006, although internationally it was
the third single release after "Welcome to Wherever You Are". In the U.S. a
duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with country singer Jennifer
Nettles of the band Sugarland was released, and in May of 2006, Bon Jovi
made history by becoming the first Rock & Roll Band to have a #1 hit on
Billboard's Hot Country Chart. On February 11, 2007, Bon Jovi also finally
won the elusive Grammy Award, for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals"
for "Who Says You Can't Go Home".
Soon after the release of Have A Nice Day, the band started gearing up for a
new 2005/2006 world tour. This tour, being shorter than previous ones with
only seventy-five shows originally planned, took the band to numerous stages
and arenas throughout the world. During the tour, Bon Jovi performed as the
headlining act prior to Nascar's Daytona 500 on February 19, 2006.
Originally it was planned for them to be the first act to perform at the new
Wembley Stadium in London, however, the construction company Multiplex who
were behind the stadium's rebuilding project said the completion of the
stadium had been delayed until 2007. The concert was therefore moved to the
Milton Keynes National Bowl with the same performance dates. 1 2 Following
dates in Japan and Europe, Bon Jovi extended the tour and returned to the US
in the summer of 2006 for a few stadium shows, including 3 sold-out shows in
the band's native New Jersey at Giants Stadium. Jon Bon Jovi thanked the
crowd for their support because the group had now sold out Giants Stadium
eight times. On February 7, 2006, a promotional album, Live from the Have a
Nice Day Tour, was released through Wal-Mart, which contained six live
tracks recorded in December 2005 in Boston. Three of these tracks were
released in the U.K. in June 2006 as B-sides on the single "Who Says You
Can't Go Home".
On November 14, 2006, Bon Jovi were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame
alongside James Brown and Led Zeppelin, joining music legends such as The
Beatles, The Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna and Elvis Presley. They will not be
eligible for the U.S. equivalent until 2009.
With the end of the Have A Nice Day Tour, Bon Jovi began to throw around
ideas for their next project. Among the potential offerings were going to
Nashville to record with country stars (following the success of "Who Says
You Can't Go Home"), a second greatest hits CD, a new studio album, and even
new movies. In November 2006, Jon Bon Jovi revealed that the band were back
in the studio working on a new Nashville-influenced album, and will be
touring again.
In June 2007, Bon Jovi released their new tenth studio album, Lost Highway.
The album debuted at number #1 on the Billboard charts, the first time that
Bon Jovi have had a number one album on the US charts since the release of
New Jersey in 1988. Thanks to the band's new country music fanbase, the
album sold 292,000 copies in it's first week on sale in the U.S., and became
Bon Jovi's third US number one album. The first single from the new album
was "(You Want to) Make a Memory", which debuted (and peaked) at #27 in the
Billboard Hot 100, Bon Jovi's highest ever debut in the U.S. charts.
To promote the new album, Bon Jovi appeared at the 6th annual CMT Awards in
Nashville on April 16th, on American Idol on May 2nd, on MTV Unplugged on
June 22nd, and will appear at one of the Live Earth concerts on July 7th.
Also to promote the album, the band are performing nine concerts in total in
June and July 2007, a mini-tour which has unofficially been called the Lost
Highway Tour by fans. As part of the 'tour', Bon Jovi were the first group
to perform at London's new O2 Arena (formerly the Millennium Dome) when it
opened to the public on June 24th 2007. The 23,000-seater stadium sold out
within one minute of tickets being released.[3]
On June 6th 2007, Richie Sambora checked himself into a rehabilitation
facility[4]. This meant that he was missing for a concert in Puerto Rico as
well as several television appearances, with backup guitarist Bobby Bandiera
taking his place. He checked out on June 13th, and should be present for Bon
Jovi's remaining summer concerts.[5]
Band members
Current members
* Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitars (1983-present)
* Richie Sambora - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1983-present)
* David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals (1983-present)
* Tico Torres - drums, percussion (1983-present)
with
* Bobby Bandiera - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004-present)
* Jeff Kazee - keyboards, backing vocals (2004-present)
* Hugh McDonald - bass, backing vocals (1994-present)
Former members
* Alec John Such - bass, backing vocals (1983-1994)
Tours
* Slippery When Wet Tour
* New Jersey Syndicate Tour
* Stranger in this Town Tour (Richie Sambora Solo Tour featuring Tico Torres
and David Bryan)
* Keep the Faith Tour
* Crossroads Tour
* These Days Tour
* Destination Anywhere (Jon Bon Jovi Solo Tour)
* Undiscovered Soul (Richie Sambora Solo Tour)
* Crush Tour
* One Wild Night Tour
* Bounce Tour
* Have A Nice Day Tour
* Lost Highway Tour
Awards
* 1987: MTV Video Music Awards: Best Stage Performance.
* 1988: American Music Award: Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group
* 1991: MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
* 1995: World Music Awards: Best Selling Rock Band Of The Year.
* 1995: MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Rock
* 1996: BRIT Awards: Best International Band
* 2001: My VH1 Music Awards: Video Of The Year "It's My Life"
* 2002: My VH1 Music Awards: Hottest Live Show
* 2004: American Music Award: Award Of Merit
* 2005: Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for selling 100
million albums.
* 2006: UK Music Hall of Fame
* 2006: CMT Music Awards: Best Collaborative Video "Who Says You Can't Go
Home"
* 2007: People's Choice Awards: Best Rock Song for "Who Says You Can't Go
Home"
* 2007: Grammy Awards: Best Country Collaboration for "Who Says You Can't Go
Home"
References
1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifexqw5ldde
2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifexqw5ldde
3. ^ "Bon Jovi sell out first Dome gig" - BBC News
4. ^ "Bon Jovi guitarist goes into rehab" - BBC News
5. ^ "Sambora Wraps Up Stay in Treatment" - Yahoo Music
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