2 brèves. Jon a définitivement arrêté de fumer au début de la tournée parce que sa prime d'assurance vie (être une star chanteur qui fume) lui coûterait tp cher
C'est pr ça que sa voix redevient d'enfer

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Et puis, soit disant que les concerts qui arrivent au New Meadowlands Stadium son complets ms on a trouvé de nouvelles places de derrière les fagots

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Un article sur les sentiments de Jon à la veille du 1er concert au New Meadowlands Stadium
Il est plus angoissé à propos des petits détails d'ordre pratique, pas par rapport à la production même du concert. Sa voix est OK, il va chanter comme un oiseau ds cette gde arène. Les Beach Boys ont inauguré l'ancien Giants Stadium ms il se fiche de savoir si on se souviendra ds 30 ans de qui a ouvert le New Meadowlands Stadium . Le stade hébergera la finale du superbowl en 2013, dc la tentation est gde pour BJ de chanter à la mi-tps de ce match là. Il ne pensait pas vraiment en arriver là. La 1ère fois qu'il a joué au Giants Stadium, il a même pris des photos en souvenir. Il a prévu des chansons pour ces concerts dont Hallelujah ms ça peut vite changer. Ms une chose est sûre pour ce soir, ils joueront Who Says You Can’t Go Home

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Bon Jovi jouera à Saragota Springs le 11 juillet ds l'état de New York
Ce sera à priori ds un joli amphithéâtre de plein air, le Saratoga Performing Arts Center

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La première partie à Scheveningen sera The Fuse Sounds, un nouveau groupe

Et Cleveland le 12 juillet
Dans le même genre d'endroit :

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C'est ambiance détendue sauf si le mauvais temps s'en mêle...........ça va donner quoi au niveau de l'acoustique ? J'ai du mal à me faire une idée. Déjà qu'en stade c'est pas toujours terrible (enfin pour ceux qui sont dans les gradins je veux dire) alors là, installé sur la pelouse [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir cette image] je ne suis pas sûre que ça le ferait pour moi.

A Londres, il y'a qq1 qui change les affiches ttes les secondes pour le compte à rebours

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Une autre interview avec Jon ds laquelle il revient sur ce qu'il a dit plus haut si ce n'est le fait que ce n'est pas une tournée "nostalgia". Ce n'est pas comme la Tournée Des Idoles de Nostalgie en France. C'est juste une tournée de Bon Jovi, un des plus grands groupes du monde
Bien sûr qu'il jouera à la mi-tps du Super Bowl, par n'importe quelle température !!
Comme Doc McGhee le disait, BJ jouera n'importe où et emportera même sa propre éléctricité

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A Scheveningen, ça ne sera bien évidemment pas la scène des USA ms elle y ressemblera qq part :

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Le 12 juillet à Cleveland, ça serait avec Southside Johnny à priori

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Et ben, il était tps de connaître les gpes lauréats du concours pour les 1 ères parties à l'O2

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June 7 - Young Guns: A fast rising High Wycombe based quintet, combining big riffs and solid rhythms with melodic hook laden vocals. June 8 – The Side: A four piece from the highlands of Scotland, the band have steadily built up a following and been tipped by industry insiders as one’s to watch. They describe themselves as “Ben Folds Five via The Stone Roses - a Janglesome, Tanglesome pop gem” June 10 – Last Republic: The latest band to emerge from South Wales UK with hearts pinned firmly to sleeve, The Last Republic are making a name for themselves as purveyors of soaring epic anthems. June 11 – Velvet Hearts: The ballsy rock edged sound of The Hearts certainly pays homage to rootsy rock'n'roll, but they are more than just a blues-rock band, their songs are stooped in emotion and offer the listener something more than your token ‘rock band’. June 13 – New Device: New Device are a hard rock band from South East England, UK. Influenced by the stadium rock giants of the late 80's and early 90's such as Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith, New Device manage to achieve a sound where so many others fail; authentic, solid, blues based hard rock, written by real rock fans. Bon Jovi has also announced special guests for a selection of O2 concerts: One Republic on 17th, 19th and 20th June Kid Rock on 22nd, 23rd, 25th and 26th June.

Une interview avec Tico depuis Londres.
Il aime bcp Londres ms en tournée, on ne trouve le tps de rien faire . Il espère aller voir le tennis à Wimbledon et jouer au golf à Sunningdale.
L'O2 est géniale niveau acoustique car elle a été conçue pour la musique alors que d'autres plus vieilles l'ont été pour le sport et tt avec une acoustique déplorable.
Puis le public a été génial au concert d'inauguration en 2007. Ils se nourrissaient de son énergie.
Il y'aura du nouveau matériel live JAMAIS joué avant !
Il comprend le batteur des Stones, Charlie Watts, qui a fait des pauses ds sa carrière car la vie en tournée est propice aux tension. On est désoeuvré sans rien à faire ds les hôtels notamment.
C'est pourquoi être heureux a été la priorité du gpe. Tout cela les a régénérés. De même que de ne pas se focaliser sur les hits des 80's et de toujours progresser, évoluer. Il espère aussi une carrière aussi longue que les Stones ...

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Interview: Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres By Simon Hayes on June 7, 2010 9:27 AM | They opened The O2 with a bang three years ago and Bon Jovi are back to make the venue their home for most of this month. The American rockers will play 12 dates at the arena, promising tracks from their latest album The Circle, and old favourites like Livin' On A Prayer. Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres is aiming to make the most of his extended time in London. He said: "London is a great place to be, but you don't always get a chance to see things when you're on tour. It's like New York, where there's always something to do. I really enjoy coming over and I'm looking forward to this trip a lot. I want to see a bit of tennis at Wimbledon and hope to play a bit of golf at Sunningdale." Torres, 56, singled out The O2's acoustics as his main memory from opening night in June 2007. He said: "The sound was really good. The key to arenas is to build sound that's good for music, but years ago arenas were built for sport, not music, which meant a lot of them have terrible sound. "We play a lot of arenas and they've got it right at The O2. That's important to us as musicians. "There was also a great vibe coming off the audience, and as a band you feed off that energy. It was a great show." The band will be offering something new every night, and with 11 albums under their belt they won't be short of material. Torres said: "We'll be mixing it up a bit every night as we have a lot of songs to pick from. As well as the big hits there will be stuff we have never played live and that's exciting for us and the fans. "The idea is to have a really good time and for them to forget their troubles for a couple of hours." Bon Jovi have been together since 1983, and it hasn't always been a smooth ride. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts once said being in a band for 25 years entailed five years of playing and 20 years of sitting around. It's a sentiment Torres can fully appreciate. He said: "Charlie's a great guy and a great drummer, and there's a lot of truth to what he said. You do spend a lot of time travelling and in hotels, with not a lot to do, and it can be frustrating and cause tension. There's a lot more living to do. "But since the early 1990s we've treated it like the most important thing is to be happy. That helps us keep it fresh, and it means we're not just relying on songs from the 1980s. You have to keep progressing. I just hope we can be around as long as the Stones."

Une avec Jon.
Il n'a pas de secrets à ses 20 ans de mariage. La tournée, c'est bcp de solitude comme les hommes d'affaire et les soldats. Il n'aura plus d'enfants. Avoir 4 enfants, c'est un job à plein tps pour sa femme.
Les problèmes ds le gpe, les pb d Richie, ceux de Tico, c'est la fatalité. Comme c'est un gpe à la gde longévité, on multiplie le nbre de pb par le nbre de membres ds le gpe.
Jon sait que son démon est l'alcool. C'est pr ça, il préférera savourer un gd vin que se jeter sur la bière. Ms il n'a pas de pb avec l'alcool.
Ms il dit qu'il boit tp. Qd tu bois de tt, tu boiras tjrs de tp.
Pour lui, il parle de business de la musique ds le sens que du moment où tu as fait ta propre musique, il va te falloir trouver un procédé pour la vendre. Comme un produit.
Il n'est pas derrière un bureau comme un pdg. Ms si tu n'as pas assimilé le système au bout de 25 ans, c'est que t'es un idiot.
Il n'y a pas de réunion d'entreprise ou de ch comme ça. ça serait tellement ennuyeux.
Le plus d'avoir un n°1 album est d'avoir l'opportunité de faire d'autres albums.
Ce n'est pas par vanité, juste faire d'autres albums.
Mtnt, tu dois faire le buzz.
Si à la période SWW, le diable lui aurait proposé un marché du genre "signe là pour que ça soit ton plus gd succès" et qu'il aurait accepté, il l'aurait regretté !
Les tournées ne st pas un revival, une nostalgia de cette époque.
Londres va être incroyable.
Ils étaient là en juin dernier pour mixer The Circle et allaient à Wimbledon chaque jour. Il y'avait des concerts nvx ts les soirs ds le parc. Dc ils se st dits "ça serait cool de faire une série de concerts ici". Et dc ils ont réservé l'O2.
Puis il peut prendre sa famille avec lui.
Il dit que le pb des px des billets à l'O2 ne concerne que qq packages spéciaux. Il ne comprend pas !

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Jon Bon Jovi on music and marriage For millions of women, Jon Bon Jovi is the ultimate lust object - the gilded rock star in denim and leather who barely seems to have aged in three decades at the top. But when he steps off that sweat-soaked stage and heads home to his native New Jersey, he is only one thing - dad. The rocker, now 48, is known to have one of the most enduring marriages in showbiz and one of the most stable families. Ask him the secret of his 20-year marriage to his high school sweetheart Dorothea and he just chuckles and shrugs his shoulders. "I have no idea," he laughs over lunch at London's prestigious Mandarin Oriental Hotel. "If you can answer that one you would win a big prize! "It's horrible when you are away touring - it's terrible. You are away from everyone and it can be for long periods. But so are travelling salesmen and soldiers. "I have been married a long time, 20 years, and it's great. I am not the only guy who's managed to do that but if I am the poster boy for marriage then I'll accept it. I made the right decision." The couple and their four children - Stephanie, 16, Jesse James, 14, Jacob, seven, and five-year-old Romeo - split their time between a New York apartment and a home an hour away in New Jersey. MUNCHING Although he loves being a dad, Jon is definitely not going for child No5 any time soon. Munching his way through a spring roll, he says: "Dorothea has worked over the years but not now we have four kids. It's a full-time job. No more children for me, no thanks. I got plenty." Jon (born John Bongiovi) met Dorothea when they were both still at school in New Jersey. She was by his side as he grew from a shy teenager into a world-famous rock god with his band Bon Jovi. Their 1986 album Slippery When Wet spawned a slew of instantly recognisable punch-the-air anthems. Since then Jon has overseen the band on a rollercoaster ride of stardom that has taken in addiction, rehab and divorce. Guitarist Richie Sambora suffered the painful double whammy of seeing his father die just days after he was divorced by wife Heather Locklear. He later checked into rehab for treatment for alcoholism. And drummer Tico Torres has also been through two divorces during the band's lifetime. As the group's leader - Jon describes himself as CEO of a multinational business - he has stood by his old friends and helped them through the tough times. He says: "Richie had issues, Tico went through it. They all had problems unfortunately. When you have been together a long time then unfortunately things happen. You grow up, life goes on. You get married, you have kids, you get divorced... The cycle of life goes on. "When you have been together so long you multiply the number of issues by the number of people in the band." For Jon, alcohol is his demon of choice. However, he now prefers sipping fine wine to slugging beer. "I still drink... I don't have a problem with drink," he says, raising his glass of ginger cordial to his lips. "I drink too much every day but it has never been a problem. I don't have a problem. If you drink anything, you drink too much. If you drink a few coffees you are drinking too much coffee." Even though the fans cherish his music, Jon is matter-of-fact about his role in Bon Jovi. "It is a business - it's called the music business for a reason," he says with a shrug. "When you have made your music then you have to run a business. "I don't want to make it sound like I am sitting behind some corporate desk because that's definitely not the case. But if you haven't learnt the business in 25 years you are a fool. "How often can you pretend that? You can survive on luck or good looks but then you have to deliver and after you've delivered then you have to back it up. So I am the CEO of this major corporation, but it's not like we have board meetings or anything like that. No way! "I would be so bored." Jon is surprisingly laid-back about seeing the band's recent album Circle top the charts - their fourth No.1 album. To many bands - especially one that has been around at the top for three decades - it would be a major achievement. But Jon instead sees it as a validation of his work. Continued success also helps him to avoid what he sees as the nightmare of just relying on the old hits like Livin' On A Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name. "No.1 records allow you to make more records - that's the plus thing about it," he says, matter-of-factly. "That's the greatest part, being allowed to make more records. It's not a vanity thing, the art is the vanity. "Of course there's a buzz. If we came in at No.2 that would suck. "There is an classic cartoon which says, 'If you are not lead dog the view is the same'. "The gift is the record and getting to do another. "Say if you get the biggest-selling record of all time - Slippery When Wet was our Thriller - and then the devil says that's it? Then I would be talking to you 22 years later about the same album. I would f****** kill myself. "I would be bored to tears to sit here and talk about nostalgia and reunion tours and 'aw back in the 80s'. Jesus Christ, no no no. That would kill me. "But we are here talking about my new stuff and that's good." Tonight, Bon Jovi raise the curtain on a 12-night residency at London's huge O2 Arena - and it's all sold out. Fans at the 23,000-capacity venue can expect a mix of old and new numbers, and the band will be giving their all. All individual members are looking forward to their stint in London. AMAZING "It is going to be amazing - London in June is a lovely time," says Jon. "We were here last June when Wimbledon was on, there were concerts every day in the park. It was great fun. And we thought, 'Wouldn't it be fun to come to London for a while?' And everyone else said it was a great idea so we booked it. "We are doing it for long enough so we can stay a while and I can bring the family over with me." However, some diehard Bon Jovi fans are far from happy at the price of attending the gigs. Tickets start at around s45 and go up to an eye-watering s1,299 for the platinum ones. One supporter posted on the band's official website: "The prices of the tickets are ludicrous. You really let us down this time, guys." Although Jon is concerned at the level of criticism, he is quick to defend the pricing strategy. He says. "Those tickets are a couple of special package tickets. "I don't really know what they are, they could be anything. It may be that you get everything and it may be 20 tickets. "But it ain't the front row and it ain't the front section. It's certainly not gipping anyone else out of anything." Although he enjoys fine wine and good food, keep-fit fanatic Jon works hard to stay in shape as he hurtles towards his 50th birthday - and it shows. Despite his youthful appearance he is among an increasingly rare breed of star in that when he speaks, his eyebrows move and his forehead crinkles expressively. Jon insists that he feels no pressure to turn to plastic surgery or Botox. "Everything is mine," he laughs, as he finishes his coffee. "I am getting older but at least this is all mine. I haven't had anything done. "I've not been tempted to have any work done.. not unless they can make me taller!"

Il y'a désormais une rubrique road blog sur le site officiel ds laquelle le crew des roadies s'exprime :

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