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Bon Jovi

February 01, 2023

This article is about the band. For their eponymous album, see Bon Jovi (album). For the lead singer with the same name, see Jon Bon Jovi.
"Bongiovi" redirects here. For Jon Bon Jovi's cousin, see Tony Bongiovi. For other people with the surname, see Bongiovi (surname).

Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald.[1] Original bassist Alec John Such quit the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. The band has been credited with "[bridging] the gap between heavy metal and pop with style and ease".[2]

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Bon Jovi performing in 2013. From left to right: Phil X, Hugh McDonald, Jon Bon Jovi, Tico Torres, and David Bryan.
Background information
OriginSayreville, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Years active1983–present
Labels
Members
Past members
Websitebonjovi.com

In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet, which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of which reached No. 1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer")[3] Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and featuring five Top 10 singles (a record for a glam metal album), two of which reached No. 1 ("Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You"). After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s, culminating in the 1988–1990 New Jersey Tour, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

In 1992, the band returned with the double-platinum Keep the Faith. This was followed by their biggest-selling and longest-charting single "Always" (1994) and the album These Days (1995), which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States, producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom. Following a second hiatus, their 2000 album Crush, particularly the lead single, "It's My Life", successfully introduced the band to a younger audience, and the band considered this their comeback album. The band followed up with Bounce in 2002. The platinum albums Have a Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway (2007) saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs, including the 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which won the band a Grammy Award and became the first single by a rock band to reach No. 1 on the country charts. The Circle (2009) marked a return to the band's rock sound. The band also enjoyed great success touring, with both the 2005–2006 Have a Nice Day Tour and 2007–2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s. After recording and releasing Because We Can in 2013, lead guitarist Richie Sambora left the band just before an April concert during the supporting tour to spend more time with his family. The band released their first studio album without Sambora, Burning Bridges, in 2015 and the follow-up album This House Is Not For Sale in 2016, the tour for which encompassed 2017–2019. Their most recent album 2020 (2020) was re-worked to include songs inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests; its supporting tour was delayed to 2022.

Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums. They have sold more than 120 million records worldwide,[4] making them one of the best-selling American rock bands,[5][6] and performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans.[7][8] Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.[9] The band received the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004,[10] and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.[11][12]

History

Formation and "Runaway" (1980–1983)

 
The Power Station where Jon Bon Jovi worked

Jon Bon Jovi began performing music live in 1975, at the age of 13, playing piano and guitar with his first band, Raze.[13][14] At 16, Jon met David Bryan and formed a band called Atlantic City Expressway.[13][15] Still in his teens, Bon Jovi played in the band John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones at clubs such as the Fast Lane and opening for local acts.[15][16] By 1980, he had formed another band, the Rest, and opened up for New Jersey acts such as Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.[15][17][18] Also in 1980, Jon recorded his first single, "Runaway" in his cousin's studio, backed up by studio musicians.[15] The song was played by a local radio station on a compilation tape.[15]

By mid-1982, out of school and working part-time at a women's shoe store, Jon Bon Jovi took a job at the Power Station Studios, a Manhattan recording facility where his cousin Tony Bongiovi was co-owner. Jon made several demos—including one produced by Billy Squier—and sent them to record companies, though failing to make an impact. His first professional recording was as lead vocals in "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas," which was part of the Christmas in the Stars album which his cousin co-produced.[17]

In 1983, Jon visited a local radio station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple" in Lake Success, New York, to write and sing the jingles for the station. He spoke with DJ Chip Hobart and to the promotion director, John Lassman, who suggested Jon let WAPP include the song "Runaway" on the station's compilation album of local homegrown talent. Jon was reluctant, but eventually gave them the song, which he had re-recorded in 1982 (following a rough early recording in 1981) with local studio musicians whom he designated The All Star Review—guitarist Tim Pierce, keyboardist Roy Bittan, drummer Frankie LaRocka, and bassist Hugh McDonald.[19]

The song began to get airplay in the New York area, then other sister stations in major markets picked up the song. In March 1983, Bon Jovi called David Bryan, who in turn called bassist Alec John Such and an experienced drummer named Tico Torres, both formerly of the band Phantom's Opera. Tapped to play lead guitar for a short tour supporting "Runaway" was Bon Jovi's friend and neighbor, Dave Sabo ("The Snake"), though he never officially joined the band.[20] He and Jon promised each other that whoever made it first, would help out the other. Sabo later went on to form the group Skid Row. Jon saw and was impressed with hometown guitarist Richie Sambora who was recommended by fellow bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Sambora had toured with Joe Cocker, played with a group called Mercy and had been called up to audition for Kiss. He also played on the album Lessons, originally intended for release in 1982[21] with the band Message for which Alec John Such was the bassist. Message was originally signed to Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label, although the album was never officially released at the time.[17] Meanwhile, WAPP, the station that had first played "Runaway" worked with WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) in nearby Secaucus, NJ on a music video show, Rock 9 Videos, for a short time in 1984.[22]

Tico Torres was also an experienced musician, having recorded and played live with Phantom's Opera, The Marvelettes, and Chuck Berry. He appeared on 26 records and had recently recorded with Franke and the Knockouts, a Jersey band with hit singles during the early 1980s.

David Bryan had quit the band that he and Bon Jovi had founded in order to study medicine. While in college, he realized that he wanted to pursue music full-time, and was accepted to Juilliard School, a New York music school. When Bon Jovi called his friend and said that he was putting together a band, and a record deal looked likely, Bryan followed Bon Jovi's lead and gave up his studies.

Bon Jovi, 7800° Fahrenheit, Slippery When Wet and New Jersey (1984–1989)

 
Derek Shulman, who signed Bon Jovi to their first record deal.

Once the band began playing showcases and opening for local talent, they caught the attention of record executive Derek Shulman, who signed them to Mercury Records and who was part of the PolyGram company. Because Jon Bon Jovi wanted a group name, Pamela Maher, a friend of Richard Fischer and an employee of Doc McGhee, suggested they call themselves Bon Jovi, following the example of the other famous two-word bands such as Van Halen. This name was chosen instead of the original idea of Johnny Electric. Pamela's suggestion of the name was met with little enthusiasm, but two years later they hit the charts under that name.[citation needed]

With the help of their new manager Doc McGhee they recorded the band's debut album, Bon Jovi, which was released on January 21, 1984. The album included the band's first hit single, "Runaway", reaching the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at number forty-three on the Billboard 200 album chart. The group soon found itself opening for Scorpions in U.S. and for Kiss in Europe.[citation needed]

In 1985, Bon Jovi's second album, 7800° Fahrenheit, was released. The band released three singles: "Only Lonely", "In and Out of Love" and the ballad "Silent Night".[23] The album peaked at number thirty-seven on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by RIAA.[17] While the album did not sell as well as the band had hoped, it allowed Bon Jovi to get out on the road touring again. In May 1985, Bon Jovi headlined venues in Japan and Europe. At the end of the European tour, the band began a six-month run of U.S. tour dates supporting Ratt. In the midst of that tour, they appeared at the Texas Jam and Castle Donington's Monsters of Rock concerts in England. The band also performed at the first Farm Aid in 1985.[24]

After two moderately successful albums, the group changed its approach and hired professional songwriter Desmond Child as a collaborator. Bruce Fairbairn was chosen to produce and, in early 1986, Bon Jovi moved to Vancouver, Canada to spend six months recording a third album. They named it Slippery When Wet after visiting a strip club in Vancouver.[25] On August 16, 1986, Slippery When Wet was released and it spent eight weeks atop the Billboard 200.[26][27] The first two singles from the album, "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer", both hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[28] Slippery When Wet was named 1987's top-selling album by Billboard,[29] and "Livin' On A Prayer" won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance.[30] The band won an award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band at the American Music Awards[31] and an award for Favorite Rock Group at the People's Choice Awards.[32] When Slippery When Wet was released in August 1986, Bon Jovi was the support act for 38 Special. By the end of 1986, Bon Jovi were well into six months of headline dates in arenas across America. In August 1987, they headlined England's Monsters of Rock festival. During their set, Dee Snider, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley guested to perform "We're an American Band". The band ended the year having headlined 130 shows in the "Tour Without End", grossing $28,400,000. Asked what this breakthrough to worldwide fame meant, Jon Bon Jovi said, "Everything is bigger, and it moves twice as fast. You're recognized twice as often. This is bigger, the whole world gets bigger. You have to sell more records, be huger. You get smarter and you understand the business a little more, so it's more responsibility. You understand it now, and you want to make sure everything goes right".[citation needed]

Determined to prove that the success of Slippery When Wet was not a fluke, Bon Jovi released their fourth effort, New Jersey, in September 1988 which peaked at number one in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. The album produced five Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Bon Jovi the record for the most Top 10 singles spawned by a hard rock album.[33] Two of the hits, "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You", reached number one.[34] The album's three other singles, "Born to Be My Baby", "Lay Your Hands on Me", and "Living in Sin", reached the top ten. Bon Jovi made the news when the video for "Living In Sin" was banned by MTV for sexual content; after the video was re-edited, MTV put it in heavy rotation.[17] Bon Jovi mounted another huge worldwide tour that continued throughout 1989 and 1990. They visited more than 22 countries and performed more than 232 shows. On June 11, 1989, the band performed a homecoming concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey; the venue was sold out. In August 1989, the band headed to the Soviet Union for the Moscow Music Peace Festival. Bon Jovi were the first band officially sanctioned by the Soviet government to perform in the Soviet Union, and New Jersey became the first U.S. album released legally in the U.S.S.R.[35]

The exhaustion of recording Slippery When Wet and New Jersey back to back and going on highly paced world tours took its toll. By the end of the New Jersey tour, the band had 16 months of concerts under its belt. The bandmates were exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally. Following the final tour date in Mexico, and without any clear plans for their future, the members of the band simply went home.[36] The band has since stated that there were few if any goodbyes between them. During the time they took off from the scene, members of the band retreated to their own projects and showed no desire to make another album.[17]

Keep the Faith, Cross Road and These Days (1992–1996)

Disillusioned with the music business and unhappy with the status quo, Jon Bon Jovi fired his management, business advisers, and agents (including long-time manager Doc McGhee) in 1991. Jon took on the management responsibilities himself by closing ranks and creating Bon Jovi Management. In October 1991, the band went to a Caribbean island of St. Thomas to discuss plans for the future. They managed to resolve their differences by allowing each member to speak about his feelings without interruption from each other.[citation needed] Upon resolving their issues, they headed back into the Vancouver Little Mountain studios with Bob Rock to work on the band's fifth album in January 1992.

Bon Jovi's fifth studio album Keep the Faith was released in November 1992, representing "the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi" and marking a change in the band's sound and image. The album turned away from heavy drums and wild guitar solos, but instead introduced a more mature sound of Bon Jovi and contained more serious lyrics. The media focused considerable attention on Jon Bon Jovi's hair. When Jon Bon Jovi cut his hair he made headlines on CNN.[37] To promote Keep The Faith they returned to their roots playing a few dates at the small New Jersey clubs where they had started their career. The band appeared on MTV Unplugged but that was different from the other episodes of MTV Unplugged series. The performance captures Bon Jovi in an intimate, "in the round" experience, performing acoustic and electric renditions of classic hits (Bon Jovi and non-Bon Jovi tracks) and new material from Keep the Faith. The concert was released commercially in 1993 as Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi. The album managed to reach Double Platinum status by the RIAA [38] and produced the Top 10 hit "Bed of Roses" while the title track hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.[28] Bon Jovi embarked on an extensive international world tour for the album, visiting countries the band had never seen before and headlining stadiums in South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. They visited 37 countries, performed 177 shows and seen them play to 2.5 million fans on the Keep the Faith Tour/I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour.

In October 1994, Bon Jovi released a greatest hits album titled Cross Road, with two new tracks: "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night". The first single from the album "Always" became Bon Jovi's highest selling single and stayed on top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for six months. In the UK, Cross Road became the best-selling album of 1994. That year Bon Jovi won an award for Best Selling Rock Band at the World Music Awards.[39]

That same year, bassist Alec John Such left the band, the first lineup change since Bon Jovi began. Hugh McDonald who was the bassist on "Runaway," unofficially replaced Such as bassist. Jon Bon Jovi 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."[40]

Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, These Days, was released in June 1995, during which time the band was on European tour. The album debuted at number one in UK and spent four consecutive weeks at the top position. The album also reached number one in Ireland, Germany, Australia, Japan and many other countries. The album's first single was the rhythm and blues influenced ballad "This Ain't a Love Song". With an exotic video filmed in Thailand, "This Ain't a Love Song" reached top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the only significant U.S. hit from the album, however, the album produced four UK top ten hits ("This Aint A Love Song", "Something for the Pain", "Lie to Me" and "These Days"). That year the band earned a BRIT Award for best international band and also won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock. It was followed by These Days Tour. In June 1995, Bon Jovi sold out three-nights at London's historical Wembley Stadium. The concerts were documented for Bon Jovi: Live From London. Bon Jovi visited 43 countries and performed 126 shows on These Days Tour.

Following the overwhelming success of the These Days Tour, the members of Bon Jovi went their separate ways. But unlike the period following the New Jersey tour, tainted with uncertainty, this hiatus was a conscious group decision. The members of Bon Jovi agreed to a self-imposed two-year sabbatical from the band.

Crush, Bounce and This Left Feels Right (1999–2003)

Bon Jovi reunited in 1999 to record the song "Real Life" for the movie EdTV. David Bryan was recovering from an accident in which he nearly severed his finger.

After a nearly four-year hiatus, during which several band members worked on independent projects, Bon Jovi regrouped to begin work on their next studio album. In June 2000, Crush was released as the band's seventh studio album and constituted something of a comeback. The first single "It's My Life" was noted as one of the group's most successful releases in a decade and most importantly, becoming a symbol of the band's longevity as they prevailed through many different changes in the mainstream rock scene with admirable success. "It's My Life" helped introduce them to a new, younger fan base. The band received two Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album Crush and Best Rock Performance by Duo/Group "It's My Life". The video for "It's My Life" won the My VH1 Music Awards for "My Favorite Video".

Bon Jovi played two sold-out concerts at London's historic Wembley Stadium on August 19–20, 2000, becoming the last concerts held at the legendary venue before its demolition. That year the band played to 1.1 million fans in 40 arena and stadium venues across North America, Europe and Japan. While on tour, Bon Jovi released a collection of live performances from throughout their career in an album titled One Wild Night Live 1985–2001. This was Bon Jovi's first-ever live album. The songs were culled from archives of recorded material the band had been collecting from their earliest days on the road right through the current tour. The band sold out two homecoming concerts at New Jersey's Giants Stadium on July 27–28, 2001. The broadcast broke ratings records for the VH-1 network. At the end of the year Bon Jovi awarded for "Hottest Live Show" at the 2001 My VH1 Music Awards.

The members of the band had anticipated a brief vacation before work would begin on the band's 8th studio album but on September 11 the world changed. Within days of the terrorist attacks, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora had filmed Public Service Announcements for the Red Cross, recorded "America The Beautiful" for the NFL and performed as part of the historic America: A Tribute to Heroes live telethon. One month later, the band participated at two Monmouth County Alliance of Neighbors concerts in Red Bank, NJ to raise funds for the families close the band's hometowns, which were affected by the World Trade Center disaster. And on October 21, 2001, Bon Jovi performed at the monumental Concert For New York at Madison Square Garden, raising relief funds and honoring those who worked to save lives during the attack.

In spring 2002, the group entered the studio to begin recording their eighth studio album. Bounce was influenced by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, released on October 8, 2002. The album debuted at number two in both the U.S. and UK, but was the first album to sell less than 6 million units since their 1985 record 7800° Fahrenheit. The band went on the Bounce Tour for the album, during which they made history as the last band to play at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia before it was torn down.

Following the end of the Bounce Tour in August 2003, Bon Jovi embarked on a side project; originally intending to produce an album consisting of live acoustic performances, the band ended up rewriting, re-recording and reinventing 12 of their biggest hits in a new and much different light. Bon Jovi's compilation album This Left Feels Right was released in November 2003.

The following year, the band released a box set titled 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, the title being a 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.

Have a Nice Day and Lost Highway (2005–2008)

The band's ninth studio album, Have a Nice Day, was released in September 2005. The album debuted at number two in both the U.S. and UK, reaching number one in fifteen countries.[41] The title track was an international hit, reaching the top ten in the UK, Europe, Australia and Canada. The second single, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", was released in early 2006. The song reached top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. A duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with country singer Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland, peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Bon Jovi became the first rock band to have a number one single on Billboard's Country Chart. On February 11, 2007, Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles won the Grammy Award, for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals" for "Who Says You Can't Go Home". The band also won an award for Favorite Rock Song at the People's Choice Awards with "Who Says You Can't Go Home".[42]

Soon after the release of Have A Nice Day, the band started gearing up for the new 2005–2006 worldwide Have A Nice Day Tour. This tour, took the band to numerous stages and stadiums throughout the world. The tour was a significant commercial success, as the group played to 2,002,000 fans, and the tour grossed a total $191 million. The tour was the third-highest-grossing tour of 2006 taking in just over $131 million, just behind The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang World Tour and Madonna's Confessions Tour. On November 14, 2006, Bon Jovi were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame alongside James Brown and Led Zeppelin.

 
Bon Jovi in Montreal in 2007 during the Lost Highway Tour

In June 2007, Bon Jovi released their tenth studio album, Lost Highway. The album influences the band's rock sound with that of country music following the success of a country version of the band's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home". To promote the new album, Bon Jovi made several television appearances, including the 6th annual CMT Awards in Nashville, American Idol, and MTV Unplugged, as well as playing at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium.[43] They also performed ten promotional gigs in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Japan. 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 24, 2007. The 23,000-seater stadium sold out within 30 minutes of tickets being released.[44]

The album, described by Jon Bon Jovi as a "Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville", topped the charts in U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan. The album's third single "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" features LeAnn Rimes and won the CMT Music Award for the Collaborative Video of the Year in 2008.[45][46] The song was also nominated for the Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Event of the Year.[47]

In October 2007 the band announced the Lost Highway Tour. Starting with the 10 shows to open the brand new, Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center, the band toured Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and then Europe, finishing in the summer of 2008. The tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2008 in Billboard's rankings, with ticket sales of $210.6 million, reported from November 14, 2007, through Nov.11, 2008.[48] In all, 2,157,675 tickets were sold during 2008.[48] Combined with $16.4 million in 2007 from the Newark shows, making a combined gross of $227 million in ticket sales. In Pollstar's calculus for North America, the Lost Highway Tour had the highest gross for 2008 at $70.4 million.[49]

The Circle and Greatest Hits (2009–2011)

 
Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi at 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

In April 2009, Phil Griffin's documentary on the band, "When We Were Beautiful", debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, chronicling Bon Jovi's ups and downs over 25 years and following the band on their latest Lost Highway tour.

In June 2009, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame. That month they also recorded a cover of the song "Stand By Me" with Iranian singer Andy Madadian, to show solidarity for those affected by political unrest in Iran. Parts of the song were sung in Persian.

On November 10, 2009, the band released their eleventh studio album, titled The Circle. The Circle is a return to rock n' roll after their Nashville-influenced album, Lost Highway. The album debuted at number one in the U.S., Canada, Germany and Japan. Bon Jovi headed out on the road once again on February 19, 2010, embarking on The Circle Tour.[50] Bon Jovi kicked off the stadium leg of the Circle Tour by making history. They played the first ever show at the brand new New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The three sold-out shows on May 26, 27 and 29, 2010 were a huge success. Bon Jovi's 12 night run at London's O2 Arena grossed $18,178,036 and seen them play to 187,696 fans. The Circle Tour was the highest-grossing concert tour of 2010 according to Billboard's annual Top 25 concert tours. So far the tour has played to 1,909,234 fans and has grossed $201.1 million from more than 80 venues reported to Pollstar.[51] For the second time in three years, Bon Jovi ranked as Billboard's & Pollstar's Top Touring Act of the Year. Bon Jovi was also ranked second on Forbes magazine's list of the world's highest paid musicians, earning an approximate $125 million income that year.[52]

Bon Jovi released a Greatest Hits with four new songs in October 2010. The album debuted at number one in Canada, Ireland, Europe, Australia and made the top five in twenty countries. At the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards, Bon Jovi received the Global Icon Award. 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 their upcoming tour. At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed second on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tour", earning more than £790 million dollars.[53]

Inside Out, What About Now and Sambora's departure (2012–2014)

In January 2012, Jon Bon Jovi stated that they were working on a twelfth studio album,[54] and in a live show in August 2012, Jon Bon Jovi played an acoustic version of a song that was announced to be on the upcoming album.[55] The album, What About Now, was released on March 12, 2013, and reached number one in the U.S., Canada, Austria, Sweden, and Australia. On February 13, Bon Jovi launched Because We Can, a new world tour for 2013 in support of What About Now, and visited North America, Europe, Africa, the Far East, Australia and Latin America.[56]

On November 27, 2012, Bon Jovi released a new live video album, called Inside Out, made up of content from shows at the O2 Arena, MetLife Stadium, and Madison Square Garden.[57] The album was first shown at movie theaters, with screenings preceded by a question-and-answer session with Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres streamed live from a theater in New York, and was subsequently made available for purchase on iTunes.[57]

On March 14, 2013, Bon Jovi appeared on the results show of American Idol and played one song, "Because We Can", from What About Now.[58]

On April 2, 2013, Sambora departed the band's ongoing tour for unspecified "personal reasons"; Session guitarist Phil X filled in after previously replacing him for several 2011 dates. This time he stayed on for the remainder of the tour, amidst rumors that Sambora had been fired.[59] Both Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi later denied the claim.[60] Torres was also sidelined briefly due to emergency gallbladder surgery; he was replaced by Rich Scannella from Bon Jovi's solo band, the Kings of Suburbia, from September 20 to October 6.[61]

In 2014, to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, the band's album New Jersey was reissued with an additional CD with the Sons of Beaches demos on it.

In November 2014, Jon Bon Jovi told a reporter that Sambora had officially left the band, saying "He's quit. He's gone. No hard feelings."[62] That November, he also revealed that he was finishing writing songs for the band's next studio album, their first without Sambora, who was unofficially replaced by touring guitarist Phil X. Sambora has since stated that "There's no bad blood with me any more. I love Jon, and I still see the possibility of a return."[63]

Burning Bridges and This House Is Not for Sale (2015–2018)

On July 31, 2015, Bon Jovi released twin lead singles "We Don't Run" and "Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning" for the compilation album Burning Bridges. "Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning" had its premiere at the Austrian Radio Ö3 Hitradio on July 17, 2015, and "We Don't Run" premiered at the Brazilian radio Radio Rock on July 20, 2015. Burning Bridges was released August 21, 2015. According to Jon Bon Jovi, the album serves as a "fan record" to tie in with an accompanying international tour: "It's songs that weren't finished, that were finished, a couple of new ones like the one we released as a single 'We Don't Run' ".[64]

A Bon Jovi consultant confirmed that a new studio album was planned to be released in 2016 followed by a world tour. On September 30, 2015, Jon Bon Jovi announced during a press conference that the title of their upcoming album will be This House Is Not for Sale. In the article, he said the following "The record is about our integrity. Integrity matters and we're at a place in our career where we don't have anything left to prove."

The album's lead single, "This House Is Not for Sale" featuring a music video, was released August 12, 2016, which also featured the promotion of unofficial members Hugh McDonald and Phil X to full-time band members.[65] On November 4, 2016, the band officially released their 13th studio album, This House Is Not for Sale which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 129,000 album-equivalent units, of which 128,000 were pure album sales.[66] The album was followed by their third live album, This House Is Not for Sale – Live from the London Palladium, released on December 16, 2016.

 
Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden in 2017

In November 2016, Island Records and Universal Music Enterprises released Bon Jovi's studio albums in remastered versions on vinyl, spanning their 32-year career from Bon Jovi (1984) up until What About Now (2013). On February 10, 2017, a 25-LP box set titled Bon Jovi: The Albums was released. It consists of Bon Jovi's 13 studio albums, the compilation Burning Bridges (2015), the two Jon Bon Jovi solo albums (Blaze of Glory and Destination Anywhere), and an exclusive Extras album featuring "international rarities".[67][68]

On December 13, 2017, it was announced that Bon Jovi will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018,[69] after winning the 2017 fan ballot with over 1.1 million votes.[70] Jon Bon Jovi has invited Sambora and Such to appear with the band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.[71] In later February 2018, it was confirmed that Such and Sambora would perform with the band at the 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.[72] On April 29, 2018, the band performed at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the last ticketed event at the venue before the start of demolition in the summer of 2018.[73]

2020 and death of Alec John Such (2019–present)

On March 9, 2019, Jon Bon Jovi announced via social media that the band is back in the studio recording its fifteenth studio album, which was to be released in early 2020.[74] In August 2019, he announced that the album would be called 2020.[75] The release date was scheduled for May 15, 2020, but Jovi announced in an interview with Howard Stern that the album and its accompanying tour, Bon Jovi 2020 Tour, had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[76][77] On April 20, 2020, Bon Jovi announced that the Bon Jovi 2020 Tour had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album ended up being released in October.[78] On January 7, 2022, the band announced a tour in April.[79]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a viral video appeared where residents in Odesa, Ukraine, prepared for a Russian attack while a drummer played to the Bon Jovi hit "It's My Life". Bon Jovi supported this video and shared it with their followers, with the comment "This is for the ones who stood their ground... Odessa, Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini".[80]

The death of founding member Alec John Such was announced by the band on June 5, 2022.[81] It was later revealed that he had died of a heart attack.[82]

Solo projects

During the band's first sabbatical between 1990 and 1991 Jon Bon Jovi recorded a solo album, Blaze of Glory, a soundtrack to the movie Young Guns II. Released in 1990, the title track, "Blaze of Glory" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1991 "Blaze of Glory" won an award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single at the American Music Awards[83] and awarded a Golden Globe, as well. The song also earned Jon Bon Jovi an Academy Award nomination and a Grammy nomination.

Richie Sambora, with the help of Tico Torres and David Bryan, released a solo album titled Stranger in This Town, in 1991. The album featured Eric Clapton on the song "Mr. Bluesman". David Bryan recorded a soundtrack for the horror movie The Netherworld, which was the brighter part of that year after he was hospitalized with an illness caused by a South American parasite. Alec John Such fell off his motorcycle, injuring his bass-playing hand and forcing him to develop a whole new way to hold and play his instrument.

In 1997, Jon Bon Jovi landed lead roles in several movies. While he was free between filming movies, Jon wrote what would become his second solo album, 1997's Destination Anywhere. A short movie of the same name was recorded 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.

Torres used the opportunity to further pursue his painting while Bryan started writing and composing various musicals. In 1998, Sambora released his second solo outing titled Undiscovered Soul.

In 2012, the band members embarked on solo projects once again while recording What About Now. Returning to film composing for the first time since Blaze of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi wrote and recorded two songs for the Al Pacino film Stand Up Guys,[84] while Sambora recorded and released his third studio album, Aftermath of the Lowdown, and supported it with a short world tour in October 2012.[85] Torres focused on playing golf, taking part in several tournaments, while Bryan made a short performance at Fantiscritti, Carrara on May 26, 2012.

Musical style

Bon Jovi's musical style has generally been characterized as glam metal,[86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95] hard rock,[96][97][98] arena rock[96][99][100] pop rock,[96][101] and heavy metal.[102]

The band's first two albums blended glam metal and hard rock.[103][104][105] Their follow up albums, Slippery When Wet and New Jersey, featured a more commercialized glam metal sound.[106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114] They made a "more serious interpretation" of their pop-metal sound on, Keep the Faith.[115] Their sixth album, These Days, "established [them] as an adult contemporary act".[116] Crush was characterized as "far enough into pop/rock to actually stand a chance of getting airplay", while Bounce was described as "heavy, serious rock." Have a Nice Day was also characterized as being heavier than Crush.[117]

The band altered their sound dramatically in their next release, Lost Highway, blending influences from country music and country rock, a sound Jon Bon Jovi described as "a Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville." Bon Jovi returned to a more typical rock sound on The Circle, which was described by Allmusic as "conjured by echoed, delayed guitars, shimmering keyboards, and spacious rhythms."[118]

Band members

Timeline

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Bon Jovi

Discography

Main articles: Bon Jovi discography and songs
Studio albums

Tours

See also

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This article is about the band For their eponymous album see Bon Jovi album For the lead singer with the same name see Jon Bon Jovi Bongiovi redirects here For Jon Bon Jovi s cousin see Tony Bongiovi For other people with the surname see Bongiovi surname Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville New Jersey It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan drummer Tico Torres guitarist Phil X and bassist Hugh McDonald 1 Original bassist Alec John Such quit the band in 1994 and longtime guitarist and co songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013 The band has been credited with bridging the gap between heavy metal and pop with style and ease 2 Bon JoviBon Jovi performing in 2013 From left to right Phil X Hugh McDonald Jon Bon Jovi Tico Torres and David Bryan Background informationOriginSayreville New Jersey U S GenresGlam metal hard rock arena rock pop rockYears active1983 presentLabelsIsland Mercury VertigoMembersJon Bon Jovi David Bryan Tico Torres Phil X Hugh McDonaldPast membersAlec John Such Dave Sabo Richie SamboraWebsitebonjovi wbr comIn 1984 and 1985 Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single Runaway managed to crack the Top 40 In 1986 the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album Slippery When Wet which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles two of which reached No 1 You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin on a Prayer 3 Their fourth album New Jersey 1988 was also very successful selling over 10 million copies and featuring five Top 10 singles a record for a glam metal album two of which reached No 1 Bad Medicine and I ll Be There for You After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s culminating in the 1988 1990 New Jersey Tour Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and 1991 respectively In 1992 the band returned with the double platinum Keep the Faith This was followed by their biggest selling and longest charting single Always 1994 and the album These Days 1995 which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom Following a second hiatus their 2000 album Crush particularly the lead single It s My Life successfully introduced the band to a younger audience and the band considered this their comeback album The band followed up with Bounce in 2002 The platinum albums Have a Nice Day 2005 and Lost Highway 2007 saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs including the 2006 single Who Says You Can t Go Home which won the band a Grammy Award and became the first single by a rock band to reach No 1 on the country charts The Circle 2009 marked a return to the band s rock sound The band also enjoyed great success touring with both the 2005 2006 Have a Nice Day Tour and 2007 2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest grossing concert tours of the 2000s After recording and releasing Because We Can in 2013 lead guitarist Richie Sambora left the band just before an April concert during the supporting tour to spend more time with his family The band released their first studio album without Sambora Burning Bridges in 2015 and the follow up album This House Is Not For Sale in 2016 the tour for which encompassed 2017 2019 Their most recent album 2020 2020 was re worked to include songs inspired by the COVID 19 pandemic and George Floyd protests its supporting tour was delayed to 2022 Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums five compilations and three live albums They have sold more than 120 million records worldwide 4 making them one of the best selling American rock bands 5 6 and performed more than 2 700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans 7 8 Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 9 The band received the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004 10 and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 11 12 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and Runaway 1980 1983 1 2 Bon Jovi 7800 Fahrenheit Slippery When Wet and New Jersey 1984 1989 1 3 Keep the Faith Cross Road and These Days 1992 1996 1 4 Crush Bounce and This Left Feels Right 1999 2003 1 5 Have a Nice Day and Lost Highway 2005 2008 1 6 The Circle and Greatest Hits 2009 2011 1 7 Inside Out What About Now and Sambora s departure 2012 2014 1 8 Burning Bridges and This House Is Not for Sale 2015 2018 1 9 2020 and death of Alec John Such 2019 present 2 Solo projects 3 Musical style 4 Band members 5 Awards and nominations 6 Discography 7 Tours 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistoryFormation and Runaway 1980 1983 The Power Station where Jon Bon Jovi worked Jon Bon Jovi began performing music live in 1975 at the age of 13 playing piano and guitar with his first band Raze 13 14 At 16 Jon met David Bryan and formed a band called Atlantic City Expressway 13 15 Still in his teens Bon Jovi played in the band John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones at clubs such as the Fast Lane and opening for local acts 15 16 By 1980 he had formed another band the Rest and opened up for New Jersey acts such as Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes 15 17 18 Also in 1980 Jon recorded his first single Runaway in his cousin s studio backed up by studio musicians 15 The song was played by a local radio station on a compilation tape 15 By mid 1982 out of school and working part time at a women s shoe store Jon Bon Jovi took a job at the Power Station Studios a Manhattan recording facility where his cousin Tony Bongiovi was co owner Jon made several demos including one produced by Billy Squier and sent them to record companies though failing to make an impact His first professional recording was as lead vocals in R2 D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas which was part of the Christmas in the Stars album which his cousin co produced 17 In 1983 Jon visited a local radio station WAPP 103 5FM The Apple in Lake Success New York to write and sing the jingles for the station He spoke with DJ Chip Hobart and to the promotion director John Lassman who suggested Jon let WAPP include the song Runaway on the station s compilation album of local homegrown talent Jon was reluctant but eventually gave them the song which he had re recorded in 1982 following a rough early recording in 1981 with local studio musicians whom he designated The All Star Review guitarist Tim Pierce keyboardist Roy Bittan drummer Frankie LaRocka and bassist Hugh McDonald 19 The song began to get airplay in the New York area then other sister stations in major markets picked up the song In March 1983 Bon Jovi called David Bryan who in turn called bassist Alec John Such and an experienced drummer named Tico Torres both formerly of the band Phantom s Opera Tapped to play lead guitar for a short tour supporting Runaway was Bon Jovi s friend and neighbor Dave Sabo The Snake though he never officially joined the band 20 He and Jon promised each other that whoever made it first would help out the other Sabo later went on to form the group Skid Row Jon saw and was impressed with hometown guitarist Richie Sambora who was recommended by fellow bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres Sambora had toured with Joe Cocker played with a group called Mercy and had been called up to audition for Kiss He also played on the album Lessons originally intended for release in 1982 21 with the band Message for which Alec John Such was the bassist Message was originally signed to Led Zeppelin s Swan Song Records label although the album was never officially released at the time 17 Meanwhile WAPP the station that had first played Runaway worked with WOR TV now WWOR TV in nearby Secaucus NJ on a music video show Rock 9 Videos for a short time in 1984 22 Tico Torres was also an experienced musician having recorded and played live with Phantom s Opera The Marvelettes and Chuck Berry He appeared on 26 records and had recently recorded with Franke and the Knockouts a Jersey band with hit singles during the early 1980s David Bryan had quit the band that he and Bon Jovi had founded in order to study medicine While in college he realized that he wanted to pursue music full time and was accepted to Juilliard School a New York music school When Bon Jovi called his friend and said that he was putting together a band and a record deal looked likely Bryan followed Bon Jovi s lead and gave up his studies Bon Jovi 7800 Fahrenheit Slippery When Wet and New Jersey 1984 1989 Derek Shulman who signed Bon Jovi to their first record deal Once the band began playing showcases and opening for local talent they caught the attention of record executive Derek Shulman who signed them to Mercury Records and who was part of the PolyGram company Because Jon Bon Jovi wanted a group name Pamela Maher a friend of Richard Fischer and an employee of Doc McGhee suggested they call themselves Bon Jovi following the example of the other famous two word bands such as Van Halen This name was chosen instead of the original idea of Johnny Electric Pamela s suggestion of the name was met with little enthusiasm but two years later they hit the charts under that name citation needed With the help of their new manager Doc McGhee they recorded the band s debut album Bon Jovi which was released on January 21 1984 The album included the band s first hit single Runaway reaching the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 The album peaked at number forty three on the Billboard 200 album chart The group soon found itself opening for Scorpions in U S and for Kiss in Europe citation needed In 1985 Bon Jovi s second album 7800 Fahrenheit was released The band released three singles Only Lonely In and Out of Love and the ballad Silent Night 23 The album peaked at number thirty seven on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by RIAA 17 While the album did not sell as well as the band had hoped it allowed Bon Jovi to get out on the road touring again In May 1985 Bon Jovi headlined venues in Japan and Europe At the end of the European tour the band began a six month run of U S tour dates supporting Ratt In the midst of that tour they appeared at the Texas Jam and Castle Donington s Monsters of Rock concerts in England The band also performed at the first Farm Aid in 1985 24 After two moderately successful albums the group changed its approach and hired professional songwriter Desmond Child as a collaborator Bruce Fairbairn was chosen to produce and in early 1986 Bon Jovi moved to Vancouver Canada to spend six months recording a third album They named it Slippery When Wet after visiting a strip club in Vancouver 25 On August 16 1986 Slippery When Wet was released and it spent eight weeks atop the Billboard 200 26 27 The first two singles from the album You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin on a Prayer both hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 28 Slippery When Wet was named 1987 s top selling album by Billboard 29 and Livin On A Prayer won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance 30 The band won an award for Favorite Pop Rock Band at the American Music Awards 31 and an award for Favorite Rock Group at the People s Choice Awards 32 When Slippery When Wet was released in August 1986 Bon Jovi was the support act for 38 Special By the end of 1986 Bon Jovi were well into six months of headline dates in arenas across America In August 1987 they headlined England s Monsters of Rock festival During their set Dee Snider Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley guested to perform We re an American Band The band ended the year having headlined 130 shows in the Tour Without End grossing 28 400 000 Asked what this breakthrough to worldwide fame meant Jon Bon Jovi said Everything is bigger and it moves twice as fast You re recognized twice as often This is bigger the whole world gets bigger You have to sell more records be huger You get smarter and you understand the business a little more so it s more responsibility You understand it now and you want to make sure everything goes right citation needed Determined to prove that the success of Slippery When Wet was not a fluke Bon Jovi released their fourth effort New Jersey in September 1988 which peaked at number one in the U S Canada UK Ireland New Zealand and Australia The album produced five Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 giving Bon Jovi the record for the most Top 10 singles spawned by a hard rock album 33 Two of the hits Bad Medicine and I ll Be There for You reached number one 34 The album s three other singles Born to Be My Baby Lay Your Hands on Me and Living in Sin reached the top ten Bon Jovi made the news when the video for Living In Sin was banned by MTV for sexual content after the video was re edited MTV put it in heavy rotation 17 Bon Jovi mounted another huge worldwide tour that continued throughout 1989 and 1990 They visited more than 22 countries and performed more than 232 shows On June 11 1989 the band performed a homecoming concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey the venue was sold out In August 1989 the band headed to the Soviet Union for the Moscow Music Peace Festival Bon Jovi were the first band officially sanctioned by the Soviet government to perform in the Soviet Union and New Jersey became the first U S album released legally in the U S S R 35 The exhaustion of recording Slippery When Wet and New Jersey back to back and going on highly paced world tours took its toll By the end of the New Jersey tour the band had 16 months of concerts under its belt The bandmates were exhausted physically mentally and emotionally Following the final tour date in Mexico and without any clear plans for their future the members of the band simply went home 36 The band has since stated that there were few if any goodbyes between them During the time they took off from the scene members of the band retreated to their own projects and showed no desire to make another album 17 Keep the Faith Cross Road and These Days 1992 1996 Disillusioned with the music business and unhappy with the status quo Jon Bon Jovi fired his management business advisers and agents including long time manager Doc McGhee in 1991 Jon took on the management responsibilities himself by closing ranks and creating Bon Jovi Management In October 1991 the band went to a Caribbean island of St Thomas to discuss plans for the future They managed to resolve their differences by allowing each member to speak about his feelings without interruption from each other citation needed Upon resolving their issues they headed back into the Vancouver Little Mountain studios with Bob Rock to work on the band s fifth album in January 1992 Bon Jovi s fifth studio album Keep the Faith was released in November 1992 representing the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi and marking a change in the band s sound and image The album turned away from heavy drums and wild guitar solos but instead introduced a more mature sound of Bon Jovi and contained more serious lyrics The media focused considerable attention on Jon Bon Jovi s hair When Jon Bon Jovi cut his hair he made headlines on CNN 37 To promote Keep The Faith they returned to their roots playing a few dates at the small New Jersey clubs where they had started their career The band appeared on MTV Unplugged but that was different from the other episodes of MTV Unplugged series The performance captures Bon Jovi in an intimate in the round experience performing acoustic and electric renditions of classic hits Bon Jovi and non Bon Jovi tracks and new material from Keep the Faith The concert was released commercially in 1993 as Keep the Faith An Evening with Bon Jovi The album managed to reach Double Platinum status by the RIAA 38 and produced the Top 10 hit Bed of Roses while the title track hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks 28 Bon Jovi embarked on an extensive international world tour for the album visiting countries the band had never seen before and headlining stadiums in South America Europe Asia and Australia They visited 37 countries performed 177 shows and seen them play to 2 5 million fans on the Keep the Faith Tour I ll Sleep When I m Dead Tour In October 1994 Bon Jovi released a greatest hits album titled Cross Road with two new tracks Always and Someday I ll Be Saturday Night The first single from the album Always became Bon Jovi s highest selling single and stayed on top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for six months In the UK Cross Road became the best selling album of 1994 That year Bon Jovi won an award for Best Selling Rock Band at the World Music Awards 39 That same year bassist Alec John Such left the band the first lineup change since Bon Jovi began Hugh McDonald who was the bassist on Runaway unofficially replaced Such as bassist Jon Bon Jovi 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 40 Bon Jovi s sixth studio album These Days was released in June 1995 during which time the band was on European tour The album debuted at number one in UK and spent four consecutive weeks at the top position The album also reached number one in Ireland Germany Australia Japan and many other countries The album s first single was the rhythm and blues influenced ballad This Ain t a Love Song With an exotic video filmed in Thailand This Ain t a Love Song reached top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the only significant U S hit from the album however the album produced four UK top ten hits This Aint A Love Song Something for the Pain Lie to Me and These Days That year the band earned a BRIT Award for best international band and also won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock It was followed by These Days Tour In June 1995 Bon Jovi sold out three nights at London s historical Wembley Stadium The concerts were documented for Bon Jovi Live From London Bon Jovi visited 43 countries and performed 126 shows on These Days Tour Following the overwhelming success of the These Days Tour the members of Bon Jovi went their separate ways But unlike the period following the New Jersey tour tainted with uncertainty this hiatus was a conscious group decision The members of Bon Jovi agreed to a self imposed two year sabbatical from the band Crush Bounce and This Left Feels Right 1999 2003 Bon Jovi reunited in 1999 to record the song Real Life for the movie EdTV David Bryan was recovering from an accident in which he nearly severed his finger After a nearly four year hiatus during which several band members worked on independent projects Bon Jovi regrouped to begin work on their next studio album In June 2000 Crush was released as the band s seventh studio album and constituted something of a comeback The first single It s My Life was noted as one of the group s most successful releases in a decade and most importantly becoming a symbol of the band s longevity as they prevailed through many different changes in the mainstream rock scene with admirable success It s My Life helped introduce them to a new younger fan base The band received two Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album Crush and Best Rock Performance by Duo Group It s My Life The video for It s My Life won the My VH1 Music Awards for My Favorite Video Bon Jovi played two sold out concerts at London s historic Wembley Stadium on August 19 20 2000 becoming the last concerts held at the legendary venue before its demolition That year the band played to 1 1 million fans in 40 arena and stadium venues across North America Europe and Japan While on tour Bon Jovi released a collection of live performances from throughout their career in an album titled One Wild Night Live 1985 2001 This was Bon Jovi s first ever live album The songs were culled from archives of recorded material the band had been collecting from their earliest days on the road right through the current tour The band sold out two homecoming concerts at New Jersey s Giants Stadium on July 27 28 2001 The broadcast broke ratings records for the VH 1 network At the end of the year Bon Jovi awarded for Hottest Live Show at the 2001 My VH1 Music Awards The members of the band had anticipated a brief vacation before work would begin on the band s 8th studio album but on September 11 the world changed Within days of the terrorist attacks Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora had filmed Public Service Announcements for the Red Cross recorded America The Beautiful for the NFL and performed as part of the historic America A Tribute to Heroes live telethon One month later the band participated at two Monmouth County Alliance of Neighbors concerts in Red Bank NJ to raise funds for the families close the band s hometowns which were affected by the World Trade Center disaster And on October 21 2001 Bon Jovi performed at the monumental Concert For New York at Madison Square Garden raising relief funds and honoring those who worked to save lives during the attack In spring 2002 the group entered the studio to begin recording their eighth studio album Bounce was influenced by the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks released on October 8 2002 The album debuted at number two in both the U S and UK but was the first album to sell less than 6 million units since their 1985 record 7800 Fahrenheit The band went on the Bounce Tour for the album during which they made history as the last band to play at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia before it was torn down Following the end of the Bounce Tour in August 2003 Bon Jovi embarked on a side project originally intending to produce an album consisting of live acoustic performances the band ended up rewriting re recording and reinventing 12 of their biggest hits in a new and much different light Bon Jovi s compilation album This Left Feels Right was released in November 2003 The following year the band released a box set titled 100 000 000 Bon Jovi Fans Can t Be Wrong the title being a 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 Have a Nice Day and Lost Highway 2005 2008 The band s ninth studio album Have a Nice Day was released in September 2005 The album debuted at number two in both the U S and UK reaching number one in fifteen countries 41 The title track was an international hit reaching the top ten in the UK Europe Australia and Canada The second single Who Says You Can t Go Home was released in early 2006 The song reached top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U S A duet version of Who Says You Can t Go Home with country singer Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Bon Jovi became the first rock band to have a number one single on Billboard s Country Chart On February 11 2007 Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for Who Says You Can t Go Home The band also won an award for Favorite Rock Song at the People s Choice Awards with Who Says You Can t Go Home 42 Soon after the release of Have A Nice Day the band started gearing up for the new 2005 2006 worldwide Have A Nice Day Tour This tour took the band to numerous stages and stadiums throughout the world The tour was a significant commercial success as the group played to 2 002 000 fans and the tour grossed a total 191 million The tour was the third highest grossing tour of 2006 taking in just over 131 million just behind The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang World Tour and Madonna s Confessions Tour On November 14 2006 Bon Jovi were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame alongside James Brown and Led Zeppelin Bon Jovi in Montreal in 2007 during the Lost Highway Tour In June 2007 Bon Jovi released their tenth studio album Lost Highway The album influences the band s rock sound with that of country music following the success of a country version of the band s 2006 single Who Says You Can t Go Home To promote the new album Bon Jovi made several television appearances including the 6th annual CMT Awards in Nashville American Idol and MTV Unplugged as well as playing at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium 43 They also performed ten promotional gigs in the U S Canada the UK and Japan 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 24 2007 The 23 000 seater stadium sold out within 30 minutes of tickets being released 44 The album described by Jon Bon Jovi as a Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville topped the charts in U S Canada Europe and Japan The album s third single Till We Ain t Strangers Anymore features LeAnn Rimes and won the CMT Music Award for the Collaborative Video of the Year in 2008 45 46 The song was also nominated for the Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Event of the Year 47 In October 2007 the band announced the Lost Highway Tour Starting with the 10 shows to open the brand new Newark New Jersey Prudential Center the band toured Canada Japan Australia New Zealand the U S and then Europe finishing in the summer of 2008 The tour was the highest grossing tour of 2008 in Billboard s rankings with ticket sales of 210 6 million reported from November 14 2007 through Nov 11 2008 48 In all 2 157 675 tickets were sold during 2008 48 Combined with 16 4 million in 2007 from the Newark shows making a combined gross of 227 million in ticket sales In Pollstar s calculus for North America the Lost Highway Tour had the highest gross for 2008 at 70 4 million 49 The Circle and Greatest Hits 2009 2011 Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi at 2009 Tribeca Film Festival In April 2009 Phil Griffin s documentary on the band When We Were Beautiful debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival chronicling Bon Jovi s ups and downs over 25 years and following the band on their latest Lost Highway tour In June 2009 Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame That month they also recorded a cover of the song Stand By Me with Iranian singer Andy Madadian to show solidarity for those affected by political unrest in Iran Parts of the song were sung in Persian On November 10 2009 the band released their eleventh studio album titled The Circle The Circle is a return to rock n roll after their Nashville influenced album Lost Highway The album debuted at number one in the U S Canada Germany and Japan Bon Jovi headed out on the road once again on February 19 2010 embarking on The Circle Tour 50 Bon Jovi kicked off the stadium leg of the Circle Tour by making history They played the first ever show at the brand new New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey The three sold out shows on May 26 27 and 29 2010 were a huge success Bon Jovi s 12 night run at London s O2 Arena grossed 18 178 036 and seen them play to 187 696 fans The Circle Tour was the highest grossing concert tour of 2010 according to Billboard s annual Top 25 concert tours So far the tour has played to 1 909 234 fans and has grossed 201 1 million from more than 80 venues reported to Pollstar 51 For the second time in three years Bon Jovi ranked as Billboard s amp Pollstar s Top Touring Act of the Year Bon Jovi was also ranked second on Forbes magazine s list of the world s highest paid musicians earning an approximate 125 million income that year 52 Bon Jovi released a Greatest Hits with four new songs in October 2010 The album debuted at number one in Canada Ireland Europe Australia and made the top five in twenty countries At the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards Bon Jovi received the Global Icon Award 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 their upcoming tour At the conclusion of 2011 the tour placed second on Billboard s annual Top 25 Tour earning more than 790 million dollars 53 Inside Out What About Now and Sambora s departure 2012 2014 In January 2012 Jon Bon Jovi stated that they were working on a twelfth studio album 54 and in a live show in August 2012 Jon Bon Jovi played an acoustic version of a song that was announced to be on the upcoming album 55 The album What About Now was released on March 12 2013 and reached number one in the U S Canada Austria Sweden and Australia On February 13 Bon Jovi launched Because We Can a new world tour for 2013 in support of What About Now and visited North America Europe Africa the Far East Australia and Latin America 56 On November 27 2012 Bon Jovi released a new live video album called Inside Out made up of content from shows at the O2 Arena MetLife Stadium and Madison Square Garden 57 The album was first shown at movie theaters with screenings preceded by a question and answer session with Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora David Bryan and Tico Torres streamed live from a theater in New York and was subsequently made available for purchase on iTunes 57 On March 14 2013 Bon Jovi appeared on the results show of American Idol and played one song Because We Can from What About Now 58 On April 2 2013 Sambora departed the band s ongoing tour for unspecified personal reasons Session guitarist Phil X filled in after previously replacing him for several 2011 dates This time he stayed on for the remainder of the tour amidst rumors that Sambora had been fired 59 Both Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi later denied the claim 60 Torres was also sidelined briefly due to emergency gallbladder surgery he was replaced by Rich Scannella from Bon Jovi s solo band the Kings of Suburbia from September 20 to October 6 61 In 2014 to celebrate the band s 30th anniversary the band s album New Jersey was reissued with an additional CD with the Sons of Beaches demos on it In November 2014 Jon Bon Jovi told a reporter that Sambora had officially left the band saying He s quit He s gone No hard feelings 62 That November he also revealed that he was finishing writing songs for the band s next studio album their first without Sambora who was unofficially replaced by touring guitarist Phil X Sambora has since stated that There s no bad blood with me any more I love Jon and I still see the possibility of a return 63 Burning Bridges and This House Is Not for Sale 2015 2018 On July 31 2015 Bon Jovi released twin lead singles We Don t Run and Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning for the compilation album Burning Bridges Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning had its premiere at the Austrian Radio O3 Hitradio on July 17 2015 and We Don t Run premiered at the Brazilian radio Radio Rock on July 20 2015 Burning Bridges was released August 21 2015 According to Jon Bon Jovi the album serves as a fan record to tie in with an accompanying international tour It s songs that weren t finished that were finished a couple of new ones like the one we released as a single We Don t Run 64 A Bon Jovi consultant confirmed that a new studio album was planned to be released in 2016 followed by a world tour On September 30 2015 Jon Bon Jovi announced during a press conference that the title of their upcoming album will be This House Is Not for Sale In the article he said the following The record is about our integrity Integrity matters and we re at a place in our career where we don t have anything left to prove The album s lead single This House Is Not for Sale featuring a music video was released August 12 2016 which also featured the promotion of unofficial members Hugh McDonald and Phil X to full time band members 65 On November 4 2016 the band officially released their 13th studio album This House Is Not for Sale which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 129 000 album equivalent units of which 128 000 were pure album sales 66 The album was followed by their third live album This House Is Not for Sale Live from the London Palladium released on December 16 2016 Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden in 2017 In November 2016 Island Records and Universal Music Enterprises released Bon Jovi s studio albums in remastered versions on vinyl spanning their 32 year career from Bon Jovi 1984 up until What About Now 2013 On February 10 2017 a 25 LP box set titled Bon Jovi The Albums was released It consists of Bon Jovi s 13 studio albums the compilation Burning Bridges 2015 the two Jon Bon Jovi solo albums Blaze of Glory and Destination Anywhere and an exclusive Extras album featuring international rarities 67 68 On December 13 2017 it was announced that Bon Jovi will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 69 after winning the 2017 fan ballot with over 1 1 million votes 70 Jon Bon Jovi has invited Sambora and Such to appear with the band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony 71 In later February 2018 it was confirmed that Such and Sambora would perform with the band at the 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony 72 On April 29 2018 the band performed at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee Wisconsin as the last ticketed event at the venue before the start of demolition in the summer of 2018 73 2020 and death of Alec John Such 2019 present On March 9 2019 Jon Bon Jovi announced via social media that the band is back in the studio recording its fifteenth studio album which was to be released in early 2020 74 In August 2019 he announced that the album would be called 2020 75 The release date was scheduled for May 15 2020 but Jovi announced in an interview with Howard Stern that the album and its accompanying tour Bon Jovi 2020 Tour had been postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 76 77 On April 20 2020 Bon Jovi announced that the Bon Jovi 2020 Tour had been canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic The album ended up being released in October 78 On January 7 2022 the band announced a tour in April 79 During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine a viral video appeared where residents in Odesa Ukraine prepared for a Russian attack while a drummer played to the Bon Jovi hit It s My Life Bon Jovi supported this video and shared it with their followers with the comment This is for the ones who stood their ground Odessa Ukraine SlavaUkraini 80 The death of founding member Alec John Such was announced by the band on June 5 2022 81 It was later revealed that he had died of a heart attack 82 Solo projectsDuring the band s first sabbatical between 1990 and 1991 Jon Bon Jovi recorded a solo album Blaze of Glory a soundtrack to the movie Young Guns II Released in 1990 the title track Blaze of Glory peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 In 1991 Blaze of Glory won an award for Favorite Pop Rock Single at the American Music Awards 83 and awarded a Golden Globe as well The song also earned Jon Bon Jovi an Academy Award nomination and a Grammy nomination Richie Sambora with the help of Tico Torres and David Bryan released a solo album titled Stranger in This Town in 1991 The album featured Eric Clapton on the song Mr Bluesman David Bryan recorded a soundtrack for the horror movie The Netherworld which was the brighter part of that year after he was hospitalized with an illness caused by a South American parasite Alec John Such fell off his motorcycle injuring his bass playing hand and forcing him to develop a whole new way to hold and play his instrument In 1997 Jon Bon Jovi landed lead roles in several movies While he was free between filming movies Jon wrote what would become his second solo album 1997 s Destination Anywhere A short movie of the same name was recorded 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 Torres used the opportunity to further pursue his painting while Bryan started writing and composing various musicals In 1998 Sambora released his second solo outing titled Undiscovered Soul In 2012 the band members embarked on solo projects once again while recording What About Now Returning to film composing for the first time since Blaze of Glory Jon Bon Jovi wrote and recorded two songs for the Al Pacino film Stand Up Guys 84 while Sambora recorded and released his third studio album Aftermath of the Lowdown and supported it with a short world tour in October 2012 85 Torres focused on playing golf taking part in several tournaments while Bryan made a short performance at Fantiscritti Carrara on May 26 2012 Musical styleBon Jovi s musical style has generally been characterized as glam metal 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 hard rock 96 97 98 arena rock 96 99 100 pop rock 96 101 and heavy metal 102 The band s first two albums blended glam metal and hard rock 103 104 105 Their follow up albums Slippery When Wet and New Jersey featured a more commercialized glam metal sound 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 They made a more serious interpretation of their pop metal sound on Keep the Faith 115 Their sixth album These Days established them as an adult contemporary act 116 Crush was characterized as far enough into pop rock to actually stand a chance of getting airplay while Bounce was described as heavy serious rock Have a Nice Day was also characterized as being heavier than Crush 117 The band altered their sound dramatically in their next release Lost Highway blending influences from country music and country rock a sound Jon Bon Jovi described as a Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville Bon Jovi returned to a more typical rock sound on The Circle which was described by Allmusic as conjured by echoed delayed guitars shimmering keyboards and spacious rhythms 118 Band membersCurrent members Jon Bon Jovi lead vocals rhythm guitar maracas harmonica 1983 present David Bryan keyboards piano backing and occasional lead vocals 1983 present Tico Torres drums percussion occasional backing and lead vocals 1983 present Hugh McDonald bass guitar backing vocals 2016 present session and touring musician 1994 2016 Phil X lead and rhythm guitars talk box backing and occasional lead vocals 2016 present session and touring musician 2013 2016 substitute musician 2011 Former members Dave Sabo lead and rhythm guitars backing vocals 1983 Richie Sambora lead and rhythm guitars talk box backing and occasional lead vocals 1983 2013 one off guest appearance in 2018 Alec John Such bass guitar backing vocals 1983 1994 one off guest appearances in 2001 and 2018 died 2022 119 Current touring musicians Everett Bradley percussion backing vocals 2003 2004 2016 present John Shanks guitars backing vocals 2015 present Former touring musicians Bobby Bandiera rhythm and lead guitars backing vocals 2005 2015 Lorenza Ponce violin viola cello backing vocals 2005 2009 2015 Jeff Kazee Hammond organ keyboards backing vocals 2005 2006 one off show in 2010 Kurt Johnston pedal steel guitar banjo mandolin backing vocals 2006 2008 Rich Scannella drums percussion 2013 Matt O Ree guitars backing vocals 2015 TimelineAwards and nominationsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Bon JoviDiscographyMain articles Bon Jovi discography and songs Studio albumsBon Jovi 1984 7800 Fahrenheit 1985 Slippery When Wet 1986 New Jersey 1988 Keep the Faith 1992 These Days 1995 Crush 2000 Bounce 2002 Have a Nice Day 2005 Lost Highway 2007 The Circle 2009 What About Now 2013 Burning Bridges 2015 This House Is Not for Sale 2016 2020 2020 ToursRunaway Tour 1983 1984 7800 Fahrenheit Tour 1985 Slippery When Wet Tour 1986 1987 New Jersey Syndicate Tour 1988 1990 Keep the Faith Tour 1993 I ll Sleep When I m Dead Tour 1993 Crossroad Promo Tour 1994 These Days Tour 1995 1996 Crush Tour 2000 One Wild Night Tour 2001 Bounce Tour 2002 2003 Have a Nice Day Tour 2005 2006 Lost Highway Tour 2007 2008 The Circle Tour 2010 Bon Jovi Live 2011 Because We Can The Tour 2013 Bon Jovi Live 2015 This House Is Not for Sale Tour 2017 2019 Bon Jovi 2022 Tour 2022 See alsoList of best selling music artists List of glam metal bands and artists List of highest grossing live music artistsReferences Bon Jovi History Historyking com Archived from the original on May 28 2009 Retrieved June 1 2009 Bon Jovi Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved June 29 2021 Whitewood Alan December 24 2012 Bon Jovi Keep the Faith Island Pulse Archived from the original on December 13 2013 Retrieved December 31 2012 Their first notable album was Slippery When Wet a USA No 1 that stalled at No 6 here in 1986 In all that album spawned four hit singles in the UK Hunter Tilney Ludovic January 13 2017 Jon Bon Jovi on hard work losing his wingman and US inequality Financial Times Archived from 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