And so it is here...
ONE MONTH 'till the boys rock our city!
Vancouver LOVES Bon Jovi,
we have been waiting for your love!
September 2, 2013
August 5, 2013
Prague, Czech Republic June 24th 2013 #BecauseWeCan
You know you're gonna live through the rain!
Well, when you go following a band on tour… you either hit
all the shows and forget about getting to know a city the band is playing in or
(in my case) you pick some shows and also enjoy the sightseeing, restaurants
and all new places and people. But have in mind, set lists change from one night
to the other and you might wake up to a show you missed where the band played a
song you have always, always wanted to hear sigh… so what’s left after having a
fit to your friend that is traveling with you? Well… requests, good –old-amazing
requests! Click on: The whole Prague show!
It was a rainy, rainy (did I mention rain?) day in Prague.
We headed to the stadium (for some last minute upgrade surprises!) as late as
we could to avoid the waiting in the pouring rain, I guess once you’re soaked
the rain can keep falling, right? This was one of the best shows of this tour tough;
it was almost like the band was rewarding the fans for waiting in the rain!
A kick ass set list with all the “rain” references you can
imagine! There I was with about thirty signs to “This ain't a Love Song” waiting
for the right moment to give them out to the people around me, of course it was
still raining throughout the night and the signs would get wet and ripped so it
really needed to be just right! I had one of the signs in a plastic cover tough
and I kept raising it during the show, especially the first encore… so then
comes the “requests” part of the show and Jon comes, reads the sign, points and
wiggles his head… that was truly enough for me to start crying, “Love’s the
only Rule” followed the Jon’s stare and point and I was standing there in awe
singing from the top of my lungs!
Click on Keep the Faith: Beanie cute alert!
Click on: Love's the only rule!
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The encore goes on and on and as much as “These
Days” takes the show to a whole other level, I was on a
mission haha…! By the time “Livin’on a Prayer” ended, the band was leaving the stage and I just thought it was the perfect time to give away the signs, so I did. The song was over, the band was bowing and I was still hoping and holding that sign up!
So then Jon points again and smiles, then he calls Tico,
shows him my sign and point about two more times! And then, right there, on
that rainy Prague night, I heard for the first time one of my favorite Bon Jovi
songs, I still cannot believe it happened! I even got another point before the
song started with the most gorgeous smile, HOLLY ROCK AND ROLL magic! With the die-hard-fan ending to the song, back from 95’ where Jon walks out from the
stage going “Ohhhhh ohhhh Ohhhh…”
I do not think this song could have been most
special! Sigh…Thank YOU Johnny!!!!
Thanks Cassie as well for the little push! :)
Ladies and gentleman, This ain't a love song!
Thanks Cassie as well for the little push! :)
Setlist: Water Made Me / Bad Name / Raise your Hands / Lost Highway / Radio Saved my Life Tonight / It's My Life / Because We Can / What About Now / We've Got it Going On / Keep The Faith / Make a Memory / In These Arms / Captain Crash / Born to Follow / Who Says you can't go Home / I'll Sleep when I'm Dead / Bad Medicine / Shout Encore: Love's the Only Rule / Wanted Dead or Alive / I'm With You / These Days / Livin' on a Prayer Encore: This Ain't a Love Song
Oh and before I close this post, here's a snapshot of a super cool encounter in the streets of Prague!
Phil X who is "helping us out and getting us through" this tour! One of the nicest guys out there!
July 21, 2013
Stuttgart, Germany June 21st 2013 #BecauseWeCan
“Gimme the beat boys and free my soul… I wanna get lost in your Rock’n’Roll and drift away…”
Ahhh Sttutgart, Germany! Last time I walked around your streets I had one of the best nights of my life! One of the most amazing shows, dream come true, kind of nights! “Gimme the beat boys and free my soul… I wanna get lost in your Rock’n’Roll and drift away…” Stuttgart 2008 Review!
This was a show full of surprises and in Jon’s words “All
kind of crazy shit happening tonight”! The setlist was one thing that moved around, “Radio”
was back! And I absolutely love the melody and lyrics to this song. Diehards
will understand! “Yes he did! A long, long time ago, when a DJ, could grab you
by your heart strings, pull it in, make you drive fast, and rock’n’roll all
night long, oh DJ, let me hear it, one more time!” Radio Save my Life Tonight
But the highlight of the night for me was when this little
rocker boy that was right beside us, got to his dad’s shoulder holding a sign
saying “He Jon do you dare ROCK Wanted Dead or Alive with me” Jon saw him and
smiled a couple times agreeing to it. His dad took him all the way to the first
row and they took him up to the stage. It was so adorable how Jon reacted to
him, even trying to speak German! And how they rocked the song together! They
were both having fun and Jon was cracking up!
Here’s a video to it: Wanted Dead or Alive with Marco
Then we scored three new songs on encore plus a “Love’s the
only Rule” most beautiful… one of the most amazing lyrics ever written by Bon
Jovi “with my heart and my hand I say Sing… Ohhh Ohhhh …” and Jon finishing the
song kneeling down and moving straight on to the intro of “Prayer” Holly epic!
Did I mention I love this fucking band? Pardon my French, but I fucking do!
Click On: Love's the Only Rule + Prayer
May I just add God bless those black leather pants?!
Hallelujah!!!!
Setlist: Water Made Me / Bad Name / Raise your Hands / Born to be my
Baby / Radio Saved my Life Tonight / Runaway / It’s my Life / Because We Can /
What About Now / We Got it Goin’ On / Keep The Faith / Superman Tonight / Lost
Highway / Crash / Wanted Dead or Alive / Born to Follow / Who Says / Sleep When
I’m Dead / Bad Medicine Encore: Amen / I’m
with you / Army of One / Love’s the Only Rule / Livin’ on a Prayer
July 14, 2013
Berlin, Germany June 18th 2013 #BecauseWeCan
Berlin, 29 Celsius (feels like 40C)!
It was one gorgeous day in Berlin, but hot. So very hot! And
even though we weren’t the first ones in line, it was, by far one of the
longest, most dreadful wait for a show this tour. I guess we had used all our
luck on the streets of Berlin on the previous day sigh… between the heat,
people around us trying to sneak in, and all the smoking… you can help but
wish you were in an arena with your choice of seat! Sigh…
But then the show starts, and we do tend to forget how we
got there in the first place! And it was a very good one! Three hours of good
old Rock and Roll and the venue itself was very cool and intimate, here’s Raise
your Hands! Touch the Sky!
I love that “Whole lot of Leaving’” is back on the setlist! There
was an episode with the “smoke machine” right after “It’s My Life” and all of the
sudden the whole stage got covered with white smoke! (pretty much like us in
the audience and all the smoking going on – who goes to a show to smoke?
Honestly…) then Jon gets out of the way giving everyone the famous stinky eye
and leaving a “what the *blimp*” to some of the roadies “A sudden fog is
blowing in, and someone is getting fired for it!”
Ouch! It's My Life - Smoke!
After this the show went on pretty smooth, “Amen” and “Bed of Roses” was really a change of pace, since Jon is not really playing so many of the new songs and Yes we all know “Amen” is not “Hallelujah” but we take what we can get! I love how he acts out and feels every word of the song Lordy…Lordy… Amen!
“A little bit of
jukebox music, just a little bit, watch me now, watch me now… “Jumpin’ Jack
Flash” and “Pretty Woman” always fun! Jukebox Music!
Sleep When I’m Dead is one of my favorite live, I don’t give
it so much of a thought till it starts, the “Oooone! Twooooo! One, Two Three
Four!, SO FUN! Jon is now doing a “warm-up” with the audience, pretty funny
actually to be part of it! He gets everyone with their hands up in the air
clapping, then he changes the clap for a fast beat-short one to the side and before
he switches it back he goes “Now go wiiiiiide” ha ha ha I liiiiiike it! Best lead
singer out there I tell ya :)
Click On: In These Arms
Last but not least there was the one and only “Never Say
Goodbye” followed by something I had never seen Jon doing, taking a poll with
the fans to see what song to play next, Jon said he was giving us three options
and the one with the most reaction would be played, so he went “I’ll be there
for you” (a lot of screams) “I love this town” (cri cri cri almost no screams)
and “Always” (the whole place went down with screaming) so he looks at Tico and
says “So it is! The people have spoken!” and the song starts! Awesome, just… awesome! Jon's Encore Audience Poll!
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July 9, 2013
Berlin Straße!
Berlin, GERMANY June 17th 2013
Hallo Hallo Berlin Germany! Before we get to the show how
about a day off in the city? You never know who you can bump into, in this case
LITERALLY bump into….!
“Be careful what you wish for”, they say! Let me paint a
picture of how it all happened, we (Barbel, Sabine, Cassia and I) had spent
the whole day sightseeing in Berlin, then we decided to make one more stop
before dinner, we got to this posh neighborhood with streets full of patio
restaurants, stores and fancy hotels.
So we all start talking, kidding around “I think the band is
around here, I can feel it”, “Can you imagine if we see them?” “Barbel, if I see Jon I will
get you a picture with him!” we all laugh and keep walking, then about five
minutes later BAM! The whole band comes towards us at the same sidewalk, Are you serious? COME ON! Yes, my same reaction!
So I see them and say to the girls “OMG Jon!” It was all so
fast that no one was really realizing what was happening, Jon saw us and tried
to get to “la la land”(he looked up and bit his lip as thinking Oh dear!) but there was no escape! Ha! After a little dodging here
and there I walked to Jon’s direction, he saw me and slowed down a bit, as I
asked for a picture. He smiled, looked me up and down and said, “Ahhh Alright!”
smiling.
I gave Matt my camera that was already hanging around my
neck from sightseeing all day and instead of grabbing his arm I found myself
with my hand up and down his back! Hahah I turn into this out-of-control
person near him. Meanwhile Barbel, Cassia and Sabine were staring at Jon and I, no one
was moving, it was almost like those cartoons characters with their jaw dropped
and little hearts popping out of them!
So Matt goes “It’s gonna be one shot so you guys get in the
picture!” I was just so preoccupied enjoying myself with my hand on Jon's back and the fact he
was standing right there next to me, I even leaned my head on his shoulder! (he should probably turn to me and say girl, get a grip on yourself! except he didn't pheeeew!) then Jon
turns to me and whispers “Call your friends!” so both of us started to call
everyone when all of the sudden he went “Come on! I even took a shower” waving to Sabine to come to the picture! Now you tell me what was better (or worst), the fact Jon
made a shower joke or that I turned to him and said “Ooooh you did?” (teenager-in-love-voice).
For the record he did smell like soap! We didn't have anything for Jon to sign,
as we weren't expecting this to happen in the first place, but it was for sure,
one of the best streets we walked in Europe!
Barbel baby, I am SO happy you came to meet me in Berlin! - now more than ever I
am sure you are glad you did -You are still the best part of the trip for me, Love ya!
On another note, we had been going to back to back shows
before this happened and it was so fun to see how they actually see us from stage
and remember the faces of the fans! Phill X had seen us only three times, and he
turned to Cassia and said “Heeeey I know you guys!” Imagine then..., just imagine!
Danke Berlin, Danke! \o/
July 6, 2013
Slane Castle, Ireland June 15th 2013 "It's Magic!" #BecauseWeCan
"Slane castle on a beautiful Saturday Night! The show I’ve
been waiting for all year,
I like what I see, I am taking it all in!"
And then there was Slane! The most expected show of all
times, the show that made us get to Europe in the first place! In the land of
Jovi magic… Ireland!
Magic aside, the show was in the middle of the Irish
countryside in a one (or two) street town but hey, there’s this castle, I
hear magic happens when a band plays there, yes… IT FREAKING DOES! After flying
into Dublin, renting a car to drive on the opposite side – making sure to watch
for sheep and tractors in a very, very narrow and twirl-y road, oh and did I
mention there was a thunderstorm? – Oh yes! Thank goodness for friends with
driving skills and the best prepared roadies in business! Shout out to Stefania
and Gio! We would have never made without you! And we did, we made it! My first
one-digit fan-club line up! Heck yeah!
All the songs seemed to be their best that night, “Raise
your Hands” was epic! Then came the one and only “Runaway” and I decided to show Jon one of my signs
asking for his guitar pick, I’d post a picture of it here but I rather he’d be
the only one to read it! And he did, he read it, smiled, and threw the pick to
me right after the solo. Not only is his pick but also the pick he played
Runaway at Slane castle. I can’t really describe the “over-the-moon” state I got
into after kissing the pick, saying thank you and keeping it safe! My very
first Jon’s guitar pick from his hand! Thank you Jonny!
“Because we Can” was also one of the high moments of the show, right when the song was over Jon said, “I’ll keep that memory right here forever, this castle that song, this audience, all doing this, thank you! I’ll never forget it” and then he went on to do the chorus again, only with his guitar and the audience singing, I love it! A bit of what this audience was:
Wanted Dead or Alive Audience
Jon introducing the band "From the bottom of my heart, I only wish I was Irish!" Livin' on a Prayer
“Dry County” and “Blood on Blood” were hard to watch songs without Richie, but by this night already on show #3, my feelings went from sad to actually mad he wasn't there. Ya know how it goes…
“Because we Can” was also one of the high moments of the show, right when the song was over Jon said, “I’ll keep that memory right here forever, this castle that song, this audience, all doing this, thank you! I’ll never forget it” and then he went on to do the chorus again, only with his guitar and the audience singing, I love it! A bit of what this audience was:
Wanted Dead or Alive Audience
Jon introducing the band "From the bottom of my heart, I only wish I was Irish!" Livin' on a Prayer
“Dry County” and “Blood on Blood” were hard to watch songs without Richie, but by this night already on show #3, my feelings went from sad to actually mad he wasn't there. Ya know how it goes…
Now, before I close this post, of course, I had a song
request. My very favorite Bon Jovi song that seems to be my lucky charm (this
time Irish luck) every time it’s played… there I was holding my “These Days”
request (apparently I was also smiling) when Jon comes, and points at me, then
he walks and whistles to the camera guy “Now time for requests, hey Mr.video man!
You see that girl right there? That one! The one smiling?” he kept looking at me to make sure the video man got it right! … and the rest is history!
These Days Request!: See that girl right there?
The request was granted and the video man did what he was told to do and we were up on the big screen throughout the song, which is fun to watch and see our freaking happy dancing! By the end of the song I get a “here we go babe, that’s for you “pointing! Oh my Heavens, all this touring makes me realize how strong my heart is, beyond my wildest dreams. Best Europe night ever, ever, ever!
Click On: Us on the big screen! (1:03 / 2:23 / 4:30)
These Days Request!: See that girl right there?
The request was granted and the video man did what he was told to do and we were up on the big screen throughout the song, which is fun to watch and see our freaking happy dancing! By the end of the song I get a “here we go babe, that’s for you “pointing! Oh my Heavens, all this touring makes me realize how strong my heart is, beyond my wildest dreams. Best Europe night ever, ever, ever!
Click On: Us on the big screen! (1:03 / 2:23 / 4:30)
Setlist: Water Made Me / Bad Name / Born to be my Baby / Raise your
Hands / Runaway / Lost Highway / It’s My Life / Because we Can / What About Now
/ Got it goin’ on / Keep the Faith / When we were Beautiful / I’ll be There for
you / Crash / Born to Follow / Who Says you can’t go Home / Sleep when I’m Dead
/ Rocking’ all over the World / Start Me up / Bad Medicine Encore: Dry County / Wanted Dead or Alive /
In These Arms / Saturday Night / Have a Nice Day / These Days / Blood on Blood /
Livin’ on a Prayer / These Days / Always
We made it!
July 5, 2013
Cardiff, Wales June 12th 2013 #BecauseWeCan
After a train ride from London to Cardiff, all we wanted to
do was rest. We did walk around the city for a bit and had some good food but
somehow the intense sightseeing in London and the gig coming about made us want
only our hotel bed!
And we woke up to a rainy day with sunny breaks, and one of the
shows with most surprises, including a beautiful, beautiful FIRST ROW (that I
thought wouldn't come this tour) but eh, was I ever wrong? In the pit really
anywhere you are is great, but we all know the closer we get the closer we want
to get!
The show had a pretty nice set, being that it was cold and
rainy and Jon was wearing some kind of a scarf protection on his neck as were
everyone else at the show! You never know what you’ll get with Summer time in
England!
The encore was what took my breath away – as usual – it’s
hard to know nowadays which show to be at and which ones to miss out. In this
case for instance, right at the encore Jon got very much Bruce Springsteen-y
and started to read every request there were. And it started with “I’m with you”
which is always a treat to have as they haven’t been playing much of the new
album anymore, even though you could see many requests of the new song –
including mine – they just won’t play. Maybe they’re saving something to North
America? Or maybe it’s the Richie thing? Who knows? I know I wanted to hear “Pictures
of you” but I ain’t done yet!
Anyway, “Superman Tonight” should be a set song every night! Superman Tonight
Click On: Blaze of Glory and Prayer Acoustic
Click On: Never Say Goodbye Acoustic
Sorry most of them are not my videos, when I am this close to the band I rather see them with my own eyes :) very thankful though for all those who captured it!
Setlist: Water Made Me / Bad Name / Born to be my Baby / Raise your
Hands / Lost Highway / It’s my Life / Because we can / What About Now / We got
it going on / Keep the Faith / Let me Entertain you / Make a Memory / I’ll be
There for You / Captain Crash / Born to Follow / Who Says you can’t go Home /
Sleep when I’m Dead / Bad Medicine Encore: I’m With You / Superman Tonight /
Wanted Dead or Alive / Encore: Have a Nice Day / Never Say Goodbye / Blaze of
Glory / Livin’ on a Prayer
July 3, 2013
Manchester, UK June 8th 2013 #BecauseWeCan
"It's gonna be one of those nights, I just know it!"
Click On: Sofia, the coolest stage ever!
I like it! I like it! I like it here we goooo.... Rockin' all Over the World!
So this is it. After seven months of planning our time has
come! Because visiting London is just a must, we have scheduled some shows in
between sightseeing, shopping and good food. I am glad I have learned how to
travel nowadays. It ain’t just about the show, except on SHOW DAYS!
Manchester is known to be home of some great gigs and this
was no exception, already on the first night, we would get hit with, to me, one
of the top shows of the few yet to come our way…. Gotta tell you though, it had
been a long time (way too long) without an “open air” show and you tend to
space out about all the, line-ups, packing food, waiting rain or shine kind of
days, did I mention waiting?
Technicalities a part, there’s nothing like Open Air shows!,
and I have a soft spot for the European ground, I am a junkie for amazing set
lists - three hour shows - confetti throwing - breathing the Summer air
atmosphere those shows bring!
Then BRING IT ON! This was the first time I saw an opening
with “Water made me” giving that this is my ultimately favorite song on the new
album, I loooove it! Way better opening song than Bad Name if I may say so… “Raise
your Hands” can never ever get old, and I guess it’s a regular one on stadium
shows; you can’t beat the energy, especially when it’s followed by “I’d die for
you”!
The show went on with a solid setlist, and some of my
favorite covers. It was pretty cute seeing Jon not only covering Robbie but
also having SO much fun with it! Drool….
Click On: Let Me Entertain You
Click On: Roadhouse Blues
And oh the fun, the FUN of “Rocking all over the world” I am pretty sure last time I got that one live was also in British grounds, back in the good old Milton Keynes! Not to mention “Garageland” to leave any diehard fan screaming and all the other ones out for beer break! "Nothing ever felt so right, it was us, those guitars and a Saturday Night" sigh... too much love!
And oh the fun, the FUN of “Rocking all over the world” I am pretty sure last time I got that one live was also in British grounds, back in the good old Milton Keynes! Not to mention “Garageland” to leave any diehard fan screaming and all the other ones out for beer break! "Nothing ever felt so right, it was us, those guitars and a Saturday Night" sigh... too much love!
I like it! I like it! I like it here we goooo.... Rockin' all Over the World!
Click On: Garageland
“In These Arms”, “Saturday Night” and the one and only “These
Days” were also part of the set, and I tell ya, when your row of shows starts with These Days, nothing can go wrong! That was just the very beginning of all
the new “requests” part of the show! My new favorite… God knows I carry my requests every single show, and that night – among other nights – the magic worked!
"Wanted Dead or Alive”
“I’ve seen a million faces (yes I have) and I’ve rocked them
all” … I don’t think I can put down to
words how difficult it is for a fan of Bon Jovi to see Jon playing Wanted
without Richie. It is just wrong. It is awkward. Weird. Not to mention it is sad, so very
much, sad. It is also the time Jon
thanks everyone for their kindness, support, friendship and (his new word)
patience with the ups, downs and ups again. Not to have Richie standing next to
Jon, singing his parts to the song so powerful and holding that guitar up next
to him in the end of the song, it broke my heart, to pieces. I felt sad for
every single fan of the band in there. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Jon,
Richie, Tico, Dave or even Alec fan, there is NO ONE that has ever been a fan
of this band that will stand and look at the sight of Jon holding that guitar
alone and not feel broken. For them, their friendship and whatever it is that
happened. Bottom line is, Richie isn’t there. And the look at Jon’s face when
this song ends says it all... it is also the song where Jon asks everyone in the audience to "light up" their phones, make a video of the moment, so you look around you and the whole stadium is sparkling with lights, the most beautiful moment of the show and for some also the hardest one.
Setlist: Water Made Me / Bad Name / Born to be my baby / Raise your
Hands / I’d die for you / Lost Highway / It’s my Life / Because we Can / What
About Now / We Got it Going on / Keep the Faith / Let me Entertain You / Make a
Memory / I’ll be there for you / Captain Crash / Born to Follow / Who says you
can’t go home / I’ll Sleep when I’m Dead / Roadhouse Blues / Rocking All over the
World / Bad Medicine / Shout
Encore: In These Arms / Garageland / Wanted Dead or Alive / Have a
Nice Day / Livin’ on a Prayer
Encore: Saturday Night / These Days / Always
May 1, 2013
"In Support of Richie Sambora"
Click On: Jon Bon Jovi with Richie's Doll
Click On: Jon Bon Jovi with Richie's Doll
Well it’s official; my next shows will be without Richie
Sambora. (Unless in a month or so anything changes)
I keep going back and forth on how I feel about all this, it
is not the first time Richie walks out in the middle of the tour, and as Jon
says “the show must go on”. I have been blessed so far to have seen the band as
a whole in all my shows – except one at the O2 arena when David was in NYC receiving
an award.
It’s hard to imagine how it’s all going to go down, I guess
Phil X has loads of homework to do for the next week or so since European shows
always bring audible after audible, but set list aside, it will be tough to
look to the left of Jon and not see the King of Swing. Sad, actually.
One thing is for sure, I am damn tired of all this drama. I
do not think it is fair that Richie gets to walk out in the middle of the tour
without reasonable explanation. Don’t we fans deserve at least that? And despite of hearing everyone’s own
brilliant idea of what the reason is, to me this is all too strange. The least
decent thing to do was to step out of whatever is happening and say something.
(youtube, tweeter, facebook, whatever works) We are all waiting patiently.
And Bon Jovi offers the option of ticket refund for those who give up and don’t want to see the shows with a broken band on stage, and I say… No, I am not getting a refund, as long as the last man standing is singing in
front of me; I will be there, proudly. Even though I know in my heart it will not be the same...
Yes, the show must go on, but my heart goes to a “band of brothers”
that once was and I hope it will again be. #comebackSambora
February 22, 2013
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Round #2 #BecauseWeCan
Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 18th 2013
"The audience in Toronto is getting better and better than Jersey!"
If you're going to a Bon Jovi show in a city where there's a double, always, ALWAYS, choose the last one! It's almost like the band rewards the fans that go the extra mile... "Was anybody here last night?" o/ Gladly my answer is almost one hundred per cent a "Hell Yeah!"!
We get to the arena to find our pit seats - I never get tired to say Thank God for last minute tickets! The set list on this night was much, much better and here's a bit of the "That's What the Water Made Me" ending if you'd like to see! I know I haven't seen such a great ending to a song since "Any Other Day" sigh....
I love the whole acoustic set, the "Keep the Faith" ending with Richie rocking that guitar and the lights going off! If you are in the pit it's a whole other deal of butterflies in your stomach, you never know where Jon is going to walk about and this time - thank Heavens - he walks right behind us! So close you could actually touch! And who wouldn't?
"I'll be there for you" was the hit for me on this set, with the additional lyrics and the Ooooohhh Oooooohhh ending, you can't EVER get enough of it! I am not sure what got into me but I started crying... maybe it was because I was seeing the band back on tour for the first time after the surreal Vancouver shows, but I believe it was more like hitting a milestone, I started to remember the time when even just the thought of seeing Bon Jovi live was a like "neverland" on my mind and how far I have gotten so far, beyond anything I have ever, ever dreamed of! Just so thankful...
After incredible closeness, endless touches and smiles, Jon went back to the main stage while still playing the song! How I LOVE when he does that! sigh...By the time everyone makes their way back to their seat, if so, you get to have one or two empty rows in front of you, and that's when you get to blow a kiss and get a killer smile back! Oh Johnny! "Superman Tonight" was so, SO great to hear again and I simply love the energy of "Captain Crash", I am actually surprised they are playing it so much! Good surprised :)
One of the songs Jon usually walks around the stage a lot is "Bad Medicine", and he went all around the catwalk on this one, touching everyone's hand, I really, really hope they bring back the cover songs for this one, that quarter on the jukebox was full of awesome notes! The first encore brought "I'm With You" which is really beginning to grow on me! Most probably my second favorite live: I'm With You
One of my favorite moments of this show was without a doubt on "I'll sleep when I'm dead", it's such a FUN song and I usually just dance away, at one point I was wiggling my head - kinda funny maybe from Jon's reaction - He looks at me, wiggles his head the same way and actually laughs! Oh come on, how cute is it? I actually found a video last night where it happens, here it is if you'd like to see! On 3:14 Sleep When I'm Dead! Thanks Toronto, I should be able to sit still now and wait for June!
Setlist: You Give Love A Bad Name / Lost
Highway / Whole Lot Of Leavin' / Because We Can / That's What The Water Made Me
/ It's My Life / What About Now / Born To Be My Baby / We Got It Going On / Keep
The Faith / (You Want To) Make A Memory / Amen / I'll Be There For You / Army
Of One / We Weren't Born To Follow / Superman Tonight / Wanted Dead Or Alive / Who
Says You Can't Go Home / Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars / Bad
Medicine
Encore: I'm With You / Have A Nice Day / Runaway
/ I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Livin' On A Prayer
Can't leave without giving a shout out though, to my partners in crime Sacha and Bryan who got to meet Richie Sambora and have him not only sing their book but also "Wish them the best!" I love you guys, you deserve every little bit of goodness that come your way! And I also love our timing Saching, just about EVERY TIME! And since we are talking about Encounters, why not remember the BEST ONE yet?
Jon Bon Jovi Toronto Encounter!
Jon Bon Jovi Toronto Encounter!
"I woke up this morning and I said to myself: What a great f***ing day for Rock and Roll!"
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