No Richie on 2017 Bon Jovi Tour...

This almost made me say "no duh" out loud.  Good thing no one was here at work when I read it.  Really, People?!

Richie Sambora Has 'No Plans' To Rejoin Bon Jovi 2017 Tour, Choosing to Continue Spending Time with Daughter Ava, Says Source

Richie Sambora won't be joining the Bon Jovi tour in 2017, choosing instead to continuespending time with his daughter, Ava, a source close to the rocker tells PEOPLE. 
"Richie's schedule is busier now than ever, except a lot of it is with his family and around those he truly loves," the source says.

 
Sambora is not touring with Bon Jovi for "the same reasons" he opted to leave the band in 2013, the source says. "He wants to spend quality time with Ava," his 18-year-old daughter with ex-wife Heather Locklear, says the source, especially now that she is in college. 

The legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter has also been busy recording his first partnered album with girlfriend Orianthi Panagaris in Vancouver, where he and Ava were spotted out and about on Monday. Sambora and Orianthi are putting the "final touches" on the new album, the source says. 
"They are so happy together," says the source. "They have so much in common. They both love jamming guitars, writing and producing songs and of course performing. It's their passion." 

Famed producer Bob Rock, the force behind such iconic albums as Bon Jovi'sSlippery When Wet, Metallica's Black Album and Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood, is producing Sambora and Orianthi's album, which is as of yet untitled. 

"It's far beyond anything he has ever done, so he is excited about it," the source says. "He loves working with Bob, who is a record producing god." 

Sambora, who formed the band RSO with Orianthi, is "gearing up with excitement to tour" the source says. They are scheduled to play in Brazil this summer and will hit the road in October with Bad Company’s Swan Song eight-city tour in the U.K. 

"Life is really good for him, right now," says the source. "He feels so free. He said to me, 'I'm just getting warmed up!'"

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Jon Bon Birthday Surprise...

Jon Bon Jovi Stars at Bob Kraft’s Surprise 75th Birthday Party

Surprising Robert Kraft, a man who’s used to running the show, can’t be an easy task, but the business magnate’s sons Jonathan, Daniel, and Josh managed to pull it off over the weekend.

The trio threw their father a surprise 75th birthday party Saturday night, bringing him — under the ruse that they were taking a trip — to Hanscom Field, where 150-some guests were waiting in a decked-out airplane hangar. It’s safe to say Kraft was truly flabbergasted (he showed up in jeans and a T-shirt, clearly not planning on being the guest of honor at the birthday soirée) and word is that he was momentarily speechless.

The night began with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before comedian Tracy Morgan took the stage — and promptly left. Morgan’s jokes, which included some not-so-funny jabs at Tom Brady, who was among the guests, didn’t go over too well with the crowd; he got few laughs and walked off the stage barely 10 minutes into his set. Kraft, ever the gracious host, brought Morgan back on stage and apologized for the crowd’s lackluster response.

Dinner (catered by Holly Safford of The Catered Affair) and a movie, full of captured moments of Kraft and his sons over the years, followed before Jon Bon Jovi came out and really got the party started. Bon Jovi played for more than two hours, churning out his classic hits, but also playing tunes by Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Don McLean (“American Pie” is reportedly one of Kraft’s favorite songs).

Along with Brady, Patriots past and present — Julian Edelman, Ty Law, Andre Tippett, andScott Zolak among them — showed up to celebrate the Pats owners’ birthday, as did coach Bill Belichick. The guest list also included Celtics co-owners Wyc Grousbeck, Steve Pagliuca, andPaul Edgerley; journalist Charlie Rose; restaurateur Steve DiFillippo, owner of Davio’s; and titans of the financial, business, and media worlds such as Peter Lynch, John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, Shari Redstone, Howard Kessler, and David Long.

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