Greatest Hits - Worldwide Smash...

Bon Jovi a Worldwide Smash

Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits has debuted at Number 1 around the world and on the Billboard European Chart with their three-decade spanning retrospective that also includes their latest hit single, 'What Do You Got?'

Underlining their status as one the world's biggest bands, the release is a new Bon Jovi "best," charting higher and selling more copies in its first week than the band's 1994 CROSS ROAD release, which has sold 21.5 million copies to date worldwide.

Bon Jovi Greatest Hits debuted in the Top 5 in over 20 countries around the world including in the US, where it is the #1 charting rock release, the UK, Germany, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, New Zealand, Argentina and Korea. The album entered the charts at #1 in Japan, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Portugal, and Mexico. The album held at #1 for 2 weeks in Portugal and Ireland and remains at #1 for a second straight week on the European Billboard Album Chart.

But it is not just about the anthemic smash hits that have become Rock staples over the last three decades. The band's latest hit single, 'What Do You Got?' is climbing the charts as the fastest growing radio single in Bon Jovi history.

The band's extensive global campaign started in the UK with a storming X Factor performance and an ITV special in advance of the Greatest Hits release, before closing the MTV EMAs where they were honoured with the first ever Global Icon Award.

European Tour

8th June Maximir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia
10th June Ostragehege, Dresden, Germany
12th June Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany
15th June Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway
17th June Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
19th June Horsens Stadium, Horsens, Denmark
22nd June Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, UK
24th June Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, UK
25th June Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, London, UK
29th June RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
30th June RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
8th July Kazlicesme Festival Site, Istanbul, Turkey
10th July Piata Constitutiei, Bucharest, Romania
13th July Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany
14th July Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich, Switzerland
16th July Maimarktgelande, Mannheim, Germany
17th July Stadio Frilui, Udine, Italy
20th July Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
22nd July Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
24th July Zeebrugge Beach, Bruges, Belgium
27th July Estadio Olympico, Barcelona, Spain
29th July Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain
31st July Parque De Belavista, Lisbon, Portugal

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Bon Jovi Greatest Hits No. 1 on Euro Chart...

Bon Jovi Bows At No. 1 On Euro Chart

Bon Jovi lands another pan-European No. 1, as the band's new "Greatest Hits" compilation (Mercury/Universal Island) makes a winning start on Billboard's European Albums chart. Rihanna's "Only Girl (In The World)" (Def Jam/Universal) begins a second week atop European Hot 100 Singles.

The veteran American rock act missed out on the European crown with its last studio release "The Circle," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 exactly a year ago. That interrupted a perfect run including 2007's "Lost Highway," which spent four weeks at No. 1, "Have A Nice Day," (two weeks in 2005), "Bounce" (one week in 2002) and "Crush," on top for no fewer than seven weeks in 2000.

"Greatest Hits" debuts in pole position in Portugal and Ireland, with No. 2 starts in the United Kingdom (on sales of 87,000), Germany and Austria, No. 3 in Holland in Switzerland and No. 5 in Norway. The "Circle Tour" continues until Dec. 19, and following further North American dates in February and March, the band will embark on a major 2011 European tour opening June 8 in Zagreb.

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Bon Jovi in Madrid...

Bon Jovi performed at a secret, pre-MTV award party tonight...

Rhianna joined them on stage too...

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Bon Jovi: Cologne 11-4-10

Some pictures from yesterday's promo show...

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Bon Jovi @ Best Buy Theater, Nov. 10...

Thanks Tres, for dropping this in my inbox...

Wanna help make the set list?




I have to wonder if they get any requests that aren't on the Greatest Hits if they will even be considered, let alone actually played.

Wait and see I guess, wait and see...

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Jon Bon Solo Album?

Bon Jovi Mulls Solo Album After 'Circle' Tour Wraps

It's a long way off, but Jon Bon Jovi is already hatching plans for August, after he and his band wrap up touring in support of their 2009 album, "The Circle," and a "Greatest Hits" set that comes out Nov. 9.


"I'm going to sit on a beach for August, which is usually what I do, and come September figure out what's next," Bon Jovi tells Billboard.com. Some possibilities? "A smaller-sounding solo record and/or focus more on the philanthropy and sports ownerships," he says. "I don't see any acting in the immediate future. It'll be out of the political cycles, and there's nothing else I wish I could do. I'm not a coulda, shoulda, woulda kind of guy. If I wanted to do it, I tried it, so it's not like I have any hidden desire to become a chef or anything."

Bon Jovi Up for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

If he does take the solo album route, Bon Jovi -- who went it alone on the 1990 soundtrack for "Blaze of Glory -- Young Guns II" and on 1997's "Destination Anywhere" -- predicts he'll go for "a lyric-driven, acoustic-sounding kind of thing with piano, a couple guitars, a B3 (organ) and a violin. I do these solo things oftentimes for charity, and I enjoy the atmosphere because it really gives the singer a chance to sing. You're not competing with the loud amps. So I could see myself doing a singer's type of a record. We'll see."

Before that, however, comes quite a bit of Bon Jovi group activity. The "Greatest Hits" album comes out in two different configurations -- a standard 16-song single disc and a two-disc "Greatest Hits -- Ultimate Collection," with five new songs spread across the various domestic and international editions. The project was first broached to follow 2007's "Lost Highway," but was pushed back when Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora came up with a batch of topical new songs for "The Circle."

Q&A: Bon Jovi Talks Pushing Himself On Tour

"While we're in the midst of 'The Circle' tour, this 'Greatest Hits' made the most sense," Bon Jovi explains, "because the tour's going to continue through the summer of next year. For those who have just found the band in this rather prolific decade, this is a great introduction, and for the fan who's been there the last three decades, this is everything you've ever known and then five new songs. So I feel like they're getting value added, too."

Bon Jovi says two of the new songs, the single "What Do You Got?" and "This Is Love, This Is Life," were started during "The Circle" sessions but didn't fit the album and were finished for "Greatest Hits," along with "This Our House," an MP3 download premium for those pre-ordering the album. The other two, "No Apologies" and "The More Things Change," were written specifically for the compilation.

He says he was surprised that "What Do You Got?" got the nod to be the first single. "I said, 'If anyone wants to pick a single, you tell me. What do I know?' " recalls Bon Jovi, who favored "No Apologies." "That was the one that floated to the top, and I was taken aback because it was the (last) of the five I would've picked. But people have really been relating to the lyric, and seemingly for...radio, it's a hit."

Bon Jovi has a number of appearances and events lined up in conjunction with the release of "Greatest Hits." On Nov. 7, the group will perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, where it will receive the inaugural Global Icon Award. The next night will see the premiere of "One Night Only," a concert film from May's opening run at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey, at 750 movie theaters worldwide. They'll appear Nov. 9 on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman," along with a webcast concert that will stream on the show's website and Vevo.com, followed by a monthlong run that includes the "Today" show, A&E's "Private Sessions," the American Music Awards, "Ellen," "Larry King Live" and "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute."

Bon Jovi resumes "The Circle" tour on Nov. 30 in Tokyo and hits Australia and New Zealand before a six-leg North American leg starts in February. The band then wraps things up in Europe during June and July, including a show at the Hard Rock Calling festival on June 25 in London's Hyde Park.


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Jon Bon on Jon Bon...

In my own words, Jon Bon Jovi

He’s survived the success and excess of three decades as a rock god, yet the 48-year-old credits being a good father and husband as his greatest triumph. 
 
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A band is like a marriage or a family.
It was hard for us early on because, like in a new relationship, we were trying to figure each other out. You had to be careful about what you said or did, because sometimes people interpret things incorrectly. Everybody has their idiosyncrasies, but when you’ve been around each other for nearly three decades, as we have, you know what they are, so you don’t misinterpret them.
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Richie [Sambora, Bon Jovi’s guitarist] and I are closer than brothers.
There have been periods of love and less than love between us, but I don’t think there was ever a period
of disrespect. He’s had a few setbacks. He’s been through a difficult divorce [from Heather Locklear], he’s had other personal problems [with substance abuse], but he got through it. I’ve spent more of my life with him than I have without him. That’s a statement.
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I was playing bars at 16.
Doing that gave me the opportunity to cut my chops. I also had the innocence and naïvety of youth to believe music was a real possibility. If you came from New Jersey and saw Bruce Springsteen do it, you thought maybe you could, too.
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During Bon Jovi’s big success in the mid-’80s, I wasn’t sane.
When Slippery When Wet was big, I was doing too many things I shouldn’t have been. I wasn’t looking after myself. I was physically exhausted and worried about what came tomorrow, instead of enjoying today. If I were a manager, I’d tell a kid that had huge success to go to bed and call me in a year.
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At that time, even my parents started asking me for advice.
I thought, no, no, I’m still a 25-year-old idiot – I don’t know anything. Suddenly, I’m signing cheques, thinking, where did that sort of money come from? I went from being a singer in a band to the head of a corporation.
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Bon Jovi isn’t a democracy.
I make the decisions and that’s the way it is. I have to live with the good and bad of the outcome, because the decision lies with me. But I’m willing to accept that to have control. Looking back, there isn’t much I wouldn’t do again, except maybe some of the hairstyles, and a few of the outfits.
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If you play a Bon Jovi song in a bar anywhere in the world, people will sing it.  That’s beyond comprehension to me. I was just a kid strumming a tennis racquet in my bedroom. Having songs that people know the world over is crazy. I’m very grateful and humbled by it.
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I really don’t care about fame.
I was on the beach with my kids the other day, and nobody cared. You can be so full of yourself, you tell everyone what you do. Or, you can think, that’s just what I did last night; that’s my job.
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I’m blessed with four healthy kids and a wife who tolerates me.
That, to me, is success. My wife knew me before I was ‘me’. Our [21-year] marriage is up and down, like any relationship. It is what it is. It isn’t perfect, but I got it right the first time. I don’t even make jokes about it any more. I’m lucky and I wouldn’t trade it.
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My kids are aware of the Lindsay Lohans of the world.
They think that sort of life is crappy and don’t want anything to do with it. On the other hand, sometimes there are people in my house and the kids will say, “Wow, really? You?” But,
in general, we keep them out of the spotlight.
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My eight-year-old son, Jake, has ‘it’.
He should be an actor. But I don’t push him; my kids have to find it on their own. My daughter, Stephanie, is 17 and she has the ability to be something, if she chooses. But growing up in the shadow of a famous parent isn’t fair. You have to want to do it.
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If you love what you do, chances are, it’s going to resonate.
If you write a song that means something to somebody because they can relate to it, or it becomes a part of the patchwork of their life and marks a memory of a time and place when they heard it, that’s success. But the accomplishments, the number-ones, the sold-out arenas – it’s all horse sh*t. None of that matters.
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I’m a romantic optimist.
I believe in the common good. I’m liberal-minded, open to co-existing and I don’t care if you’re gay or straight, black or white, Jewish, Muslim or Christian. Because I’ve been so blessed, I don’t see why others can’t achieve and be and do. Some people call that naïvety, others call it a promise of hope.
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Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits is in stores November 5.

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November - Greatest Hits Launch...

Get your DVR's ready, November is going to be a crazy Bon Jovi filled month!

Bon Jovi Launch Greatest Hits With Over 1 Billion Impressions Worldwide !!!!

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 1 billion consumer impressions worldwide – encompassing social networks and traditional media – will support the November 9th release of Bon Jovi's brand new GREATEST HITS compilation on Island Records, featuring new single, "What Do You Got?" - the fastest growing Hot AC single in Bon Jovi's history!
The project is topped by several high-profile campaigns – ranging from the ongoing "It's My Life Animoto Video Contest" at www.BonJovi.com/ItsMyLife; to the two-month Comcast takeover (reaching 26 million households); and a 45 minute "Live on Letterman" webcast concert performance (presented by AT&T) on the release date, November 9th, in conjunction with the band's two-song broadcast appearance on the show that same night.

Prior to Bon Jovi's Letterman date on November 9th, the band will perform live at the MTV EMAs in Madrid on November 7th, where they will be presented with the first-ever Global Icon Award. The next night, November 8th marks the premiere of the Bon Jovi movie One Night Only, documenting their historic concerts at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey in May 2010. One Night Only will premiere on over 750 movie screens worldwide.

In addition to the Letterman date on November 9th, Clear Channel Stripped/iheartradio will also air a 5-song performance broadcast on over 450 radio station websites. November 9th also marks the launch of the new RockBand 3 video game, featuring Bon Jovi. Another historic event will take place on Veterans Day, November 11th, when New York's WPLJ radio presents Bon Jovi Live from the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, at which the band will give fans an intimate sneak preview of their upcoming 2011 world tour.

Bon Jovi's November 9th Letterman webcast concert performance, which will stream live on www.cbs.com/late_night/liveonletterman and www.VEVO.com, and will be broadcast on CBS radio stations nationwide, kicks off nearly a month of live TV performances in support of the album. These continue with NBC's The Today Show (Nov. 12th); A&E's Private Sessions (Nov. 14th); ABC's American Music Awards (Nov. 21st); the syndicated Ellen (Nov. 23rd); CNN's Larry King Live (interview only, Nov. 23rd) and CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (Nov. 25th).

Bon Jovi GREATEST HITS will transport listeners back in time through the band's worldwide monster hits of the past and offer a bridge to the future with the debut of four brand new tracks. The single-CD 16-song program will be chock full of their biggest chart-toppers including "Livin' On A Prayer," "Always," "It's My Life," "Wanted Dead or Alive," and "Who Says You Can't Go Home," to name a few. Two new songs round out the tracklisting, including the new single "What Do You Got?" whose video was shot in stunning stereoscopic 3D with noted director Wayne Isham.

A second configuration, GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION will be a 28-song double-CD package. Disc one will contain the 16-song standard edition CD, and disc two will feature beloved fan favorites including "Bed of Roses," "Blood on Blood," "These Days," and "Keep The Faith," to name a few. Disc two will also contain the third and fourth new tracks. All four new tracks – "What Do You Got?," "The More Things Change," "No Apologies," and "This Is Love, This Is Life" – were written and recorded specifically for inclusion in this compilation.

The complete tracklistings for Bon Jovi GREATEST HITS and Bon Jovi GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION is available at www.bonjovi.com. THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION will also be available on vinyl as a limited edition 4-LP box set, and also as a Bon Jovi logo-shaped USB flash drive.

For more information on all things Bon Jovi, please visit http://www.bonjovi.com/


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Bon Jovi at the Movies...

For one night only, November 8, you can see The Circle Tour on the big screen!

One Night Only - November 8. Bon Jovi- a Celebration of the Bands Greatest Hits-- from the New Giant's Stadium

Thanks Hath, for letting me know!

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Pre Order Your Copy of the Greatest Hits!

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BON JOVI GREATEST HITS TODAY!
We are pleased to announce that starting today, September 13, exclusively on BonJovi.com, you can pre-order your copy of Bon Jovi Greatest Hits or Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection to be delivered on the day the album drops on November 9th! As an added bonus, if you pre-order now, you'll receive a INSTANT MP3 download of the brand new, unreleased track "This Is Our House" - not available anywhere else!

PRE-ORDER NOW!

If you order now, you'll also received a free MP3 download of the single "What Do You Got?" on September 20th - a whole day before it's available for purchase anywhere else.

This pre-order offer is available exclusively on BonJovi.com! Visit BonJovi.com/GreatestHits to learn more and to pre-order your copy of Bon Jovi Greatest Hits now!

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Greatest Hits Album Coming This Fall...

Bon Jovi Planning Greatest Hits Album This Fall; Tour Predicted to Gross Over $210 Million

Bon Jovi are currently on the road promoting their album The Circle, and just kicked off a 12-night residency in London on Monday night. Even so, the band is already planning their next release. Guitarist Richie Sambora tells Billboard that Bon Jovi will release a greatest hits album this fall with new material on it. He says, "There's now four new songs on the greatest hits. We haven't released [one] since 1995, so that will give us product through to the summer of 2011."

The Circle tour will wrap up at the end of 2011, and the concert promoter believes when all is said and done, it will easily out-gross the band's last tour, which raked in a whopping 210.9 million bucks. The promoter told Billboard, "I can't see anyone coming close to this tour. U2 would have been our only challenger, but unfortunately, Bono's hurt his back. We hope he recovers quickly, but Bon Jovi, I think, will be head and shoulders above anyone else."

Bon Jovi kicked off their London residency at the O2 arena Monday night by performing on the roof of the venue. The band tore through four songs -- "We Weren't Born to Follow," "Superman Tonight," "It's My Life" and "You Give Love a Band Name" -- before being lowered to the stage to finish the show. The descent took 30 minutes had had to be helped along by mountaineering experts, according to Billboard.

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