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BON JOVI TO PERFORM AT LIVE EARTH!
Bon Jovi will perform at the LIVE EARTH concert on July 7th, 2007! The concert will be part of
Save Our Selves (SOS) – The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis.
From The Official SOS Press Release:
"SOS is designed to trigger a global movement to combat our climate crisis. It will reach people in every corner of the planet through television, film, radio, the Internet and Live Earth, a 24-hour concert on 7/7/07 across all 7 continents that will bring together more than 100 of the world's top musical acts. Live Earth alone will engage an audience of more than 2 billion people through concert attendance and broadcasts. MSN has partnered with SOS to use its reach to make the Live Earth concerts available across the globe.
The
Live Earth audience, and the proceeds from the concerts, will create the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by The Alliance for Climate Protection and its Chair, Vice President Al Gore. SOS was founded by Kevin Wall, who
won an Emmy as Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8."
For more info including video of the official announcement check out the the
official website at
LiveEarth.msn.com!
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BON JOVI JOINS LIVE 8 - AND ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM !!
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULED JULY 2nd AT PHILADELPHIA'S MUSEUM OF ART, FOR AMERICAN LEG OF SIR BOB GELDOF'S WORLDWIDE CONCERT EVENT
"Have A Nice Day" to world premiere at radio on July 18th, first single from new album
(June 14, 2005 - New York, NY) 100,000,000 Bon Jovi fans ... will be only a fraction of the worldwide audience who will see the Island recording group, when they appear at the Museum Of Art in Philadelphia on July 2nd as part of the American lineup of "Live 8: The Long Walk To Justice." The once-in-a-lifetime all-star event, organized by Sir Bob Geldof on the 20th anniversary of the "Live Aid" concerts, will present concerts in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Philadelphia on the eve of the international G8 Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Further information is available at
[link].
"We're excited to be part of such a great lineup of artists for these shows," said Jon Bon Jovi. "And we're honored to help fulfill Bob's vision. The impact he made in Africa twenty years ago is still the benchmark by which all charitable music events are measured."
The Live 8 news comes simultaneously with Bon Jovi's announcement of the completion of their 14th release, still untitled as of this writing, set to arrive in stores in the U.S. and Canada on September 20th.
The album's first single release, "Have A Nice Day," will enjoy its world premiere at radio on July 18th. The track was produced by John Shanks, Jon Bon Jovi, and Richie Sambora; Shanks was voted Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) at this year's 2004 Grammy Awards.
The complete song listing for the album is as follows: "Have A Nice Day," "I Wanna Be Loved," "Welcome To Wherever You Are," "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" "Last Man Standing," "Bells Of Freedom," "Wildflowers," "Last Cigarette," "I Am," "Complicated," "Novocaine," and "Story Of My Life." Further details on the album will be announced in the weeks and months ahead.
The new album is the long-awaited follow-up to This Left Feels Right, Bon Jovi's last studio album, released November 2003. The most recent release is 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, the deluxe 5-disc box set (4 CDs plus bonus DVD), released November 2004.
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"THE NEW BON JOVI ALBUM
"(Friday, June 10, 2005)
Here's information we know you've been waiting on!
This is all updated as of June 10, 2005 and all information is subject
to change.
BON JOVI will release their ninth studio album this SEPTEMBER.
We do not have an album title to share with you at this time.
The album will be released in JAPAN on Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
The album will be released INTERNATIONALLY on Monday, SEPTEMBER 19, 2005
The album will be released in the US & CANADA on Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
The first single is HAVE A NICE DAY.
The song was written by JON BON JOVI, RICHIE SAMBORA and JOHN SHANKS.
The song was produced by JOHN SHANKS, JON BON JOVI and RICHIE SAMBORA.
John Shanks was honored with a Grammy for Producer of the Year in 2005.
The single was mixed by JEREMY WHEATLEY.
The WORLDWIDE RADIO DATE is slated as JULY 18th.
The VIDEO hasn't been filmed yet but it is in the planning stages and we'll keep you posted.
The album's tracklisting is as follows:
1) HAVE A NICE DAY
2) I WANNA BE LOVED
2) WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE
4) WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME?
5) LAST MAN STANDING
6) BELLS OF FREEDOM
7) WILDFLOWERS
8) ONE LAST CIGARETTE
9) I AM
10) COMPLICATED
11) NOVOCAINE
12) STORY OF MY LIFE
The photos for this project have not been taken yet. OLAF HEINE will be
the photographer. Olaf photographed the band for their 2000 CRUSH album.
There is an incredible amount of work going on behind the scenes
leading up to the world launch of BON JOVI's latest album - stuff so
cool we can't wait to share with you all. So, plan on having an amazing
summer and keep checking with us for more and more info as we head into
September. The fun is just about to start!""
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BON JOVI TO BE HONORED ON AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
(Monday, November 1, 2004)
Dick Clark and the American Music Awards announced it this morning...(this was the 'yet-unaccounced' TV appearance we'd hinted at last week. Here's the full info:
BON JOVI NAMED WINNER OF "AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS" AWARD OF MERIT
Following in the footsteps of other luminary figures in the music world, Bon Jovi has been named the 31st winner of the "American Music Awards" special "Award of Merit." Tribute will be paid to Bon Jovi on the 32nd annual "American Music Awards" telecast, which airs live on ABC Television, Sunday, November 14 from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and the band will also perform on the show.
The "Award of Merit" is presented to a member of the musical community in recognition of "outstanding contributions to the musical entertainment of the American public." The inscription on the trophy will read: "For being the embodiment of rock music for the last 20 years, for inspiring countless musicians to follow in their footsteps and for elevating all of us with their musicianship and artistry ... this year's 'Award of Merit' is presented to Bon Jovi, November 14, 2004."
In the pantheon of the world's greatest rock bands, Bon Jovi's accomplishments over the past 20 years place them among the elite in their genre. Hard-working musicians and prolific songwriters, Bon Jovi's music has won them a loyal global audience. Since 1984, sales of Bon Jovi albums (plus Jon Bon Jovi solo records) have racked up total sales topping the 100 million milestone, and they have performed more than 2500 concerts in 50 countries before more than 32 million fans. Bon Jovi are the people's band everywhere. As the title of their groundbreaking "think outside the box" set (to be released on Island Records November 16) proudly states, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong... (for further information on the group, access www.bonjovi.com)
Previous winners of the "Award of Merit" are Bing Crosby, Berry Gordy, Jr., Irving Berlin, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como, Benny Goodman, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder , Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, Merle Haggard, James Brown, rock promoter Bill Graham, Whitney Houston , Prince, Tammy Wynette, Little Richard, Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Garth Brooks and Alabama.
In addition to the "Award of Merit," 19 other awards will be handed out on the special, acknowledging the American record-buying public's favorites in the areas of Pop/Rock, Country, Soul/Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary, Rap/Hip-Hop, Latin Music, Contemporary Inspirational and Alternative Music. The television special, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, is a dick clark productions, inc. presentation.
- NO, we can't tell you yet what the band will be performing.
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100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong...:
UNIQUE FOUR-CD/ONE-DVD BOX SET FEATURES 38 NEVER BEFORE RELEASED RECORDINGS PLUS 12 RARITIES
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong... (Island Def Jam/UMe), released November 16, 2004, is a “thinking outside the box” box set from one of the most popular and successful bands in rock. Another landmark in Bon Jovi’s history of pioneering events, the mammoth four-CD, 50-song collection (plus a DVD) is not a greatest hits collection but instead is comprised largely of previously unreleased recordings from the band’s vast archive--in other words, the band’s “greatest hits you never heard.” Along with the 38 tracks that make their debuts are a dozen rarities from around the world. The earliest songs hail from 1985, the latest from 2003. Yet each CD was sequenced by the band as a complete album experience rather than chronologically.
Also included is a bonus DVD featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. In addition, the hardbound collector’s box set package boasts a 64-page booklet with rare photos, fan testimonials, exclusive interviews, and personal content from the band.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut album, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong... is the group’s first box set and, in typical Bon Jovi fashion, breaks new ground. Whereas most such packages recycle a greatest hits album and add a few previously unreleased bonuses, this collection offers fans the chance to discover their own never before released favorites by presenting dozens of songs that, for whatever reason, never made an album. Typically, this prolific band records upwards of 30 songs for an album; matters of time, style and personal preference often result in difficult choices. In fact, Jon Bon Jovi jokes that he would make a poor A&R exec because he wanted to leave what turned out to be a monster hit, “Livin’ On A Prayer,” off the landmark album Slippery When Wet.
Also noteworthy is that with 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong... Bon Jovi launches American XS Platinum, a premium paid level of membership in the American XS program that provides exclusive content and benefits. Bon Jovi initiated the original American XS program with the release of 2002’s Bounce. Each copy of that CD included a sticker with a unique pin code and by logging onto
[link], purchasers could sign up for American XS and receive exclusive access to footage (video and audio) as well as access to passwords for pre-sales on concert tickets.
Bon Jovi’s history of initiating such new ideas has included Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora’s seminal bare-bones, acoustic performance on the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, which became the inspiration for the “Unplugged” series. Bon Jovi also became the first artist to close New York’s W. 53rd Street for a performance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and the first to perform on the rooftop of that show’s Ed Sullivan Theatre. In 2001, the band drew more than half a million people to Times Square to see their performance at the inaugural NFL Kickoff event and then helicoptered to Giants Stadium to become the first artist to perform at a Giants halftime show. A 2002 London concert was broadcast live into movie theatres across the U.K. and Europe and Webcast live to more 1,000,000 viewers in 60-plus countries.
Bon Jovi also spearheaded the Moscow Music Peace Festival in that city’s Olympic Stadium--the first rock music fest of its kind in the former U.S.S.R.--and the band’s New Jersey album was the first western rock album officially released by Melodiya, the government label in the then-Soviet Union.
With the release of 2002’s Bounce, Bon Jovi again made headlines when they partnered with MTV Worldwide for a “Bounce to Australia” contest where every single MTV partner across the globe sent contest winners to see Bon Jovi’s show in Australia.
A rarity for a hard rockin’ band that emerged in the ‘80s, today Bon Jovi’s dignity remains intact, its songs have stood the test of time and its fans still want more. As the title says, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong...
100,000,000 BON JOVI FANS CAN’T BE WRONG
CD #1
1. WHY AREN’T YOU DEAD?
Previously Unreleased
2. THE RADIO SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
Previously Unreleased
3. TAKING IT BACK
Previously Unreleased
4. SOMEDAY I’LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT (DEMO)
Demo; Previously Unreleased (Final version included on’ Cross Road’ album)
5. MISS FOURTH OF JULY
Previously Unreleased
6. OPEN ALL NIGHT
Previously Unreleased
7. THESE ARMS ARE OPEN ALL NIGHT
Previously Unreleased
8. I GET A RUSH
Previously Unreleased
9. SOMEDAY JUST MIGHT BE TONIGHT
Previously Unreleased
10. THIEF OF HEARTS
Unreleased Studio Track (live version available only on TLFR DVD – audio never released)
11. LAST MAN STANDING
Unreleased Studio Track (live version available only on TLFR DVD – audio never released)
12. I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR MAN
Previously Unreleased
CD #2
1. GARAGELAND
Previously Unreleased
2. STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
Released as a Bonus Track in Japan Only on ‘Keep The Faith’ album
3. MAYBE SOMEDAY
Previously Unreleased
4. LAST CHANCE TRAIN
Previously Unreleased
5. THE FIRE INSIDE
Previously Unreleased
6. EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
Previously Unreleased
7. RICH MAN LIVING IN A POOR MAN’S HOUSE
Previously Unreleased
8. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Previously Unreleased
9. YOU CAN SLEEP WHILE I DREAM
Previously Unreleased
10. OUTLAWS OF LOVE
Previously Unreleased
11. GOOD GUYS DON’T ALWAYS WEAR WHITE
Released on the soundtrack to the motion picture ‘The Cowboy Way’
12. WE RULE THE NIGHT
Previously Unreleased
CD #3
1. EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART
Released on the motion picture soundtrack to ‘Disorderlies’; also released as a b-side)
2. SYMPATHY
Previously Unreleased
3. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (featuring Tico Torres on vocals)
Previously Unreleased
4. SHUT UP AND KISS ME
Previously Unreleased
5. CRAZY LOVE
Previously Unreleased
6. LONELY AT THE TOP
Released as a b-side singles from and on special 2-CD edition of ‘These Days’ album
7. ORDINARY PEOPLE
Released as a b-side from the ‘Crush’ album
8. FLESH AND BONE
Previously Unreleased
9. SATELLITE
Previously Unreleased
10. IF I CAN’T HAVE YOUR LOVE (featuring Richie Sambora on vocals)
Previously Unreleased Solo Track
11. REAL LIFE
Released on the motion picture soundtrack to ‘EDTV’
12. MEMPHIS LIVES IN ME (featuring David Bryan on vocals)
Previously Unreleased; from the musical production ‘MEMPHIS’
13. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Previously Unreleased
CD #4
1. LOVE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A FOUR LETTER WORD
Previously Unreleased
2. LOVE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A FOUR LETTER WORD (DEMO)
Previously Unreleased
3. RIVER RUNS DRY
Previously Unreleased
4. ALWAYS (DEMO)
Demo; Previously Unreleased (final version included on ‘Cross Road’ album)
5. KIDNAP AN ANGEL
Previously Unreleased
6. BREATHE
Released as a b-side from Bounce album; Released on the Target Exclusive CD in the US 2003
7. OUT OF BOUNDS
Previously Unreleased
8. LETTER TO A FRIEND
Previously Unreleased
9. TEMPTATION
Released as a b-side on singles from the ‘Crush’ album
10. GOTTA HAVE A REASON
Previously Unreleased
11. ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU
Previously Unreleased
12. BILLY
Previously Unreleased
13. NOBODY’S HERO
Previously Unreleased
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BON JOVI PROUDLY UNVEILS 100,000,000 BON JOVI FANS CAN'T BE WRONG
:thumb11972275: of the much-anticipated BON JOVI collection of the greatest hits you've never heard!
Here's some things about the photoshoot you might find interesting!
1) The photoshoot took place August 19th in Los Angeles
2) The photosession was at the same studios where many of the photos for CRUSH were done
3) The photographer is Sheryl Nields
4) The title and the cover art are a tip of the hat to Elvis Presley's legendary album...
5) The band's four gold leather suits were custom made for the shoot - while the pants are all the same, as are the boots, the jackets are all different for each band member (Jon's is a shirt, Richie's is a blazer, David's is a 3/4 coat and Tico's is a denim-jacket cut.)
6) Some hints about songs included in the collection? Check out these titles: SYMPATHY, MISS FOURTH OF JULY, LONELY AT THE TOP
Continue to keep your eyes and ears open and keep visiting
bonjovi.com for more BON JOVI info as we get closer to the November 15/16 release dates!
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BOX SET TESTIMONIALS
Thank you, thank you, thank you - to all the Bon Jovi fans, of all ages, from all parts of the globe
- thousands upon thousands of testmionials and messages about your relationship with the music of Bon Jovi came in to tellus@bonjovi.com.
WOW that was a lot of emails to read!
At this point, the booklet is being moved into it's final production phase and those testimonials that will be incorporated have already been highlighted.
So please, no need to send any more.
Because folks are curious, we can tell you this:
1) as of this moment, there is no definitive plan to contact those fans whose submissions may be included in the booklet.
2) None of the submissions have been deleted; they may turn up somewhere else so know that your words and your time and the feelings you put into them were not in vain, even if your submission is not included in the booklet.
The submissions were such an incredible representation of this band's fan base - we think you're really going to love the final product once you get it in your hands. The band is really excited about this project - we hope you are too
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