Bon Jovi Live! Explained

Concert Tour Name:Bon Jovi Live!
Border:yes
Artist:Bon Jovi
Location:Asia
Album:Burning Bridges
Number Of Shows:9
Last Tour:
(2013)
This Tour:Bon Jovi Live!
(2015)
Next Tour:This House Is Not for Sale Tour
(2017)

Bon Jovi Live! was a concert tour by the rock band Bon Jovi. Staged in support of the band's thirteenth studio album Burning Bridges, the tour played arenas and open-air venues in 2015.[1] It began on September 11, 2015, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium and continued through Asia, ending on October 3, 2015, in Tel Aviv, Israel, at Yarkon Park.[2] It was the band's first tour without the guitarist Richie Sambora.

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
Asia[3]
September 11, 2015JakartaIndonesiaGelora Bung Karno StadiumSam Tsui40,000
September 15, 2015BangkokThailandImpact Arena
September 19, 2015Kuala LumpurMalaysiaStadium Merdeka
September 20, 2015Marina CentreSingaporePadang
September 22, 2015SeoulSouth KoreaSeoul Olympic Stadium
September 25, 2015MacauChinaCotaiArena
September 26, 2015
October 1, 2015Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emiratesdu Arena
October 3, 2015Tel AvivIsraelYarkon Park

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
September 14, 2015ShanghaiChinaMercedes-Benz ArenaNo official reason given. Possibly banned by Chinese authorities due to support of Dalai Lama.[4]
September 17, 2015BeijingMasterCard Center
September 28, 2015TaipeiTaiwanNangang HallTyphoon Dujuan hitting the region.[5]
September 29, 2015

Set list

  1. "That's What the Water Made Me"
  2. "You Give Love a Bad Name"
  3. "Raise Your Hands"
  4. "Born to Be My Baby"
  5. "We Weren't Born to Follow"
  6. "Lost Highway"
  7. "Runaway"
  8. "Because We Can"
  9. "We Got It Going On"
  10. "It's My Life"
  11. "What About Now"
  12. "We Don't Run"
  13. "Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars"
  14. "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"
  15. "Wanted Dead or Alive"
  16. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
  17. "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
  18. "Keep the Faith"
  19. "Bad Medicine"

Encore:

  1. "In These Arms"
  2. "Have a Nice Day"
  3. "Livin' on a Prayer"

Personnel

Band

Touring musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 - Bon Jovi Live Tour . Bon Jovi Tours . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180403235051/https://bjtours.jimdo.com/let-s-go-on-tour/2015-bon-jovi-live-tour/ . 2018-04-03.
  2. Web site: Bon Jovi: Burning Bridges is the Band's Latest Album, but Not the Next. WCBS-FM 101.1 . 2015-09-09 . 2015-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928220059/http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/24/bon-jovi-burning-bridges-not-next-album/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Bon Jovi returns to Malaysia . Melody L. Goh . Star2 . 2015-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105712/http://www.star2.com/entertainment/music/music-news/2015/04/26/exclusive-%E2%80%8Ebon-jovi-returns-to-malaysia-after-20-years/ . 2015-09-24 . dead .
  4. News: Bon Jovi's first gigs in China cancelled by officials. BBC News. 8 September 2015.
  5. https://www.facebook.com/BonJovi/posts/10152986985637000
  6. Bon Jovi Adds New Guitarist to Touring Lineup . Michele Amabile Angermiller . . 9 September 2015.