

Well, Bon Jovi is up to the job: On 'The Circle' this band of Jersey boys makes a recession-appropriate return (after appealing forays into pop and country) to its old blue-collar arena-rock style 'Work for the Working Man' even recycles the pumping talk-box groove. 'The Circle', hard rock band Bon Jovi 's 5th album in a decade and 11th overall effort, has the band sounding eager to return to the modern rock sound that made 'Crush' so successful back in 2000. Bon Jovi Band Membersīon Jovi's Biggest Hit: Livin' on a Prayer 'Who's gonna work for the working man' wonders Jon Bon Jovi on the new album by the long-running outfit that bears his name. Review Summary: Bon Jovi have some great points to this album, but try too hard in many places.
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He puts them on display in both the acoustic and full band formats, crushing Wanted Dead or Alive at the MTV Music Awards during the acoustic session he and JBJ played, and at the Moscow Music Festival during Blood on Blood (New Jersey) when he annihilates everything in a 100 meter radius with Olympic level singing talent. One of the hardest things about the band Bon Jovi is debating who the better singer was, Bon Jovi himself or Richie Sambora. We'd like to get this off our chest early.
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The resulting “Lost Highway World Tour” – which famously came to a close with an historic free concert in New York City’s Central Park and two sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden – was ranked as 2008’s #1 top-selling tour around the world according to Billboard and Pollstar.They had the identity, they had the look, they had outrageous talent, and they crushed it.Ģ018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, Bon Jovi, released some of the very best hair metal tunes of all time, including You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin' on a Prayer. Globally, the multi-Grammy Award-winning group has sold more than 120 million albums and performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans.īon Jovi’s previous album Lost Highway debuted at #1 in the U.S. Lost Highway repeated the feat when it surpassed the first week sales of its predecessor and gave Bon Jovi their first #1 Billboard album debut, hitting number 2 in the UK.īon Jovi has set the standard for more than two decades as one of the most successful rock bands ever. Have A Nice Day made history when it debuted with the largest first week sales ever in the band’s career. “We Weren’t Born To Follow” was written (and co-produced) by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, and was produced by John Shanks, who worked with Bon Jovi on their last two albums, Have A Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway (2007). This is a landmark year like no other for Bon Jovi, they not only have a new album and single to launch but a forthcoming documentary “When We Were Beautiful” by filmmaker Phil Griffin shedding fascinating light into the usually hidden world of a global rock band. “Having had 5 studio records in this decade, there are songs on each that represent the world around us,” says Jon Bon Jovi of the band’s enduring optimism, “And while they don’t always like what they see, they try hard not to see the cup as half empty.”

It is the first single from the forthcoming new album “THE CIRCLE”, out Nov 2nd.

The single “We Weren’t Born To Follow”, is a massive piece of anthemic rock, built for stadiums, standing alongside their classics from Livin’ On A Prayer to You Give Love A Bad Name. The world’s biggest rock band return with a single set to blast a fresh dose of uplifting rock n roll onto a planet in need of a shot in the arm.Ģ6 years into an incredible career, Jon, Richie, Tico and David just keep sweeping all before them, fresh from being named as the world’s biggest touring band in 2008, they sound as vital as ever.
