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Oprah has been good to a lot of people and she's a nice lady,” he said. “Unlike a lot of bands, we don't do the same show every night,” Jon said.Īdded to their Australian concert tour, which includes seven stadium gigs, is an intimate concert at Sydney casino Star City and a performance at one of the Oprah shows at the Sydney Opera House.Īs a rock star, he gets the hysteria which has greeted the talk show queen's visit here. Their guitar road cases are papered in dozens of setlists from shows around the world. He likes to soundcheck to “shake the toxins off the muscles”, he might eat something and then figure out a setlist for the night. With about 90 minutes to go before showtime, Jon heads to his dressing room to get ready. I've been with my wife since high school and my kids were born into it so that's not really an issue,” he said. “I don't get that as much my family has been around it for so long. Jon married his high school sweetheart Dorothea and they have four children - Stephanie, Jesse, Jacob and Romeo.ĭoes he ever get the “please come home Dad calls?” He admits family are a consideration in any decision to try to raise the bar set by the Rolling Stones in terms of stadium rock endurance. “I don't see myself running around a stage when I'm 68,” he says. Jon is emphatic he doesn't want to be performing in stadiums when he is as old as Mick Jagger. Maybe the rigours of the road are taking their toll. I will be talking up When We Were Beautiful there's no need to talk about Livin' On A Prayer, you just play it. “It's a vehicle as the other hits allow you to perform a new record. Jon sees the tour - his least favourite job on the rock star resume - as a means to an end, a way to sell new songs like No Apologies, We Weren't Born To Follow and singles from The Circle such as When We Were Beautiful. He is also helming the filming of live footage for the No Apologies video clip while Bon Jovi tour Australia. In another corner is Jon's brother Anthony, a sought-after video director who oversees all the images which are broadcast onto the screen which serves as the band's backdrop. Each one has its own sound, a differenmt tone,” Rew says as he continues to show us around the backstage precinct. “Richie just loves playing different guitars. The Bon Jovi guitarist's on-the-road collection is valued at more than $2 million according to Rew, with one axe, a `57 Gibson Les Paul worth $150,000 alone. That's the guitar that keeps us all working,” says Mike Rew, one of the backstage bosses who keep the mini-city that is The Circle tour running smoothly.Īround the corner from the roadcase which houses Jon's six touring guitars is Richie Sambora's collection of close to 40 instruments. “He scratched that on there after he died. The initials stand for Al Parinello, Jon's guitar teacher who died in 1995. He's not dripping in bling, his uniform remains a T-shirt, jeans and leather jacket and his most treasured guitar is an old black acoustic number which has AP 95 scratched into its varnish. This rock star from the same working class roots as Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen flies in a private jet from gig to gig these days.īut that's about as far as his conspicuous consumption of wealth goes. Return to start of sidebar.īut he isn't taking the Hollywood route to self-preservation. Skip to end of sidebar.īon Jovi and McGraw show their colours Herald Sun, īon Jovi live stream concert here Courier Mail, īon Jovi's shout for concert fans Herald Sun, Įnd of sidebar. The 48-year-old frontman may be Hollywood handsome, a rock star who survived the decade of bad hair and spandex to become the working class man and woman's idol. The women are raving about his clear blue eyes, mega-watt white teeth, flawless complexion and that made-for-tight-blue-jeans butt while the men are captivated by the racks of guitars and state-of-the-art mixing consoles.īackstage about an hour later, Jon is sipping tea and joking about out his wrinkles and the pepper shades creeping into his famed blond mane. You can hear the whispers as everyone enjoys this private pre-show gig. Jon Bon Jovi, the man who founded the band in his New Jersey hometown in 1983, is running his bandmates through their harmonies as dozens of security staff and ushers flow into the Perth stadium. THE countdown to their first Australian concert is in its final hours and Bon Jovi are on stage soundchecking through new single No Apologies.