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Bon Jovi — Have A Nice Day

Classic Bon Jovi ballads like "Always" and "I'll Be There For You" were de rigeur when you were a clueless 14 year old mullethead. But you've grown up and matured, unlike Bon Jovi whose music has remained in the same stale and repetitive cycle since 1995's "These Days." Title track "Have A Nice Day" is...
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AMUSING VIDEO OF THE DAY: Bon Joviver

It's the inevitable, unholy mash-up of the beloved '80s wash-ups from New Jersey and the sultry saviours, Bon Iver.And it's what you'd expect. The New York City band Miracles of Modern Science sit around a candle-lit table with knitted toques and revive "You Give Love A Bad Name" in a spot-on emulation of Justin Vernon's signature falsetto. Next...
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Thirty-Two Banned Album Covers

A while back, we ran a story about 20 amazing album covers with boobies on them. It was good PG-13 fun and all, but we wanted to get a little heavier, a little darker. So we decided to seek out the badasses.Here's 32 albums that have been either banned or censored after their initial release. World Trade Center Destruction 1) Dilated Peoples — "...
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Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, Dave Matthews Band Were 2010's Top Touring Acts

It's getting harder and harder to make a living recording music and heading out on the road to support it. But if you're Bon Jovi, Roger Waters or the Dave Matthews Band, touring in 2010 was a piece of cake. According to Pollstar, Bon Jovi made a whopping $108.2 million U.S. (about $108 million Canadian) on tour in 2010, which basically means the...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 10, 2010

Billboard's Best Of 2010 has been released. Apparently people love watching Bon Jovi perform live more than anyone else in the world and John Mayer had the top "rock" album. I hate today. — BillboardKings Of Leon's drummer Nathan Followill has lost his voice due to a bacterial infection. And it couldn't have been Caleb instead? I hate today. —...
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Dashboard Confessional Opening For Bon Jovi

Soccer moms and bikers are about to be mega-confused. In what's probably the weirdest bill ever, Dashboard Confessional has been picked to open for Bon Jovi. Yes, emo and classic rock in the same venue. I'm trying to think of something that's weirder than this, but I can't. Chris Carrabba and company will open for Jon Bon and company from...
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Jon Bon Jovi Also Dislikes Kurt Cobain (In Video Game Form)

Jon Bon Jovi has joined the debate over the Kurt Cobain avatar that appears in the recently released Guitar Hero 5. Courtney Love, Cobain's widow, threatened legal action over the character last week, and former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic also voiced their displeasure about it. "I don't know that I would have wanted it...
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Bon Jovi Play Moncton Festival

Bon Jovi will headline the Magnetic Hill Music Festival near Moncton, N.B. on June 27. The show will also include Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, State Of Shock, Mobile and Alfa Rococo. Tickets go on sale on Friay at tickets.moncton.ca. General admission tickets will run $99.50, while grandstand seats will cost $199.50. Bon Jovi...
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Bon Jovi Used To Be Beautiful

Acid-wash jean-wearing MILFs may still think they're hot, but New Jersey's second favourite rock band will premiere Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful as a work in progress at New York City's Tribeca Performing Art Center on April 29. The documentary features concert footage from Bon Jovi's 2008 Lost Highway world tour and interviews with band...
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Bon Jovi Drummer Designs Rockin' Stroller

Drummer Tico Torres is best known for being Bon Jovi's rock 'n' roll beat master, but now he can also add rock and stroll...er designer to his resume. Torres teamed up with stroller company Grand Touring Baby to create the Rock Star Baby, a luxury carriage and pram complete with lightweight wheels and a Swarovski crystal-encrusted skull and...
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Bon Jovi Concert Victim's Lawsuit Saga

Let this article serve as a warning for people considering either attending or working at a Bon Jovi show. It's not always the blaze of glory you might expect, and the risks can be high. Edmonton's Dennis Schulz attended the band's concert at Rexall Place on July 12, 2007. Now he's a quadriplegic and, sadly, is probably livin' on a prayer...
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Golf Cart Victim Sues Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi are being sued for 250,000 British pounds (about $471,000 Canadian) by a British security supervisor who alleges a member of the band's security team purposely ran her over with a golf cart at a concert. Sally Allen, 37, was working backstage at a show in Milton Keynes, England in 2006. A fire had broken out in the VIP area and she was...
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Bon Jovi Angry At Palin

Jon Bon Jovi is the latest musician to express anger at U.S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin for using one of his songs in her campaigns, which he says she's been doing without his permission. Palin used Bon Jovi's "Who Says You Can't Go Home" during her rallies this week. On Thursday, Bon Jovi said in a statement...
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Bon Jovi Sued For $400 Billion

Four hundred billion dollars is a lot of money (an unthinkable amount, in fact), and that's the amount of a lawsuit against Jon Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi is being sued by musician Samuel Bartley Steele because Steele alleges that the "Livin' On A Prayer" singer stole the lyrics from his Boston Red Sox-inspired song "(Man I Really) Love...
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Richie Sambora Arrested For DUI

Shot through the heart, and Richie Sambora's to blame: he's giving rehab a bad name. The Bon Jovi guitarist was arrested in Laguna Beach, Calif. on Tuesday night for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol. Sambora was arrested just before 11 p.m. after police pulled over his black Hummer for weaving across the centre traffic...
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Bon Jovi Hit The Lost Highway Across Canada

Break out your acid-washed jeans. Bon Jovi will hit nine cities across Canada starting next month as part of The Lost Highway Tour. The tour includes London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Vancouver, which the band haven't played in more than a decade. Bon Jovi's Lost Highway LP debuted at #1 in Canada and remained there for three weeks following...
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Bon Jovi Coaches Idols In The Final Face-Off

It all came down to two on Monday night when Canadian Idol's remaining finalists squared off to see who could sing their way into the top spot on Tuesday's season-ending show. Brian Melo, the 25-year-old rocker from Hamilton, Ont., and Jaydee Bixby, the 17-year-old country crooner from Drumheller, Alta., performed three songs each. One was...
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Richie Sambora Checks Into Rehab After MTV Unplugged Fiasco

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has checked into a treatment facility in Los Angeles following an MTV Unplugged taping in New York City on Tuesday that's been labelled by some as "a complete and utter disaster." The 47-year-old musician and ex-husband of Heather Locklear checked into the undisclosed rehab centre the day after the...
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Bon Jovi's Back!

Bon Jovi is holed up in the New Jersey home studio of its frontman Jon Bon Jovi, recording the band's first album since 1995's These Days. MTV News reports that the CD's first single will be a track called "Say It Ain't So," expected to be released in March. The self-produced album is still untitled and set to be out in May. Jon Bon Jovi told...
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