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Bon Jovi have announced their 16th studio album, Forever, will be released on June 7 via EMI.
To accompany the news, the veteran rock band have released lead single Legendary, plus its music video.
Lead singer, co-founder and namesake Jon Bon Jovi comments on the new album: “This record is a return to joy. From the writing, through the recording process, this is turn-up-the-volume, feel good Bon Jovi.” The artwork and track listing are available below.
Forever will be the first Bon Jovi album since the release of 2020 four years ago, and features the same line-up of Jon Bon Jovi (vocals), David Bryan (keyboards), Tico Torres (drums), Hugh McDonald (bass) and Phil X (guitars), alongside live musicians Everett Bradley (percussion) and John Shanks (guitars). It will also be their first album since the death of original bassist Alec John Such, who was part of the band from 1983 to 1994 and passed away in 2022.
Jon Bon Jovi commented shortly after Such’s death: “He was an original. As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was integral to the formation of the band. To be honest, we found our way to each other through him – he was a childhood friend of Tico and brought Richie [Sambora, former guitarist] to see us perform.”
Last year, Sambora, who joined the band in 1983 and departed 30 years later, was reported as being interested in a Bon Jovi reunion. However, as of Forever’s announcement, nothing has been confirmed.
Sambora told Absolute Radio in February 2023: “We’re talking about it. I don’t think there’s any reason not to [return to Bon Jovi] at this point.”
He later added: “I don’t know when Jon’s going to get his voice together and [when a Bon Jovi reunion featuring Sambora is] going to happen, but we have to get out there and do it for the fans really. I feel a second obligation. I’ve had such a privilege and an opportunity – and this is not bullshit, it’s really true – my life is pretty good, always has been, and I get to do what I love to do for a living. And it’s a damn good living. And I never really stopped, really.”
A four-part docu-series about the career of Bon Jovi, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, will premiere at the SXSW Conference tonight (March 14). The series will be released on April 26 via Hulu (US) and Disney Plus (UK).
Bon Jovi – Forever track listing
1. Legendary
2. We Made It Look Easy
3. Living Proof
4. Waves
5. Seeds
6. Kiss The Bride
7. The People’s House
8. Walls Of Jericho
9. I Wrote You A Song
10. Living In Paradise
11. My First Guitar
12. Hollow Man
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- Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 11:47)on May 8, 2024 at 12:50 pm
BON JOVI Slippery When Wet (Classic 1986 UK 10-track LP, including the hits You Give Love A Bad Name & Livin' On A Prayer, picture sleeve wtih illustrated lyric inner. The sleeve is Excellent with minimal ring wear & the vinyl is in Excellent condition with just the odd light sign of play VERH38)
- Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.28 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 15:59)on May 8, 2024 at 12:50 pm
BON JOVI Wanted Dead Or Alive (1986 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single with picture labels, also including Shot Through The Heart, picture sleeve JOV1)
- Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day Tour 06 - UK - tour programme - £15.00, $18.75, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 02-Apr-2024 18:02)on May 8, 2024 at 12:50 pm
BON JOVI Have A Nice Day Tour 06 (2006 UK 32-page 11½" x 11½" full colour programme for the Have A Nice Day World Tour, which features many photos of the band live on stage and relaxing off stage, a printed rice-paper insert with the Smiling Face image from the album & snippets of lyrics dotted about the programme, spot varnished cover. The back cover has a little creasing, otherwise the inner pages are near as new)
- Bon Jovi - Cross Road - Sound & Vision - UK - 3-disc CD/DVD Set - £24.99, $31.24, €28.99 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 08:36)on May 8, 2024 at 12:50 pm
BON JOVI Cross Road (2007 issue UK 'Deluxe Sound & Vision Edition' 3-disc set comprising a 30-track 2-CD set featuring their classic hits ['Livin' On A Prayer', 'Keep The Faith', 'Always' & 'Wanted Dead Or Alive'], B-Sides ['Wild In The Streets','Let It Rock'] and live versions of 'The Boys Are Back In Town' & 'Blood On Blood' plus Bonus Region 0 PAL DVD including footage of a live performance in London, presented in a 5 x 5" clam shell style picture box. )
- Bon Jovi - Lie To Me + Poster - Australian - CD single - £14.99, $18.74, €17.39 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 10:58)on May 8, 2024 at 12:50 pm
BON JOVI Lie To Me (1995 Australian limited edition 4-track CD single, includes live versions of Always, Keep The Faith and Something For The Pain, digipak picture sleeve with exclusive 1996 calendar poster. Although not sealed, this example remains in a Near Mint condition)
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