A much nicer review from Philly2Philly...
Bon Jovi and The Boys Celebrate Jon`s Birthday in Philadelphia
Bon Jovi rocked the Wells Fargo Center March 2nd in Philly, and what a night it was! It was Jon`s 49th birthday, so he open the point with the aptly named `Just Older` from the Jam album. He told the audience : "I came second to Philadelphia for one reason, and one cause only.
couldn't conceive of a best rank to get a birthday party!"
It surely was a birthday party of the almost insane sort- although I kept wishing somebody (like Richie) was leaving to seize the mic and cause the audience sing (unfortunately, he didn`t). Jon hasn`t lost his smell of humor, changing a note in `Just Older` to `I`ve still got my hair` (instead of `Tell him I've cut my hair`), making the audience scream with delight.
This year`s tour- Bon Jovi Live 2011 -was to foreground the Greatest Hits, songs we all love and shake out to- Bad Medicine, You Give Love a Bad Name, Lost Highway, along with a few new ones thrown in. And this was a sold-out show- every single seat as far as the eye could see was filled- even slow the stage. Jon, Richie, David and Tico did not disappoint with their usual energy, charisma and musical talent during their 3-hour concert.
Local band Soraia was introduced by WMMR`s Pierre Robert and rocked the family with some fierce and hard intense vocals and jammin` bass and drums to get the consultation on their feet. I especially liked that the opening act was a Philly band, as Bon Jovi always likes to have the hometown bands a fortune to establish their gritty stuff.
I know when Jon and Richie Samboratalk to the audience, and they ever have such a big time on stage with the band, playing in Philly is similar a huge company with thousands of their closest friends. Richie got to have lead vocals in "Lay Your Hands On Me," where he sounded amazingly sexy. The point included the circle runway used in the Band Tour, with a few upgrades, bigger screens and super-cool graphics, some of which Jon actually was capable to dancing and talk on. Continue around to the front, the circle jutted out into the crew so yet more people had a close-up band experience, with Jon and Richie singing "Diamond Ring" and "I'll Be There For You," then drummer Tico Torres and keyboard player David Bryan joined them to sing "Love For Sale," and The Who`s "Squeeze Box." New songs off the Greatest Hits CD (released October 29, 2010) included the previously unreleased "No Apologies," "The More Things Change," and encore hit "Blood on Blood."
The vitality of the gang was barely contained as Jon brought everyone to their feet in a fury of "Living the Faith" shaking the maracas and telling his eye out. As the picture came to a close, I was rockin` out along with everyone else, and went mad when they came second for a long encore, singing loved and familiar hits, wrapping up with "Livin' on a Prayer," making the audience sing their hearts out!
With the 24th sold-out evidence in 25 years, I would say Philly made sure Jon had a very birthday indeed!
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