Lost Highway Tour
| Lost Highway Tour | ||||
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| Tour by Bon Jovi | ||||
| Associated album | Lost Highway | |||
| Start date | October 25, 2007 Newark, NJ, USA |
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| End date | July 26, 2008 New York City, NY, USA |
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| Legs | 7 | |||
| Shows | 99 in Total | |||
| Bon Jovi tour chronology | ||||
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The Lost Highway Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi, that took place from October 2007 to July 2008 in support of their tenth studio album Lost Highway. Originally planned as a 2008 greatest hits tour, the tour was changed to promote Lost Highway after the album's unprecedented worldwide success, reaching #1 in several countries in June 2007.
Immediately after the album's release, the band performed a string of promotional summer concerts in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.K. and Japan. The tour began proper in October 2007 with ten concerts that would mark the opening of New Jersey's Prudential Center, before doing a tour of Canada and then tours of Japan, Australasia, the U.S. and Europe in 2008.[1] Bon Jovi also played their first concert in New Zealand in 12 years as part of the tour.[2]
The Lost Highway Tour is a finalist for the Billboard 2008 Touring Awards for Top Tour, Top Draw, and Top Manager.[3]
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[edit] Tour highlights
The Lost Highway Tour has seen the band perform songs rarely heard live since the These Days Tour, for example "Hey God", "I Believe", "Lie to Me", "This Ain't a Love Song" and "Always" in its original version. At several of the band's summer stadium shows, the band was known to play extremely long setlists, some of them running nearly three hours, totaling approximately 26 songs, including encores that sometimes had as much as seven songs.
The band also spontaneously played "Stick To Your Guns", from the New Jersey album for the first time in twenty years at the Amsterdam gig, after Jon Bon Jovi noticed seventeen banners held up in the front row with the lyrics to the song printed on them. The band played in Rock in Rio Lisbon on May 31, 2008, making it their first concert in Portugal since 1995. The band played a free concert in Central Park, New York City, to 60,000 fans in conjunction with Major League Baseball and Bank Of America, as part of MLB All Star Game week.
Lead guitarist Richie Sambora took the lead for one song at most shows with either "I'll Be There For You", "These Days" and occasionally "Stranger in this Town". Keyboardist David Bryan also sang solo very rarely with "In These Arms", on which rhythm guitarist Bobby Bandiera also took the lead guitar solo.
Bon Jovi have also performed "Dry County" frequently.
It has also been announced both during concert and on the official band website that a live DVD from the last two nights of the tour at Madison Square Garden will be released.
Before the band was set to perform at the Bank Atlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, there was a bomb threat at the stadium. The band finally took the stage at about 9:00 p.m.
A fan jumped on top of Jon at the concert at Punchestown in Ireland just before the bridge of "In These Arms", and it took four security guards to take her off.
[edit] Set List
Bon Jovi once again had long set-lists like from the Have a Nice Day Tour with 25 songs. Here's a set-list from their final show of the tour which is from Madison Square Garden, New York. Some songs on this set-list do not appear on the DVD (the DVD played songs from both concerts, this is the set-list from July 15, 2008):
- Lost Highway
- Born to be My Baby
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- Summertime
- Raise Your Hands
- I Love This Town
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Living in Sin/Chapel of Love
- Whole Lot of Leavin'
- In These Arms
- Any Other Day
- We Got it Going On
- It's My Life
- Keep the Faith
- I'll be There for You (Richie Sambora on Lead Vocals)
- (You Want To) Make a Memory
- Blood on Blood
- Someday I'll be Saturday Night
- Have a Nice Day
- Who Says You Can't Go Home
- Bad Medicine/Shout
Encore:
[edit] The band
- Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, guitar
- Richie Sambora – lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox
- Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals
- Tico Torres – drums, percussion
- David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
- Bobby Bandiera - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Lorenza Ponce - violin, viola, backing vocals
- Kurt Johnston - pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
[edit] Tour grossings
The first 22 shows grossed 41.4 million dollars, placing their tour at #11 on the list for top grossing tours of 2007. The band's second North American leg of 38 shows grossed $56.3 million in ticket sales according to pollstar making it the number one concert draw in North America for the first half of 2008. Bon Jovi’s 10-night run to open the new Prudential Center in Newark, NJ was the #1 Grossing event in 2007 and the #6 Grossing event "of all time" in North America. The band's 5-night stand at Toronto's Air Canada Centre set the record for the most number of shows in one tour at that venue, beating the previous record of 4 held by the band, as well as U2, The Spice Girls, and The Police. The third leg of the tour the band played to over 966,000 fans. On the fourth leg of Europe they played to over 1 million concert goers in 22 shows. The combined gross of the tour's first, second and third legs was $129 million, with $16.4 million from the Newark shows and $112.4 million from the remaining shows placing them first on Billboards midyear touring chart.
The tour was the highest grossing tour of 2008 in Billboard's rankings. The tour grossed $210,650,974 and sold 2,157,675 tickets in total.[4] In Pollstar's calculus for North America, the Lost Highway Tour had the fifth-highest gross for 2008 at $70.4 million.[5]
[edit] Box Office Score data
| Venue | City | Tickets Sold / Available | Gross Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prudential Center | Newark | 138,322 / 140,000 (99%) | $16,379,070 |
| Bell Centre | Montreal | 31,525 / 31,525 (100%) | $3,246,160 |
| GM Place | Vancouver | 31,143 / 31,143 (100%) | $2,963,969 |
| John Labatt Centre | London | 9,762 / 9,762 (100%) | $1,173,749 |
| Nagoya Dome | Nagoya | 12,113 / 12,113 (100%) | $1,061,623 |
| Tokyo Dome | Tokyo | 60,549 / 60,549 (100%) | $5,272,912 |
| Kyocera Dome | Osaka | 23,426 / 23,426 (100%) | $2,052,026 |
| Music Bowl | Melbourne | 13,147 / 13,147 (100%) | $1,829,807 |
| Subaico Oval | Perth | 28,790 / 28,790 (100%) | $3,300,500 |
| AMI Stadium | Christchurch | 29,526 / 33,271 (89%) | $3,465,730 |
| Hammerstein Ballroom | New York | 2,136 / 2,136 (100%) | $735,670 |
| Qwest Center | Omaha | 16,977 / 16,977 (100%) | $1,271,660 |
| Bradley Center | Milwaukee | 17,076 / 17,076 (100%) | $1,352,436 |
| United Center | Chicago | 54,818 / 54,818 (100%) | $4,893,109 |
| Verizon Center | Washington | 18,255 / 18,255 (100%) | $1,674,063 |
| Wachovia Center | Philadelphia | 37,440 / 37,440 (100%) | $3,253,717 |
| Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville | 18,791 / 18,791 (100%) | $2,349,195 |
| Air Canada Centre | Toronto | 56,011 / 56,011 (100%) | $5,614,674 |
| Mellon Arena | Pittsburgh | 30,475 / 30,475 (100%) | $2,295,530 |
| Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro | 22,115 / 22,115 (100%) | $1,295,963 |
| Xcel Energy Center | St. Paul | 32,733 / 32,733 (100%) | $2,987,235 |
| Pepsi Center | Denver | 16,738 / 16,738 (100%) | $1,386,228 |
| HP Pavilion | San José | 28,343 / 28,343 (100%) | $2,358,420 |
| MGM Grand Garden | Las Vegas | 15,063 / 15,063 (100%) | $2,230,573 |
| Staples Center | Los Angeles | 16,205 / 16,205 (100%) | $1,515,282 |
| Jobing.com Arena | Glendale | 16,852 / 16,852 (100%) | $1,478,803 |
| American Airlines Center | Dallas | 17,076 / 17,076 (100%) | $1,537,464 |
| Ford Center | Oklahoma City | 15,811 / 15,811 (100%) | $1,152,442 |
| Fargodome | Fargo | 25,065 / 25,065 (100%) | $1,575,979 |
| Wells Fargo Arena | Des Moines | 15,277 / 15,277 (100%) | $1,173,472 |
| Sommet Center | Nashville | 16,420 / 16,420 (100%) | $1,502,217 |
| BankAtlantic Center | Ft. Lauderdale | 18,307 / 18,307 (100%) | $1,554,550 |
| Honda Center | Anaheim | 32,131 / 32,131 (100%) | $2,456,470 |
| St. Pete Times Forum | Tampa | 18,061 / 18,061 (100%) | $1,501,956 |
| Philips Arena | Atlanta | 32,964 / 32,964 (100%) | $2,851,856 |
| Emirates Palace | Abu Dhabi | 15,291 / 15,291 (100%) | $1,714,313 |
| Veltins-Arena | Gelsenkirchen | 38,918 / 38,918 (100%) | $3,350,126 |
| Olympiastadion | Munich | 70,473 / 70,473 (100%) | $6,089,353 |
| Zentralstadion | Leipzig | 34,084 / 34,084 (100%) | $2,837,203 |
| HSH Nordbank Arena | Hamburg | 28,947 / 28,947 (100%) | $2,392,643 |
| Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | Stuttgart | 36,768 / 36,768 (100%) | $2,952,905 |
| Rock In Rio Lisboa | Lisboa | 48,831 / 48,831 (100%) | $3,993,759 |
| Estadi Olímpic | Barcelona | 46,255 / 46,255 (100%) | $4,046,421 |
| Commerzbank Arena | Frankkfurt | 37,187 / 37,187 (100%) | $2,985,360 |
| Ebreichsdorf | Magna Racino | 47,598 / 47,598 (100%) | $4,397,906 |
| Punchestown Racecourse | Dublin | 46,171 / 46,171 (100%) | $4,729,571 |
| St. Mary Stadium | Southampton | 30,284 / 30,284 (100%) | $2,669,609 |
| Amsterdam ArenA | Amsterdam | 34,512 / 34,512 (100%) | $2,817,625 |
| King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels | 31,041 / 31,041 (100%) | $2,517,796 |
| Olympic Stadium | Helsinki | 44,376 / 44,376 (100%) | $4,594,027 |
| Valle Hovin | Oslo | 30,612 / 30,612 (100%) | $3,399,884 |
| Gammel Estrup | Auning | 28,657 / 28,657 (100%) | $3,023,070 |
| Hampden Park | Glasgow | 39,756 / 39,756 (100%) | $3,564,277 |
| City of Man' Stadium | Manchester | 57,235 / 57,235 (100%) | $4,607,410 |
| Ricoh Arena | Coventry | 31,295 / 31,295 (100%) | $2,874,196 |
| Ashton Gate Stadium | Bristol | 23,431 / 23,431 (100%) | $2,567,812 |
| Twickenham Stadium | London | 92,852 / 92,852 (100%) | $8,916,065 |
| Marcus Amphitheatre | Milwaukee | 22,823 / 22,823 (100%) | $1,270,885 |
| Cettenial Park | Sarnia | 15,443 / 15,443 (100%) | $1,369,622 |
| Palace of Alburn Hills | Detroit | 16,036 / 16,036 (100%) | $1,314,545 |
| Pengrowth Saddledome | Calgary | 13,937 / 13,937 (100%) | $1,705,745 |
| TD Banknorth Garden | Boston | 30,141 / 30,141 (100%) | $2,585,289 |
| Madison Square Garden | New York | 36,536 / 36,536 (100%) | $4,079,017 |
| Cheyenne Frontier Days | Cheyenne | 18,102 / 18,102 (100%) | $1,085,508 |
| Mandalay Bay E. Center | Las Vegas | 9,636 / 9,636 (100%) | $1,910,002 |
| TOTAL | 2,026,671 / 2,032,094(99%) | $189,106,454 |
[edit] Supporting acts
For the run at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, the support acts were My Chemical Romance, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Daughtry, and The All-American Rejects, with each support act playing two of the ten dates. Hedley opened for Bon Jovi during the Canadian leg of the tour, forcing them to postpone their headlining Canadian tour until early 2008. Daughtry opened for Bon Jovi during the second North American leg of the tour. The Feeling supported Bon Jovi at four of the summer dates in the United Kingdom, with Biffy Clyro supporting on the first night at Twickenham. Kid Rock and Razorlight opened for Bon Jovi at Punchestown, Ireland, with local Irish band DC Tempest. Switchblade opened for Bon Jovi in Bristol,UK. In Australia, local bands Front Counter (Melbourne), OohLaLa (Sydney), and The Violet Flames (Perth) won the support slot through a radio contest. New Zealand band The Valves were the support act in Christchurch
[edit] Tour dates
[edit] Leg 1: North America 2007
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| 25 October | Newark, NJ | United States | Prudential Center |
| 26 October | |||
| 28 October | |||
| 30 October | |||
| 1 November | |||
| 3 November | |||
| 4 November | |||
| 7 November | |||
| 9 November | |||
| 10 November | |||
| 14 November | Montreal, QC | Canada | Bell Centre |
| 15 November | |||
| 17 November | Ottawa, ON | Scotiabank Place | |
| 19 November | London, ON | John Labatt Centre | |
| 6 December | Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre | |
| 7 December | |||
| 9 December | Winnipeg, MB | MTS Centre | |
| 10 December | Saskatoon, SK | Credit Union Centre | |
| 12 December | Edmonton, AB | Rexall Place | |
| 13 December | Calgary, AB | Pengrowth Saddledome | |
| 15 December | Vancouver, BC | General Motors Place | |
| 16 December |
[edit] Leg 2: Asia 2008
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January | Nagoya | Japan | Nagoya Dome |
| 13 January | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | |
| 14 January | |||
| 16 January | Osaka | Osaka Dome |
[edit] Leg 3: Oceania 2008
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 January | Melbourne | Australia | Sidney Myer Music Bowl |
| 21 January | Sydney | Acer Arena | |
| 22 January | |||
| 25 January | Perth | Subiaco Oval | |
| 28 January | Christchurch | New Zealand | AMI Stadium |
[edit] Leg 4: North America 2008
[edit] Leg 5: Asia 2008
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| 20 May | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Emirates Palace |
[edit] Leg 6: Europe 2008
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| 22 May | Gelsenkirchen | Germany | Veltins-Arena |
| 24 May | Munich | Olympiastadion | |
| 25 May | Leipzig | Zentralstadion | |
| 28 May | Hamburg | HSH Nordbank Arena | |
| 29 May | Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | |
| 31 May | Lisbon | Portugal | Rock in Rio Lisboa |
| 1 June | Barcelona | Spain | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys |
| 3 June | Frankfurt | Germany | Commerzbank-Arena |
| 4 June | Ebreichsdorf | Austria | Magna Racino |
| 7 June | Kildare | Ireland | Punchestown Racecourse |
| 11 June | Southampton | England | St Mary's Stadium |
| 13 June | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam Arena |
| 14 June | Brussels | Belgium | King Baudouin Stadium |
| 16 June | Helsinki | Finland | Olympiastadion |
| 18 June | Oslo | Norway | Ullevaal Stadion |
| 19 June | Auning | Denmark | Gammel Estrup |
| 21 June | Glasgow | Scotland | Hampden Park |
| 22 June | Manchester | England | City of Manchester Stadium |
| 24 June | Coventry | Ricoh Arena | |
| 25 June | Bristol | Ashton Gate | |
| 27 June | London | Twickenham Stadium | |
| 28 June |
[edit] Leg 7: North America 2008
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July | Sarnia, ON | Canada | Sarnia Bayfest |
| 7 July | Auburn Hills, MI | United States | The Palace Of Auburn Hills |
| 9 July | Boston, MA | TD Banknorth Garden | |
| 10 July | |||
| 12 July | New York City, NY | Central Park | |
| 14 July | Madison Square Garden | ||
| 15 July |
[edit] References
- ^ "Official tour press release". Island Def Jam. http://www4.islanddefjam.com/media/bonjovi/release.html. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ "Bon Jovi to play one-off Christchurch show". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4242429a4500.html. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ "Billboard Touring 2008". Billboard. http://www.billboardevents.com/billboardevents/touring/2008/awards/index.jsp. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ "Top 25 Tours 2008". http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/images/pdf/Top_25_Tours.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ^ "Madonna biggest 2008 North American tour attraction". Reuters. Yahoo! News. 2008-12-30. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/music_nm/us_tours. Retrieved 2008-12-31.[dead link]
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