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The Lost Highway Tour has seen the band perform songs rarely heard live since the These Days Tour, for example [Hey God] and [Always] in its original version.
The Lost Highway Tour has seen the band perform songs rarely heard live since the These Days Tour, for example [Hey God] and [Always] in its original version.


The band also spontanously played Stick To Your Guns, from the [[New Jersey (Bon Jovi album)|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 also spontanously played Stick To Your Guns, from the [[New Jersey (album)|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 ==
== The band ==

Revision as of 21:32, 18 June 2008

Lost Highway Tour
Tour by Bon Jovi
Start dateOctober 25, 2007
End dateTBA (currently July 20, 2008)
LegsTBA (currently 5)
No. of showsTBA (currently 98 + 13 pre tour and charity shows)
Bon Jovi concert chronology

The Lost Highway Tour is a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi, currently taking place 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 ten 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]

Support

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 will be opening for Bon Jovi during the second North American leg of the tour. The Feeling have been announced as supporting Bon Jovi at four of the summer dates in the United Kingdom.

Tour Highlights

The Lost Highway Tour has seen the band perform songs rarely heard live since the These Days Tour, for example [Hey God] and [Always] in its original version.

The band also spontanously 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

Additional personnel

Kurt Johnston did not perform with the band on the Japan/Australia/U.S. leg of the tour.

Tour dates

Pre-tour summer concerts and charity shows

1 Played without Richie Sambora due to him entering a rehabilitation facility.[3][4]

Leg 1 (New Jersey & Canada)

  • 25.10.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests My Chemical Romance
  • 26.10.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests My Chemical Romance
  • 28.10.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests Big & Rich
  • 30.10.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests Big & Rich
  • 01.11.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guest Gretchen Wilson
  • 03.11.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guest Gretchen Wilson
  • 04.11.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests Daughtry
  • 07.11.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests Daughtry
  • 09.11.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests The All-American Rejects
  • 10.11.2007 United States - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - with special guests The All-American Rejects
  • 14.11.2007 Canada - Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec - with special guests Hedley
  • 15.11.2007 Canada - Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec - with special guests Hedley
  • 17.11.2007 Canada - Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario - with special guests Hedley
  • 19.11.2007 Canada - John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario - with special guests Hedley
  • 06.12.2007 Canada - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario - with special guests Hedley
  • 07.12.2007 Canada - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario - with special guests Hedley
  • 09.12.2007 Canada - MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba - with special guests Hedley
  • 10.12.2007 Canada - Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - with special guests Hedley
  • 12.12.2007 Canada - Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta - with special guests Hedley
  • 13.12.2007 Canada - Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta - with special guests Hedley
  • 15.12.2007 Canada - General Motors Place, Vancouver, British Columbia - with special guests Hedley
  • 16.12.2007 Canada - General Motors Place, Vancouver, British Columbia - with special guests Hedley

Leg 2 (Japan, Australia & New Zealand)

  • 11.01.2008 Japan - Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
  • 13.01.2008 Japan - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
  • 14.01.2008 Japan - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
  • 16.01.2008 Japan - Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
  • 19.01.2008 Australia - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 21.01.2008 Australia - Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 22.01.2008 Australia - Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 25.01.2008 Australia - Subiaco Oval, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 27.01.2008 New Zealand - AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand

Leg 3 (North America)

Throughout this leg of the tour, the opening act will be Daughtry.

Leg 4 (Middle East & Europe)

Leg 5 (North America)

  • 06.07.2008 Canada - Sarnia Bayfest - Centennial Park, Sarnia, Ontario
  • 07.07.2008 United States - The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan - with special guests The All-American Rejects
  • 09.07.2008 United States - TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts - with special guests The All-American Rejects
  • 10.07.2008 United States - TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts - with special guests The All-American Rejects
  • 14.07.2008 United States - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York - with special guests The All-American Rejects
  • 15.07.2008 United States - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York - with special guests The All-American Rejects

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. 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! According to Pollstar. The bands 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.

References

  1. ^ "Official tour press release". Island Def Jam. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
  2. ^ "Bon Jovi to play one-off Christchurch show". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  3. ^ "Bon Jovi guitarist goes into rehab" - BBC News
  4. ^ "Sambora Wraps Up Stay in Treatment" - Yahoo Music
  5. ^ "Bon Jovi to headline Rock in Rio - Lisboa 2008". BonJovi.com. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
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