BON JOVI Make Triumphant Return To Montreal

BON JOVI Make Triumphant Return To Montreal


By Mitch Lafon

The unstoppable BON JOVI made a triumphant return (yet again) to Montreal’s Bell Center on Friday, February 18th with a show that tipped the scales at a little over three hours. From, the thunderous opening chords of 'Last Man Standing', it was clear that frontman’s Jon Bon Jovi’s intention was to be the last one to leave the building on this night. Over the twenty-six year love affair with Montreal, the band has gone from the hair metal heavyweights to soft rock masters, but it didn’t matter tonight as the songs were dosed with enough love and fist-pumping enthusiasm to satisfy even the harshest critic. Visually, the band’s TV monitors backdrop is stunning and the sound is clear with no rattle and say what you will about the band’s less than great recent albums, but there’s no denying the Bon Jovi live experience.





Notable absentees included the band's legendary 1985 album 7800° Fahrenheit where 'In And Out Of Love' or 'The Hardest Part Is The Night' would have appeased Bon Jovi's diehard disciples! Perhaps if the band ever sets up a summer ‘residency’ slate of shows in Montreal…

The band plays the Bell Centre again on May 4th. For ticket info visit Evenko.ca.





Bon Jovi’s set-list was as follows:

'Last Man Standing'
'You Give Love A Bad Name'
'Born To Be My Baby'
'We Weren’t Born To Follow'
'Lost Highway'
'Whole Lot Of Leaving'
'When We Were Beautiful'
'It’s My Life'
'Runaway'
'We Got It Goin’ On'
'Bad Medicine' (with 'Pretty Woman')
'Lay Your Hands On Me (Sambora Vocal)'
'Make A Memory'
'What Do You Got'
'Squeeze Box (The Who Cover)'
'Something For The Pain (acoustic)'
'Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night'
'Who Says You Can’t Go Home'
'I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead'
'No Apologies'
'Have A Nice Day'
'Keep The Faith'
'Dry County'
'Wanted Dead Or Alive'
'I Love This Town'
'The More Things Change'
'Livin’ On A Prayer'

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