These are the performances, played on this day, by Bon Jovi for the upcoming week.

I also write reviews about these concerts, on social media. 
On Twitter, Facebook, and I am new on Instagram .

Those reviews offer interesting stories about the concerts and come with customized art work.

Meanwhile I’ll be making my way back to my yoga mat, since this site is called #dailybonjoviyoga, and I DO crave doing yoga and to one day start combining yoga with Bon Jovi, as I always intended this site to be about.

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Oh, Baby; Where do we begin!
It is summer in Jovi land, which means the open air season has started. And although The Netherlands and many other countries were slow opening up their stadiums, (if you want a full story on that you can check my blog post  about this phenomenon here) May/June does have both the These Days Tour 1995 and 1996, to bring out the big guns in terms of open air concerts.

However, there are only 4 full concerts available, which means that we have a chance to split in the two 1985 Fahrenheit concerts we had to drop last week.
And I’m going to toss in a hAnD90 video:
Bon Jovi | New Jersey | The Ultimate Live Compilation | 1988-1991
Which are live performances, of all the songs from the New Jersey album, which was released in September 1988. 

So all in all it promises to be the most amazing of weeks!

Technically, it is Pentecost which means The Netherlands at least have another Holiday this weekend. 
But we are far from resting on our laurels.
It is show time. 

Touring Blueprint 27 May-2 June before 1997

Overview of all the tours running late May/early June, in the <1997 era.
This will make it easier to follow where the soundtracks belong. Not to mention that I am at the point of needing a map.

The bold printed tours are the ones where we have full-show recordings from.

1983 🐣27 May-2 June Bon Jovi was still in startup phase
1984 🏟️🇺🇸27 May-2 June
Opening for the Scorpions in America. No recordings.
1985 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿+ 🌴27 May-2 June
This first headliner tour has wrapped up, and for one month there are no official concerts. Late June they’ll be back, to tour America opening for RATT.
This week we’ll have two 1985 concerts from last week, which we didn’t use.
1986 💿🇨🇦27 May-2 June hiatus
Making album Slippery When Wet, recorded in Vancouver Canada. The city with more strip bars than churches, just so you know it was not a hiatus in FUN!
1987 🏟️🇺🇸27 May-2 June
Slippery When Wet Tour, absolutely immersed,  touring USA. However, we don’t have any recordings this week.
1988 💿🇨🇦27 May-2 June hiatus
Making album New Jersey, recorded in the same studio in Vancouver as Slippery When Wet. And this choice would lead to their, in my opinion, best album ever “New Jersey”, September 1988.
1989🏟️🇺🇸🇨🇦27 May-2 June
And, yes! The 1989 New Jersey Syndicate Tour is back from their break and touring 5 shows a week!
We’re ready when you are!
1993 🌴 27 May-2 June
Keep the Faith Tour is having 10 days off. They will return at June 3rd, in Japan.
1995 🇩🇪🇳🇱 🏟️ 27 May-2 June
These Days Tour 1995 is touring Europe. 
1996 🌴+🇪🇸🏟️26 May-2 June 
These Days Tour 1996 gets back to work and is breaking in their European tour this week, in Madrid.

So we have three tours in the United States, and both the 1995 and 1996 These Days Tours in Germany, The Netherlands (only 1 song, sorry), and Madrid.

These are the soundtracks for the upcoming week.

Saturday May 27

Bon Jovi
27 May 1995
2nd night
Bremen, Germany🇩🇪
audio & video
🏟️ These Days Tour 1995

from the hAnD90 description box:
“The show itself was very strong with a breathtaking version of Dry County, Richie doing a beautiful outro solo on Saturday Night and many more.”

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Sunday May 28
Pentecost

Compilation
Bon Jovi | New Jersey | The Ultimate Live Compilation | 1988-1991
by hAnD90
“I changed the tracklist to make it feel a bit like a concert and also included Diamond Ring and Cadillac Man since one was written for the album and the other one was written during the tour.”
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Also played this day
Bon Jovi
28 May 1995
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
one song: Rocking All Over The World
🏟️ These Days Tour 1995

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Monday May 29

from last week

Bon Jovi
24 May 1985
Newcastle, England 🇬🇧
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

also played

Bon Jovi
29 May 1987
third night
one song with Ted Nugent
Detroit, Michigan🇺🇸
🏟️ Slippery When Wet Tour
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Also played
undated Detroit, Michigan recording

Bon Jovi
27, 28 or 29 May 1987
first, second or third night
I’d Die For You
Detroit, Michigan🇺🇸
🏟️ Slippery When Wet Tour

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Tuesday May 30

Bon Jovi
30 May 1995
Essen, Germany🇩🇪
🏟️These Days Tour 1995

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Wednesday May 31

From last week

Bon Jovi
25 May 1985
Edinbrugh, Schotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

 

Thursday 1 June

Bon Jovi
1 June 1996
Madrid, Spain🇪🇸
audio & video impression
🏟️These Days Tour 1996

“Nice show. Jon was sick.”

Friday 2 June

Bon Jovi
2 June 1989
Toronto, Canada🇨🇦
audio & video
🏟️ New Jersey Syndicate Tour

from the hAnD90 description box:
“It’s the first known screen recording of Bon Jovi and is very reminiscent of how far technology has come in these aspects in the last three decades.”

I think Tilburg 1985 was the first video bootleg of Bon Jovi!
But the moment you think you know bootlegs better than hAnD90 , is definitely the time to call it quits.

See you next week!

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As always, all shows have been added to the playlist 
“Part II: Bon Jovi concerts on this day 6 Dec- and up (before 1997)”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06ScbVI_oPZcf77OtrO_935JD
on 27 May-2 June

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 ~Suzanne

These are the performances, played on this day, by Bon Jovi for the upcoming week.

I also write reviews about these concerts, on social media. 
On Twitter, Facebook, and I am new on Instagram .

Those reviews offer more interesting stories about the concerts and come with customized art work.

Meanwhile I’ll be making my way back to my yoga mat, since this site is called #dailybonjoviyoga, and I DO crave doing yoga and to one day start combining yoga with Bon Jovi, as I always intended this site to be about.

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Well, what can I say? It will be a short week!
Last Thursday, The Netherlands had the Christian Holiday Ascension Day,  which means that many of us are taking time with friends and family, and took Friday off as well to make for a long weekend.
My days too are different than usual and I was unable to work on this post on Thursday to Saturday.
Which means it’s now Sunday, and I had already seen I could and would easily make up for that!

I would be able to push forward yesterday’s (Saturday’s) legendary 3rd night in Yokohama 1996, to Monday.
But then I found out the recording I was going to soundtrack today, was labeled wrongly!
That it wasn’t the 21st of May concert it pretended to be.

So all in all, we now only have 5 days left, Monday to Friday.
And our weekend has been free, just like the rest of the Netherlands.

Before we begin, I like to add a section where you can see what tours are running currently, in the <1997 era.
This will make it easier to follow where the soundtracks belong. Not to mention that I am at the point of needing a map, with three different tours  all touring Japan and/or Europe. 

Touring Blueprint 20-26 May before 1997

The bold printed tours are the ones where we have full-show recordings from.

1983 🌱20-26 May Bon Jovi was still in startup phase
1984 🏟️20-26 May opening for the Scorpions in America
1985 🏟️20-26 May touring Europe, Fahrenheit Tour-closing in the UK
This first headliner tour is wrapping up this week. Late June they’ll be back opening for RATT.
1986 20-26 May hiatus, making an album
1987 🏟️20-26 May 1987 Slippery When Wet Tour, USA
1988 20-26 May hiatus, making an album
1989🌴20-26 May New Jersey Syndicate Tour, USA, 15-26 May Band is on a well-deserved break
1993 🏟️+🌴 20-26 May Keep the Faith Tour wraps up European leg 20 May Dublin, 21 May Belfast.
Only a few songs av. from Dublin and no recordings from Belfast. The band will take a break and come back June 3rd in Japan.
1995 🌴+🏟️ 20-26 May These Days Tour 1995.  No shows 19,20,21,22 small break between Japan and Europe. Starting European leg 23rd Milan, 26 May Bremen first night.
1996 🏟️+🌴20-26 May These Days Tour 1996. On the 20th of May they play legendary closing concert for the Japan leg: Yokohama 3rd night.
The band goes on a break and will resurface June 1st in Madrid.

Where the 1993 Keep the Faith Tour, has been our main distributor in the early winter months, it doesn’t give us anything this week.
Meanwhile 1989 New Jersey Syndicate Tour, 1995 These Days Tour and also the 1996 sequel These Days Tour, all have breaks planned.

Both 1995+1996 These Days tours travel from Japan to Europe, just that 1995 already starts (Milan and Bremen) whereas 1996 takes a longer break, and we won’t see them doing Europe this week already.

The 1985 Fahrenheit Tour pumps out so many concerts, we can’t even do them all!
So a shift in the Bon Jovi landscape for sure.

First let take a look at those lost (by me) Ascension weekend days, Saturday and Sunday.
And then come the soundtracks for the upcoming week.

Saturday May 20

Bon Jovi
20 May 96 -> migrates to Monday
3rd night Yokohama, Japan🇯🇵
🏟️ These Days Tour 1996

X also played on this day:
X Bon Jovi
X 20 May 85 -> not added, recording too poor
X Manchester, England 🇬🇧
X 🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

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Sunday May 21

Bon Jovi
1993 05 21 -> Only one song available, Alison , Elvis Costello Cover
Dublin, Ireland🇮🇪
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

X also played on this day:
X Bon Jovi
X 21 May 85 -> currently av. upload on YouTube is not Birmingham but Tilburg
X Birmingham, England 🇬🇧
X 🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

About The Birmingham Mixup:
In 1985, the band was such a delicious hot mess themselves, having a Birmingham Tilburg label switched around on YouTube, is not going to break anything ☺️
So I don’t mind this bootleg being out there labeled Birmingham.

Mistake was corrected by uploader before this blog was posted, but the recording “Birmingham 1985” could be wider spread than that.
Either way, for those having paid attention last week, the recording of Tilburg 1985 is very distinctive because Jon receives banners from the audience before Get Ready.
And the Tilburg audience is so rowdy, singing the Whoo Whoos throughout the show.
So if you think you’ve found Birmingham, you should be able to hear if it’s not Tilburg.

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Monday May 22

Bon Jovi
20 May 1996 
3rd night Yokohama, Japan🇯🇵
final concert Japan leg
🏟️ These Days Tour 1996

3rd Night Yokohama Japan was Saturday’s show, which we’re going to have as our soundtrack today.
The description box on YouTube opens with:
“One of the most beautifully structured setlists the band has ever played in my book!”

In 1996 Bon Jovi added two legs to their 1995 Crossroad/ These Days Tour. In 1995 it had been called Crossroad Tour, because the new album These Days would not be released until late June 1995.

After 4.5 months of rest in 1996, they added two victory laps to their successful tour; Japan and Europe.
Where they would pull all the stops and go for the name as it was originally intended to be! The These Days Tour.

The third night in Yokohama 1993 is their closing concert for the Japan leg of this tour.
After this, only Europe would follow.

1996 is regarded by many as their peak year. The pressure of 1995 had dropped off, and the band was playing in a lighthearted, fun way.
Leading to their best work.

Also played this day:
Richie Sambora & Jon Bon Jovi
22 May 94
Nara City, Japan🇯🇵
🏟️ The Great Music Experience

from the BJ Tours website:
“Jon and Richie were part of The Great Music Experience, a three-night concert event held in front of a Buddhist temple. That concert was partly backed by the UNESCO in hope the event would be the first of seven annual concerts in front of some of the world’s architectural treasures.
However, this show would remain the only one.”

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Tuesday May 23

Bon Jovi
23 May 1985
London, England 🇬🇧
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

Perhaps understandably, after Sunday’s Birmingham Mixup, I can no longer guarantee this is the actual show, on the actual date.
But I am going for it!
So a 1985 soundtrack, on Tuesday.

In 1985 Bon Jovi played their first ever headliner tour. Just like their two These Days victory laps in 1996, it had only two legs;
Japan and Europe.
Late June 1985 they would start touring the US, and be opening for RATT the rest of the year, and attending several festivals.

The Japan and Europe 7800° Fahrenheit headliner tour, was before their Slippery When Wet album shot them to world fame.
Which was 1986.

Slippery When Wet would not be released until summer 1986. Which explains why we don’t encounter any 1986 concerts from January to July.

Also played this day:
Bon Jovi
23 May 1995
-> 3 songs av.: You Give Love a Bad Name, Diamond Ring, Hey God, 90 seconds pro-shot Livin’on a Prayer
Milan, Italy🇮🇹
first concert of the European leg 1995
🏟️These Days Tour 1995

There are two tours wrapping up in Japan, and crossing over to Europe:
The 1995 These Days/ Crossroad tour, which closed in Tokyo, Japan last week on May 18th.
Milan 1995 is its opening concert, but we only have a few songs available.
And the other tour is 1996 These Days, closing Japan with the 3rd night Yokohama on June 20th. 
That tour has gone on a 10 day break, and will not return until June 1st, Madrid.

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Wednesday May 24

Bon Jovi
24 May 1984
Kalamazoo, Michigan🇺🇸
🏟️ First tour, opening for the Scorpions

Aside from two nights in the opening slot of ZZ Top, in September 1983, something I should get into how that ever happened for a band that had not even released an album yet, Bon Jovi was still playing clubs in March 1984.
But it must have been on that same ZZ Top stroke of luck, that they were signed to open for The Scorpions, starting in April.
It would take them all through America.

In summer 1984 they would go to Japan, for the first time ever. And play at festivals.

Late September to early November 1984, they would join KISS, and tour Europe.

The recordings from 1984 are significantly shorter than the rest of the tours, because they were still tied to the opening slot.
They are also more rare, because obviously fewer people have taped it.
But when listening to these shows you can hear all the elements were already there.
The harmonies, the acapella cover-intros, Jon pumping up the crowd.

Like they were born ready.

Also played this day:
Bon Jovi
24 May 1985
Newcastle, England 🇬🇧
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

Another one from the Fahrenheit Tour!
There are too many to cover them all this week, as I try to make our week more varied and listen to multiple tours.
Which feels like what writers say about having to cull their texts:
Kill your darlings.

Thursday May 25

Again we are skipping the Fahrenheit show from today, in favor of :

Bon Jovi
26 May 1987
Detroit, Michigan
audio + video
🏟️ Slippery When Wet Tour

from the YouTube description box:
“Even though Jon’s voice was audibly damaged already, the energy and showmanship of all band members was second to none at that time! And the high vocal harmonies of Richie, Alec and Dave stunning!”

As always, this (what I call) nitty-gritty Bon Jovi touring- America-late 80s concert, is the one I have set my eyes on.
As a lover of the raw, the unconventional, and the borderline acceptable or perhaps with a preference to go beyond that, nothing beats 1987 Bon Jovi!

Can’t promise I’ll wait ’till Thursday.

Also played today:
Bon Jovi
25 May 1985
Edinbrugh, Schotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

This is the final concert from Bon Jovi’s first tour as a headliner. Two legs, which took them through Japan and Europe.
1985 will now drop off the radar, until they start opening for RATT late June.

Friday May 26

After the successful crossover from the These Days 1995 tour, from Japan to Europe, but unfortunately the first European concert in Milan not having been recorded in full;
This is more than made up for with the two nights in Bremen that will now follow!

The final soundtrack and Friday’s blast from the past;

Bon Jovi
26 May 1995
first night
Bremen, Germany 🇩🇪
🏟️ These Days Tour 1995

The second night will follow the day after, which will be in our next episode of this blog.

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As always, all shows have been added to the playlist 
“Part II: Bon Jovi concerts on this day 6 Dec- and up (before 1997)”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06ScbVI_oPZcf77OtrO_935JD
on 20 -26 May.

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 ~Suzanne

These are the performances, played on this day, by Bon Jovi for the upcoming week.

I used to write posts about one concert, here on this blog.
Or review “Soundtrack of the Day” on Twitter, Facebook, and I am new on Instagram .

But since this site is called #dailybonjoviyoga, and I DO crave doing yoga and to one day start combining yoga with Bon Jovi, as I always intended this site to be about;
I have committed to writing this weekly overview, and additional Soundtrack of the day-posts  on the socials.
So follow me there
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Those posts offer more interesting stories about the concerts and customized art work.

It is a busy week with 12 full recordings, out of which 7 are from concerts in Japan. 
This is because both the 1995 Japan leg of the These Days Tour (officially called Crossroads Tour here, but I’ve committed to using one name per tour) and the 1996 Japan leg of the These Days Tour, are crossing swords this week.

Considering over half of the concerts is from one tour, and in one country, the week does turn out extremely varied!
There are no recordings from the 1984 tour opening for the Scorpions,  nor is there a recording from the 🏟️ 1989 New Jersey Syndicate Tour because they played three evenings in a town called Anchorage, out of which none were recorded. And then they’re taking a two week break.

But we do have a 1985 Fahrenheit Tour concert, live from the Netherlands!
For those not fully familiar with the dates; Bon Jovi didn’t have their big breakthrough until second half 1986.
In 1985 they were on their first worldwide headlining tour, in Europe and Japan.
But they were not famous yet, making these 1985 bootlegs extra special because only the earliest of fans got to see them.

After last week’s hiatus we also have a 1987 Slippery When Wet Tour concert back in the list, which is always excellent news.
Both the Slippery When Wet Tour as well as the New Jersey Syndicate Tour concerts in America, having a gritty feel to them.
There were few moments Jon Bon Jovi could suppress the anger of being undervalued on home soil, in particular by the journalists.

This week’s Slippery When Wet Tour recording is from a concert in America, so I’m curious to hear how “bad”  it is 😅

And we’re still in the holy months of spring 1993, where Bon Jovi had reinvented themselves after a rocky messy, North American tour in the earliest months of 1993.
They had Kept the Faith, as their 1992 album said they would, and had overcome the rough start of that tour.
Spring 1993 they spread their joy far and wide, throughout Europe.

This week, we can listen to two out of three Wembley concerts from that time. Not to be confused with 1995’s June concerts in Wembley though.
These are the 1993 Keep the Faith concerts in Wembley.

There are 12 bootlegs to choose from this week, so culling had to be brutal. But instead of choosing the 7 best recordings, I prioritized choosing a concert that was played on the actual date.

These are the soundtracks for the upcoming week.

Saturday May 13

Bon Jovi
13 May 95
Fukuoka, Japan 🇯🇵 
🏟️ These Days Tour

Okay, my friends, I guess May will become the month where we sit down and have a talk about 3h+ concerts! 
☺️
Something I still feel ambiguous about.

Ambiguous, because it makes the job of listening to them, and trying to capture them, almost impossible.
In 2020/2021 I tried to make reviews about the 1995-1996 These Days Tour on my YouTube, and I just had to give up, because it was undoable.

But of course, 3h+ concerts also illustrate how good the band was at this point!
And that going to a Bon Jovi concert would engulf you body, mind and soul; Giving you an experience you would never forget.

Fukuoka 1995 is the only ever concert known to have 5 (!) encores.
Full context in the description box on YouTube. 

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Sunday May 14

Bon Jovi
14 May 96
Fukuoka, Japan 🇯🇵
🏟️ These Days Tour

Are you still with me, out there?
SAME city, SAME tour, but one entire year and a day later, the band returned to Fukuoka.
So 1995 was Saturday’s soundtrack, and 1996 is Sunday’s.

May 14th 1996, marks the kickoff of the These Days Tour in 1996. In 1995, the tour had been called “Crossroad Tour”, because their new album was delayed and wasn’t released before June 1995.
But after 4.5 months of rest in 1996, they added two victory laps to their successful tour;
Japan and Europe.
Now officially called “These Days Tour”.

The relatively low-key These Days Tour 1996, would become according to many, including me, the performance pinnacle of their career.
They had never, nor would ever, sound this tight, this on-top-of-everything, ever again. 

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Monday May 15

Bon Jovi
15 May 85
Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

Bon Jovi’s first ever headliner tour had one leg in Japan, and one in Europe. Late June 1985 they would start touring the US, and be opening for RATT the rest of the year, and attending several festivals.
But in May, they were Kings of the Mountain!

This week we have two concerts from the Fahrenheit tour, Stockholm and Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Such a remarkable coincidence that this European headliner tour, before their Slippery When Wet album shot them to world fame, actually comes with a descent amount of recordings.
Recording not just the history of the band, but in a way also allowing a peek into the history of live music and their audience in the countries where these concerts were.

I’ll get back to that on the Dutch recording, in Tilburg.

also played on this day:
Bon Jovi
15 May 93
Wembley, 2nd night 🇬🇧
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

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Tuesday May 16

Bon Jovi
16 May 93
Wembley, 3rd night  🇬🇧
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

Or as the title of the hAnD90 remastered upload says, this is the “Stunning 3rd night” of Bon Jovi in Wembley, 1993.
A cue to any Bon Jovi fan this one is gonna rock your world.
And then some more.

also played on this day:
Bon Jovi
16 May 95
Nishinomya, Osaka, Japan🇯🇵 
🏟️ These Days Tour ’95

Bon Jovi
16 May 96
Nishinomya (Osaka), Japan 🇯🇵
legendary concert
🏟️ These Days Tour ’96

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Wednesday May 17

Bon Jovi
17 May 87
Des Moines, Iowa 🇺🇸
audio & video impression
🏟️ Slippery When Wet Tour 

This is the nitty-gritty Bon Jovi touring- America-late 80s one, that I have set my eyes on.
As a lover of the raw, the unconventional, and the borderline acceptable or perhaps with a preference to go beyond that.

“Will be taxing even for diehard fans” hAnD90 warns in the description box.
I say, bring it on.

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Thursday May 18

Bon Jovi
18 May 85
Tilburg, The Netherlands 🇳🇱
audio & video
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

This one made an unforgettable impression on me, not just because I am Dutch, but also because the crowd is rowdy. They keep singing Breakout’s  catchy “woohoo” singalongs, deep into the concert, disturbing even my favorite part of these shows;
The acapella “Bang Bang”, which was their intro to Only Lonely.

It makes listening to it both cringeworthy, as well as unpredictable and exciting. Like someone doing something sexual, and being unsure if you  hated it or liked it!

also played on this day:

Bon Jovi
18 May 95
Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
legendary concert
🏟️ These Days Tour 95
I’m not going to cover this concert, but the words “legendary concert” in the title as well as Richie Sambora singing and guitar-playing his heart out here in “Stranger In This Town”, as I just dropped in to, may suggest you should choose otherwise!

Bon Jovi
18 May 96
Yokohama, 1st night 🇯🇵
🏟️ These Days Tour 96

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Friday May 19

Bon Jovi
19 May 96
Yokohama, Japan 🇯🇵 
audio & pro-shot video
🏟️ These Days Tour

Did you hear I said “PRO-shot”?
Meaning multiple camera angles, edited tastefully; It means watching a professional show they could release on any streaming service (and perhaps they did!) and we’d all pay to watch it.
Gladly.

So knocking out our week with the best tour of Bon Jovi, in the best imaginable technical quality . 
Just shows that EVEN when people are rowdily disturbing your work, shouting your own Woohoos back at you;
That does not mean, you can’t be at the top of the world 11 years later!

As always, all shows have been added to the playlist 
“Part II: Bon Jovi concerts on this day 6 Dec- and up (before 1997)”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06ScbVI_oPZcf77OtrO_935JD
on 13 – 19 May.

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 ~Suzanne

These are the performances, played on this day, by Bon Jovi for the upcoming week.

I used to write posts about one concert, here on this blog.
Or review “Soundtrack of the Day” on Twitter, Facebook, and I am new on Instagram .

But since this site is called #dailybonjoviyoga, and I DO crave doing yoga and to one day start combining yoga with Bon Jovi, as I always intended this site to be about;
I have committed to writing this weekly overview, and additional Soundtrack of the day-posts  on the socials.
So follow me there
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Those posts offer more interesting stories about the concerts and customized art work.

It promises to be a beautiful week, although this week I could not find any recording of their opening for Scorpions tour in 1984;
Nor any 1987 Slippery When Wet shows.
But maybe that keeps it interesting, to not have the same menu every week!

We do have our first recordings from Asia’s Crossroad tour.
And in total there are 8 bootlegs this week!
Allowing us to choose.

I have chosen to keep the first night in Birmingham out (1993), and push Tuesday’s double bill, the 1989 New Jersey Syndicate Tour concert in Portland, to being Friday’s soundtrack.

These are the soundtracks for the upcoming week.

Saturday May 6

Bon Jovi
6 May 1995 
Jakarta, Indonesia🇮🇩
audio + video, incomplete recording
🏟️ These Days Tour

First recording of the poorly registered first leg of the These Days tour, which was technically still called Crossroad tour, at this point.
Crossroad was the 1994 Best of album, including two new songs Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night and their biggest 90s hit, Always.
The These Days album would not be released until late June 1995, so Bon Jovi toured 1995 under the name of their 1994 album;
Crossroad.

With Jakarta Indonesia, as the first recorded concert.

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Sunday May 7

Bon Jovi
7 May 1993 
Paris, France🇫🇷
audio & video
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

After staying in bed for a week, Jon Bon Jovi is back on stage, and rocking Paris. Show documented at BJ Tours website

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Monday 8 May

Bon Jovi
8 May 1993
Essen, Germany🇩🇪
audio & video
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

Ninth and final German city, and the final show on Europe’s mainland. The band would cross over to the UK and Ireland, but return to Europe in August, and rock some more!

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Tuesday May 9

Bon Jovi
9 May 1985
Frankfurt, Germany🇩🇪
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

Bon Jovi’s first ever headliner tour had one leg in Japan, and one in Europe. Late June 1985 they would start touring the US, and be opening for RATT the rest of the year, and attending several festivals.
But in May, they were Kings of the Mountain!

 

Wednesday May 10

Bon Jovi
Seoul, South Korea🇰🇷
10 May 1995 
audio + video
🏟️ These Days Tour

profile on Seoul at BJ Tours website

also played this day:
Bon Jovi
10 May 1993
first night
Birmingham, England🇬🇧
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

 

Thursday 11 May

Bon Jovi
11 May 1993
second night
Birmingham, England🇬🇧
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

profile on second night in Birmingham on BJ Tours website

 

Friday 12 May

Bon Jovi
9 May 1989
Portland, Oregon🇺🇸
🏟️ New Jersey Syndicate Tour

My personal favorite for this week! 
Oh, you just can’t beat the blood, sweat, and tears of the New Jersey Syndicate Tour, I don’t care what anybody says.

Portland wasn’t uploaded until October 2022, so it is actually a very recent gem, remastered and released by hAnD90.
Who describes it in the description box as;
“you’re in for one hell of a ride with a band firing on all cylinders and a crowd that responds adequately!”

Knocking out our week with Portland 1989, if these killer soundtracks do not push you into peak inspired performance mode this week;
I don’t know what will.

And as always:

All shows have been added to the playlist 
“Part II: Bon Jovi concerts on this day 6 Dec- and up (before 1997)”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06ScbVI_oPZcf77OtrO_935JD
on 5 – 12 May.

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 ~Suzanne

These are the performances, played on this day, by Bon Jovi for the upcoming week.

I used to write posts about one concert, here on this blog.
And the past couple of weeks I have been reviewing “Soundtrack of the Day” on Twitter, Facebook, and I lost my Instagram virginity.

But since this site is called #dailybonjoviyoga, and I DO crave doing yoga and to one day start combining yoga with Bon Jovi, as I always intended this site to be about;
I will not be writing longform reviews on the blog, nor the detailed reviews on social media.

Instead I will start finding my way back to my yoga mat, and create this weekly post for you.
+ post Soundtrack of the Day on social media!
So follow me there
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

These are the soundtracks for our upcoming week 

Saturday April 29 

Bon Jovi
San Francisco, California🇺🇸
30 April 1984
🏟️ first major tour, opening for The Scorpions

One day after their very first tv performance in American Bandstand, Bon Jovi opened for the Scorpions in their first ever major tour.

When I say first ever major tour, I mean that if you dive into the archives you come up with literally less than 20 registered shows at this point!
What an unbelievable achievement, to kickstart a band with this speed.

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Sunday April 30

Bon Jovi
30 April 1985
Tokyo, Japan🇯🇵
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

The first headliner tour for Bon Jovi.
If you combine it with the video above of their first appearance on American television being in the same month, one year prior;
You can see they really took the world by storm!

This first headliner tour had one leg in Japan, and one in Europe. Late June 1985 they would start touring the US, and be opening for RATT the rest of the year, and attending several festivals.
But April and May, were the months they were Kings of the Mountain!

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Monday 1 May

Bon Jovi
1 May 1987 
Providence, Rhode Island🇺🇸 
🏟️ Slippery When Wet Tour

By now, the Slippery When Wet Tour, which had started around the time of the release of the album late summer 1986, was full throttle.
Both You Give Love A Bad Name and Livin’ On A Prayer had achieved number 1 in many countries, and in March Bon Jovi had released their third single from the album, Wanted Dead or Alive.

These achievements had ensured that in May 1987 they were on the minds of millions of people.
Somewhere in the front.

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Tuesday May 2

Bon Jovi
2 May 1993 
Madrid, Spain🇪🇸
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

The final concert from the “killer spree” of The Holy Month of April; A term to describe the top notch performances in Germany, Belgium and other European countries, in April 1993.

In Madrid Jon was struggling to perform at the same level as he had done in April. It would be the last show, before he took time to be sick and recover.
Bordeaux and Toulouse shows were cancelled.
You can read the full story in the description box on YouTube.

This week, the numbers of concerts is picking up. Multiple tours are running at the same time now.
But with the These Days tour still in a poorly documented first leg, in Asia,  and with remarkably few of the American concerts from 1987 and 1989 making it out as bootleg, the number of extra uploads is still limited and we are still largely dependent on the Keep The Faith Tour.

However, congruent with the wisdom what goes up must come down, the epic high of Bon Jovi’s “Holy Month of April” crashed shortly after the first concert in May.
Madrid 1993.

You can find the whole “Holy” European leg of the tour, including Madrid and the cancelled concerts because of Jon’s sickness, at the BJ tours page:
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1993-keep-the-faith-i-ll-sleep-when-i-m-dead-i-believe/2-leg-europe/

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In terms of dates, Madrid May 2 1993, is the final concert for this week.
The dates 3, 4 and 5 May do not have uploads of concerts from before 1997, predominantly because two Keep The Faith Tour concerts (on which we are  still dependent) were cancelled.
So the soundtracks for Wednesday May 3 to Friday May 5, date from earlier this week.

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Wednesday May 3

Bon Jovi
30 April 1989
Mountain View, California  🇺🇸
🏟️ New Jersey Syndicate Tour

Oh la la! 
First show of Jon Bon Jovi as a married man💒

On April 29 1989 he and Dorothea Hurley flew off to Las Vegas and married in secret on the steps of the Graceland Chapel.
Although Jon got severe pushback on returning, in particular from their manager Doc McGhee, he was incredibly happy they had made the spur of the moment decision to tie the knot.

Dorothea and Jon had been together since highschool, with the exception of a time period where Jon decided to focus on his career and that it wasn’t fair to ask Dorothea to wait.

In 1989 they had been reunited for a while, before making it final. And they lived happily ever after.  

Thursday 4 May

There are only 6 Bon Jovi concerts available this week, and I have chosen to leave Thursday out.
I will also be offline this day.

 

Friday 5 May

Bon Jovi
1 May 1993
San Sebastian, Spain🇪🇸
audio & video impression
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

Knocking out our week with another one from Bon Jovi’s peak in 1993, the Holy Month of April and beyond.
After San Sebastian, they would play Madrid (Tuesday’s soundtrack) and after that, Jon Bon Jovi would stay in his hotel bed, at doctor’s orders.

Only to return anew, in Paris!

But we’ll cover that, next week.

Then we’ll also have some concerts from the These Days Tour, hitting its third week of touring Asia in 1995.
There will be more recordings available as soon as that tour hits Europe, with the pinnacle being three all very well recorded nights at Wembley Stadium in June 1995.

If you want to read more about the mighty “These Days” tour, that will last us in this series throughout the summer, together with its 1996 concerts-as the tour had two legs in the following year as well- then you can read here all about it:
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1995-crossroad/
and 
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1996-these-days/

Hope you enjoy this new format, my Bon Jovi live-on-this-day series has taken.
And as always:

All shows have been added to the playlist 
“Part II: Bon Jovi concerts on this day 6 Dec- and up (before 1997)”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06ScbVI_oPZcf77OtrO_935JD
on 29 April – 5 May.

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 ~Suzanne

These are the performances, played on this day, by Bon Jovi for the upcoming week.

I used to write posts about one concert, here on this blog.
And the past couple of weeks I have been sharing “Soundtrack of the Day” on Twitter, Facebook, and I lost my Instagram virginity.

But since this site is called #dailybonjoviyoga, and I DO crave doing yoga and to one day start combining yoga with Bon Jovi, as I always intended this site to be about;
I will not be writing longform reviews nor the short Soundtrack of the day reviews.

Instead I will start finding my way back to my yoga mat, and create this weekly post for you.

These are your soundtracks for the upcoming week 

Saturday April 22 

Bon Jovi
22 April 1993 🇧🇪
Brussels, Belgium
Video & audio remastered by hAnD90
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

April 1993 is referred to in fandom as: The Holy Month of April. And not because of Easter, but because of the begeistering, of these performances in Germany, Belgium and other European countries.
You can immerse yourself in the religious experience of these concerts at the BJ tours page:
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1993-keep-the-faith-i-ll-sleep-when-i-m-dead-i-believe/2-leg-europe/

Sunday April 23

Bon Jovi
23 April 1993 
Rotterdam, The Netherlands🇳🇱
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

One of the few second-night bookings, of this tour. But the first Rotterdam concert on the 9th had sold out so quickly, this second night was added to satisfy the Dutch fans.

Monday April 24

Bon Jovi
25 April 1985
Osaka, Japan🇯🇵
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

The first headliner tour for Bon Jovi, and if you combine it with the video below of their first appearance on American television being in the same week, one year prior;
You can see they really took the world by storm!

played on the 24th:
X Bon Jovi
X 24 April 1985
X Nagoya, Japan🇯🇵
X 🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour
This upload is marked X, it was not added to my list because the quality of the recording is not good enough.
Maybe in the future someone will be able to upgrade it with latest technology.

Tuesday April 25

Bon Jovi
25 April 1993 
Nuremberg, Germany🇩🇪
Video & audio remastered by hAnD90
Beautifully edited, with a dedication to Alec John Such.
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

Wednesday April 26

Bon Jovi
26 April 1993 
Frankfurt, Germany🇩🇪
audio & video
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

also played on 26th April
X Bon Jovi
X 26 April 1993 
X Mumbai, India (1 song)🇮🇳
X 🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour
This upload was not added to my list, because the quality of the recording is not good enough.

Thursday April 27

Bon Jovi
28 April 1985 
Tokyo, Japan🇯🇵
“Tokyo Road – live in Japan”
And I think this must have been the first VHS Bon Jovi ever released.
Video & audio remastered by SantiJovi
🏟️ 7800° Fahrenheit Tour

also played on the 27th:
Bon Jovi
27 April 1993
Stuttgart, Germany🇩🇪
one song available
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

Friday 28 April

Bon Jovi
28 April 1993 
Lausanne, Switzerland🇨🇭
🏟️ Keep the Faith Tour

Knocking out our week with another one from the Holy Month of April!
More information in the description box of the video +
on the BJ Tours site:
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1993-keep-the-faith-i-ll-sleep-when-i-m-dead-i-believe/54-1993-04-28-centre-intercommunal-de-glase-de-malley-lausanne-switzerland/

also played on the 28th:
Bon Jovi
28 April 1984
American Bandstand🇺🇸
Very first tv performance, 12 minutes
And perhaps fitting since the band was still “in diapers”, the show was supported by diapers [ 3:30 ]

also played on the 28th:
Bon Jovi
28 April 1993 
Taipei, Taiwan🇹🇼
30 second clip available
🏟️ These Days Tour (second concert of the tour)

And with this 30 second “teaser” of the second concert of the mighty These Days Tour, our week ends.
All tours have multiple names, but by now I have chosen to just label it after the album that was released before, or during, the tour.

But the These Days tour official name at this point is the Crossroad tour, named after the 1994  greatest hits album. Which also contained their biggest 90s hit Always and Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night.
The album These Days, would not be released until late June 1995, which is why the entire 1995 tour was named Crossroad Tour.

If you want to read more about the mighty “These Days” tour, that will last us in this series throughout the summer, together with its 1996 concerts-as the tour had two legs in the following year as well- then you can read here all about it:
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1995-crossroad/
and 
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-tours/1996-these-days/

The Asia leg of the tour, where the These Days tour started in 1995, is not  or poorly documented.
But it picks up very quickly, with the pinnacle being three all very well recorded nights at Wembley Stadium in June.

Hope you enjoy this new format, my Bon Jovi live-on-this-day series has taken.
And as always:

All shows have been added to the playlist 
“Part II: Bon Jovi concerts on this day 6 Dec- and up (before 1997)”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06ScbVI_oPZcf77OtrO_935JD
on 22-28 April.

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 ~Suzanne