Bon Jovi furious at Forbes lists ommission

Rocker Bon Jovi was furious he failed to make two of the famed Forbes lists for musicians.
The star Bon Jovi was first left off the Forbes Power 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities lead in July by Oprah Winfrey.
He was unimpressed in July when he failed to make it into the Forbes Musicians' Rich List topped by U2.
'Jon kicked up a huge fuss and got his people to complain,' an insider told the New York Post.
Why he didn't make the musicians list he couldn't understand since Bon Jovi has been touring non stop since February.
'Their contemporaries U2 and Bruce Springsteen were on the list. Even Britney Spears was No. 5, and she hasn't done anything this year.'
A representative for Bon Jovi denied he had ever complained about his omissions.
'That’s just so ridiculous. Last year, the band took an eight month break from touring, so there was no expectation that they would rank on this year's list.

'Next year, different story: their recent tour is No. 1 in North America right now and No. 2 worldwide.'

Donates seats for fans of new team, Bon Jovi

American rocker Bon Jovi has purchased four season tickets for the new Melbourne Heart team in Australia's A-League and will donate them to fans.
Bon Jovi was announced as the football club's No. 1 international ticket holder in a statement released by the team Saturday.
The four premium memberships, valued at about $2,000, will be donated for each home game to fans who otherwise "don't have the financial means."
The Heart will play 15 home matches in its inaugural season starting next month.
Bon Jovi, whose band will tour Australia in December, was formerly a co-owner of the Philadelphia Soul in the Arena Football League a lapsed indoor American football competition.

Bon Jovi's stadium gigs Sambora loving

Next Australian gigs to Bon Jovi's will be big scale stadium shows, but guitarist Richie Sambora is promising an 'intimate' experience for fans.
In December the band hits Australia as part of their two year world tour to promote their latest album, The Circle.
The rock storys announced last month they would play shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.
A second and final show for Sydney was announced on Wednesday, ahead of the start of general ticket sales on Thursday.
The band, which kicked off their tour in the US in February, has just completed a series of concerts at London's 02 Arena, and Sambora says he's loving the massive shows.
'Anybody that says they don't like it means they can't do it,' Sambora told AAP from his Los Angeles home during a week long break from the tour.
'The event is so much fun, to take part in that ... it actually comes down to us being able to do that and we do it very very well.
'Jon (Bon Jovi) happens to be one of the best frontmen when it comes down to making a stadium seem like a small place.'
Sambora says he's looking forward to coming back Down Under - the band was last here in 2008 - and he's promising Aussie fans a great concert experience.
'We're bringing the most amazing production, there's going to be a high-definition screen behind us that's 55 feet (16 metres) high and 115 feet (35 metres) long so everybody gets very close and personal to the band and it becomes an intimate kind of experience.'
With a career spanning almost three decades, Bon Jovi have sold more than 120 million albums and performed more than 2,600 concerts around the world.
The Circle is the New Jersey band's 11th studio album, released in November last year.
Before they hit our shores, Bon Jovi will also have released a best of double album, which contains five new songs and is due out in November. Aussie fans will be among the first in the world to hear some of those songs performed at a live concert.
Australia is one of 30 countries the band will visit during this world tour.
Sambora says the band has had a 'passionate love for Australia since the 80s' and the now single guitarist - he was married to TV star Heather Locklear and has dated actress Denise Richards joked that 'the girls have been very good'.

VIP Packages Announced Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi have gone all out with the VIP fan experience for their upcoming Australian shows.
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment today announced the appointment of Showbiz International as a tour sponsor and official VIP packaging, Stay and Look accomodation and premium ticketing partner for the Australian and New Zealand 'The Circle' Tour.
Various VIP packages featuring one row seats, an autographed tour programme pre show drinks, a laminate and a lot more have been unveiled for the Australian tour and you get to take your seat home with you.
The top shelf package is the Diamond Ring Circle VIP Experience.
The ticket includes:
* One Front row ticket in The Circle
* One exclusive Bon Jovi VIP Concert Chair that you take home after the show
* Deluxe catered pre show hospitality including a 2 hour drink package
* One Premium Bon Jovi leather Messenger Bag – created exclusively for VIP Packages only
* One fully autographed Bon Jovi tour programme
* $AUD150.00 Gift Voucher valid at the Bon Jovi Official Web Store
* One limited edition Circle VIP Laminate & matching Lanyard
* One commemorative souvenir concert ticket
* Dedicated VIP Host On Site
* VIP Check in at the venue
* Reserved VIP Entrance at venue (availability TBA)
* Your chance to Win Exclusive Bon Jovi Tour Memorabilia!
In addition, Stay and See packages are also available including your ticker and accommodation for fans flying in for the show.
You can check out all of the packages here.
The Bon Jovi tour starts in Wellington, New Zealand on December 4.
Dates are:
December 4, Wellington, Westpac Stadium
December 5, Auckland, Mt Smart Stadium
December 8, Perth, Subiaco Oval
December 11, Melbourne, Etihad Stadium
December 14, Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium
December 17, Sydney, Football Stadium

Jon Bon Jovi - Non-Stop Songwriter Jon Bon Jovi

Richie Sambora believes bandmate Jon Bon Jovi is so talented he can make music out of anything.
Jon Bon Jovi can pull songs "out of his butt".
Bon Jovi's frontman - who was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2009 - can produce hit tracks from seemingly nowhere, according to his bandmate Richie Sambora.
The guitarist told BANG Showbiz: "Jon's like the quarter-back and he'll be pulling songs out of his butt!"
Despite having such a huge back catalogue, Bon Jovi have not stopped writing new material.
Richie explained: "About three weeks ago Jon calls me up and says, `Let's write a couple more songs'. So we wrote a couple more songs and they turned out really good. We called the band and got them back in the studio and now we're cutting them."
The group are currently mid-way through a 12-night residency at London's O2 Arena - which kicked off last Monday (07.06.10) - and have promised fans can expect something different every night.
Richie said: "In this place you're going to see a change every night because there's repeat clientele and it makes it different for us.
"Sometimes we'll just pick an obscure song we haven't done in 25 years. We've got 12 studio albums and a box set of like 50 songs that were previously unreleased.
"I think our master set list is somewhere around 90 songs."

BON JOVI PLAY ON O2 ARENA ROOF

We have all heard, read or seen some of the outrageous stunts that rock bands pull-off during their shows, only a few weeks ago I saw KISS frontman Paul Stanley fly across Birmingham’s NEC Arena for a rendition of ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’. However, putting the zip-lines and pyrotechnics to shame, Bon Jovi went a step further this week by playing ON TOP of London’s O2 Arena!

Last Monday (7h June) performing their opening gig of a 12-night residency at the prestigious venue, Bon Jovi pulled out all the stops on thrilling the crowds when the band performed on top of the dome while being beamed to the video screens flanking the stage inside. Unbelievable as it may seem but The Telegraph reports that Screen were placed in the venue’s outside area, Peninsula Square, which has been used to host free gigs and video displays in the past. Standing at over 50 metres high, mountaineers were drafted in to help the band ascend the former Millennium Dome, with its protruding steel masts slating out of the roof at 100 metres high.

Bon Jovi will be familiar with the venue having opened the arena on June 24th 2007. The band’s support at the show included One Republic and Kid Rock with unsigned band The Side warming up the crowds having won a support slot through a national online competition.

Share A Stage With Bon Jovi

YOU usually have to be a platinum-selling artist to fill the stage at London's O2 arena.
But Bon Jovi are calling on fans to help them out with a once in a lifetime support slot.
If you think you've got what it takes and can picture yourself sharing a pint with the boys in the dressing room, then enter now.

All you have to do is submit a video of your band playing live to Bon Jovi.
Guitarist RICHIE SAMBORA said: "If you want to open one of our O2 shows and think you've got the chops to win - upload a track and we'll see you on tour!"

The five bands who are crowned winners will go on to triumph with an opening slot at one of the June gigs.