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BON JOVI LOST HIGHWAY UK TOUR 2008
London, UK-- (November 5th, 2007) – After kick starting the summer with the historic opening of Europe's newest state of the art building, the O2 Arena in London, Bon Jovi will cross the Atlantic once again to perform at stadiums across the UK as part of their Lost Highway World Tour. Tickets for this series of concerts go on-sale promptly at 10am on Saturday 10th November 2007 and are available through the 24-Hour hotline: 08444 775 775 or online @ http://www.aeglive.co.uk
Wednesday 11th June 2008 - St. Mary’s, Southampton
Saturday 21st June 2008 - Hampden Park, Glasgow
Sunday 22nd June 2008 - City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Tuesday 24th June 2008 - Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Wednesday 25th June 2008 - Ashton Gate, Bristol
Friday 27th June 2008 - Twickenham Stadium, London
Tickets: £ 40.00 - £ 75.00
Daniel Gidney, chief executive of the Ricoh Arena, said: “This will be Bon Jovi’s only Midlands date in the UK in 2008 and there will be a 40,000 capacity at the Ricoh.”
* Worldwide tour dates will continue to be announced within the coming weeks. Fans should visit http://www.bonjovi.com for the most up to date concert and ticket on sale information.
Beginning their world tour in Newark at the grand opening of the Prudential Center in their home state of New Jersey, Jon Bon Jovi exclaimed “We’re starting in New Jersey and then taking it to the world,”
Anticipation for the tour is running at an all-time high, with more than 90 concerts already scheduled in 16 countries – and counting. From New Jersey, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres will climb aboard the plane they’ll call home through the summer of 2008, touching down in Canada, Japan, the U.S., New Zealand, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Holland, Austria and more. Tickets for the UK leg of the tour will go on sale beginning Saturday, November 10th, with additional markets and dates to follow in the coming weeks. Fans should continue to log on to http://www.bonjovi.com for the most up-to-date concert and ticket on sale information.
Bon Jovi are also releasing a live DVD version of Lost Highway. Filmed in Chicago earlier this summer, the band played live for the first time ever their album in its entirety. The DVD digipack features the complete Lost Highway album filmed in front of a studio audience of specially invited guests. The DVD also includes Bon Jovi classic hits ‘It’s My Life’, ‘Have A Nice Day’ and ‘Wanted’ along with new and exclusive interviews with the band.
The second single, and title track of the album, ‘Lost Highway’ will also be released on December 3rd along with a live version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.’
Bon Jovi has set the bar for more than two decades as one of the most exciting, enduring and successful rock and roll bands in the world. Globally, they have sold more than 120 million albums and performed more than 2,500 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 32 million fans.
Their latest album LOST HIGHWAY (released June 19th) gave the band the first #1 U.S. debut of their career on the Billboard 200, also debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart, Billboard’s European Top 100 chart, in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Austria, Thailand and Japan where their #1 chart debut gave them their 4th #1 career album - breaking the record which they shared with the Beatles, of three #1’s.
Their numerous hits include: "Runaway", "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", "Bad Medicine", "I'll Be There for You", "Keep the Faith", "Bed of Roses", "Always", "It's My Life", "Everyday", "Have a Nice Day", "Who Says You Can't Go Home,” "(You Want to) Make a Memory" and many more.
