After a concert in Johannesburg at the FNB Stadium in South Africa tonight, the American rock band Bon Jovi will be heading to Europe for 25 concerts. The group is celebrating its 30th anniversary since their 1983 first hit’s “Run Away”. During the last 3 decades they produced 12 albums and sold millions of albums. Their last album ‘s “Inside Out and What about Now” came out this spring.
Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Hugh McDonald started their new world tour “Because We Can – The Tour” this year in the United States. Their last concert was in San José, California on April 25th. The popular guitarist of the group, Richie Sambora, is not touring with the band due to personal issues and has been replaced by the Canadian guitarist Phil Xenedis, known has Phil X. He has played and toured with Avril Lavigne, Tommy Lee and Alice Cooper and has replaced Sambora on previous tours.
If you have not purchased tickets yet for the Europe leg it may not be too late. Here is the list of places and dates:
May 14th: Leviski Stadium in Sofia (Bulgaria)
May 17th: Race Course Krieau in Vienna (Austria)
May 18th: Olympic Stadium in Munich (Germany)
May 21st: Valle Hovin in Oslo (Norway)
May 22nd: Koengen in Bergen (Norway)
May 24th: Olympic Stadium in Stockholm (Sweden)
May 26th: Ratina Stadium in Tampere (Finland)
June 6th: Parken Stadium in Copenhagen (Denmark)
June 8th: Etihad Stadium in Manchester (England)
June 9th: Villa Park in Birmingham (UK)
June 12th: City Stadium in Cardiff (UK)
June 13th: Stadium of Light in Sunderland (UK)
June 15th: Slane Castle in Dublin (Ireland)
June 16th: Isle of Wight Festival in Newport (UK)
June 18th: at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin (Germany)
June 19th: PGE Arena in Gdansk (Poland)
June 21st: Wasen in Stuttgart (Germany)
June 22nd: Rhein Energie Stadium (Germany)
June 24th: Synot Arena in Prag (Czeck Republic)
June 26th: Parque da Bela Vista in Lisbon (Portugal)
June27th: Estadio Vicente Calderon in Madrid (Spain)
June 29th: San Siro in Milan (Italy)
June 30th: Stade de Suisse in Bern (Switzerland)
July 3rd: Hampden Park in Glasgow (UK)
July 5th: Hyde Park in London (UK)