No Richie on current leg of the tour

Bon Jovi should change the name "Because We Can Tour", and put in place "Army of One Tour".

My main concern: Who will be the official guitar player for Austria??

About the "Richie issue", I think that though he looked perfectly fit on the first leg of the tour, the guy is such a mess that bringing in Phil X to play the lead guitar parts is 1) a good idea 2) a likely improvement over Richie's live work. The real deal is his being a member of the band. While I think Jon and Richie are both done artistically, I still think they might haphazardly write a great song.
Anyway and despite what I said earlier, I'm still gong to Madrid to see BJ live next June, because even though Richie's still in the band, the odds are that next time you'll have more chances to see the band perform without him than with him considering the last tours. I'm also going because it smells soooooo much like the end of the band and I want to thrill one last time, for Dave's and Tico's sake!!!

on the other hand, watching Richie performing Wanted in Munich last year without Jon, wasn't weird at all...it seemed kind of right...

Compare Cleveland Show with San Jose Show. You will realize who is the real winner of the show. Richie Sambora is better than Phil. Jon & Richie make the magic in some moments. With Phil, no magic, no feeling, It not feels like a Bon Jovi show. At least not for me.

I thought you were about to say "compare Cleveland Show with Family Guy".

Just coz I'm bored...someone mentioned the "Because We Can't" tour yesterday. This could be the anthem maybe:

Because We Can't

I don't wanna play another gig with Sambora
Stubborn as a rock, that’s why I don’t have a band (that's right)
I wanna be the one you pay to when you buy a ticket
I ain't a team player and I’d play the desert sand (but I can’t)

He's in the kitchen drinkin himself stupid
So tired of takin, my autocratic shite,
Right now he's takin' those breakfast painkillers
When he chugs down the pints
But lately feelin' like a backing singer
In the shadows starin' at my ass
There's only one thing in this world that he'd know
He said ‘no more’ and he has to let you down

I don't wanna play another gig with Sambora
Stubborn as a rock, that’s why I don’t have a band (that's right)
I wanna be the one you pay to when you buy a ticket
I ain't a team player and I’d play the desert sand (but I can’t)

Empty stadiums, everywhere that we go,
No Sambora, he’s downing loads of wine
Turn down the sound and we’ll go somewhere smaller
And we’ll pretend everything is alright

I don't wanna play another gig with Sambora
Stubborn as a rock, that’s why I don’t have a band (that's right)
I wanna be the one you pay to when you buy a ticket
I ain't a team player and I’d play the desert sand
But we can’t, new songs can’t sell those tickets
(We can’t) If you believe in we
(We can’t) then you just don’t know me
We can’t, we can’t

[Piss poor excuse for a solo]

I don't wanna play another gig with Sambora (I don't wanna play)
Stubborn as a rock, that’s why I don’t have a band (that's right)
I wanna be the one you pay to when you buy a ticket
I ain't a team player and I’d play the desert sand (but I can’t)
(I am a, I am a, I am a...)
Because we can’t

I don't wanna play another gig with Sambora (I don't wanna play)
Stubborn as a rock, that’s why I don’t have a band (that's right)
I wanna be the one you pay to when you buy a ticket
I ain't a team player and I’d play the desert sand
But we can’t (because we can’t)
New songs won’t sell those tickets
(We can’t) If you believe in we
(We can’t) then you just don’t know me
We can’t, we can’t

the tour should be renamed "F***, we shouldn't have"

Haha yeah, have a feeling when the dust has settled on this and Jon is reflecting honestly he'll have to admit that it was ill-judged and an absolute disaster.

Fantastic anthem!!!