No Richie on current leg of the tour

Originally Posted by VanJovi

I did see the announcement from bj.com but does that include backstage tickets? My friend got the ticket for me - I haven't been a backstage member for a while so I can't follow the news there.

Originally Posted by danfan

This. This right here. This is what I don't understand for the goddamn life of me. I could not possibly give 2 buckets of monkey piss about Richie's personal life or any business issues he has with Jon. But for the 2 of them to COMPLETELY leave fans of this band, who have been so supportive of them over the years, completely in the dark for this long, is absolute and complete BULLSHIT. Defend Richie, defend Jon, defend your son going to ballet school. I really don't give a shit. Both sides are wrong in how they've handled this with the fans. Unprofessional, disrespectful and childish. No excuses on either part.

Originally Posted by VanJovi

I did see the announcement from bj.com but does that include backstage tickets? My friend got the ticket for me - I haven't been a backstage member for a while so I can't follow the news there.

Originally Posted by Alphavictim

Really? I'll get my money back for standard tix as well? Hmmmm...

Originally Posted by milomom

Personally, I think loyalty is a two-way street.

And for those who say "What about the rest of the guys in the band?" - I saw 4 shows with Phil X in May 2011. (No refunds were offered then, and we had no solid statement confirming that Richie was really out for the whole leg.) I gave it a try - four actually. They weren't awful shows, but they weren't what I signed up for. And they certainly weren't something I was willing to spend all that money on. As I've said before, Phil X did a credible job for the most part, but he massacred Dry County, IMO. (And when that's your favorite song, that makes it a very big deal.) Most importantly, being able to play the music isn't the whole deal. There just wasn't any magic. It didn't "feel" like a Jovi show without Jon and Richie up there doing what they always do. Furthermore, without Richie to interact with and while "giving 100%" as so many people have said, Jon turned into someone who spent so much time flirting with fans and doling out kisses during Bed of Roses that I actually felt uncomfortable. (If that's 100%, I'll take whatever it is that he usually expends.) So unless Jovi is really Jovi - and how can I ever expect that it's going to be - I'm done. After coming home sky-high from the shows in Europe in 2011, I couldn't have imagined that I'd feel like this now.

Originally Posted by superkid

Even with Richie gone the Euro setlists will still probably see a lot of improvements and more rarities/TD songs than the US leg. But I would advise the Euro fans to not go to more than one or two shows and/or downgrading your tickets if you bought diamond circle.

Originally Posted by Yvonne

Spakart are quite slow it seems responding to emails or they are very busy haha. No news regarding FC refunds has been posted as of yet.

Originally Posted by superkid

+1. I've seen 3 shows without Richie now and all three rank as my bottom 3Bon Jovi shows. And the claim that Jon gives "100%" and performs better because Richie is gone is complete BS in my opinion. I don't know where that claim started but it's not true.