man this whole thing sucks. Phil X stepping up as a replacement should have been a one time only thing. I'm not blaming the poor guy, he's a wonderful musician. On the other hand, I don't think it's fair to point our fingers at Jon for allowing the tour to go on.

We don't really know what's happened. What if there was no feud at all ? what if he REALLY needed to attend a personal matter of his, whatever it was ? What was Jon to do ? postpone the whole leg? The man's a workaholic and he believes that carrying on is the only thing to do.

My guess is that he doesn't realize how vital Richie Sambora is in that band in the eyes of the public. But then again, a lot of people couldn't care less who the 'backing band' is. They're there to watch a 'Jon Bon Jovi' show. This wouldn't happen in Europe and I guess Jon knows it.

on the other hand.. I'm truly sad and somewhat disgusted by all this. If this is bound to happen on every tour from now on, they might as well call it a day.