New Bon Jovi Album: This House Is Not For Sale (2016)

He's listed as an official band member on the band's facebook site if I'm not mistaken.

He certainly is

I love the smell of vindication in the morning...

There's no way we can use the facebook info as a sign he's an official member. Their online department isn't the best and I'm pretty sure the bonjovi.com STILL has the wrong lyrics up for WAN.

From what I've heard Phil's not on the entire album, he's just not going to be made an official member. Not this late in the game.

Bingo! He's definitely acknowledged just as Hugh has been acknowledged in Crush, Bounce ect when in the liner notes it just says "jbj, richie, tico, david, Hugh under "band". But this blurs the line more than the Hugh thing because let's face it, rocknation is right about a rock band needing a guitar players presence to be felt, even on the promotional stuff that never included hugh....

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We can't take as facts the info the social media provide, but we can be sure that Phil is here to stay! Personally, I like this scenario, he is great for this position.

Holy crap, you're right -- I was so busy being pleased to see Phil's name there, I didn't notice that Hugh's name wasn't! There's no point in welcoming Phil to the family if they're going to keep treating Hugh like the proverbial red-headed stepchild -- duh, guys!

The cynic in me wonders if putting Phil's name there is a much much MUCH bigger draw for them. Phil has a pretty big online fan base, it doesn't look anything but great for the band that Phil X is playing for them if they're looking to attract a rockier audience.

Holy shit, maybe he actually got to play lead guitar on the new album. That would be pretty sweet.

Better if he writes his own guitar parts too, and not Shanks.