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Originally Posted by Thinny
As far as we know Richie had made it clear that he wanted to slow down and Jon didn't want to. Both points of view are fair enough.
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The problem for Richie is only one person decides that in the context of the band. Jon is implying that Richie was trying to make the whole operation stop or slow down. That seems unlikely to me but let's see.
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Originally Posted by Thinny
But if Jon was the one that wanted to stop touring, he wouldn't give a damn about those 120 crew members....
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Yes and no. I genuinely don't think Jon would shut it all down during a tour. Stopping touring is slightly different to what Richie did. We sometimes forget Richie did drop the rest of the band and the crew in it when he left, whatever the reasons.
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Originally Posted by Thinny
Richie was going through a tough time for all of the things Jon mentioned and more, and to me, it doesn't feel like Jon was there to support his "friend" at all. Instead of giving Richie a leave of absence from the band he saw it as an opportunity to get rid of him. The whole "Richie didn't turn up for work for 11 years"....well, we all know from interviews that Richie was planning to be back by September, but that never happened. So you have to presume that the reason that didn't happen was because Jon didn't allow it..
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Yeah, it seems that way. But we already know this, the question is why Jon decided enough is enough. Was it due to increasing creative differences, or Jon pushing the band more towards a solo thing, or was it because Richie had burned more bridges than we know about.
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Originally Posted by Thinny
I do find it interesting (and surprising, almost unbelievable) that Jon didn't have final say on the edit though....
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I have my doubts on this, but it is a good marketing line. Who knows, we will see soon. I want to know if Richie ever told Jon straight he was out of Bon Jovi, or whether he asked for X amount of time to get himself together.