He said see ya very soon and the announcement from bon jovi.com said this leg of the tour he will be missing. So 3 weeks at the most??

I'm glad he's come out and said something. Just a little reassurance.

I just spoke to Ticketmaster regarding the offer of refunds for ticket purchasers. They know nothing about it. I'm know it's not been a long time since that was posted on the fanclub site, but I'm kind of wondering if that only applies to fanclub ticket purchases.

I do agree with you. People speculate about him leaving the band. He could have made himself clear about that. We're glad to see he's OK but it tells US nothing about the situation with BJ.

You're right they don't. Frankly none of us need to know the ins and outs of someones life. I'm glad he's well and its not a health or band issue.

I am however dissapointed in the way the camp have addressed this. People are paying alot of hard earned cash to see the band in full and at the very least deserve official statement as to whether this is for a leg, the rest of the tour or even a see how it goes.

The whole managing systems sucks balls, they aren't managing anything at all.

If I were him, I would have denied the TMZ story. Seems odd that he didn't even mention it: it's a major rumour. Or maybe he just isn't aware of it.

I'm guessing he isn't aware of it; after all, he wasn't aware of Matt's Tweet about 'no banners' either, and that's /within/ the Jovi organization. Or maybe he just doesn't want to acknowledge site like TMZ.

All this speculation makes us as bad as the press speculating!! He is still in LA,explains why he was not at sound check. It's not Jon's or anyone's responsibility to tell the world what the issue is!! Richie will tell us or let more info out via the band when he wants and that's how it should be. I'm pretty sure the band fall out all the time, just look at Jon and Richie in London a few months back, a few days later they are brothers in arms again.
Richie has been on fire on tour so far, he knows that he is part of the bigger picture at BJ and although Jon does himself no favours with his attitude at times, he has his own family, had the drug issue with Steph recently and is likely to be more understanding and caring about a best friend than some seem to credit him for!
Lets quit the speculation and negativity. When more is known, then have a say but for now the support goes to the band, including any replacement and Richie on whatever the issue is! Hopefully they will all be reunited soon and get back in the groove!

What happened with the "Addiction is a disease" debate? I want to know how it ends! hahahahha