They touched his dog too... in a way Jon never could. ;)

Seb should have sent his What's Left Of Me version to Richie with a link to this thread on the description.

Great fun. Really enjoyed all the banter in this great thread! (Thread is a great word, as threads just keep going round and round :-) )

Maybe there's truth in the story from the admitted spoof site mediamass, that his current girlfriend is expecting their child? Maybe not! Ooops!

That would certainly be a "personal matter"... Who is she? I dare you!

http://en.mediamass.net/people/richi...cy-rumors.html

We all know how this will end, Jon and Richie will end up singing this to each other live and all will be well................

Look at the comments, Tico confirms your theory.

So, is Richie back for Europe or what?

WTF, this thread gets even more insane. LOL

I honestly did not see that comment.

PhilX website says his next concert is in 21 days If that's correct he won't be joining Bon Jovi on next leg

Bon Jovi's next concert is in 10 days though..

Looked more like -21 days when I was on his website this afternoon, or did I misread that? ;)

I also noticed the headline said, "filling in for Richie Sambora in April." I hope the implication is that Richie will be back in May.

Back when all this started, I looked around and saw that Phil was scheduled to play a big festival with The Drills on 5/18, and Jovi has a show that day as well. I don't remember where I saw it, but I want to say Facebook, but not sure.

Don't worry! There is Bobby who can fill in for Phil. Everything is taken care in Jovi land.:D

Excuse me while I ASDFSGAHFSHJFAADRDQYDSTJKJ¤#RW%/"R#&/

Ugh, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little :?

in all honestly, I believe Jon has a 'spare' for each member. they're a big, wealthy band with a lot of commitment ahead of them every tour.
David Bryan has been replaced in the past for a couple of gigs. I bet they have a 'spare' bass player to fill in for Huey as well and one for Tico. The only one who probably doesn't have a substitute is Bobby cause he's such a pain the ass. That guy could be burning in fever, he'd still play. ahahah

:changes:

Say if Jon had a bad dose of the shits and couldn't perform a show, what would happen ? I presume everything would be shut down and called off.

He's performed when his back was so injured he could barely walk, so I'm guessing he'd opt for some adult diapers and on with the show. ;)

haha no doubt.

I would never doubt his commitment, I doubt anyone would.

LOL I just pictured that!!:shock::D

This thread is useless. You ask a question, you get no answer.

Because you asked something that nobody can answer. We don't know when Richie will be back, nobody knows. We'll find out in Capetown, I guess.

Thank you... I guess they still have a few days to make a statment... :/

Unfortunately this is the only statement we're likely to see.

WHAT!?! :shock:

it's too late to quit now. 211 pages and counting. we're doomed. let's say it takes 5 years for richie to comeback. we're stuck with this thread.:multi:

Maybe Richie is reading this thread and we are entertaining him so much that he doesn't want to come back to the band and have it all end? ;)

how much more does he have to prove, he played when he blew out his calf, the show went on without stopping and he played on when his he tore somthing in his knee, in the 90s he played through no voice, flu and fever. unless jon is dying and i am guessing even then he will not cancel a show!

He doesn't have to prove anything more to me. Bon Jovi's the ONLY band I'll book a flight to go see because I know they'll show up. At least MOST of them will show up.

Yeah you can't knock Jon's work ethic and commitment.

Saw him in Dublin on the last tour with his knee brace and the guy put on a great show for the bones of 3 hours.

In 2000, he put on the best show I've seen in thunder and lightening when most bands would have been shitting themselves. In fact, Slane was the following day and they talked about cancelling it for safety reasons if the weather had been the same.

The guy is phenomenal in terms of work ethic.

I was there back in 2000 too, what a special night! Still my favourite gig.


Andi

yes Jons work ethic can never be called into question.

Sorry, but without this, this band doesn't work.

When his blew his calf in the middle of the song, he said that his own wife told him, you would continue to sing even if they cut your head off.

I just googled "bon jovi Australian tour" just on the off chance there was any new information and the official bon jovi page, bonjovi.com is the sixth result.

Weirdly, it says the following underneath as a preview of what's on the page -

Bon Jovi — Home
www.bonjovi.com/
He left the tour in early April. But although his absence may have made it feel a little less like a Bon Jovi show, it definitely sounded right, with Phil X filling in and ...

Can others please google it and see if you are seeing it?

Yeah that's what I see!

That is just Google quoting the last news post as a sneak peak of the page.

It's from this news which is from this article. Google always takes the first text on the page to make the sneak peek when there's no meta description entered.

Nothing to worry about and nothing new.

Thanks for clarifying.

Yeah in Helsinki. He really is a trooper!

Jon don't sing with his foot, right?

Richie continued to play in the "HAND Tour" with a broken arm, and He is a guitarist.

Sambora is "The Real Trooper".