Fans have been livin’ on a prayer that Jon Bon Jovi and his band’s guitarist, Richie Sambora, would bury the hatchet for their 2026 tour. But they were once again left disappointed when the first Bon Jovi dates in years were announced and Sambora, who last played with the New Jersey icons in 2013, was … Read more
Lay your fractured hand on me. Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora didn’t let a little thing like an injury stop the show from going on at the Kentucky Derby this weekend. Indeed, the 65-year-old musician rocked on through the serious injury — incurred while he was playing touch football in his native New Jersey … Read more
Band drama goes back to the early days of rock ’n’ roll. I mean, there’s a reason that The Beatles broke up. Not to mention the Police, Talking Heads and Guns n’ Roses (sorry, Axl, it’s not GNR without Slash). And who could forget the troubled water that couldn’t be bridged by Simon & Garfunkel? … Read more
Jon Bon Jovi isn’t sure about getting the band back together. Former Bon Jovi member Richie Sambora revealed last month he’d come back to the music rock group after Bon Jovi, 62, got his voice back after recovering from vocal surgery. But Bon Jovi himself told Entertainment Weekly Friday that there’s been no decision made … Read more
When Bon Jovi made their debut 40 years ago with their 1984 self-titled album featuring their hit “Runaway,” they were compared to the likes of Loverboy. Words like “characterless” and “nondescript” were used to describe their music in a review by the Washington Post, which called out Jon Bon Jovi’s singing as “high, hysterical screaming.” … Read more
The band might be getting back together. Richie Sambora revealed that he’s ready to return to Bon Jovi more than 10 years after he unexpectedly quit the rock band. “The fans will just love it,” Sambora, 64, said on “The Allison Hagendorf Show” on Wednesday. “It’s not finance, it has nothing to do with [that]. … Read more
The man who co-wrote “Wanted Dead or Alive” was once on the run from his own band. But in the new docuseries “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” which premiered on Hulu Friday, Richie Sambora apologizes for the way he abruptly left the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group — failing to show … Read more
Their friendship was “Livin’ on a Prayer.” Jon Bon Jovi, 62, opened up about Richie Sambora, 64, falling out with the band amid the release of their upcoming docuseries, “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.” “There was never a fight,” Bon Jovi told Entertainment Tonight in a story published Wednesday, referring to Sambora. “It … Read more
He was a runaway. The bad blood between Jon Bon Jovi and ex-bandmate Richie Sambora is still boiling. The Bon Jovi frontman, 62, gave an update on his relationship (or lack thereof) with Sambora, 64, 11 years after the latter left in the middle of the band’s 2013 tour. Sambora left the band in 2013. … Read more