Topic: Bon Jovi

North American concert sales plunge in first half

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Combined ticket sales for the biggest concert tours in North America during the first half of the year fell to their lowest point since 2005 as the weak economy and "piggish" ticket prices kept fans at home, a ...

Musicians hit by brutal summer on concert circuit

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The concert business is facing what could be its worst summer since the mid-1990s as a slew of A-list acts ranging from the Jonas Brothers to Kings Of Leon battle slumping ticket sales. Artists such as Christina Aguilera, the ...
Bon Jovi to urge people at concerts to volunteer as part of Obama's service initiative Singer Jon Bon Jovi is hoping to rouse the crowds at his concerts into volunteering.The rock star will promote President Barack Obama's service initiative "United We Serve" ...
Home of horse racing's Kentucky Derby to host 3-day music festival in effort to boost revenuesThe home of the Kentucky Derby will become a stomping ground for Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney and other music stars during a three-day festival that organizers hope ...
Souring economy prompt blue-collar rockers Bon Jovi to produce a new CD for the working manMembers of Bon Jovi were supposed to be taking it easy this winter, basking in adulation and just letting the money roll in.They had a flattering documentary ...

Bon Jovi makes "Stand" with Iranian protest video

DETROIT (Billboard) - A new version of Ben E. King's " Stand By Me" featuring Jon Bon Jovi dueting in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, is making the rounds as an online video.The track's co-producer, Don Was, says the video ...
Bon Jovi, Baez show support for Iranian protesters with lyrics in FarsiThey wouldn't be allowed to perform in Iran, but singers Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are showing their support for protesters.In videos carried on YouTube, the artists perform songs with ...
Bon Jovi, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jason Mraz among those honored at Songwriters Hall of FameJon Bon Jovi considers writing classic songs as a way of being remembered throughout time. And on Thursday night, the New Jersey rocker and his writing partner, ...
Bon Jovi returns to New Orleans for 2009 Jazz Fest after donating $1M to Katrina victimsBon Jovi will rock the New Orleans Jazz & "In the wake of Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, ...

Shake, Rattle, and Twang

Has Nashville been invaded by rock-and-roll carpetbaggers?Shake, Rattle, and Twang Has Nashville been invaded by rock-and-roll carpetbaggers? Flip on the tube, and there stands Huey Lewis (sans The News) with Garth Brooks on a NASCAR track, bellowing out Lewis's 1982 blue-collar anthem, ...
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