BON JOVI WELCOMES FANS INTO THE CIRCLE WITH
2010-2011 WORLD TOUR
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North American Tour Announced at Bon Jovi's Exclusive
New Meadowlands Stadium Performance
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Bon Jovi to be the First Band to Play New Meadowlands Stadium
With New Jersey's New Meadowlands Stadium as their
backdrop, GRAMMY Award-winning hometown heroes Bon Jovi performed
at a concert and media event today that announced "The Circle
World Tour." The band is preparing to spend nearly two years
spanning the globe, including the kickoff event of New Meadowlands
Stadium, scheduled for May 26th and 27th, 2010.
The New Meadowlands concerts will go on sale beginning
at 10am on Saturday, October 31st, while additional tour dates
go on sale beginning November 9th. Fans should continue to log
on to www.bonjovi.com for the most up to date concert and ticket
on-sale information.
The band's Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan
and Tico Torres performed an exclusive set for a select group
of 5,000 lucky contest winners, fan club members, and on-site
construction workers currently at work building the New Meadowlands
Stadium. Bon Jovi was also joined by New York Jets Chairman &
CEO Woody Johnson, New York Giants President & CEO, John Mara,
as well as President & CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium
Company, Mark Lamping. New York's powerhouse radio station WPLJ
DJ, Race Taylor, served as emcee. Live footage of the event is
available at www.BonJovi.com. An embeddable player is available
at http://www.iclips.net/widgets/jbj/jbj_embed.html.
Beginning with the band's North American tour launch
on February 19th, 2010 in Seattle, WA, Bon Jovi will spend much
of the next two years on the road, performing 135 shows in 30
countries. Following in the footsteps of their hugely successful
"Lost Highway Tour, Bon Jovi will draw fans around the world
into The Circle, with a residency at London's O2 Arena in June
2010 before returning to America in the fall for an additional
nationwide leg, and further dates well into 2011.
"It is often said that the third time is a
charm, and in the case of the Bon Jovi/AEG Live relationship,
this axiom certainly holds," said Randy Phillips, President
and CEO of AEG Live. "AEG Live has been honored to serve
as the band's worldwide tour promoters, from the 2005 'Have A
Nice Day' tour to the highest grossing tour of 2008, 'Lost Highway,'
to the upcoming 'The Circle World Tour' in 2010. Bon Jovi is one
of the most prolific and exciting live rock bands in the world."
Having sold more than 120 million albums and performed
more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34
million fans, Bon Jovi is at their best when they're on the move,
and that's truer now than ever before. The November 10th, 2009
release of Bon Jovi's new album, The Circle, and the band's subsequent
world tour, provides a powerful reassertion of Bon Jovi's commitment
to the hard-hitting rock & roll that has been the band's indelible
signature since it began more than 26 years ago.
Bon Jovi's 2010 "The Circle World Tour" North American
Itinerary
February 19 Seattle, WA KeyArena
February 22 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
February 24 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
February 26 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
March 2 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
March 4 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
March 6 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
March 8 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
March 9 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
March 11 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
March 13 Fargo, ND Fargodome
March 15 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
March 17 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 19 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
March 20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
March 23 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
March 24 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
March 29 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
April 7 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center
April 10 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
April 13 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
April 15 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
April 17 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
April 18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
April 21 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
April 22 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
May 26 East Rutherford, NJ New Meadowlands Stadium
May 27 East Rutherford, NJ New Meadowlands Stadium
July 15 Edmonton, AB Commonwealth Stadium
July 17 Winnipeg, MB Canad Inns Stadium
July 20 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
July 24 Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium
July 28 Regina, SK Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
July 30 Chicago, IL Soldier Field
*For more information on BON JOVI's North American tour, visit
www.BonJovi.com