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Sat, May 19, 18

BON JOVI CELEBRATES WMMR’S 50TH BIRTHDAY AT THE WELLS FARGO CENTER -PHILLY.COM

by A.D. Amorosi, For the Inquirer
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Jon Bon Jovi and his namesake band played their adopted hometown’s Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night loudly and in the name of Philly rock-radio giant WMMR’s 50th anniversary, adding another anthem-driven layer of celebration to an already fever-pitch party.
 
 Say what you will about Bon Jovi’s past in “hair metal” hits; it’s a far cry from the more serious mix of the socially aware, hopeful, and realistically romantic music that populates 2016’s This House is Not for Sale. What band and singer made in concert and in their maturity — Jon is 56  — is gentlemen’s rock, hard and sultry.

 

ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

 

This is what gray-hair metal can be in the right hands, and nobody does it better than these guys.

That sense of renewal was expressed when the band started the program with the title tune from their most recent album, a record that Bon Jovi  reminded the audience went to No. 1 not once, but twice. A story about integrity and pride in the deep roots we build (and allow to disintegrate) might not have seemed like a gleeful opener. Yet its sense of moving on from hurt and heartache – a reference to the disappearance of longtime guitarist/co-composer Richie Sambora – played well with its immediate successors in the punky “Raise Your Hands” and the sassy “You Give Love a Bad Name.”… Read Full Article Here

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