Documentary premiere pics

As always, the ever-lovely Hath has passed these on to me...and I'm sharing them with you.

The guys look fantastic! I seriously cannot WAIT for the friggin tour. OMG.

TOUR DATES!

Holy crap, the last 24 hours have been insta-death for my nerves and sanity. I swear I have sent 450+ texts since I woke up this morning at 10 - and it's only 2:00!!

Thanks to everyone who kept me supplied with Jovi news last night while I was waiting for the great Maya Angelou to speak at my university, and to Backstage for actually keeping their word on the big announcement this morning. LOL.

This is all official news as per bonjovi.com - if there are any discrepancies, take it up with them. ;)

So here's the 2010 tour schedule so far!

FEB 19
Seattle, WA
Key Arena

FEB 22
San Jose, CA
HP Pavilion

FEB 24
Glendale, AZ
Jobing.com Arena

FEB 26
Anaheim, CA
Honda Center

MAR 2
Sacramento, CA
ARCO Arena

MAR 4
Los Angeles, CA
Staples Center

MAR 6
Las Vegas, NV
MGM Grand - Garden Arena

MAR 8
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center

MAR 9
Omaha, NE
Qwest Center

MAR 11
Wichita, KS
INTRUST Bank Arena

MAR 13
Fargo, ND
Fargodome

MAR 15
Kansas City, MO
Sprint Center

MAR 17
Auburn Hills, MI
Palace of Auburn Hills

MAR 19
Montreal, Quebec, CA
Bell Centre

MAR 20
Montreal, Quebec, CA
Bell Centre

MAR 23
Philadelphia, PA
Wachovia Center

MAR 24
Philadelphia, PA
Wachovia Center

MAR 29
Washington, DC
Verizon Center

APR 7
St. Paul, MN
Xcel Center

APR 10
Dallas, TX
American Airlines Center

APR 13
Tulsa, OK
BOK Center

APR 15
Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena

APR 17
Tampa, FL
St. Pete Times Forum

APR 18
Sunrise, FL
BankAtlantic Center

APR 21
Nashville, TN
Sommet Center

APR 22
Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena

MAY 26
East Rutherford, NJ
New Meadowlands Stadium

MAY 27
East Rutherford, NJ
New Meadowlands Stadium

JUL 15
Edmonton, AB, CA
Commonwealth Stadium

JUL 17
Winnipeg, MB, CA
Canad Inns Stadium

JUL 20
Toronto, ON, CA
Rogers Centre

JUL 24
Foxborough, MA
Gillette Stadium

JUL 28
Regina, SK, CA
Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field

JUL 30
Chicago, IL
Soldier Field



They're starting on the friggin WEST COAST for once! OMG!!! I'm hitting up my usual Los Angeles and Anaheim, and REALLY want to do Sacramento too for Jonny's b-day. But we'll see. It mainly depends on how broke I am! lmfao

Now, for Giants (a.k.a. New Meadowlands), Ticketmaster general sales will be Oct. 31 at 10:00 AM

Take a stab at the prices. Go on, do it.

$36-$150.

Okay, go ahead and read that again.

$36-$150

Yep, you read right! The tour - well, this show at least - is priced for the working man!! Can we say heart attack?! (I don't know the prices for the rest of the shows though, but Giants can't possibly be the cheapest option!?)

So. Here's my next point of insanity: I'M GOING TO GIANTS.

*blinks*

Holy FLUCK I'm going to Giants. I cannot believe I'm going to GIANTS!!!!!!!!! I have wanted to see Jovi there for the past three tours and have always missed them!! But with those prices, how can I resist?! That's dirt cheap compared to last tour, as we all know.

The insanity is just deepening, the nerves are fraying, and the excitement is bursting. I cannot WAIT for this tour to come around.

Now can someone give me a million bucks?! LOL!!

~~~

Oh, also, the band played their "super secret show" today at Giants/New Meadowlands - and I heard it was fantastic. If friends give me permission to share pics, you bet your bottom dollar I'll have them up here for the rest of you soon. ;)

Final mag...again.

Okay, I mean it this time - this is the FINAL magazine cover. LOL. It has to be, because it's due at 3:00pm tomorrow.

So I HOPE you all like it!

I spent another good 2 hours tweaking, scrapping, fixing, aligning, changing, switching, moving, and generally redoing the entire cover. Added a bit of color that I think works well, realigned the headlines so Jon's photo isn't hidden, changed fonts, added a little flair.

What do you think now?

The Circle: snippets and lyrics

So I finally caved and listened to the snippets of the songs on the album page of Amazon UK.

And HOLY MOLY. Many of the fans I've talked to say they aren't thrilled with the way the album sounds so far, but *I* LOVE it. I was telling Dee that a lot of the songs have this beautiful nostalgia to them, along with that familiar adrenaline-rushing kind of singalong, crank-it-up-in-your-car kind of feel where you smile at how these men, once again, know what's in your heart. It's so tantalizing, refreshing - yet comforting at the same time: the same Bon Jovi sound but with new, fresh material.

Sure, I heard some recycled lyrics that made me smile - I think Jon just can't let go of them - but ultimately, I think this album is going to be one of my favorites.

In any case, I've been obsessively soaking up the snippets for the past hour, and I figured I'd crank out the lyrics (that I heard) for you all. I'm a words person, and therefore a lyrics person, and I love the stories Bon Jovi tells.

So enjoy, and while you're listening, let me know - what do YOU think so far??

1. We Weren't Born to Follow

This road was paved by the homeless and the hungry

This road was paved by the winds of change

Walking beside the guilty and the innocent

How will you raise you hand when they call your name?

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow

Come on and get up off your knees

When life is a bitter pill to swallow

You gotta hold on to what you believe

[The full lyrics to this song can be found here.]

2. When We Were Beautiful

I'm hanging in, you're holding on

Can't pretend that nothing's changed

Even in the shadows of the love we've made... (?)

3. Work for the Working Man

Never getting back what I'm given

Could someone somewhere help me justify

Why these strong hands are on the unemployment line

And there's nothing left for what's on my mind

Who's gonna work for the working man

Work for the working man

Work...

Get your hands in the dirt

Who's going to work off the curse...

4. Superman Tonight

Maybe I'm cynical

Painfully logical

You're tragically beautiful

and that's good enough for me

Looking for a hero

But it's just my old tattoo

Tonight I swear I'd sell my soul

To be a hero for you...

5. Bullet

For the pink slip of an SUV

The night cut down in tragedy

As he defends another generation breakdown (In defense...?)

Yeah, yeah

What is the distance between a bullet and a gun

God, are you listening?

Or have you just...

6. Thorn In My Side

...to let me know I've been

Pushed around, been knocked down

Lost a round of three (I think?)

I've tossed a couple of things I loved

When I was too blind to see

But I'll survive

I gave up on luck but I'm still gettin' by...

7. Live Before You Die

I was much too young to understand when he would say to me

When you're young, you always think the sun is gonna shine

There'll come a day you'll have to say hello to goodbye

Sit down son, come take my hand, look me in the eye

Take these words

Promise me you'll live before you die...

8. Brokenpromiseland

Angels falling from the sky

Imagine that, imagine that

Nobody's getting out of here alive

No turning back, no turning back

Who's gonna bail out all our shattered dreams...

9. Love's the Only Rule (my favorite so far!)

One man's ceiling, another man's sky

High, flying like an aeroplane

Cryin' like the lonely whistle of a long black train

Dance in the pouring rain

Spit in the eye of a hurricane...

10. Fast Cars

The dark road we've been heading down

Trust me tonight, I swear I know where we are

We're gonna run all the lights

We're gonna blow right through the radar

Fast cars

We are fast cars

How can I pretend

The signs don't say dead end...

11. Happy Now

What would you say to me

If I told you I had a dream

If I told you everything

Would you tell me to go back to sleep

Take a look in these tired eyes

They're coming back to life

I know I can change...

12. Learn To Love

I was lost in love's blindness

When you're born without wings

All you dream of, all you want

Is that feeling of flying

Of rising and climbing

(halle halle??)

We're one breath away...

JBJ at opening of Camden playground

Thanks to Google alerts for this info, and thanks to Queenie for the pics. :)

I just love this man's heart. I've never heard of an international rockstar going to the grand opening of a playground!

From the Courier post in South Jersey:

It's not every day that iconic rock stars frequent vacant lots near downtown Camden. But there he was -- Jon Bon Jovi -- surrounded by a horde of volunteers, local dignitaries and curious onlookers on a sunny Monday morning.

The New Jersey native has been to Camden previously to give concerts on the waterfront. On Monday, he made his first public appearance in the city not to sing, but to highlight community efforts to fix up blighted lots and an outdated playground.

Bon Jovi helped fund both projects this fall through a foundation he started to rebuild communities and assist those living in poverty.

"I'm proud to stand with those who have tried for so long to be heard," he told a crowd of about 230 people in Lanning Square. "Government can't do it alone, nonprofits can't do it alone, the residents can't do it alone. But the goal can be achieved. It's going to take commitment."

Final magazine cover - thoughts?

I finally finished (I think) the magazine cover design I had to do for my Visual Communication midterm. I blended designs and headlines from the original covers I did several weeks ago, plus tweaked and added new stuff.

What do you all think? Feedback is really appreciated!

LOTS of new pics

A BIG thank you to Hath for her constant supply of stills and photos - I swear I get more material from her than my dang Google alerts. LOL! Here's a huge slew of stills from the Showtime documentary videos. (If you want to save the entire collection, email me and I'll send them so you don't have to right click them all here.)

Enjoy!