quarta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2010

ROAD BLOG - LATIN AMERICA!

September 26, 2010

Hola!!!

Well, we are officially back in action! The Circle Tour continues on in Latin America for a very exciting 7 show run. The band hasn't been here since 2001 (as far as I know) and everyone on the crew and band is incredibly pumped to be going to such a unique and passionate market. Although it is only 2.5 week long run, it seems like we have been waiting for these dates since the beginning of the tour. A lot of people on the crew have never been down here, so it's a nice change of scenery and the chance to experience some new things! Personally, I am very excited to be using my Spanish again and try some amazing food!

So, after a long 6 week break, vaccinations, and a few Spanish lessons, the crew geared up for our long flights down to Mexico. We arrived there with 2 days until the show, so we were able to load in to the 50,000 person stadium with plenty of time. Things run a little differently south of the border and things take longer to explain and get done. With a little patience and a translator, we were all just fine though. The stadiums down here are much older than what we are used to in The US and Canada and they lack the common amenities.

Something about the rustic nature of it makes it feel more authentic though. One of the craziest things to me was that we had to load all of the office gear into a second story building using a forklift. Here we were loading 300lb cases onto a machine while hanging over the side of the building!

Outside of the stadium, there was a massive buzz around the show. Local faux merchandise booths popped up everywhere, and the surrounding area was surrounded by vendors selling everything from tshirts to churros. The culture there so fascinating; everyone is hustling and trying to make a buck.

Once the doors opened to the show, people ran down the paths to the stadium like it was a marathon. This venue in particular has several other stadiums around it and is part of a massive complex/race track, so people had to run for a while to get there. Once finally inside the gates, the stadium filled up like it had 1 million ants in it!

Before long, there were 40,000+ people rocking away to the local Mexican opening act. They played a few 80's covers, which I thought was cool, and then Bon Jovi hit the stage. After a 2.5 hour long set including 2 encores (yes he played "Always" to end the show!) the crowd was roaring. The Mexican fans were really enthralled and ate up every second of the performance. You can tell they had been waiting for a long time for us to return and they were very happy we had!

The following day, we flew on to San Jose Costa Rica for our next gig. It was s very long travel day that included a layover in Panama, and over 12 hours of travel. Once settled in to our Costa Rican hotel, we all grabbed dinner and called it a night.

Today we are loading into the Costa Rican Stadium and between rain, wind, mud, and port a potties (with no toilet paper), we sure have a fun day on our hands!

Wish us luck!!

Fonte: http://www.bonjovi.com/

domingo, 26 de setembro de 2010

Hello Costa Rica!



Ele vai precisar de muita calma na jungle! LOL!

 

sábado, 25 de setembro de 2010

Set list Mexico - 24/09/10

1. Blood On Blood
2. We Weren't Born To Follow
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Whole Lot of Leavin'
5. Born To Be My Baby
6. Lost Highway
7. When We Were Beautiful
8. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
9. We Got It Going On
10. Bad Medicine W/Pretty Woman
11. It's My Life
12. Lay Your Hands On Me (Richie Vox)
13. I'll Be There For You
14. What Do You Got?
15. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
16. Work For The Working Man
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. Keep the Faith
Encore:

19. Wanted Dead Or Alive
20. Livin' On A Prayer
21. Always
 

quinta-feira, 16 de setembro de 2010

Argentina! Argentina! Argentina!




Keep the Faith tour November 1993 - Beatles cover!




These Days tour October 1995 - Always


segunda-feira, 13 de setembro de 2010

Tour photographer

Tudo bem que ele e essa equipe de vídeo obstruiram minha visão várias vezes no show de NJ, mas até que valeu a pena. Como o Richie mesmo disse, esse cara é o melhor fotógrafo de show do momento. Incrível como ele conseguiu encontrar ângulos fantásticos, como esse aqui:


Amei este vídeo em que ele conta um pouco os bastidores de fotografar a banda. De quebra apareço 2 vezes. Eu e minha bandeira, LOL!

"After working frantically to capture as much backstage video footage as we could, it was time to meet the band and give them the books David had printed. I never in a million years would have thought I would be escorted deep inside the Meadowlands Stadium to Bon Jovi’s personal dressing room to meet the band…yet there we were; and filming it nevertheless! Jon, Tico, Richie, and David were all alone in this huge room waiting to be called out for other press releases and interviews. They immediately lit up as David made his entrance with his special gifts. Everyone was so nice to us and it was amazing to see how genuine and down to earth everyone was towards us. I really cannot say how much I personally thank Jon Bon Jovi and the rest of his management for allowing us as outsiders to come into such a special and reserved place that few ever get to see. In the moment though, all I really remember telling myself was to keep the camera stable and in focus haha…oh well for meeting and chatting with childhood idols".

                            
Fstoppers Original: David Bergman Photographs Bon Jovi from FStoppers on Vimeo.


Love is the only rule!!!

quinta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2010

Wanna see my tattoo?

Jon e Tico na Argentina em 1990.
O mais engraçado é a loira perguntando se a tatuagem é pra vida toda...jajajajaja!!!!