Bon Jovi is returning to the stage this summer. Unfortunately, only a lucky few will be there.
The group hasn’t toured since 2022, as frontman Jon Bon Jovi dealt with a throat issue that threatened his voice. His only appearance since was a mini-set in February at the MusiCares awards in Los Angeles. Bon Jovi is now scheduled to play this June in Nashville, but only in an “intimate private performance” at a “secret location” as part of an exclusive weekend travel package. No show-only tickets will be sold.
Dates are June 13-15, 2025, with pricing that includes three days and two nights at the JW Marriott in Nashville. A fan party is also scheduled at Bon Jovi’s local restaurant, JBJ’s Nashville. Trip packages go on sale at noon ET on Monday, April 14. They are available exclusively at runawaytours.com.
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Bon Jovi released Forever in 2024 and played a surprise Nashville concert to celebrate. No proper tour followed, however, and the LP quickly vanished from the charts. Bon Jovi later confirmed that he was still recovering from a 2022 procedure called vocal cord medialization. He said he’d healed enough for one-off performances but not for the rigors of a long string of shows.
“I just wish there was a fucking light switch,” Bon Jovi told The Guardian last summer. “I’m more than capable of singing again. The bar is now: Can I do two and a half hours a night, four nights a week? The answer is no.”
In the meantime, Bon Jovi said he was putting together a re-release of Forever with special guest duets. “This is an album that we’re very proud of,” he told Sound on Sound, “and I think it’s the best Bon Jovi record since [2007’s] Lost Highway or at least [2005’s] Have a Nice Day.”
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