Far From Samboring
26. Jul, 2013 
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Bon Jovi
Giants Stadium II
July 25th
Jon Bon Jovi tells us to have a nice day, but he really means it, and he ensures that you will have a nice day, even if it’s night.  When you go see a Bon Jovi concert, Jon Bon and company (minus Richie Sambora, but his absence hardly mattered) give you their all, and exactly what you want – those acid-washed jean stadium anthems that have somehow survived the test of cheesy time.  Granite, we are no fans of the BJ, and while 2.5 hours of BJ rocking and rolling in his home state didn’t turn us into a convert, we were kinda shocked at how unbored we were.  Unbored!!  You did it Jon Bovi!!!  Those 8ish songs we know and don’t hate sounded great, but we coulda done without the other 17ish songs, which to us sounded like generic Bon Jovi songs with endless ‘heys’ ‘yays’ and stuff and things.  Still, it’s hard not to be impressed at how nice Jon Bon’s smile is, and the bigger ones he’s eliciting from his rabid fanbase.  hairing is caring
setlist
That’s What the Water Made Me / You Give Love a Bad Name / Raise Your Hands / Born to Be My Baby 
/ Lost Highway / Whole Lot of Leavin’ 
/ It’s My Life 
/ Because We Can 
/ What About Now / We Got It Goin’ On 
/ Keep the Faith 
/ (You Want to) Make a Memory 
/ Bed of Roses 
/ Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars 
/ We Weren’t Born to Follow 
/ Who Says You Can’t Go Home 
/ I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead 
(with ‘Start Me Up” and ‘Oh, Pretty Woman”‘ excerpts) / Bad Medicine 

encore – Runaway 
/ Wanted Dead or Alive 
/ Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night 
/ Have a Nice Day 
/ Livin’ on a Prayer 

second Encore – Always /Â Â These Days
