Wikipedia / These Days Tour
Wikipedia / These Days Tour
These Days Tour was Bon Jovi's concert tour during 1995-96. Van Halen opened as a special guest for Bon Jovi on twenty of the European stadium dates during the second leg promoting their album Balance. The last of the three Wembley Stadium gigs was filmed for the DVD Live From London. The band played 131 shows in 35 countries all across the world. The tour was the first with current bassist Hugh McDonald.
Personnel
Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitar, maracas for Keep the Faith, tambourine for Hey God
Richie Sambora - lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox, lead vocals for Stranger In This Town
David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine for Something to Believe In
Hugh McDonald - bass guitar, backing vocals
Tico Torres - drums, percussion, lead vocals for Crazy
Set list
The set list varied on a nightly basis on this tour, but usually featured several songs from the These Days album, such as "Hey God", "Something for the Pain", and "This Ain't a Love Song". It also included many of their hits from the 1980s such as "Livin' on a Prayer", "You Give Love a Bad Name", and "Bad Medicine".
"Hey God"
"Because the Night"(cover)
"Damned"
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (with snippets of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
"Bad Medicine" / "Shout"
Encore:
"Always"
"Blood on Blood"
Encore 2:
"Runaway"
Tour dates
Box office score data
The total attendance of the 3 South African shows was 182,000.
Cancelled dates
References