Bon Jovi gave out discounted concert tickets to his cash-strapped fans for the 2013 Because We Can world tour.
Said gigs will showcase the latest tracks from the band’s newest album, What About Now, which is set to be released in spring of 2013. Bon Jovi’s kind gesture resulted from the $160 to $640 expenses of his fans just to watch The Rolling Stones for their 50th anniversary dates at London’s o2 Arena.
According to Rob Hallet, Bon Jovi’s UK tour promoter, their industry will survive if they will move away from the elitist image of high prices and even higher secondary prices. He said that rock and roll was and should always be the music of everyone.
Bon Jovi has been playing for 30 years now, at over 2,700 concerts in 50 different countries with 35 million people paying to watch their shows.
BECAUSE WE CAN – World Tour Dates
- FEB 13 MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CA BELL CENTRE
- FEB 14 MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CA BELL CENTRE
- FEB 17 TORONTO, ON, CA AIR CANADA CENTRE
- FEB 18 TORONTO, ON, CA AIR CANADA CENTRE
- FEB 20 OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CA SCOTIABANK PLACE
- APR 2 CALGARY, ALBERTA, CA SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME
- APR 3 EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CA REXALL PLACE
- APR 5 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CA MTS CENTRE
- MAY 7 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA , CAPE TOWN STADIUM
- MAY 11 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, FNB STADIUM
- MAY 14 SOFIA, BULGARIA , LEVSKI STADIUM
- MAY 18 MUNICH, GERMANY, OLYMPIC STADIUM
- MAY 21 OSLO, NORWAY , VALLE HOVIN
- MAY 22 BERGEN, NORWAY, KOENGEN
- MAY 24 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, OLYMPIC STADIUM
- MAY 26 TAMPERE, FINLAND , RATINA STADIUM
- JUN 6 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, PARKEN STADIUM
- JUN 8 MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, ETIHAD STADIUM
- JUN 9 BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM VILLA PARK
- JUN 12 CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM CITY STADIUM
- JUN 13 SUNDERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, STADIUM OF LIGHT
- JUN 15 DUBLIN, IRELAND , SLANE CASTLE
- JUN 18 BERLIN, GERMANY , OLYMPIC STADIUM
- JUN 21 STUTTGART, GERMANY, WASEN
- JUN 22 COLOGNE, GERMANY , RHEINENERGIESTADION
- JUN 30 BERNE, SWITZERLAND , STADT DE SUISSE
- JUL 3 GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM , HAMPDEN PARK
Visit www.BonJovi.com for more announcements of upcoming Backstage JBJ pre-sales and new 2013 tour dates