Bon Jovi Has A Nice Country Day

Bon Jovi with a hit country song? What's next? "Yo! Bon Jovi Raps?" I doubt it. But it's good to see New Jersey's second favorite rocker (much to the chagrin of every New Jersey musician) still kicking it after most hard rock careers have gone the way of small clubs.



From FMBQ:
After 20 years of writing hit Rock and Pop songs, Bon Jovi returned home from the Japanese leg of their Have A Nice Day tour to find that their duet with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, "Who Says You Can't Go Home," has hit # 1 on the Country chart. This makes them the first Rock band to score a #1 Country hit. The video for the track also earned the band their first CMT Award (Country Music Television) for "Collaborative Video Of The Year" and the collaboration is nominated for an Academy Of Country Music Award, which will be handed out in May.

Furthermore, "Who Says You Can't Go Home" has served as the foundation on which Jon Bon Jovi has built a successful partnership with Habitat For Humanity. Bon Jovi's relationship with the charity began in 2005, and since then, Jon and Habitat along with Jon's AFL team, the Philadelphia Soul, have built six homes in Philadelphia. Jon's work with Habitat, along with his other humanitarian efforts, has inspired HELP USA, which aids and mentors the homeless, to name Jon Bon Jovi one of the recipients of their annual HELP Heroes Award, along with director Martin Scorsese, at an awards banquet on May 4.
Bon Jovi recently announced the addition of nine new stadium shows for July in support of Have A Nice Day, including two sold-out performances on July 18 & 19 at Giants Stadium, and a just-announced third show on July 29.

The tour dates are:
Sat 05/13/06 Dusseldorf, GER LTU Arena
Mon 05/15/06 Linz, AUT Stadion
Wed 05/17/06 Koblenz, GER Schlossplatz
Sat 05/20/06 Dublin, IRE Croke Park
Wed 05/24/06 Heppenheim, GER Hessentag
Thu 05/25/06 Nijmegen, NET Goffert Park
Sat 05/27/06 Stuttgart, GER Canstatter Wasen
Sun 05/28/06 Munich, GER Olympic Stadium
Tue 05/30/06 Innsbruck, AUT Olympiaworld
Wed 05/31/06 Bern, SWI Stade De Suisse
Sat 06/03/06 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park
Sun 06/04/06 Manchester, UK Commonwealth Stadium
Wed 06/07/06 Coventry, UK Ricoh Arena
Fri 06/09/06 Southampton, UK St. Mary's Stadium
Sat 06/10/06 Milton Keynes, UK National Bowl
Sun 06/11/06 Milton Keynes, UK National Bowl
Mon 07/10/06 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Live
Thu 07/13/06 Montreal, QC Parc Jean-Drapeau
Sat 07/15/06 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park
Tue 07/18/06 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
Wed 07/19/06 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
Fri 07/21/06 Chicago, IL Soldier Field Stadium
Sun 07/23/06 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Field
Thu 07/27/06 Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium
Sat 07/29/06 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium