It’s been quite the week for Jon Bon Jovi, releasing his new album “Burning Bridges” and celebrating 29 years since his album “Slippery When Wet” skyrocketed him and the band to fame. And on his return to Vancouver, ET Canada’s Erin Cebula caught up with the rocker to talk about the album’s Canadian connection – it was recorded in Vancouver.
“We were all so young and had no homes,” he explains. “We said ‘sure we will come to Vancouver’ and this little studio called Little Mountain had a hell of a drum sound. And we made what became history.”;
Bon Jovi also announced he will be ending his 32-year relationship with Mercury Records, focusing on a new direction for the New Year: “This is the end of a chapter in my life. But the beauty is to have been a part of songs that have touched decades of people.”;
Those loyal fans came out in full force for Bon Jovi’s show in Vancouver over the weekend, listening to classics and soon-to-be-classics. Of course, there was one piece noticeably missing…Richie Sambora.
“Burning Bridges” is the first album without the original guitarist, since he left back in 2013. “Let me be perfectly clear, there was no ill-will on the day that Richie didn’t show up again,” says Bon Jovi. “So God bless him, but Richie just didn’t want to go to work anymore. Forget your commitment to the band, we have 120 people working for us, we have contracts with promoters we have 2 million people who put out the money for tickets. So that’s okay, you can quit but the train keeps rolling.”;
Watch Jon Bon Jovi open up about whether or not the whole gang will reunite on stage below.
