Jon Bon Jovi ‘grateful and humble’ to tour again after vocal cord surgery
The 63-year-old singer undergoes rehab after 2022 surgery to regain strength to sing live again
US ROCKER Jon Bon Jovi said he is “grateful and humble” to be able to return to the stage again following vocal cord surgery as the band that carries his name announced a comeback tour.
The 63 year-old singer underwent surgery in 2022 and needed three years of rehabilitation to regain the strength to sing live again.
“I’m excited. I’m also grateful and humble,” Bon Jovi told Reuters on the sidelines of a press conference for the 2026 tour at Wembley Stadium on Friday (Oct 24).
“(It) has taken a lot of rehabilitation. It’s sort of like an athlete... because you’re retraining... (like) a leg break for a footballer on this field. You have to slowly walk until he can run.”
The band, which Bon Jovi founded in 1983 and is known for hits such as Livin’ on a Prayer, Always and It’s My Life, announced its Forever Tour on Wednesday, saying it would kick off on Jul 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Bon Jovi will then play at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin’s Croke Park in August before wrapping the tour at London’s Wembley stadium on Sep 4.
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“The inspiration was not to get back on the stage. The inspiration when you write a song and you feel that resonance between the sound waves of that music and the band and that resonance between you and the band and the audience,” Bon Jovi said of his decision to tour again.
The tour announcement coincides with the release of Forever (Legendary Edition), a new version of Bon Jovi’s 2024 album, featuring collaborations with the likes of Robbie Williams, Bruce Springsteen and Avril Lavigne.
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