My Knitting Woes.....and my finished work!: July 2010

First off let me say that I've been seeing Bon Jovi since the Keep the Faith tour back in '93. I was 15 and had already had a deep appreciation for Bon Jovi (Thanks to my mother for that one :))
I believe i even still have that ticket stub which i need to find and post. That concert they were also taping for the In These Arms video and i remember hoping to get taped for the video! (at Maple Leaf Gardens)

This has been a tradition of mine and my mother's to see Bon Jovi together everytime they come to Toronto. I have seriously lost count on how many times i've seen them live. I've even seen them twice in a row, back to back in Toronto at the ACC!

Here are a couple of the shows i've seen.

Bon Jovi - St. Denis Theatre - Montreal - Dec 6-94 (We did a Road Trip for that one)

Bon Jovi - Molson Amphitheatre - September 3-95

Bon Jovi - Air Canada Center - November 11-2000

Bon Jovi - Molson Amp - July 17-2001

Bon Jovi - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 -That year we did the Auction and paid some good coin for some awesome seats!

Bon Jovi - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON - Thu, Dec 6, 2007

Bon Jovi - Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON - Tue, Jul 20, 2010

I know there are more dates in there I just need to find them. :)

My husband says it's a problem or an obsession. I say the opposite, i say it's love for the band and there music. Which it is, I've always been into Rock Music, OK who am i kidding i have the biggest crush on Richie Sambora. I was 13 and i was determined i was going to marry him. Never married him and have never met him. But when you hear him play or even sing how can you not love that man!

So on Tuesday July 20-10 Bon Jovi came back into Toronto but this time in a bigger venue, The Rogers Centre. At first i didn't really know what to think as I've never seen a concert there before and didn't really know what to expect. For the most part big venues tend to echo with noise but surprisingly it didn't. It was an awesome show and i think by far there best show. I've seen a number of Bon Jovi shows and i found they were always predictable, i knew just by the beginning cord what song was next. This time around they changed it up and in a good way!

They started with Blood on Blood, even played Runaway (They've played that in the past so it's nice to see that they still play it live) So many of the classics were played throughout the night. Now i will admit one song really touched my heart as it is my favorite song and has always been my favorite. For the past number of years Bon Jovi has always played this song as an Accoustic version. This year they played Bed of Roses as the original version which i was so happy about. My favorite part of that song is Richie's solo. That is an amazing solo and sends goose bumps up and down my arms when i hear it. When they played it live i couldn't help but shed a tear (those who know me know i'm not much of a crier)

I thought i'd share some of my photos here as well as i got some great shots!