Bon Jovi Welcomes Fans into The Circle with 2010-2011 World Tour

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Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:30pm EDT

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North American Tour Announced at Bon Jovi`s Exclusive New Meadowlands Stadium
Performance

Bon Jovi to be the First Band to Play New Meadowlands Stadium
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
With New Jersey`s New Meadowlands Stadium as their backdrop, GRAMMY
Award-winning hometown heroes Bon Jovi performed at a concert and media event
today that announced "The Circle World Tour." The band is preparing to spend
nearly two years spanning the globe, including the kickoff event of New
Meadowlands Stadium, scheduled for May 26th and 27th, 2010. 

The New Meadowlands concerts will go on sale beginning at 10am on Saturday,
October 31st, while additional tour dates go on sale November 9th and 16th. Fans
should continue to log on to www.bonjovi.com for the most up to date concert and
ticket on-sale information. 

The band`s Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres performed
an exclusive set for a select group of 5,000 lucky contest winners, fan club
members, and on-site construction workers currently at work building the New
Meadowlands Stadium. Bon Jovi was also joined by New York Jets Chairman & CEO
Woody Johnson, New York Giants President & CEO, John Mara, as well asPresident
&CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium Company, Mark Lamping. New York`s powerhouse
radio station WPLJ DJ, Race Taylor, served as emcee. Live footage of the event
is available at www.BonJovi.com. An embeddable player is available at
http://www.iclips.net/widgets/jbj/jbj_embed.html.

Beginning with the band`s North American tour launch on February 19th, 2010 in
Seattle, WA, Bon Jovi will spend much of the next two years on the road,
performing 135 shows in 30 countries. Following in the footsteps of their hugely
successful "Lost Highway Tour, Bon Jovi will draw fans around the world into
TheCircle, with a residency at London`s O2 Arena in June 2010 before returning
to America in the fall for an additional nationwide leg, and further dates well
into 2011. 

"It is often said that the third time is a charm, and in the case of the Bon
Jovi/AEG Live relationship, this axiom certainly holds," said Randy Phillips,
President and CEO of AEG Live. "AEG Live has been honored to serve as the band's
worldwide tour promoters, from the 2005 'Have A Nice Day' tour to the highest
grossing tour of 2008, 'Lost Highway,' to the upcoming 'The Circle World Tour'
in 2010. Bon Jovi is one of the most prolific and exciting live rock bands in
the world." 

Having sold more than 120 million albums and performed more than 2,600 concerts
in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans, Bon Jovi is at their best
when they`re on the move, and that`s truer now than ever before. The November
10th, 2009 release of Bon Jovi`s new album, The Circle, and the band`s
subsequent world tour, provides a powerful reassertion of Bon Jovi`s commitment
to the hard-hitting rock & roll that has been the band`s indelible signature
since it began more than 26 years ago. 

Bon Jovi`s 2010 "The Circle World Tour" North American Itinerary

 February 19      Seattle, WA              KeyArena                        
 February 22      San Jose, CA             HP Pavilion                     
 February 24      Phoenix, AZ              Jobing.com Arena                
 February 26      Anaheim, CA              Honda Center                    
 March 2          Sacramento, CA           ARCO Arena                      
 March 4          Los Angeles, CA          STAPLES Center                  
 March 6          Las Vegas, NV            MGM Grand Garden Arena          
 March 8          Denver, CO               Pepsi Center                    
 March 9          Omaha, NE                Qwest Center                    
 March 11         Wichita, KS              INTRUST Bank Arena              
 March 13         Fargo, ND                Fargodome                       
 March 15         Kansas City, MO          Sprint Center                   
 March 17         Detroit, MI              The Palace of Auburn Hills      
 March 19         Montreal, QC             Bell Centre                     
 March 20         Montreal, QC             Bell Centre                     
 March 23         Philadelphia, PA         Wachovia Center                 
 March 24         Philadelphia, PA         Wachovia Center                 
 March 29         Washington, D.C.         Verizon Center                  
 April 7          St. Paul, MN             Xcel Center                     
 April 10         Dallas, TX               American Airlines Center        
 April 13         Tulsa, OK                BOK Center                      
 April 15         Atlanta, GA              Philips Arena                   
 April 17         Tampa, FL                St. Pete Times Forum            
 April 18         Ft. Lauderdale, FL       BankAtlantic Center             
 April 21         Nashville, TN            Sommet Center                   
 April 22         Charlotte, NC            Time Warner Cable Arena         
 May 26           East Rutherford, NJ      New Meadowlands Stadium         
 May 27           East Rutherford, NJ      New Meadowlands Stadium         
 July 15          Edmonton, AB             Commonwealth Stadium            
 July 17          Winnipeg, MB             Canad Inns Stadium              
 July 20          Toronto, ON              Rogers Centre                   
 July 24          Foxboro, MA              Gillette Stadium                
 July 28          Regina, SK               Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field  
 July 30          Chicago, IL              Soldier Field                   


*Advanced tickets to the New Meadowlands Stadium go on sale to American Express
Cardmembers beginning at 10am on Monday, October 26th. 

*For more information on BON JOVI`s North American tour, visit www.BonJovi.com

About AEG Live

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated
to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of
touring, festival, exhibition, broadcast, merchandise and special event
divisions, fifteen regional offices, and thirty state-of-the-art venues. The
company is currently producing tours and productions including Bette Midler "The
Showgirl Must Go On" and Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,
The Color Purple and The Pee Wee Herman Show. The concert tour roster includes
artists such as Taylor Swift, Leonard Cohen, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Miley Cyrus,
Britney Spears, Kenny Chesney, P!nk, Paul McCartney, KISS and American Idols
Live. AEG Live is the largest producer of music festivals in North America from
the critically acclaimed Coachella Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach and New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. For more information, go to
www.aeglive.comhttp://www.aeglive.com/.

For AEG Live: Scoop Marketing, 213-639-6166
Erik Stein, estein@solters.com / Eve Samuels, esamuels@solters.com
or
For BON JOVI: Sunshine, Sachs & Assoc., 212-691-2800
Ken Sunshine / Tiffany Shipp, shipp@sunshinesachs.com
or
For Island Def Jam: 212-333-8533
Laura Swanson, Laura.swanson@umusic.com
or
For NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM: 212-843-9227
Kristen Bothwell, kbothwell@rubenstein.com

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