News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1918 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:16:36 -0400 Mon, 16 May 2022 20:00:01 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1918 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon-bon-jovi-didnt-like-bon-jovi-classic-livin-on-a-prayer-but-desmond-child-begged-him-to-try-it-hes-still-singing-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon-bon-jovi-didnt-like-bon-jovi-classic-livin-on-a-prayer-but-desmond-child-begged-him-to-try-it-hes-still-singing-it Music News: "Jon still thought that, because I'd written it on the piano, it was piano driven. And he was a guitar band and all that – he thought, 'This isn't gonna work.'"]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:16:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/people-hated-us-jon-bon-jovi-was-tired-of-being-an-opening-act-then-slippery-when-wet-outsold-springsteens-born-to-run-and-def-leppards-pyromania https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/people-hated-us-jon-bon-jovi-was-tired-of-being-an-opening-act-then-slippery-when-wet-outsold-springsteens-born-to-run-and-def-leppards-pyromania Retrospective: "I was really tired of being hindered as an opening act and being told, 'You can't do that.'"]]> Fri, 01 May 2026 05:45:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon-bon-jovi-shares-important-lesson-about-live-shows-he-learned-from-metallicas-lars-ulrich-im-digging-that-concept https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon-bon-jovi-shares-important-lesson-about-live-shows-he-learned-from-metallicas-lars-ulrich-im-digging-that-concept Music News: "Not that we're going to do that."]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:32:31 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/they-were-the-nickelback-of-the-1980s-however-one-of-their-albums-pushed-heavier-music-into-the-mainstream-183005 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/they-were-the-nickelback-of-the-1980s-however-one-of-their-albums-pushed-heavier-music-into-the-mainstream-183005 Features: Love them or hate them, they were important.]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:16:54 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/why-bon-jovi-would-never-have-made-it-today-according-to-longtime-manager-we-used-to-have-an-ecosystem-that-allowed-everybody-to-live https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/why-bon-jovi-would-never-have-made-it-today-according-to-longtime-manager-we-used-to-have-an-ecosystem-that-allowed-everybody-to-live Music News: "So what we're going to do is lose the next Bob Dylans, the next Mötley Crües, the next AC/DCs, the next Led Zeppelins, because they're going to say 'I can't make money doing this.'"]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bon-jovi-opens-up-on-how-this-beatles-song-inspired-him-to-work-with-other-singers-after-vocal-injury-a-coalition-of-the-willing-said-yes https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bon-jovi-opens-up-on-how-this-beatles-song-inspired-him-to-work-with-other-singers-after-vocal-injury-a-coalition-of-the-willing-said-yes Music News: "There was no way I was going out on the stage without joy in my heart and fully working vocal cords."]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:16:26 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/it-didnt-sound-like-anything-else-on-the-radio-how-bon-jovi-wrote-one-of-the-best-selling-songs-of-all-time https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/it-didnt-sound-like-anything-else-on-the-radio-how-bon-jovi-wrote-one-of-the-best-selling-songs-of-all-time Music News: "Wow! Listen to that energy!"]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2025 04:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-had-been-written-off-jon-bon-jovi-on-outlasting-grunge-and-why-he-wont-lower-the-register-on-classic-bon-jovi-songs https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-had-been-written-off-jon-bon-jovi-on-outlasting-grunge-and-why-he-wont-lower-the-register-on-classic-bon-jovi-songs Music News: "We had been written off in the early '90s to grunge. Well, we survived 'em."]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:34:15 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-thought-i-dont-think-i-could-do-this-anymore-jon-bon-jovi-opens-up-on-vocal-struggles-and-all-the-challenges-his-band-faced-since-richie-samboras-departure https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-thought-i-dont-think-i-could-do-this-anymore-jon-bon-jovi-opens-up-on-vocal-struggles-and-all-the-challenges-his-band-faced-since-richie-samboras-departure Music News: "I'm confident enough now to know that I can sell a ticket. I wasn't at all willing a year ago."]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:00:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-said-i-dont-wanna-be-like-anyone-else-i-want-to-be-bigger-than-elvis-what-this-prog-icon-thought-of-bon-jovi-after-their-first-meeting https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-said-i-dont-wanna-be-like-anyone-else-i-want-to-be-bigger-than-elvis-what-this-prog-icon-thought-of-bon-jovi-after-their-first-meeting Music News: "I met Jon, and he was just literally putting his band together."]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-feel-uncomfortable-watching-jon-bon-jovi-trying-to-do-it-prog-icon-on-rock-singers-wanting-to-be-who-they-were-when-they-were-younger https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-feel-uncomfortable-watching-jon-bon-jovi-trying-to-do-it-prog-icon-on-rock-singers-wanting-to-be-who-they-were-when-they-were-younger Music News: "It's embarrassing to me that they would present themselves in a way that is not how they used to be. And I don't know why they do it, honestly."]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you-couldnt-be-in-a-rock-band-unless-this-man-recorded-all-the-guitars-on-runaway-but-jon-bon-jovi-never-offered-him-a-job-he-reveals-why https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you-couldnt-be-in-a-rock-band-unless-this-man-recorded-all-the-guitars-on-runaway-but-jon-bon-jovi-never-offered-him-a-job-he-reveals-why Music News: "Jon never came out and asked."]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/phil-x-opens-up-on-relationship-with-richie-sambora-names-one-thing-his-predecessor-doesnt-do-while-playing-this-bon-jovi-classic https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/phil-x-opens-up-on-relationship-with-richie-sambora-names-one-thing-his-predecessor-doesnt-do-while-playing-this-bon-jovi-classic Music News: "He [Sambora] was just one more guy hanging out backstage."]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2025 01:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/totally-improvised-this-guitarist-played-the-solo-on-bon-jovis-runaway--without-knowing-it-would-go-out-into-the-world https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/totally-improvised-this-guitarist-played-the-solo-on-bon-jovis-runaway--without-knowing-it-would-go-out-into-the-world Music News: "I had no idea that that song would go out into the world and be his first single."]]> Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:47:06 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/theres_things_you_dont_want_to_mess_with_phil_x_opens_up_on_replacing_richie_sambora_in_bon_jovi.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/theres_things_you_dont_want_to_mess_with_phil_x_opens_up_on_replacing_richie_sambora_in_bon_jovi.html Music News: "I believe I went into the Bon Jovi thing with the right the right mindset."]]> Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:05:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_should_be_here_this_isnt_my_moment_phil_x_opens_up_on_feeling_like_he_was_stealing_richie_samboras_thunder_at_emotional_bon_jovi_gig.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_should_be_here_this_isnt_my_moment_phil_x_opens_up_on_feeling_like_he_was_stealing_richie_samboras_thunder_at_emotional_bon_jovi_gig.html Music News: "Now, you know what I was thinking? I was thinking, 'This isn't my moment, as amazing as this is. Richie should be here for this.'"]]> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:45:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i_miss_him_personally_and_creatively_jon_bon_jovi_recalls_how_the_band_reacted_to_richie_sambora_leaving.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i_miss_him_personally_and_creatively_jon_bon_jovi_recalls_how_the_band_reacted_to_richie_sambora_leaving.html Music News: "It's heartbreaking that Richie left, and that he did it in that way."]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2024 18:18:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_shares_opinion_on_lzzy_hale_fronting_skid_row_she_responds.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_shares_opinion_on_lzzy_hale_fronting_skid_row_she_responds.html Music News: "Please, Lzzy Hale, join Skid Row."]]> Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:49:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_says_he_probably_would_have_left_bon_jovi_earlier_given_the_chance_speaks_on_possibility_of_a_reunion.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_says_he_probably_would_have_left_bon_jovi_earlier_given_the_chance_speaks_on_possibility_of_a_reunion.html Music News: The guitarist also said "there's one thing that's not in" the new Bon Jovi docuseries, "and it's everything."]]> Thu, 09 May 2024 00:19:45 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/wholesome_jon_bon_jovi_reunited_with_his_first_guitar_after_45_years_it_inspired_a_song_on_bon_jovis_new_album.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/wholesome_jon_bon_jovi_reunited_with_his_first_guitar_after_45_years_it_inspired_a_song_on_bon_jovis_new_album.html Gear: "I opened up that same cardboard case and there it was with five strings."]]> Wed, 01 May 2024 22:20:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_opens_up_on_how_success_affected_him_nothing_can_prepare_you_for_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_opens_up_on_how_success_affected_him_nothing_can_prepare_you_for_it.html Music News: "[When] you write a song, you don't think about what would happen 40 years later."]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2024 22:57:26 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/desmond_child_recalls_jon_bon_jovis_first_reaction_to_his_idea_for_you_give_love_a_bad_name.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/desmond_child_recalls_jon_bon_jovis_first_reaction_to_his_idea_for_you_give_love_a_bad_name.html Music News: "So then, Richie led me down these… 'Silence of the Lambs' kind of staircase – down to this dark, damp, dimly lit basement."]]> Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:41:21 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bon_jovi_has_released_a_holiday_song_titled_christmas_isnt_christmas.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bon_jovi_has_released_a_holiday_song_titled_christmas_isnt_christmas.html Music News: In true Christmas spirit, the band has created a jovial song, which will hold up far longer than the holiday season.]]> Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:09:46 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/desmond_child_explains_how_bon_jovi_classic_exists_as_three_songs_and_it_really_makes_you_think_how_hit_songwriting_works.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/desmond_child_explains_how_bon_jovi_classic_exists_as_three_songs_and_it_really_makes_you_think_how_hit_songwriting_works.html Music News: "He said, 'No man that's like Michael Jackson, man – we're a rock band.' I said, 'Play it on the guitar and chug it.'"]]> Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:40:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_still_cringes_from_his_early_music_videos_you_want_to_embarrass_me_tie_me_to_a_chair_and_make_me_watch_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_still_cringes_from_his_early_music_videos_you_want_to_embarrass_me_tie_me_to_a_chair_and_make_me_watch_it.html Music News: "...it's like, Jesus God."]]> Tue, 02 May 2023 22:04:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_in_talks_to_reunite_with_bon_jovi_we_have_to_do_it_for_the_fans.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_in_talks_to_reunite_with_bon_jovi_we_have_to_do_it_for_the_fans.html Music News: "I don't think there's any reason not to at this point."]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:00:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_might_just_reunite_with_bon_jovi.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_might_just_reunite_with_bon_jovi.html Music News: Seems like they're talking...]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 23:14:26 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_wanted_livin_on_a_prayer_to_rock_harder_says_co-writer_desmond_child.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon_bon_jovi_wanted_livin_on_a_prayer_to_rock_harder_says_co-writer_desmond_child.html Music News: "Richie and I literally got on our hands and knees and begged him to record it."]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:00:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_bon_jovi_bassist_and_co-founder_alec_john_such_has_died_aged_70.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_bon_jovi_bassist_and_co-founder_alec_john_such_has_died_aged_70.html Music News: The late musician took part in creating some of Bon Jovi's best-loved material to date.]]> Sun, 05 Jun 2022 21:17:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch_following_criticisms_of_live_performances_jon_bon_jovi_shares_tour_video_with_fans.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch_following_criticisms_of_live_performances_jon_bon_jovi_shares_tour_video_with_fans.html Music News: The musician closed the run performing among the audience.]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 20:00:01 -0400