Anymore news on the new "rock" album?

[PianoMan1986]

Months ago (roughly) it was announced that the band were planning on recording a new album returning to a rock sound. Just wondering if there's been anymore info on this.

[Little Secret]

Apparently is was reported not long ago that they had 12 songs in the bag for it already. Potential release date is late 2009/early 2010. And it's being recorded in L.A. with John Shanks, who produced Have A Nice Day and part of Lost Highway.

[PianoMan1986]

Apparently is was reported not long ago that they had 12 songs in the bag for it already. Potential release date is late 2009/early 2010. And it's being recorded in L.A. with John Shanks, who produced Have A Nice Day and part of Lost Highway.

Cool, thanks for the info.

[LLL]

Andrew "tweeted" yesterday this about the new album and it's release:

New Bon Jovi studio album (a loud rock record if you choose to believe them) looks set for release November 11.

http://twitter.com/MelodicRock

[PianoMan1986]

Andrew "tweeted" yesterday this about the new album and it's release:

New Bon Jovi studio album (a loud rock record if you choose to believe them) looks set for release November 11.

http://twitter.com/MelodicRock

Awesome, thanks.

[LLL]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

[PianoMan1986]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

Yeah, I checked it out when Andrew posted it. I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I decide anything on it, but it doesn't help hearing it in an acoustic context though.

[LLL]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

Yeah, I checked it out when Andrew posted it. I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I decide anything on it, but it doesn't help hearing it in an acoustic context though.

I have been thinking the exact same thing. I also have a question for those who might know. Where is Richie Sambora? He wasn't in this video of the live performance of the new song. I realize it was a private performance for the EIF, I just wondered why RS wasn't there with them. It is great to see Lorenza Ponce performing with them again though.

[SP Fan in Oregon]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

Yeah, I checked it out when Andrew posted it. I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I decide anything on it, but it doesn't help hearing it in an acoustic context though.

I have been thinking the exact same thing. I also have a question for those who might know. Where is Richie Sambora? He wasn't in this video of the live performance of the new song. I realize it was a private performance for the EIF, I just wondered why RS wasn't there with them. It is great to see Lorenza Ponce performing with them again though.

Richie is making a new solo album at Henson Studios, Studio C in Hollywood.

[LLL]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

Yeah, I checked it out when Andrew posted it. I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I decide anything on it, but it doesn't help hearing it in an acoustic context though.

I have been thinking the exact same thing. I also have a question for those who might know. Where is Richie Sambora? He wasn't in this video of the live performance of the new song. I realize it was a private performance for the EIF, I just wondered why RS wasn't there with them. It is great to see Lorenza Ponce performing with them again though.

Richie is making a new solo album at Henson Studios, Studio C in Hollywood.

What about Tico and David? They weren't performing in the video with Jon either. What have those guys been up to?

[SP Fan in Oregon]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

Yeah, I checked it out when Andrew posted it. I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I decide anything on it, but it doesn't help hearing it in an acoustic context though.

I have been thinking the exact same thing. I also have a question for those who might know. Where is Richie Sambora? He wasn't in this video of the live performance of the new song. I realize it was a private performance for the EIF, I just wondered why RS wasn't there with them. It is great to see Lorenza Ponce performing with them again though.

Richie is making a new solo album at Henson Studios, Studio C in Hollywood.

What about Tico and David? They weren't performing in the video with Jon either. What have those guys been up to?

David was involved with a musical. Not sure what Tico is up to. Probably chillin.

[jrnyman28]

Here is a link to the song Work for the Working Man off their new CD (in an acoustic setting):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_IitLeg4

Yeah, I checked it out when Andrew posted it. I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I decide anything on it, but it doesn't help hearing it in an acoustic context though.

I have been thinking the exact same thing. I also have a question for those who might know. Where is Richie Sambora? He wasn't in this video of the live performance of the new song. I realize it was a private performance for the EIF, I just wondered why RS wasn't there with them. It is great to see Lorenza Ponce performing with them again though.

Richie is making a new solo album at Henson Studios, Studio C in Hollywood.

That is exciting news. I hope goes back to the blues a little more. I really felt that after he pulled himself through the tough times a while back that he might have some great music come out of it. Tough times are good for that. Here's hoping...

[Invisible Cajun]

BON JOVI - New Album Title Revealed
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 09:31:13 EST


The Screen Door... With Anthony Kuzminski has announced that according to producer John Shanks, the new BON JOVI album will be titled We Weren't Born To Follow.

As previously reported, the band have set November 10th as the release date for the new album. Their new single will be serviced to radio on August 31st. Tour plans will be announced in October.

[LLL]

BON JOVI - New Album Title Revealed
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 09:31:13 EST


The Screen Door... With Anthony Kuzminski has announced that according to producer John Shanks, the new BON JOVI album will be titled We Weren't Born To Follow.

As previously reported, the band have set November 10th as the release date for the new album. Their new single will be serviced to radio on August 31st. Tour plans will be announced in October.

Terrific! Thanks so much for the update.

[barefootgypsy]

Months ago (roughly) it was announced that the band were planning on recording a new album returning to a rock sound. Just wondering if there's been anymore info on this.

I am a long time Bon Jovi fan and I'm very glad to hear we're getting a new rock album. Although I have purchased every cd that they have released, I'm not a country fan and I do miss the Bon Jovi that we all fell in love with.

I hope Richie's new album is a success. He sure has been through a lot the last year or so and I do love his voice so there is something else to look forward to.

Thanks for the info.

[LLL]

BON JOVI - New Album Title Revealed
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 09:31:13 EST


The Screen Door... With Anthony Kuzminski has announced that according to producer John Shanks, the new BON JOVI album will be titled We Weren't Born To Follow.

As previously reported, the band have set November 10th as the release date for the new album. Their new single will be serviced to radio on August 31st. Tour plans will be announced in October.

I am seeing mixed things on this title. It has been reported that "We Weren't Born to Follow" is the name of the single that will be released to radio on August 31st. It is also being reported in several places (including a tweet by Andrew himself) that the title of the new album is called "The Circle."

Additional reports say that the new tour will be announced anywhere from September 1 to mid October.

Andrew can you chime in and confirm the album title and let us know if you have heard any tour info?

[Don]

They need to lose the acoustic this time around and let these songs rock out ala Slippery when Wet.

[LLL]

From Island Def Jam today:

August 18, 2009

New single: We Weren't Born to Follow

Listen to Bon Jovi's first single "We Weren't Born to Follow" from their highly anticipated album "The Circle" available on November 10, 2009.


Here is a link to the site, where you can hear new single:

http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/news_single.aspx?nid=4878&artistID=7323

[portland]

Hey you guys talk about music here???!!!

[LLL]

Hey you guys talk about music here???!!!

Imagine that! A music forum that actually has discussions about music.

[portland]

Hey you guys talk about music here???!!!

Imagine that! A music forum that actually has discussions about music.

I know what an idea....

[SP Fan in Oregon]

Hey you guys talk about music here???!!!

Imagine that! A music forum that actually has discussions about music.

Damn, I thought there were going to be fights over Richie Sambora's nose hairs..

[LLL]

Rolling Stone article from last week:

Bon Jovi Return to Rock With “The Circle” On November 10th
8/19/09, 12:11 pm EST

Bon Jovi told Rolling Stone that they’ll be going “back to rock & roll” on their next album, and today we learned when their return to their roots will go down: Bon Jovi announced today that their next album The Circle will be released on November 10th. First single “We Weren’t Born To Follow” debuted on radio yesterday, featuring an anthemic chorus of “We weren’t born to follow, come on and get up off your knees, when life is a bitter pill to swallow, you got to hold on to what you believe.” Have a listen at the Island Def Jam site.

The Circle follows the band’s platinum-selling, country-tinged LP Lost Highway. “I think what happened is the fact that we made the kind of Nashville-influenced record, and it created this vacuum now for a big rock record from us. There’s a continued evolution,” guitarist Richie Sambora told Rolling Stone. “[The Circle] doesn’t sound like any other previous record. Everybody that we’ve been playing it for has been real turned on by it, and we’re certainly happy with how it turned out.”

The Circle find Bon Jovi reteaming with producer John Shanks, who also worked with the band on 2005’s Have A Nice Day and 2007’s Lost Highway. Sambora also told RS that Bon Jovi would set out on tour to promote the album sometime in the Spring of 2010, promising that the ensuing trek is “going to be a big one.”

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/19/bon-jovi-return-to-rock-with-the-circle-on-november-10th/

Another article from earlier in the week:

Bon Jovi Get “Back to Rock & Roll” On November Album
8/18/09, 12:18 pm EST

Bon Jovi’s last album, 2007’s Lost Highway, saw the longtime Jersey tunesmiths veer off into Nashville territory. And while the album was a sizable hit with their fanbase, on the group’s forthcoming album, guitarist Richie Sambora promises a return to the group’s roots. “It’s back to rock & roll for us, man,” Sambora tells Rolling Stone. “Jon and I had a wonderful time making it. Very proud of it — just getting down to mixing it right now. We hit a very prolific period in our songwriting.” Sambora reveals the band was considering churning out a greatest-hits album, but reports, “We started having so much fun making this record, that we decided we would do a studio album first. It sounds fresh — I think we reinvented ourselves again.”

The album will be out in November, and RS can report the title currently floating around cyberspace is not correct. While he couldn’t reveal the actual album name, Sambora did muse on the band’s evolution since going a bit country on their last LP: “I think what happened is the fact that we made the kind of Nashville-influenced record, and it created this vacuum now for a big rock record from us. There’s a continued evolution… it doesn’t sound like any other previous record. Everybody that we’ve been playing it for has been real turned on by it, and we’re certainly happy with how it turned out.” UPDATE: Bon Jovi have announced The Circle will be released on November 10th. Get the story here.

Rest easy longtime fans, Sambora promises that the disc is unmistakably Bon Jovi. “There’s going to be some big choruses on there. It sounds like Bon Jovi, but it sounds fresh. We experimented with a lot of new sounds and had a really good time working with [producer] John Shanks, who is also a really good guitar player, so he and I did a lot of ‘weaseling’ with the guitar sounds. There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record, that I think makes it really modern. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard.”

And will Bon Jovi be hitting the road in support of studio album number 11? “Next year. 2010, probably spring time we’ll get going. And we’re going to go for a long time. It’s going to be a big one.”

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/18/bon-jovi-get-back-to-rock-roll-on-november-album/

[rockinfayrose]

When I heard about the new album, immediately I was excited that I might finally get the chance to see Bon Jovi in concert in 2010 Looks like this may happen - I came across this news post today...

The Circle World Tour is an upcoming worldwide concert tour by Bon Jovi, and will take place from January 2010 to December 2010 featuring their 11th album, The Circle

Hope they come to Staples or Nokia here in Los Angeles!