Bon Jovi | Historic 3rd Night at Madison Square Garden | New York 2011

For all those who weren't around back in the day - on first look, this might seem like a rather standard show for that tour, but it was anything but that! The band was just about to round up their three-night stint at Madison Square Garden - the most shows they had played there on one tour since 1987!
But just like 4 days earlier in Boston, they got cut off in the middle when the sound went away! Allegedly, a drunk fan had spilled his beer over the mixing console, causing the whole sound PA system to collapse. So the band was forced to leave the stage during their acoustic set and decided to simply use this as their encore break. While the show had been good up until then, the comeback was phenomenal. Whether it was Jon's wife and kids being in the pit, them being extra motivated at home or them being gutted that it had happened twice on such short notice, the band fired up like there was no tomorrow! Just listen to Jon's "get down on your knees and pray!" scream before the solo in Keep The Faith, Richie's blistering outro to Always - or simply: listen to everything, it's worth it!
Audio and video have been completely remastered! The video quality changes a bit since it was filmed off the built-in arena screens and everytime certain spots on the lightning rig got turned on, the picture either turns a bit red, blue or green. Furthermore, the filmer switched his "internal light" settings a few times, but it's very nice to watch all the way!
Setlist:
01. Raise Your Hands [0:00]
02. You Give Love A Bad Name [5:23]
03. Born To Be My Baby [9:06]
04. We Weren't Born To Follow [14:12]
05. Lost Highway [18:13]
06. When We Were Beautiful [23:08]
07. It's My Life [29:43]
08. Runaway [33:56]
09. The More Things Change [39:49]
10. We Got It Going On [45:15]
11. Bad Medicine [50:08]
~ Roadhouse Blues [54:39]
12. Lay Your Hands On Me (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) [1:00:30]
13. Bed of Roses [1:06:26]
14. Diamond Ring [1:15:00]
15. I'll Be There For You [1:19:07]
16. Love For Sale [1:25:52]
17. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (Acoustic / PA system collapses) [1:29:28]
Encore 1:
18. Who Says You Can't Go Home [1:33:50]
19. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead [1:39:23]
~ Start Me Up [1:42:52]
20. Work For The Working Man [1:46:51]
21. Have A Nice Day [1:51:06]
22. Keep The Faith [1:55:13]
23. Dry County [2:02:10]
24. Wanted Dead Or Alive [2:12:46]
25. I Love This Town [2:19:15]
26. Livin' On A Prayer [2:24:26]
Encore 2:
27. In These Arms [2:31:51]
28. Always [2:38:25]
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