Bon Jovi played their first full live show since 2022 last Saturday, June 14th, in Nashville, New York. The performance was also their first since frontman Jon Bon Jovi revealed his vocal cord problems .
The show took place at Marathon Music Works , as part of a travel package organized by Runaway Tours . Bon Jovi did not allow the use of cell phones during the performance, but the setlist is available at the end of the article.
Jon Bon Jovi: vocal cord problems
Diagnosed with atrophy in one of his vocal cords, Jon Bon Jovi underwent a surgery called "medialization" in 2022 with the goal of improving his condition. The vocalist revealed this during a panel about the documentary series Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story :
“One of my vocal cords was atrophied, but they should be parallel. Let's pretend one is as thick as my thumb and the other is as thick as my little finger. Therefore, the stronger one was pushing the weaker one aside. And I wasn't singing well, my art was being taken away from me.”
“I just want to get back to doing two and a half hours a night, four nights a week, before I really go on tour,” says the vocalist on the 2024 Pollstar Live! “But I have confidence in my doctor,” he adds.
Check out the setlist for the show below:
1. “Beautiful Drug”
2. “We Weren't Born to Follow”
3. “Lost Highway”
4. “Legendary”
5. “You Give Love a Bad Name”
6. “Born to Be My Baby”
7. “Limitless”
8. “It's My Life”
9. “Livin' on a Prayer”
10. “(You Want to) Make a Memory”
11. “Wanted Dead or Alive”
12. “Love's the Only Rule”
13. “Keep the Faith”
Pause for questions and answers
14. “This House Is Not for Sale”
15. “Have a Nice Day”
16. “Blood on Blood”
17. “I'll Be There for You”
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