Bon Jovi kicked their tour off last night in Honolulu, HI @ the Blaisdell Center Arena. In their 22-song set they pulled out three songs from their first two records.
"Roulette" and "Shot Through The Heart" were played for the first time since the band’s Japan tour in 1986 and "Tokyo Road" was performed for the first time since March of 2001 where it was done as a one-off in Japan. Ten of the band’s eleven records were represented with 5 songs performed from their latest album, The Circle. The full setlist is as follows:
Opening Night setlist for 'The Circle' tour:
1. Blood on Blood
2. We Weren't Born To Follow
3. Bad Name
4. Born To Be My Baby
5. Roulette
6. Shot Through The Heart
7. When We Were Beautiful
8. Whole Lot of Leavin'
9. Superman Tonight
10. We Got It Going On
11. It's My Life
12. Bad Medicine
13. (You Want To) Make a Memory
14. Diamond Ring
15. Bed of Roses
16. Work For The Working Man
17. Have a Nice Day
18. Who Says You Can't Go Home
19. Love's The Only Rule
Encore:
20. Tokyo Road
21. Wanted, Dead or Alive
22. Livin' On A Prayer
For the record, I don't think my "Open Letter To Jon Bon Jovi" had anything to do with the changes, they did say they were going to go deep on this tour. If anything I may take a small bit of credit for the non-inclusion of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (just kidding).
Let's hope they continue to dig deep show to show and throughout the entire tour.
One suggestion, why not perform "Shot Through The Heart" and lead directly into "You Give Love A Bad Name"? It would be a way to showcase an old song and give the old classic some new context. Here's to hoping there is more to come.
"Roulette"
"Diamond Ring"
