NorthJersey.com has an interview with Jon about opening the New Meadowlands Stadium.
Nothing earth-shattering here. But it’s kind of nice to get Jon’s perspective on getting to open the new stadium. Especially since Bon Jovi has played the old Giants Stadium so many times and Jon has always referred to it as his home.
In a way, having Bon Jovi open the new stadium bookends things nicely–they had The Boss close the old Giants Stadium, and now Jon’s coming to open the new one. That way they’ve managed to get the two biggest musical legends from New Jersey involved in the transition, and no one group of fans has any reason to get cranky about it.
All that being said, though, this is home turf for the band, and they’re still trotting out ‘Hallelujah’ instead of doing one of their own songs? Doubly so since Bon Jovi spent most of the 90s known for being a ballad band. This, if ever, would be time to trot out one of the big ballads from their own catalog–something like ‘Dry County’ or ‘This Ain’t A Love Song’
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