BON JOVI JOINS LIVE 8 - AND ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM !!
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULED JULY 2nd AT PHILADELPHIA'S MUSEUM OF ART, FOR AMERICAN
LEG OF SIR BOB GELDOF'S WORLDWIDE CONCERT EVENT
"Have A Nice Day" to world premiere at radio on July 18th, first single from
new album
(June 14, 2005 - New York, NY) 100,000,000 Bon Jovi fans ... will be only a
fraction of the worldwide audience who will see the Island recording group,
when they appear at the Museum Of Art in Philadelphia on July 2nd as part of
the American lineup of "Live 8: The Long Walk To Justice." The
once-in-a-lifetime all-star event, organized by Sir Bob Geldof on the 20th
anniversary of the "Live Aid" concerts, will present concerts in London,
Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Philadelphia on the eve of the international G8
Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Further information is available at
www.live8live.com.
"We're excited to be part of such a great lineup of artists for these
shows," said Jon Bon Jovi. "And we're honored to help fulfill Bob's vision.
The impact he made in Africa twenty years ago is still the benchmark by
which all charitable music events are measured."
The Live 8 news comes simultaneously with Bon Jovi's announcement of the
completion of their 14th release, still untitled as of this writing, set to
arrive in stores in the U.S. and Canada on September 20th.
The album's first single release, "Have A Nice Day," will enjoy its world
premiere at radio on July 18th. The track was produced by John Shanks, Jon
Bon Jovi, and Richie Sambora; Shanks was voted Producer of the Year
(Non-Classical) at this year's 2004 Grammy Awards.
The complete song listing for the album is as follows: "Have A Nice Day," "I
Wanna Be Loved," "Welcome To Wherever You Are," "Who Says You Can't Go
Home?" "Last Man Standing," "Bells Of Freedom," "Wildflowers," "Last
Cigarette," "I Am," "Complicated," "Novocaine," and "Story Of My Life."
Further details on the album will be announced in the weeks and months
ahead.
The new album is the long-awaited follow-up to This Left Feels Right, Bon
Jovi's last studio album, released November 2003. The most recent release is
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, the deluxe 5-disc box set (4 CDs
plus bonus DVD), released November 2004.
For more information, please visit www.bonjovi.com.
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