Happy 54th Birthday Jon Bon Jovi. Let's celebrate by looking at his only Rockford performance.

3. 'Slippery When Wet' (1986)
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The date was March 14th 1987, Bon Jovi and opening act Cinderella played the Rockford Metro Centre.

It was the "Slippery When Wet Tour", Jovi was one on the biggest touring bands in the world.

I was just a kid, and went to basically every rock show that came to Rockford. Guns N' Roses at The Coronado, KISS, Poison, hell I even went to see Nelson at The Coronado.

O.K. back to Bon Jovi, here is the setlist from their March 14th 1987 show in Rockford.

 

  • Pink Flamingos
  • Raise Your Hands
  • Breakout
  • Tokyo Road
  • You Give Love a Bad Name
  • Wild in the Streets
  • Silent Night
  • Livin' on a Prayer
  • Let It Rock
  • Guitar Solo
  • In and Out of Love
  • Runaway
  • Wanted Dead or Alive
  • Drift Away
    (Dobie Gray cover)
  • Get Ready

Every rock band, ever...has done this video. It's the "the road is long and hard" video. Concert footage, on the road footage, you get the picture.

 

Happy Birthday Jon Bon Jovi, you've seen a million faces and rocked them all.

 

 

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