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The Circle Tour 
Promotional poster for 2010 Sao Paulo concertWorld tour by Bon Jovi Associated album The Circle Start date February 11, 2010 End date December 19, 2010 Legs 6 Shows 54 in North America
15 in Europe
5 in South America
9 in Australasia
2 in Asia
85 TotalBon Jovi tour chronology Lost Highway Tour
(2007-08)The Circle Tour
(2010)Bon Jovi Live
(2011)The Circle Tour is a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi.[1] The arena leg of the tour has finished and the stadium run has begun, starting off in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and then heading to East Rutherford, New Jersey for the grand opening of New Meadowlands Stadium. The tour is the #1 top grossing tour so far this year, now passing the $50 million mark since its mid-February kickoff.[2]
Bon Jovi also played a special free performance for fans and former season ticket holders of the Jon Bon Jovi-owned arena football team The Philadelphia Soul on Wednesday, March 24 at 5pm a few hours before the band's show at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. The band will end the first year of the tour in Australasia, currently scheduled to play two shows in New Zealand and eight shows in Australia including a VIP-ONLY gig on December 15 at Star City Casino.
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Background
On this tour, the band has pledged to play some of their classic albums in full on some nights, and is varying their set lists more than usual - rarely-played songs from their first two albums are being played, possibly for the first time in twenty-five years. Such songs include Roulette, Get Ready, Only Lonely, Tokyo Road, Let It Rock, Wild Is the Wind, Something to Believe In, It's Hard Letting You Go, Santa Fe and Homebound Train (vocals by Richie Sambora).
Bon Jovi kicked off the stadium leg of the Circle Tour by making history - they played the first ever show at the brand new New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The three sold out shows on May 26–27, and May 29, 2010 were a huge success, that they prompted the addition of another tour date at the stadium - on July 9, 2010 (the start of the 2nd North American leg)
Bon Jovi played a special free performance for fans and former season ticket holders of the Jon Bon Jovi-owned arena football team The Philadelphia Soul on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 a few hours before the band's show at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. They also became the first band ever to play on the roof of the O2 Arena in London, England on June 7, 2010. Around 1,500 people were there to see the amazing stunt on a large TV outside with a large PA system. Trained mountaineers helped the group to reach the top of the roof, which stands at 58 metres above the ground.
This tour features a circle-shaped stage and five massive ABB robots, each complete with a 6' by 9' Nocturne/ Vidicon LED screen attached to their "articulated arms". The patented RoboScreens are an experience in itself as they are choreographed to move with the music and onstage production.[3]
Commercial reception
Bon Jovi on stage during The Circle Tour at the O2 Arena in London
The Circle Tour was the highest grossing concert tour of 2010 according to Billboard's annual Top 25 concert tours, grossing $146,507,388 from 69 venues. The band's first 35 shows in North America all sold out. They played for 548,632 fans and grossed $51,954,562. Bon Jovi's 12 night run at London's O2 Arena grossed $18,178,036 and seen them play to 187,696 fans. The band's 4 shows at the New Meadowlands Stadium grossed $21,386,437 - a new record for the band, according to the box office gross reported to Billboard and they ended up playing to 206,099 fans.
So far the tour has played to 1,909,234 fans and has grossed $201.1 million from more than 80 venues reported to Pollstar. According to Pollstar, the band's first leg of their North American tour was the top grossing concert tour for the first half of 2010 grossing $52.8 million from 35 shows. The figure excludes the bands 3 shows at the New Meadowlands Stadium which was part of the first leg of the tour.
The Circle Tour ranked #1 in the Top 20 Concert Tours for 2010. The tours are ranked by average box office gross per city, which includes the average ticket price for the North American shows. Trade publication Pollstar compiled the list based on data they received from the concert promoters and venue managers.
"Bon Jovi; $2,010,829; $96.36 For the second time in three years, Bon Jovi ranks as Billboard's & Pollstar's Top Touring Act of the Year. The band's achievement, this year and previously in 2008, demonstrates that, remarkably, the group is hitting its touring peak 26 years after releasing its debut album. In an ongoing global trek promoted by AEG Live that saw the band play stadiums and arenas, Bon Jovi reported Boxscore grosses for the period of Nov. 20, 2009, through Nov. 28, 2010, of $146,507,388 and attendance of 1,591,154 to 69 sellouts. When Bon Jovi was tops for the year in 2008 with its Lost Highway Tour, the trek finished with a gross of $210 million, the 10th-biggest of all time.[4]
Opening acts
Bon Jovi held a contest, called SuperBAND Tonight, for north-American bands to compete to get a chance to perform as their opening act for some major concerts.[5] They recently[when?] announced the winners of the contest in a press release. A list of the winners, their show dates, and more information about the contest can be found at: Bon Jovi's The Circle Tour Announces Winners of Contest.
- Dashboard Confessional will be supporting the February, March and some of the April dates.
- Fuel will be supporting the Hersheypark Stadium show on May 19
- Kid Rock will be supporting the O2 Arena shows on 22–23 and 25–26 June.[6][7]
- One Republic will be supporting the O2 Arena shows on 17, 19, and 20 June.[7]
- Kid Rock will be supporting on July 9, 15, 17, 20, 21, 24, 28, and 30–31.[6]
- Train will be special guest on the first night at the Meadowlands Stadium. Gavin DeGraw will be special guest for the second night, and One Republic will be special guest on the third.[8]
Setlist
The setlists have varied for every show and no two have appeared the same. This is because they are performing various hits and former fan-favorite songs. During the band's 12 night run at the O2 Arena in London, the band played a total of 72 different songs.
The following is a set list taken from their concert at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on the 10th December 2010:
- Last Man Standing
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- Born to Be My Baby
- We Weren't Born to Follow
- In These Arms
- Superman Tonight
- When We Were Beautiful
- It's My Life
- No Apologies
- We Got It Going On
- Keep the Faith
- Bad Medicine/Pretty Woman/Shout
- Lay Your Hands on Me (Richie Vox)
- What Do You Got?
- Diamond Ring
- I'll Be There For You
- Something for the Pain
- Work for the Working Man
- Thorn In My Side
- Have a Nice Day
- Who Says You Can't Go Home
- Love's the Only Rule
- Encore;
- Dry County
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- Livin' on a Prayer
Tour dates
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora on stageDate City Country Venue North America February 11, 2010 Honolulu United States Blaisdell Arena February 12, 2010 February 19, 2010 Seattle KeyArena February 20, 2010 February 22, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose February 24, 2010 Glendale Jobing.com Arena February 26, 2010 Anaheim Honda Center February 27, 2010 March 2, 2010 Sacramento ARCO Arena March 4, 2010 Los Angeles Staples Center March 6, 2010 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena March 8, 2010 Denver Pepsi Center March 9, 2010 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha March 11, 2010 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena March 13, 2010 Fargo Fargodome March 15, 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center March 17, 2010 Detroit Palace of Auburn Hills March 19, 2010 Montreal Canada Bell Centre March 20, 2010 March 23, 2010 Philadelphia United States Wachovia Center March 24, 2010 March 26, 2010 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena March 27, 2010 March 29, 2010 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center April 7, 2010 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center April 8, 2010 April 10, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center April 11, 2010 April 13, 2010 Tulsa BOK Center April 15, 2010 Atlanta Philips Arena April 17, 2010 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum April 18, 2010 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center April 21, 2010 Nashville Bridgestone Arena April 22, 2010 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena May 19, 2010 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium May 26, 2010 East Rutherford New Meadowlands Stadium May 27, 2010 May 29, 2010 Europe June 4, 2010 Madrid Spain Ciudad del Rock June 5, 2010 Scheveningen Netherlands Royal Beach June 7, 2010 London England The O2 Arena June 8, 2010 June 10, 2010 June 11, 2010 June 13, 2010 June 16, 2010 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy June 17, 2010 London England The O2 Arena June 19, 2010 June 20, 2010 June 22, 2010 June 23, 2010 June 25, 2010 June 26, 2010 North America July 9, 2010 East Rutherford United States New Meadowlands Stadium July 11, 2010 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 12, 2010 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center July 14, 2010 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome July 15, 2010 Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium July 17, 2010 Winnipeg Canad Inns Stadium July 20, 2010 Toronto Rogers Centre July 21, 2010 July 23, 2010 Louisville United States Churchill Downs July 24, 2010 Foxborough Gillette Stadium July 28, 2010 Regina Canada Mosaic Stadium July 30, 2010 Chicago United States Soldier Field July 31, 2010 September 24, 2010 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol September 26, 2010 San José Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá South America September 29, 2010 Lima Peru Estadio Universidad San Marcos October 1, 2010 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional de Chile October 3, 2010 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium October 6, 2010 São Paulo Brazil Morumbi Stadium October 8, 2010 Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose Asia November 30, 2010 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome December 1, 2010 Australasia December 4, 2010 Wellington New Zealand Westpac Stadium December 5, 2010 Auckland Vector Arena December 8, 2010 Perth Australia Patersons Stadium December 10, 2010 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena December 11, 2010 Etihad Stadium December 14, 2010 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium December 17, 2010 Sydney Sydney Football Stadium December 18, 2010 December 19, 2010 Box office score data
Venue City Tickets Sold / Available[9] Gross Revenue[10] Blaisdell Arena Honolulu 15,291 / 15,291 (100%) $1,496,330 KeyArena Seattle 26,917 / 26,917 (100%) $2,412,550 HP Pavilion San Jose 14,244 / 14,244 (100%) $1,361,125 Jobing.com Arena Glendale 13,973 / 13,973 (100%) $1,416,502 Honda Center Anaheim 27,024 / 27,024 (100%) $2,654,472 ARCO Arena Sacramento 14,337 / 14,337 (100%) $1,187,851 Staples Center Los Angeles 16,698 / 16,698 (100%) $1,737,009 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas 14,803 / 14,803 (100%) $2,666,025 Pepsi Center Denver 14,934 / 14,934 (100%) $1,314,691 Qwest Center Omaha 14,980 / 14,980 (100%) $1,122,623 Intrust Bank Arena Wichita 13,675 / 13,675 (100%) $1,064,673 Fargodome Fargo 22,398 / 22,398 (100%) $1,515,395 Sprint Center Kansas City 15,792 / 15,792 (100%) $1,318,327 Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit 18,663 / 18,663 (100%) $1,326,375 Bell Centre Montreal 37,526 / 37,526 (100%) $4,024,240 Wachovia Center Philadelphia 36,697 / 36,697 (100%) $3,421,575 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 20,324 / 20,324 (100%) $2,444,366 Verizon Center Washington D.C. 17,287 / 17,287 (100%) $1,860,756 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul 32,574 / 32,574 (100%) $2,768,554 American Airlines Center Dallas 33,032 / 33,032 (100%) $3,352,099 BOK Center Tulsa 17,053 / 17,053 (100%) $1,276,475 Philips Arena Atlanta 16,510 / 16,510 (100%) $1,815,719 BankAtlantic Center Sunrise 17,808 / 17,808 (100%) $1,803,620 Bridgestone Arena Nashville 15,925 / 15,925 (100%) $1,623,900 Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte 16,913 / 16,913 (100%) $1,499,578 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey 24,956 / 24,956 (100%) $1,691,915 New Meadowlands Stadium East Rutherford 206,099 / 206,099 (100%) $21,386,437 O2 Arena London 187,696 / 187,696 (100%) $18,178,036 Bercy Paris 15,906 / 15,906 (100%) $1,395,370 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs 14,625 / 14,625 (100%) $998,776 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls 14,065 / 14,065 (100%) $1,036,312 Pengrowth Saddledome Calgary 15,859 / 15,859 (100%) $1,949,462 Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton 40,451 / 40,451 (100%) $2,811,477 Canad Inns Stadium Winnipeg 36,865 / 36,865 (100%) $2,890,829 Rogers Centre Toronto 85,494 / 85,494 (100%) $6,976,612 Gillette Stadium Foxborough 51,138 / 51,138 (100%) $4,418,585 Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field Regina 33,070 / 33,070 (100%) $2,969,495 Soldier Field Chicago 95,959 / 95,959 (100%) $8,606,259 Foro Sol Mexico City 44,124 / 44,124 (100%) $2,972,317 Estadio Universidad San Marcos Lima 45,193 / 45,193 (100%) $3,415,764 Estadio Nacional Santiago 46,983 / 46,983 (100%) $3,069,075 Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires 37,633 / 37,633 (100%) $4,222,698 Estadio do Morumbi Sao Paulo 55,833 / 55,833 (100%) $5,537,022 Praca da Apoteose Rio de Janeiro 15,529 / 15,529 (100%) $1,718,300 Tokyo Dome Tokyo 60,313 / 60,313 (100%) $8,054,976 Westpac Stadium Wellington 18,692 / 18,692 (100%) $2,710,672 Vector Arena Auckland 10,755 / 10,755 (100%) $1,756,427 Patersons Stadium Perth 29,644 / 29,644 (100%) $4,620,178 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 14,723 / 14,723 (100%) $3,558,135 Etihad Stadium Melbourne 54,414 / 54,414 (100%) $8,139,185 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 39,424 / 39,424 (100%) $6,113,852 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 103,843 / 103,843 (100%) $15,502,107 TOTAL[11] 1,909,234 / 1,909,234 (100%) $201,100,000 Personnel
Bon Jovi
- Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, guitar
- Richie Sambora – lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox
- Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals
- Tico Torres – drums
- David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Bobby Bandiera – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Lorenza Ponce – violin, backing vocals
References
- ^ "Bon Jovi announces world tour". Sydney Morning Herald. October 23, 2009. http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/bon-jovi-announces-world-tour/2009/10/23/1256147875810.html. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^ Bob Allen. "Hot Tours: Bon Jovi, The X Factor, Peter Gabriel, Carrie Underwood". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/hot-tours-bon-jovi-the-x-factor-peter-gabriel-1004089226.story#/news/hot-tours-bon-jovi-the-x-factor-peter-gabriel-1004089226.story.
- ^ http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/793a366b02a30f4fc12576d50058f1f5.aspx
- ^ Ray Waddell. "Bon Jovi: Billboard's Top Touring Act of the Year". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/features/bon-jovi-billboard-s-top-touring-act-of-1004134335.story#/features/bon-jovi-billboard-s-top-touring-act-of-1004134335.story.
- ^ http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news/bon_jovi_announces_us_and_canadian_opening_act_contests
- ^ a b http://www.planetrock.com/Article.asp?id=1690507&spid=11484
- ^ a b http://www.theo2.co.uk/event/bon-jovi-returns-to-the-o2-20100607.html
- ^ http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news-featured-live/bon_jovis_the_circle_world_tour_announces_special_guests_for_first_concerts_ever_at_new_meadowlands_stadium
- ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp
- ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp
- ^ http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2010/2010YearEndTop50WorldwideConcertTours.pdf
Jon Bon Jovi · Richie Sambora · Tico Torres · David Bryan
Alec John Such · Dave SaboStudio albums Bon Jovi · 7800° Fahrenheit · Slippery When Wet · New Jersey · Keep the Faith · These Days · Crush · Bounce · Have a Nice Day · Lost Highway · The CircleCompilation albums Cross Road · Tokyo Road: Best of Bon Jovi · This Left Feels Right · 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong · Greatest HitsLive albums Solo albums Blaze of Glory · Stranger in This Town · Destination Anywhere · On a Full Moon · Lunar Eclipse · Undiscovered Soul · The Power Station Years: The Unreleased RecordingsVideo albums Breakout: Video Singles · Slippery When Wet: The Videos · New Jersey: The Videos · Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey · Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi · Keep the Faith: The Videos · Cross Road · Live from London · The Crush Tour · This Left Feels Right Live · Lost Highway: The Concert · When We Were Beautiful · Live at Madison Square Garden · Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Video CollectionConcert tours Bon Jovi Tour (1984) · 7800 Fahrenheit Tour (1985) · Slippery When Wet Tour · Jersey Syndicate Tour · Keep the Faith Tour · I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour · These Days Tour · Crush Tour · One Wild Night Tour · Bounce Tour · Have a Nice Day Tour · Lost Highway Tour · The Circle Tour · Bon Jovi LiveRelated articles Labels 
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